1921–22 FA Cup

December 2021 1921–22 FA Cup EnglandWales Huddersfield Town(1st title) Preston North End 1920–21 1922–23 The 1921–22 FA Cup was the 47th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Huddersfield Town won the competition, beating Preston North End 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, London. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. Calendar The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. Round Date Extra preliminary round Saturday 10 September 1921 Preliminary round Saturday 24 September 1921 First round qualifying Saturday 8 October 1921 Second round qualifying Saturday 22 October 1921 Third round qualifying Saturday 5 November 1921 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 19 November 1921 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 3 December 1921 Sixth round qualifying Saturday 17 December 1921 First round proper Saturday 7 January 1922 Second round proper Saturday 28 January 1922 Third round proper Saturday 18 February 1922 Fourth round proper Saturday 4 March 1922 Semi-finals Saturday 25 March 1922 Final Saturday 29 April 1922 Qualifying rounds As generally expected, the Football League added another 20 teams to the Third Division this season and split that competition into separate North and South components. 18 of the new clubs joined Grimsby Town and the relegated Stockport County in the northern section, while Aberdare Athletic and Charlton Athletic joined those remaining (minus the promoted Crystal Palace) in the south. This significant expansion of the Football League meant that 31 of its clubs would be entering the FA Cup in the qualifying rounds. In the end, the 11 League sides winning through to the first round proper from the sixth qualifying round were Darlington, Walsall, Newport County, Brentford, Norwich City, Gillingham, Southport, Ashington, Northampton Town, Swansea Town and Grimsby Town. Although they had entered the Cup sporadically since 1888–89, Ashington was appearing in the main competition for the first time. The only non-league club to progress from the qualifiers was Worksop Town. North Eastern League side Shildon was the most successful of the 328 clubs entered in the extra preliminary round this season. Enjoying victories over traditional powerhouse outfits from their region in Tow Law Town, Crook Town, Blyth Spartans and Bishop Auckland, the Railwaymen progressed to the sixth qualifying round before being knocked out of the tournament by Brentford. For all qualifying round results, see 1921–22 FA Cup qualifying rounds. First round proper The 12 qualifiers and 41 of 44 First and Second Division League clubs joined the competition in this round. First Division side Birmingham famously had their entry rejected after they failed to submit the relevant paperwork,Matthews Tony The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875-2000 Britespot October 2000 0-9539288-0-2 190 while Coventry City and Rotherham County from the Second Division were entered in the fifth qualifying round, but drawn against each other, with Coventry emerging victorious. Of the Third South clubs, Aberdare Athletic and Charlton Athletic were entered in the extra preliminary round (although Charlton did not play), while nine sides (Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Exeter City, Gllingham, Merthyr Town, Newport County, Northampton Town, Norwich City and Swansea Town) were entered in the fifth qualifying round. The eleven others were given byes to the first round proper. These were: Watford Brighton & Hove Albion Luton Town Swindon Town Queens Park Rangers Millwall Plymouth Argyle Southampton Portsmouth Southend United Reading Of the Third North clubs, Halifax Town and Wigan Borough took no part in the competition. Eight sides (Accrington Stanley, Ashington, Barrow, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall and Wrexham) were entered in the fourth qualifying round with the rest joining in the fifth qualifying round. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 7 January 1922. Eleven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to another replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool1–2Watford7 January 19222Bristol City0–0Nottingham Forest7 January 1922ReplayNottingham Forest3–1Bristol City11 January 19223Burnley2–2Huddersfield Town7 January 1922ReplayHuddersfield Town3–2Burnley11 January 19224Preston North End3–0Wolverhampton Wanderers7 January 19225Southampton3–1South Shields7 January 19226Walsall3–3Bradford City7 January 1922ReplayBradford City4–0Walsall11 January 19227Gillingham1–3Oldham Athletic7 January 19228Leicester City2–0Clapton Orient7 January 19229Blackburn Rovers1–1Southport7 January 1922ReplaySouthport0–2Blackburn Rovers11 January 192210Aston Villa6–1Derby County7 January 192211Bolton Wanderers1–0Bury7 January 192212Grimsby Town1–1Notts County7 January 1922ReplayNotts County3–0Grimsby Town12 January 192213Sunderland1–1Liverpool7 January 1922ReplayLiverpool5–0Sunderland11 January 192214Everton0–6Crystal Palace7 January 192215Swindon Town2–1Leeds United7 January 192216Newcastle United6–0Newport County7 January 192217Worksop Town1–2Southend United7 January 192218Manchester City3–1Darlington7 January 192219Barnsley1–1Norwich City7 January 1922ReplayNorwich City1–2Barnsley12 January 192220Brentford0–2Tottenham Hotspur7 January 192221Northampton Town3–0Reading7 January 192222Portsmouth1–1Luton Town7 January 1922ReplayLuton Town2–1Portsmouth11 January 192223Brighton & Hove Albion1–0Sheffield United7 January 192224Manchester United1–4Cardiff City7 January 192225Plymouth Argyle1–1Fulham7 January 1922ReplayFulham1–0Plymouth Argyle11 January 192226Millwall4–2Ashington7 January 192227Hull City5–0Middlesbrough7 January 192228Chelsea2–4West Bromwich Albion7 January 192229Bradford Park Avenue1–0The Wednesday7 January 192230Port Vale2–4Stoke7 January 192231Swansea Town0–0West Ham United7 January 1922ReplayWest Ham United1–1Swansea Town11 January 1922ReplaySwansea Town1–0West Ham United16 January 192232Arsenal0–0Queens Park Rangers7 January 1922ReplayQueens Park Rangers1–2Arsenal11 January 1922 Second round proper The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 28 January 1922. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, the Bradford City–Notts County match, went to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool0–1West Bromwich Albion28 January 19222Preston North End3–1Newcastle United28 January 19223Southampton1–1Cardiff City28 January 1922ReplayCardiff City2–0Southampton1 February 19224Leicester City2–0Fulham28 January 19225Nottingham Forest3–0Hull City28 January 19226Aston Villa1–0Luton Town28 January 19227Bolton Wanderers1–3Manchester City28 January 19228Swindon Town0–1Blackburn Rovers28 January 19229Tottenham Hotspur1–0Watford28 January 192210Barnsley3–1Oldham Athletic28 January 192211Northampton Town2–2Stoke28 January 1922ReplayStoke3–0Northampton Town1 February 192212Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Huddersfield Town28 January 1922ReplayHuddersfield Town2–0Brighton & Hove Albion1 February 192213Bradford City1–1Notts County28 January 1922ReplayNotts County0–0Bradford City1 February 1922ReplayNotts County1–0Bradford City6 February 192214Crystal Palace0–0Millwall28 January 1922ReplayMillwall2–0Crystal Palace1 February 192215Southend United0–1Swansea Town28 January 192216Bradford Park Avenue2–3Arsenal28 January 1922 Third round proper The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 18 February 1922. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Stoke0–0Aston Villa18 February 1922ReplayAston Villa4–0Stoke22 February 19222Blackburn Rovers1–1Huddersfield Town18 February 1922ReplayHuddersfield Town5–0Blackburn Rovers22 February 19223West Bromwich Albion1–1Notts County18 February 1922ReplayNotts County2–0West Bromwich Albion22 February 19224Tottenham Hotspur2–1Manchester City18 February 19225Barnsley1–1Preston North End18 February 1922ReplayPreston North End3–0Barnsley22 February 19226Millwall4–0Swansea Town18 February 19227Cardiff City4–1Nottingham Forest18 February 19228Arsenal3–0Leicester City18 February 1922 Fourth round proper The four Fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 4 March 1922. There were three replays, each played in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Notts County2–2Aston Villa4 March 1922ReplayAston Villa3–4Notts County8 March 19222Huddersfield Town3–0Millwall Athletic4 March 19223Cardiff City1–1Tottenham Hotspur4 March 1922ReplayTottenham Hotspur2–1Cardiff City8 March 19224Arsenal1–1Preston North End4 March 1922ReplayPreston North End2–1Arsenal8 March 1922 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 25 March 1922. The matches ended in victories for Preston North End and Huddersfield Town, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley. 25 March 1922 15:00 Preston North End 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Hillsborough, Sheffield 25 March 1922 15:00 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Notts County Turf Moor, Burnley Final 1922 FA Cup Final The Final was contested by Huddersfield Town and Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. Huddersfield won by a single goal, a penalty scored by Billy Smith. Match details 29 April 1922 15:00 BST Report Huddersfield Town 1 – 0 Preston North End Smith 67 pen Stamford Bridge, London 53,000 J. W. D. Fowler _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _whitetop_cyanstripe 00daff 00daff 00daff FFFFFF 000000 Huddersfield Townright _3_stripes_white ffffff ffffff ffffff 000088 000088 Preston North End See also FA Cup Final Results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1921-22 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1921-22 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup