HISTORY AND STATISTICS - THE ENGLISH FA CUP


Picture : Clapham Rovers, winner of the FA Cup 1879/80


HISTORY AND STATISTICS : THE ENGLISH FA CUP

 

The « Football Association Challenge Cup », known in England as FA CUP , is the oldest and most popular national competition in the World !

 

The IFFHS will publish a documentation about the FA Cup in two parts : 

 

1 - from the beginning in 1871/72 to 1965/66

 

2 – from 1965/66 until now

 

Beginning today with the first part.

 

 

NATIONAL CUP FINALS ENGLAND from 1871/72 to 1965/66

 

    Date          Venue   Match                                                                Result 

 

1. 16.03.1872 London The Wanderers (London) - Royal Engineers (Chatham) 1 :0

2. 29.03.1873 London The Wanderers (London) - Oxford University 2 :0

3. 14.03.1874 London Oxford University - Royal Engineers (Chatham) 2 :0

4. 13.03.1875 London Royal Engineers (Chatham) - Old Etonians (London) 1 :1

    16.03.1875 London Royal Engineers (Chatham) - Old Etonians (London) 2 :0

5. 11.03.1876 London The Wanderers (London) - Old Etonians (London) 1 :1

    18.03.1876 London The Wanderers (London) - Old Etonians (London) 3 :0

6. 24.03.1877 London The Wanderers (London) - Oxford University 2 :1 a.e.t.

7. 23.03.1878 London The Wanderers (London) - Royal Engineers (Chatham) 3 :1

8. 29.03.1879 London Old Etonians (London) - Clapham Rovers (London) 1 :0

9. 10.04.1880 London Clapham Rovers (London) - Oxford University 1 :0

10. 09.04.1881 London Old Carthusians (London) - Old Etonians (London) 3 :0

11. 25.03.1882 London Old Etonians (London) - Blackburn Rovers FC 1 :0

12. 31.03.1883 London Blackburn Olympic FC - Old Etonians (London) 2 :1 a.e.t.

13. 29.03.1884 London Blackburn Rovers FC - Queen’s Park FC Glasgow 2 :1

14. 04.04.1885 London Blackburn Rovers FC - Queen’s Park FC Glasgow 2 :0

15. 03.04.1886 London Blackburn Rovers FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 0 :0 a.e.t.

      10.04.1886 Derby Blackburn Rovers FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 2 :0

16. 02.04.1887 London Aston Villa FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 2 :0

17. 24.03.1888 London West Bromwich Albion FC - Preston North End FC 2 :1

18. 30.03.1889 London Preston North End FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 :0

19. 29.03.1890 London Blackburn Rovers FC - Sheffield Wednesday FC 6 :1

20. 21.03.1891 London Blackburn Rovers FC - Notts County FC 3 :1

21. 19.03.1892 London West Bromwich Albion FC - Aston Villa FC 3 :0

22. 25.03.1893 Manchester Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Everton FC 1 :0

23. 31.03.1894 Liverpool Notts County FC - Bolton Wanderers FC 4 :1

24. 20.04.1895 London Aston Villa FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 1 :0

25. 18.04.1896 London Sheffield Wednesday FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 :1

26. 10.04.1897 London Aston Villa FC - Everton FC 3 :2

27. 16.04.1898 London Nottingham Forest FC - Derby County FC 3 :1

28. 15.04.1899 London Sheffield United FC - Derby County FC 4 :1

29. 21.04.1900 London Bury FC - Southampton FC 4 :0

30. 20.04.1901 London Tottenham Hotspur FC - Sheffield United FC 2 :2

      27.04.1901 Bolton Tottenham Hotspur FC - Sheffield United FC 3 :1

31. 19.04.1902 London Sheffield United FC - Southampton FC 1 :1 a.e.t.

      26.04.1902 London Sheffield United FC - Southampton FC 2 :1

32. 18.04.1903 London Bury FC - Derby County FC 6 :0

33. 23.04.1904 London Manchester City FC - Bolton Wanderers FC 1 :0

34. 15.04.1905 London Aston Villa FC - Newcastle United FC 2 :0

35. 21.04.1906 London Everton FC - Newcastle United FC 1 :0

36. 20.04.1907 London Sheffield Wednesday FC - Everton FC 2 :1

37. 25.04.1908 London Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Newcastle United FC 3 :1

38. 24.04.1909 London Manchester United FC - Bristol City FC 1 :0

39. 23.04.1910 London Newcastle United FC - Barnsley FC 1 :1

      28.04.1910 Liverpool Newcastle United FC - Barnsley FC 2 :0

40. 22.04.1911 London Bradford City AFC - Newcastle United FC 0 :0 a.e.t.

      26.04.1911 Manchester Bradford City AFC - Newcastle United FC 1 :0

41. 20.04.1912 London Barnsley FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 0 :0 a.e.t.

      24.04.1912 Sheffield Barnsley FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 1 :0 a.e.t.

42. 19.04.1913 London Aston Villa FC - Sunderland AFC 1 :0

43. 25.04.1914 London Burnley FC - Liverpool FC 1 :0

44. 24.04.1915 Manchester Sheffield United FC - Chelsea FC London 3 :0

45. 24.04.1920 London Aston Villa FC - Huddersfield Town AFC 1 :0 a.e.t.

46. 23.04.1921 London Tottenham Hotspur FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 :0

47. 29.04.1922 London Huddersfield Town AFC - Preston North End FC 1 :0

48. 28.04.1923 London Bolton Wanderers FC - West Ham United FC 2 :0

49. 26.04.1924 London Newcastle United FC - Aston Villa FC 2 :0

50. 25.04.1925 London Sheffield United FC - Cardiff City AFC 1 :0

51. 24.04.1926 London Bolton Wanderers FC - Manchester City FC 1 :0

52. 23.04.1927 London Cardiff City AFC - Arsenal FC London 1 :0

53. 21.04.1928 London Blackburn Rovers FC - Huddersfield Town AFC 3 :1

54. 27.04.1929 London Bolton Wanderers FC - Portsmouth FC 2 :0

55. 26.04.1930 London Arsenal FC London - Huddersfield Town AFC 2 :0

56. 25.04.1931 London West Bromwich Albion FC - Birmingham City FC 2 :1

57. 23.04.1932 London Newcastle United FC - Arsenal FC London 2 :1

58. 29.04.1933 London Everton FC - Manchester City FC 3 :0

59. 28.04.1934 London Manchester City FC - Portsmouth FC 2 :1

60. 27.04.1935 London Sheffield Wednesday FC - West Bromwich Albion FC 4 :2

61. 25.04.1936 London Arsenal FC London - Sheffield United FC 1 :0

62. 01.05.1937 London Sunderland AFC - Preston North End FC 3 :1

63. 30.04.1938 London Preston North End FC - Huddersfield Town AFC 1 :0 a.e.t.

64. 19.04.1939 London Portsmouth FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 :1

65. 27.04.1946 London Derby County FC - Charlton Athletic FC 4 :1 a.e.t.

66. 26.04.1947 London Charlton Athletic FC - Burnley FC 1 :0 a.e.t.

67. 24.04.1948 London Manchester United FC - Blackpool FC 4 :2

68. 30.04.1949 London Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Leicester City FC 3 :1

69. 29.04.1950 London Arsenal FC London - Liverpool FC 2 :0

70. 28.04.1951 London Newcastle United FC - Blackpool FC 2 :0

71. 03.05.1952 London Newcastle United FC - Arsenal FC London 1 :0

72. 02.05.1953 London Blackpool FC - Bolton Wanderers FC 4 :3

73. 01.05.1954 London West Bromwich Albion FC - Preston North End FC 3 :2

74. 07.05.1955 London Newcastle United FC - Manchester City FC 3 :1

75. 05.05.1956 London Manchester City FC - Birmingham City FC 3 :1

76. 04.05.1957 London Aston Villa FC - Manchester United FC 2 :1

77. 03.05.1958 London Bolton Wanderers FC - Manchester United FC 2 :0

78. 02.05.1959 London Nottingham Forest FC - Luton Town FC 2 :1

79. 07.05.1960 London Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Blackburn Rovers FC 3 :0

80. 06.05.1961 London Tottenham Hotspur FC - Leicester City FC 2 :0

81. 05.05.1962 London Tottenham Hotspur FC - Burnley FC 3 :1

82. 25.05.1963 London Manchester United FC - Leicester City FC 3 :1

83. 02.05.1964 London West Ham United FC - Preston North End FC 3 :2

84. 01.05.1965 London Liverpool FC - Leeds United AFC 2 :1 a.e.t.

85. 14.05.1966 London Everton FC - Sheffield Wednesday FC 3 : 2

 

 

 

Season 1871/72 


  


Charles William Alcock (2.12.1842 – 26.2.1907) was one of the most important 

Personnalities in England’s football. At 32, he became his first international cap

And was Striker, Goalkeeper, Referee and Vice President of the FA ! 

 

 

Final:

16. March 1872

The Wanderers (London) – Royal

Engineers (Chatham) 1:0 (0:0)*

Referee: Alfred Stair (London/1)

Attendance: 2.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goal: 1:0 (55.) Betts

 

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

Charles William Alcock (1) —

Edward Ernest Bowen (1) —

Alexander George Bonsor (1),

Morton Peto Betts (1) —

Thomas Charles Hooman (1),

William Parry Crake (1),

Edgar Lubbock (1),

Albert Charles Thompson (1),

Reginald De Courtney Welch (1),

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (1),

Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal** (1)

 

Royal Engineers (Chatham):

(Trainer: no)

Francis Arthur Marindin*** (1) —

William Merriman (1) —

George William Addison (1),

Edward William Creswell (1) —

Hugh Mitchell (1),

Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour****

(1/India),

Henry Bayard Rich (1),

Alfred George Goodwyn (1),

Herbert Hugh Muirhead (1),

Edmond William Cotter (1),

Adam Bogle (1)

Captain: Charles William Alcock (1)

Francis Arthur Marindin (1)

 

 

 

Season 1872/73

 

Final:

29. March 1873

The Wanderers (London) – Oxford

University 2:0 (1:0)

Referee: Alfred Stair (London/2)

Attendance: 3.000, Lille Bridge,

Earls Court, London

Goals: 1:0 (30.) Kinnaird,

2:0 (50.) Wollaston

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

Reginald De Courtney Welch (2) —

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (1/Scotland)

Leonard Sidgwick Howell (1),

Edward Ernest Bowen (2) —

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (2),

Robert Kennett Kingsford (1),

Alexander George Bonsor (2),

William Stanley Kenyon-Slaney (1),

Charles Maude Thompson (1),

Julian Russell Sturgis (1),

Henry Holmes Stewart (1)


Oxford University:

(Trainer: no)

Andrew John Leach (1) —

Arnold Kirke-Smith (1) —

Charles Coleridge Mackarness (1/Scotland),

Francis Hornby Birley (1) —

Charles James Longman (1),

Frederick Brunning Maddison (1),

Harold Baily Dixon (1),

Walter Bolero Paton (1),

Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal (2),

John Robert Edwards Sumner* (1),

Cuthbert John Ottaway (1)

Captain: Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (1)

Arnold Kirke-Smith (1)


   



Season 1873/74

 

Final:

14. March 1874

Oxford University – Royal Engineers

(Chatham) 2:0 (1:0)

Referee: Alfred Stair (London/3)

Attendance: 2.500, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 1:0 (10.) Mackarness,

2:0 (60.) Patton

Oxford University:

(Trainer: no)

Charles Edward Burroughes Neapean

(1) —

Charles Coleridge Mackarness (2/Scotland)

Francis Hornby Birley (2),

Robert Henry Benson (1) —

Frederick Thomas Green (1),

Cuthbert John Ottaway (2),

Frederick Brunning Maddison (2),

William Stepney Rawson* (1/South

Africa),

Frederick Joseph Patton (1),

Arthur Henry Johnson (1),

Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal (3)


Royal Engineers (Chatham):

(Trainer: no)

William Merriman (2) —

Francis Arthur Marindin (2) —

George William Addison (2),

Gerald Charles Prentice Onslow (1) —

Henry Dacress Oliver (1),

Thomas Digby (1),

Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour

(2/India),

Herbert Edward Rawson (1/Mauritius),

John Edward Blackburn (1/Scotland),

Charles Knight Wood (1),

Pelham George von Donop (1)

Captain: Cuthbert John Ottaway (1)

Francis Arthur Marindin

 

 

 

Season 1874/75

 

Finals:

13. March 1875

Royal Engineers (Chatham) – Old

Etonians (London) 1:1 (1:0)

Referee: Charles William Alcock

(London/1)

Attendance: 3.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 1:0 (30.) Renny-Tailyour,

1:1 (75.) Bonsor

Royal Engineers (Chatham):

(Trainer: no)

William Merriman (3) —

George Hamilton Sim (1) —

Gerald Charles Prentice Onslow (2),

Richard Matthews Ruck (1) —

Pelham George von Donop (2),

Charles Knight Wood (2),

Herbert Edward Rawson (2/Mauritius),

William Francis Howard Stafford (1),

Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour

(3/India),

Alexander Lechmerl Mein (1),

Cecil Vernon Wingfield-Stratford (1)


Old Etonians (London):

(Trainer: no)

Charles Edward Farmer (1) —

Francis Heathcote Wilson (1) —

Albert Charles Thompson (2),

Edgar Lubbock (2) —

Robert Henry Benson (2),

William Stanley Kenyon-Slaney (2),

Frederick Joseph Patton (2),

Alexander George Bonsor (3),

Cuthbert John Ottaway (3),

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (2/Scotland),

James Henry Stronge (1)

Captain: William Merriman (1)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (2)

Red card: -

 

Replay:

16. March 1875

Royal Engineers (Chatham) – Old

Etonians (London) 2:0 (0:0)

Referee: Charles William Alcock

(London/2)

Attendance: 3.000, Kennington Oval,

London

Goals: 1:0 (60.) Renny-Tailyour,

2:0 (65.) Stafford

Royal Engineers (Chatham):

(Trainer: no)

William Merriman (4) —

George Hamilton Sim (2) —

Gerald Charles Prentice Onslow (3),

Richard Matthews Ruck (2) —

Pelham George von Donop (3),

Charles Knight Wood (3),

Herbert Edward Rawson (3/Mauritius),

William Francis Howard Stafford (2),

Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour (4/

India),

Alexander Lechmerl Mein (2),

Cecil Vernon Wingfield-Stratford (2)

Old Etonians (London):

(Trainer: no)

Henry Edward Drummond-Moray*

(1) —

Matthew George Farrer (1) —

Edgar Lubbock (3),

Francis Heathcote Wilson (2) —

Thomas Astley Horace Hamond** (1),

Alfred Lubbock (1),

Frederick Joseph Patton (3),

Charles Edward Farmer (2),

Alexander George Bonsor (4),

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (3/Scotland),

James Henry Stronge (2)

Captain: William Merriman (2)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird

 

 

Season 1875/76

 

Finals:

11. March 1876

The Wanderers (London) – Old Etonians

(London) 1:1 (1:0)

Referee: William Stepney Rawson

(Oxford/1)

Attendance: 3.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 1:0 (20.) Edwards,

1:1 (55.) Bonsor

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

William Dallas Ochterlang Greig

(1/Scotland) —

Alfred Hugh Stratford (1) —

William Lindsay (1/India),

Frederick Brunning Maddison (3) —

Francis Hornby Birley (3),

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (3),

George Hubert Hugh Heron (1),

Charles William Francis Heron (1),

John Hawley Edwards (1),

Jarvis Kenrick (1),

Thomas Bridges Hughes (1)


Old Etonians (London):

(Trainer: no)

Quintin Hogg* (1) —

James Edward Cowell Welldon** (1) —

Albert Charles Thompson*** (3),

Edward Lyttleton (1) —

Alfred Lyttleton (1),

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (4/Scotland),

William Stanley Kenyon-Slaney (3),

Charles Maude Meysen-Thompson***

(1),

Alexander George Bonsor (5),

Julian Russell Sturgis (2),

Herbert Percy Alleyne (1)

Captain: Francis Hornby Birley (1)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (4)

Red card: -

 

 

Replay:

18. March 1876

The Wanderers (London) – Old Etonians

(London) 3:0 (2:0)

Referee: William Stepney Rawson

(Oxford/2)

Attendance: 3.500, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 1:0 (5.) Hughes,

2:0 (30.) Wollaston,

3:0 (70.) Hughes

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

William Dallas Ochterlang Greig

(2/Scotland) —

Alfred Hugh Stratford (2) —

William Lindsay (2/India),

Frederick Brunning Maddison (4) —

Francis Hornby Birley (4),

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (4),

George Hubert Hugh Heron (2),

Charles William Francis Heron (2),

John Hawley Edwards (2),

Jarvis Kenrick (2),

Thomas Bridges Hughes (2)


Old Etonians (London):

(Trainer: no)

Quintin Hogg (2) —

Edgar Lubbock (4) —

Matthew George Farrer (2),

Edward Lyttleton (2) —

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (5/Scotland),

Alfred Lyttleton (2),

William Stanley Kenyon-Slaney (4),

Alexander George Bonsor (6),

Julian Russell Sturgis (3),

Herbert Percy Alleyne (2),

James Henry Stronge (3)

Captain: Francis Hornby Birley (2)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (5)

 

  


Season 1876/77

 

Final:

24. March 1877

The Wanderers (London) – Oxford

University 2:1 (0:1) a.e.t.

Referee: S. H. Wright (Marlow/

Buckinghamshire/1)

Attendance: 3.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 0:1 (25.) Waddington,

1:1 (55.) Lindsay,

2:1 (96.) Kenrick

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (6/Scotland)

Alfred Hugh Stratford (3),

William Lindsay (3/India) —

Francis Hornby Birley (5),

Frederick Thomas Green (2) —

Thomas Bridges Hughes (3),

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (5),

George Hubert Hugh Heron (3),

Henry Wace (1),

Jarvis Kenrick (3),

Charles Asphitel Denton (1)


Oxford University:

(Trainer: no)

Edward Hugh Alington (1) —

Owen Robert Dunell (1),

William Stepney Rawson (2/South Africa)

Evelyn Waddington (1),

James Henry Savory (1) —

Henry Shorncliffe Otter (1),

Edward Hagarty Parry (1/Canada),

John Bain (1),

Arthur Horatio Todd (1/Scotland),

Philip Harken Fernandez (1),

Arnold Frank Hills (1)

Captain: Francis Hornby Birley (3)

Edward Hagarty Parry

 

 

Season 1877/78

 

Final:

23. March 1878

The Wanderers (London) – Royal

Engineers (Chatham) 3:1 (2:1)

Referee: Segal Richard Bastard

(London/1)

Attendance: 5.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goals: 1:0 (10.) Kenrick,

1:1 (15.) W. Lindsay

(own goal),

2:1 (44.) Kenrick,

3:1 (80.) Heron

The Wanderers (London):

(Trainer: no)

James Fitzpatrick (1/Scotland) —

Alfred Hugh Stratford (4),

William Lindsay (4/India) —

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (7/Scotland),

Frederick Thomas Green (3) —

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (6),

George Hubert Hugh Heron (4),

John George Wylie (1),

Henry Wace (2),

Charles Asphitel Denton (2),

Jarvis Kenrick (4)


Royal Engineers (Chatham):

(Trainer: no)

Loverick Bransley Friend (1) —

James Henry Cowan (1),

William George Morris (1) —

Charles Blair Mayne (1),

Frederick Crofton Heath* (1) —

Henry Edzell Morgan Lindsay (1),

Horace Hutton Barnet (1),

Robert Shafto Hedley (1),

Charles Edward Haynes (1),

Francis George Bond (1),

Oliver William Ruck (1)

Captain: Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (6)

Robert Shafto Hedley

 

 

Season 1878/79

 

Final:

29. March 1879

Old Etonians (London) – Clapham

Rovers (London) 1:0 (0:0)

Referee: Charles William Alcock

(London/3)

Attendance: 5.000, Kennington

Oval, London

Goal: 1:0 (55.) Clerke

Old Etonians (London):

(Trainer: no)

John Purvis Hawtrey (1) —

Edward Christian (1),

Lindsay Bury (1) —

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (8/Scotland),

Edgar Lubbock (5) —

Charles John Clerke (1),

Norman Pares (1),

Harry Chester Goodhart (1),

Herbert Whitfield (1),

John Barrington Trapnell Chevalier (1),

Mark Hanbury Beaufoy (1)


Clapham Rovers (London):

(Trainer: no)

Reginald Halsey Birkett (1) —

Robert Andrew Muter Macindoe

Ogilvie (1/Scotland),

Edgar Field (1) —

Norman Coles Bailey (1),

James Frederick McLeod Prinsep*

(1) —

Frederick Laurence Rawson (1),

Arthur John Stanley (1),

Stanley Winckworth Scott (1),

Herbert Shelley Bevington (1),

Edward Frederic Growse** (1),

Cecil Edward Keith-Falconer*** (1)

Captain: Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (7)

Robert Andrew Muter

Macindoe Ogilvie (1)