1879–80 FA Cup

1879–80 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Clapham Rovers (1st title)
Runners-up	Oxford 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.

The Final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal being scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.^[1]

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^[2]	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	Mosquitoes	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^[2]	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

^ 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

	Score		Date
Clapham Rovers	1–0	Oxford University	10 April 1880

References

^ 1880 FA Cup Final on Sporting Chronicle
^ ^a ^b No relation to Birmingham (City), Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 134. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.

External links

FA Cup Results Archive

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

[report-1] 1880 FA Cup Final on Sporting Chronicle

[Birmingham-2] No relation to Birmingham (City), Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 134. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.

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