1876–77 FA Cup


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 would play.
Second Round: 18 teams 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 in the final
Final: Oxford University would face the Semi-Final for the chance to win their second FA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Replay

Fourth round

Replay

Semi-Finals

Final