1906–07 FA Cup

May 2020 1906–07 FA Cup England The Wednesday 2 Everton 1905–06 1907–08 The 1906–07 FA Cup was the 36th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). The Wednesday won the competition for the second time, beating holders Everton 2–1 in the final at Crystal Palace. This season's tournament is notable as the first in which more than 300 clubs (304) entered the competition, although six teams withdrew without playing a match. 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 a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, and six proper rounds, including the semi-finals and final. Round Date Preliminary round 22 September 1906 First round qualifying 6 October 1906 Second round qualifying 20 October 1906 Third round qualifying 3 November 1906 Fourth round qualifying 24 November 1906 Fifth round qualifying 8 December 1906 First round proper 12 January 1907 Second round proper 2 February 1907 Third round proper 23 February 1907 Fourth round proper 9 March 1907 Semi-finals 23 March 1907 Final 20 April 1907 Qualifying rounds Concern about the one-sided nature of the contests between Football League clubs and non-league qualifiers in the first round proper of the previous season's competition led the Football Association to re-introduce the fifth qualifying round for this tournament. This reduced the number of potential non-league challengers in the main draw from 24 to 12 and allowed the FA to exempt seven additional Football League clubs and four extra Southern League clubs to the first round. The practice of awarding a bye to the first round to the winner of the previous season's FA Amateur Cup was also introduced in this tournament. The 12 clubs winning through to the main competition from the fifth qualifying round were Burton United, Burslem Port Vale and Glossop from the Football League, along with non-league sides Accrington Stanley, Crystal Palace, Watford, Irthlingborough Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Crewe Alexandra, Hastings & St Leonards United, Oldham Athletic and Northampton Town. Accrington Stanley, Irthlingborough Town, Hastings & St Leonards United and Oldham Athletic qualified for the first round proper for the first time. First round proper 36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of the League sides not given byes to this round, Clapton Orient was entered in the preliminary round, but withdrew from the competition and their opponents, Grays United, were awarded a walkover. Burton United, Burslem Port Vale and Glossop were all entered in the fifth qualifying round. Sixteen non-league sides were also given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were: SouthamptonMillwallQueens Park RangersOxford CityFulhamPlymouth ArgyleReadingPortsmouthLuton TownBristol RoversNorwich CityWest Ham UnitedBrighton & Hove AlbionNew BromptonBrentfordTottenham Hotspur Oxford City were the winners of the previous season's FA Amateur Cup, while the rest were all Southern League First Division clubs. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on 12 January 1907. Thirteen matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which four went to a second replay the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City4–1Leeds City12 January 19072Burnley1–3Aston Villa12 January 19073Liverpool2–1Birmingham12 January 19074Southampton2–1Watford12 January 19075Notts County1–0Preston North End12 January 19076Nottingham Forest1–1Barnsley12 January 1907ReplayBarnsley2–1Nottingham Forest17 January 19077Blackburn Rovers2–2Manchester City12 January 1907ReplayManchester City0–1Blackburn Rovers16 January 19078Sheffield Wednesday3–2Wolverhampton Wanderers12 January 19079Bolton Wanderers3–1Brighton & Hove Albion12 January 190710Grimsby Town1–1Woolwich Arsenal12 January 1907ReplayWoolwich Arsenal3–0Grimsby Town16 January 190711Crewe Alexandra1–1Accrington Stanley12 January 1907ReplayAccrington Stanley1–0Crewe Alexandra16 January 190712Middlesbrough4–2Northampton Town12 January 190713West Bromwich Albion1–1Stoke12 January 1907ReplayStoke2–2West Bromwich Albion17 January 1907ReplayWest Bromwich Albion2–0Stoke21 January 190714Sunderland4–1Leicester Fosse12 January 190715Derby County1–1Chesterfield12 January 1907ReplayChesterfield1–1Derby County16 January 1907ReplayChesterfield0–4Derby County21 January 190716Lincoln City2–2Chelsea12 January 1907ReplayChelsea0–1Lincoln City16 January 190717Burslem Port Vale7–1Irthlingborough Town12 January 190718Gainsborough Trinity0–0Luton Town12 January 1907ReplayLuton Town2–1Gainsborough Trinity16 January 190719Everton1–0Sheffield United12 January 190720Newcastle United0–1Crystal Palace12 January 190721Tottenham Hotspur0–0Hull City12 January 1907ReplayHull City0–0Tottenham Hotspur17 January 1907ReplayTottenham Hotspur1–0Hull City21 January 190722Oxford City0–3Bury12 January 190723Fulham0–0Stockport County12 January 1907ReplayFulham2–1Stockport County16 January 190724Brentford2–1Glossop12 January 190725Bristol Rovers0–0Queens Park Rangers12 January 1907ReplayQueens Park Rangers0–1Bristol Rovers14 January 190726Portsmouth2–2Manchester United12 January 1907ReplayManchester United1–2Portsmouth16 January 190727West Ham United2–1Blackpool12 January 190728Burton United0–0New Brompton12 January 1907ReplayNew Brompton0–0Burton United16 January 1907ReplayNew Brompton2–0Burton United21 January 190729Norwich City3–1Hastings & St Leonards United12 January 190730Bradford City2–0Reading12 January 190731Millwall2–0Plymouth Argyle12 January 190732Oldham Athletic5–0Kidderminster Harriers12 January 1907 Second round proper The 16 second-round matches were played on 2 February 1907. Five matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, the match between Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, went to a second replay the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bury1–0New Brompton2 February 19072Southampton1–1Sheffield Wednesday2 February 1907ReplaySheffield Wednesday3–1Southampton7 February 19073Blackburn Rovers1–1Tottenham Hotspur2 February 1907ReplayTottenham Hotspur1–1Blackburn Rovers7 February 1907ReplayTottenham Hotspur2–1Blackburn Rovers11 February 19074Bolton Wanderers2–0Aston Villa2 February 19075West Bromwich Albion1–0Norwich City2 February 19076Derby County1–0Lincoln City2 February 19077Burslem Port Vale2–2Notts County2 February 1907ReplayNotts County5–0Burslem Port Vale6 February 19078Luton Town0–0Sunderland2 February 1907ReplaySunderland1–0Luton Town6 February 19079Woolwich Arsenal2–1Bristol City2 February 190710Fulham0–0Crystal Palace2 February 1907ReplayCrystal Palace1–0Fulham6 February 190711Barnsley1–0Portsmouth2 February 190712Brentford1–0Middlesbrough2 February 190713Bristol Rovers3–0Millwall2 February 190714West Ham United1–2Everton2 February 190715Bradford City1–0Accrington Stanley2 February 190716Oldham Athletic0–1Liverpool2 February 1907 Third round proper The eight third-round matches were scheduled for 23 February 1907. There were three replays, played in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–0Bradford City23 February 19072Notts County4–0Tottenham Hotspur23 February 19073Sheffield Wednesday0–0Sunderland23 February 1907ReplaySunderland0–1Sheffield Wednesday27 February 19074West Bromwich Albion2–0Derby County23 February 19075Everton0–0Bolton Wanderers23 February 1907ReplayBolton Wanderers0–3Everton27 February 19076Woolwich Arsenal1–0Bristol Rovers23 February 19077Barnsley1–0Bury23 February 19078Crystal Palace1–1Brentford23 February 1907ReplayBrentford0–1Crystal Palace27 February 1907 Fourth round proper The four fourth-round matches were scheduled for 9 March 1907. The Crystal Palace – Everton game was drawn, and replayed on 13 March. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Sheffield Wednesday1–0Liverpool9 March 19072West Bromwich Albion3–1Notts County9 March 19073Barnsley1–2Woolwich Arsenal9 March 19074Crystal Palace1–1Everton9 March 1907ReplayEverton4–0Crystal Palace13 March 1907 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on 23 March 1907. The Wednesday and Everton won to meet in the final. 23 March 1907 15:00 The Wednesday 3–1 Woolwich Arsenal St Andrew's, Birmingham 23 March 1907 15:00 Everton 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Burnden Park, Bolton Final 1907 FA Cup Final The Final was contested by The Wednesday and Everton at Crystal Palace. Sheffield Wednesday won 2–1, with goals by Jimmy Stewart and George Simpson. 20 April 1907 15:00 GMT The Wednesday 2–1 Everton Stewart 20Simpson 86 Sharp 45 Crystal Palace, London 84,584 N. Whittaker References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1906-07 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1906-07 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Association football England 1906–07 Category:1906–07 in English men's football cups