1879–80 FA Cup

FA Cup 1879–80
Country	England
Teams	54
Champions	Clapham Rovers
Runners-up	Oxford University
← 1878–79	1880–81 →

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

First round

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

First round replays

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

Second round

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

Second round replays

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

Third round

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

Fourth round

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

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

Fifth Round Replay

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

References

FA Cup Results Archive

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1879–80 FA Cup

Contents

First round

First round replays

Second round

Second round replays

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Fifth Round Replay

Semi-finals

Final

References

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