1873–74 FA Cup


The 1873–74 Football Association Challenge Cup was the third staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Twenty-eight teams entered, twelve more than the previous season, although six of the twenty-eight never played a match.

Format

First Round: The 28 teams would play. The winners would move on
Second Round: The remaining 14 teams would play. The winner would move on
Third Round: 6 teams, with Swifts getting a bye, would play.
Semi-Final: The 4 teams would play.
Final: The two Semi-Final teams would face each other. The winner would be crowned champion

Calendar

First round

Home ClubScoreAway ClubAttendanceDate
Marlow0–1Pilgrims9 October 1873
Royal Engineers5–0Brondesbury11 October 1873
Woodford Wells3–2Reigate Priory11 October 1873
Swifts1–0Crystal Palace18 October 1873
1st Surrey Rifles0–0Barnes25 October 1873
Cambridge University1–0South Norwood25 October 1873
Uxbridge3–0Gitanos28 October 1873
Upton Park0–4Oxford University29 October 1873
Shropshire Wanderers0–0Sheffield30 October 1873
Clapham RoversWalkoverAmateur Athletic Club
High WycombeWalkoverOld Etonians
MaidenheadWalkoverCivil Service
TrojansWalkoverFarningham
WanderersWalkoverSouthall

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replay

Semi-Finals

Both semi-finals were played at Kennington Oval, London.

Final