1879–80 FA Cup

1879–80 FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Teams54
Defending championsOld Etonians
Final positions
ChampionsClapham Rovers
(1st title)
Runner-upOxford University

The 1879–80 Football Association Challenge Cup was the ninth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Fifty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the fifty-four never played a match.

First round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Maidenhead 3–1 Calthorpe 25 October 1879
Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Tyne Association 1 November 1879
Eagley 0–1 Darwen 1 November 1879
Kildare 0–3 Gresham 1 November 1879
Mosquitoes 3–1 St Peter's Institute 1 November 1879
Pilgrims 5–2 Clarence 1 November 1879
South Norwood 4–2 Brentwood 1 November 1879
Turton 7–0 Brigg 1 November 1879
Oxford University 1–1 Marlow 6 November 1879
Acton 0–4 Old Carthusians 8 November 1879
Clapham Rovers 7–0 Romford 8 November 1879
Finchley 1–2 Old Harrovians 8 November 1879
Grey Friars 2–1 Hanover United 8 November 1879
Hendon 1–1 Old Foresters 8 November 1879
Hotspur 1–1 Argonauts 8 November 1879
Nottingham Forest 4–0 Notts County 8 November 1879
Stafford Road 2–0 Wednesbury Strollers 8 November 1879
Royal Engineers 2–0 Cambridge University 13 November 1879
Hertfordshire Rangers 2–1 Minerva 15 November 1879
Remnants 1–1 Upton Park 15 November 1879
Rochester 0–6 Wanderers 15 November 1879
Birmingham[1] Walkover Panthers
Henley Walkover Reading
Old Etonians Walkover Barnes
Sheffield Walkover Queen's Park
West End Walkover Swifts
Aston Villa Bye
Providence Bye

Replays

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Marlow 0–1 Oxford University 10 November 1879
Argonauts 0–1 Hotspur 15 November 1879
Old Foresters 2–2 Hendon 15 November 1879
Hendon 3–1 Old Foresters 22 November 1879
Upton Park 5–2 Remnants 25 November 1879

Second round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Darwen 6 December 1879
Stafford Road 1–1 Aston Villa 13 December 1879
Turton 0–6 Nottingham Forest 13 December 1879
West End 1–0 Hotspur 13 December 1879
Sheffield 3–3 Providence 15 December 1879
Clapham Rovers 4–1 South Norwood 20 December 1879
Grey Friars 9–0 Gresham 20 December 1879
Hendon 7–1 Mosquitos 20 December 1879
Royal Engineers 4–1 Upton Park 23 December 1879
Henley 1–3 Maidenhead 29 November 1879
Wanderers 1–0 Old Carthusians 10 January 1880
Birmingham[1] 0–6 Oxford University 19 January 1880
Pilgrims Walkover Hertfordshire Rangers
Old Etonians Bye
Old Harrovians Bye

Replays

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Aston Villa 3–1 Stafford Road 24 January 1880
Sheffield 3–0 Providence 29 December 1879

Third round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Clapham Rovers 7–0 Pilgrims 17 January 1880
Old Etonians 3–1 Wanderers 24 January 1880
Nottingham Forest 6–0 Blackburn Rovers 31 January 1880
Royal Engineers 2–0 Old Harrovians 4 February 1880
Oxford University Walkover Aston Villa
Grey Friars Bye
Hendon Bye
Maidenhead Bye
Sheffield Bye
West End Bye

Fourth round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Old Etonians 5–1 West End 7 February 1880
Clapham Rovers 2–0 Hendon 14 February 1880
Maidenhead 0–1 Oxford University 14 February 1880
Royal Engineers 1–0 Grey Friars 18 February 1880
Nottingham Forest 2–2[note 1] Sheffield 19 February 1880

Notes

  1. ^ Sheffield was disqualified for not playing extra-time, in defiance of the referee's instruction: Nottingham Evening Post, 26 February 1880, p.3.

Fifth round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Clapham Rovers 1–0 Old Etonians 21 February 1880
Oxford University 1–1 Royal Engineers 5 March 1880
Nottingham Forest Bye

Replay

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Oxford University 1–0 Royal Engineers 15 March 1880

Semi-finals

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Oxford University 1–0 Nottingham Forest 27 March 1880
Clapham Rovers Bye

Final

Main article: 1880 FA Cup Final
Score Date
Clapham Rovers 1–0 Oxford University 10 April 1880

References

  1. ^ a b No relation to Birmingham (City), Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 134. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.