1876–77 FA Cup

1876–77 FA Cup
Country	England; Wales
Dates	14 October 1876 - 24 March 1877
Teams	37
Defending champions	Wanderers
Champions	Wanderers (4th title)
Runners-up	Oxford University
	← 1875–76 1877–78 →

The 1876–77 Football Association Challenge Cup 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 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 Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals: 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	Date
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
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	Date
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	Date
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
Upton Park	1–0	Marlow		27 January 1877

Fourth round[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
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
Oxford University	1–0	Upton Park		10 March 1877

Semi-Finals[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Venue	Date
Wanderers	1–0	Cambridge University		Kennington Oval	20 March 1877
Oxford University	Bye

Final[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Attendance	Venue	Date
Wanderers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Oxford University	3,000	Kennington Oval	24 March 1877

References[]

FA Cup Results Archive

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Seasons	1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Qualifying rounds	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Finals	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
History Trophy List of finals Third-fourth place matches Semi-finals Final referees Winning managers Non-English clubs Scottish clubs Non-League clubs in the 5th Round Giant-Killing Award

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Domestic cups	England Scotland

Country	England Wales
Dates	14 October 1876 - 24 March 1877
Teams	37
Defending champions	Wanderers
Champions	Wanderers (4th title)
Runners-up	Oxford University
← 1875–76 1877–78 →