1876–77 FA Cup
Country | England | ||
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Teams | 37 | ||
Defending champions | Wanderers | ||
Champions | Wanderers | ||
Runners-up | Oxford University | ||
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The Football Association Challenge Cup 1876–77 was the sixth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Thirty-seven teams entered, five more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-seven never actually played a match.
Format
First Round: 36 teams (Queen's Park getting a bye) would play.
Second Round: 18 teams (with Queen's Park still having a bye) would play
Third Round: The 10 remaining teams would play a game.
Fourth Round: 4 teams, with Wanderers getting a bye would play for a spot in the semifinal
Semi-Final: 2 of the 3 remaining teams would play for a chance to play Oxford University (after getting a bye) in the final
Final: Oxford University would face the Semi-FInal for the chance to win their second FA Cup
First round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Southall | Walkover | Old Wykehamists | ||
Sheffield | Walkover | Trojans | ||
Barnes | Walkover | Old Etonians | ||
Royal Engineers | 2–1 | Old Harrovians | 4 November 1876 | |
Clapham Rovers | 5–0 | Reigate Priory | 11 November 1876 | |
Queen's Park | Bye | |||
Upton Park | 7–0 | Leyton | 28 October 1876 | |
Wanderers | Walkover | Saffron Walden Town | ||
South Norwood | 4–1 | Saxons | 4 November 1876 | |
Oxford University | Walkover | Old Salopians | ||
Shropshire Wanderers | Walkover | Druids | ||
Pilgrims | 4–1 | Ramblers | 14 October 1876 | |
Swifts | 2–0 | Reading Hornets | 4 November 1876 | |
Cambridge University | Walkover | High Wycombe | ||
Panthers | 3–0 | Wood Grange | 8 November 1876 | |
105th Regiment | 3–0 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 11 November 1876 | |
Herts Rangers | 1–2 | Marlow | 4 November 1876 | |
Rochester | 5–0 | Highbury Union | 4 November 1876 | |
Forest School | 4–1 | Gresham | 4 November 1876 |
Second round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 3–0 | Shropshire Wanderers | 9 December 1876 | |
Marlow | 1–0 | Forest School | 29 November 1876 | |
Queen's Park | Bye | |||
Upton Park | 1–0 | Barnes | 9 December 1876 | |
Wanderers | 6–0 | Southall | 16 December 1876 | |
South Norwood | 0–7 | Sheffield | 2 December 1876 | |
Oxford University | 6–1 | 105th Regiment | 14 December 1876 | |
Pilgrims | 1–0 | Panthers | 9 December 1876 | |
Cambridge University | 2–1 | Clapham Rovers | 16 December 1876 | |
Rochester | 1–0 | Swifts | 16 December 1876 |
Third round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Sheffield | 20 January 1877 | |
Upton Park | 2–2 | Marlow | 24 January 1877 | |
Wanderers | 3–0 | Pilgrims | 20 January 1877 | |
Oxford University | Walkover | Queen's Park | ||
Cambridge University | 4–0 | Rochester | 3 February 1877 |
Replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Upton Park | 1–0 | Marlow | 27 January 1877 |
Fourth round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Wanderers | Bye | |||
Oxford University | 0–0 | Upton Park | 24 February 1877 | |
Cambridge University | 1–0 | Royal Engineers | 17 February 1877 |
Replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Oxford University | 1–0 | Upton Park | 10 March 1877 |
Semi-Finals
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Venue | Date |
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Wanderers | 1–0 | Cambridge University | Kennington Oval | 20 March 1877 | |
Oxford University | Bye |
Final
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Venue | Date |
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Wanderers | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Oxford University | 3,000 | Kennington Oval | 24 March 1877 |
References
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