Football tournament season
1875–76 FA Cup Country England Dates 23 October 1875 - 18 March 1876 Teams 32 Defending champions Royal Engineers Champions Wanderers (3rd title) Runners-up Old Etonians
The 1875–76 Football Association Challenge Cup was the fifth staging of the FA Cup , England 's oldest football tournament. Thirty-two teams entered, three more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-two never played a match.
Format [ ]
The fifth ever FA Cup would feature a knockout style tournament, similar to the 1934 FIFA World Cup , except with 32 club teams.
First round [ ]
Replay [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Venue
Date
Crystal Palace
3–0
105th Regiment
1578
Kennington Oval
20 November 1875
Second round [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Sheffield
Walkover
Upton Park
Royal Engineers
Walkover
Panthers
Clapham Rovers
12–0
Leyton
18 December 1875
Reigate Priory
0–8
Cambridge University
11 December 1875
Wanderers
3–0
Crystal Palace
11 December 1875
South Norwood
0–5
Swifts
11 December 1875
Oxford University
8–2
Herts Rangers
18 December 1875
Old Etonians
8–0
Maidenhead
11 December 1875
Third round [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Royal Engineers
1–3
Swifts
29 January 1876
Wanderers
2–0
Sheffield
29 January 1876
Old Etonians
1–0
Clapham Rovers
29 January 1876
Cambridge University
0–4
Oxford University
31 January 1876
Semi-Finals [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Venue
Date
Wanderers
2–1
Swifts
Kennington Oval
26 February 1876
Oxford University
0–1
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
19 February 1876
Final [ ]
Main article: 1876 FA Cup Final
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Venue
Date
Wanderers
1–1
Old Etonians
3,000
Kennington Oval
11 March 1876
Replay [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Venue
Date
Wanderers
3–0
Old Etonians
3,500
Kennington Oval
18 March 1876
References [ ]
FA Cup
Seasons Qualifying rounds Finals