1878–79 FA Cup

1878–79 FA Cup
Country	England
Teams	43 (entrants), 37 (participants)
Defending champions	Wanderers
Champions	Old Etonians (1st title)
Runners-up	Clapham Rovers
	← 1877–78 1879–80 →

The 1878–79 Football Association Challenge Cup was the eighth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, although six of the forty-three never played a match.

First round[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	Walkover	Birch
Reading	1–0	Hendon	9 November 1878
Sheffield	1–1	Grantham	28 October 1878
Barnes	1–1	Maidenhead	19 October 1878
Royal Engineers	3–0	Old Foresters	9 November 1878
Clapham Rovers	Walkover	Finchley
Upton Park	5–0	Saffron Walden Town	30 October 1878
Wanderers	2–7	Old Etonians	9 November 1878
South Norwood	Walkover	Leyton
Oxford University	7–0	Wednesbury Strollers	2 November 1878
Swifts	2–1	Hawks	9 November 1878
Cambridge University	2–0	Herts Rangers	9 November 1878
Panthers	Walkover	Runnymede
Forest School	7–2	Rochester	2 November 1878
Old Harrovians	8–0	Southill Park	2 November 1878
Notts County	1–3	Nottingham Forest	16 November 1878
Remnants	Walkover	Unity
Minerva	Walkover	105th Regiment
Eagley	Bye
Romford	3–1	Ramblers	2 November 1878
Grey Friars	2–1	Marlow	9 November 1878
Brentwood	1–3	Pilgrims	9 November 1878

First Round Replays[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Grantham	1–3	Sheffield	16 November 1878
Maidenhead	0–4	Barnes	9 November 1878

Second round[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	0–0	Eagley	7 December 1878
Reading	0–1	Old Etonians	18 December 1878
Barnes	3–2	Upton Park	4 January 1879
Clapham Rovers	10–1	Forest School	7 December 1878
Oxford University	4–0	Royal Engineers	7 December 1878
Swifts	3–1	Romford	21 December 1878
Cambridge University	3–0	South Norwood	4 December 1878
Old Harrovians	3–0	Panthers	21 December 1878
Remnants	6–2	Pilgrims	21 December 1878
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Sheffield	21 December 1878
Grey Friars	0–3	Minerva	7 December 1878

Second Round Replay[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	4–1	Eagley	21 December 1878

Third round[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	1–0	Cambridge University	6 February 1879
Oxford University	2–1	Barnes	6 February 1879
Old Etonians	5–2	Minerva	11 January 1879
Swifts	Bye
Old Harrovians	0–2	Nottingham Forest	28 January 1879
Remnants	2–3	Darwen	30 January 1879

Fourth round[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	8–1	Swifts	8 March 1879
Old Etonians	5–5	Darwen	13 February 1879
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Oxford University	25 February 1879

Fourth Round Replays[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Etonians	2–2	Darwen	8 March 1879
Old Etonians	6–2	Darwen	15 March 1879

Semi finals[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	Bye
Old Etonians	2–1	Nottingham Forest	22 March 1879

Final[]

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Etonians	1–0	Clapham Rovers	29 March 1879

References[]

FA Cup Results Archive

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