Football tournament season
1877–78 FA Cup Country England Wales Teams 43 Defending champions Wanderers Champions Wanderers (5th title) Runners-up Royal Engineers
The 1877–78 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventh staging of the FA Cup , England 's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, four more than the previous season, although three of the forty-three never played a match.
First round [ ]
First Round Replays [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Pilgrims
1–0
Ramblers
9 November 1877
Sheffield
3–0
Notts County
1 December 1877
Second round [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Sheffield
1–0
Darwen
29 December 1877
Barnes
3–1
Marlow
15 December 1877
Royal Engineers
6–0
Pilgrims
8 December 1877
Clapham Rovers
4–0
Swifts
22 December 1877
Upton Park
1–0
Reading
8 December 1877
Oxford University
1–0
Old Foresters
15 December 1877
High Wycombe
0–9
Wanderers
15 December 1877
Cambridge University
4–2
Maidenhead
8 December 1877
Druids
Walkover
Queen's Park
Old Harrovians
6–0
1st Surrey Rifles
22 December 1877
Remnants
2–0
Hawks
22 December 1877
Third round [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Sheffield
Bye
Royal Engineers
8–0
Druids
30 January 1878
Upton Park
3–0
Remnants
19 January 1878
Wanderers
1–1
Barnes
12 January 1878
Oxford University
3–2
Clapham Rovers
2 February 1878
Old Harrovians
2–2
Cambridge University
2 February 1878
Third Round Replays [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Wanderers
4–1
Barnes
26 January 1878
Old Harrovians
2–2
Cambridge University
9 February 1878
Old Harrovians
2–0
Cambridge University
16 February 1878
Fourth round [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Royal Engineers
3–3
Oxford University
15 February 1878
Wanderers
3–0
Sheffield
16 February 1878
Old Harrovians
3–1
Upton Park
9 March 1878
Fourth Round Replays [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Royal Engineers
2–2
Oxford University
27 February 1878
Royal Engineers
4–2
Oxford University
12 March 1878
Semi finals [ ]
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Royal Engineers
2–1
Old Harrovians
16 March 1878
Wanderers
Bye
Final [ ]
Main article: 1878 FA Cup Final
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Wanderers
3–1
Royal Engineers
23 March 1878
References [ ]
FA Cup
Seasons Qualifying rounds Finals