1897–98 FA Cup

October 2023 1897–98 FA Cup 1898team.jpg The Nottingham Forest following the final EnglandWales Nottingham Forest(1st title) Derby County 1896–97 1898–99 The 1897–98 FA Cup was the 27th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). The cup was won by Nottingham Forest, who defeated Derby County 3–1 in the final of the competition, played at Crystal Palace in 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 a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, three proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. Round Date Preliminary round Saturday 18 September 1897 First round qualifying Saturday 25 September 1897 Second round qualifying Saturday 16 October 1897 Third round qualifying Saturday 30 October 1897 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 20 November 1897 Fifth round Qualifying Saturday 11 December 1898 First round proper Saturday 29 January 1898 Second round proper Saturday 12 February 1898 Third round proper Saturday 26 February 1898 Semi-finals Saturday 19 March 1898 Final Saturday 16 April 1898 Qualifying rounds The 16 First Division sides were given byes to the first round, as were Newton Heath, Burnley, Leicester Fosse, Grimsby Town, Walsall and Manchester City from the Second Division. The other Second Division sides were entered into the third qualifying round. Of those sides, only Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal, Luton Town and Gainsborough Trinity qualified to the FA Cup proper. Non-league sides Wigan County, Burslem Port Vale, New Brighton Tower, Long Eaton Rangers, Hucknall St John's and Southampton also qualified. Wigan County was the first of three clubs from the Lancastrian rugby league stronghold to qualify for the first round of the FA Cup. It would be another 25 years before successor club Wigan Borough emulated this achievement and a further 90 years after that until Wigan Athletic held up the trophy as Cup champions. New Brighton Tower and Hucknall St John's were also appearing at this stage for the first time while Long Eaton Rangers, formerly one of the strongest non-league clubs in England, were appearing for the final time before being wound up at the end of the following season. First round proper The first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. The matches were played on Saturday, 29 January 1898. One match was drawn, with the replay taking place in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley3–1Woolwich Arsenal29 January 1898 2Bury1–2Stoke29 January 1898 3Liverpool2–0Hucknall St Johns29 January 1898 4Preston North End1–2Newcastle United29 January 1898 5Southampton2–1Leicester Fosse29 January 1898 6Notts County0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers29 January 1898 7Nottingham Forest4–0Grimsby Town29 January 1898 8Long Eaton Rangers0–1Gainsborough Trinity29 January 1898 9West Bromwich Albion2–0New Brighton Tower29 January 1898 10Sunderland0–1The Wednesday29 January 1898 11Derby County1–0Aston Villa29 January 1898 12Luton Town0–1Bolton Wanderers29 January 1898 13Everton1–0Blackburn Rovers29 January 1898 14Newton Heath1–0Walsall29 January 1898 15Sheffield United1–1Burslem Port Vale29 January 1898 ReplayBurslem Port Vale2–1Sheffield United2 February 1898 16Manchester City1–0Wigan County29 January 1898 Second round proper The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 February 1898. There were two replays, played in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley3–0Burslem Port Vale12 February 1898 2Southampton1–0Newcastle United12 February 1898 3Stoke0–0Everton12 February 1898 ReplayEverton5–1Stoke17 February 1898 4Nottingham Forest4–0Gainsborough Trinity12 February 1898 5Bolton Wanderers1–0Manchester City12 February 1898 6Wolverhampton Wanderers0–1Derby County12 February 1898 7West Bromwich Albion1–0The Wednesday12 February 1898 8Newton Heath0–0Liverpool12 February 1898 ReplayLiverpool2–1Newton Heath16 February 1898 Third round proper The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 26 February 1898. There were two replays, played in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley1–3Everton26 February 1898 2Bolton Wanderers0–0Southampton26 February 1898 ReplaySouthampton4–0Bolton Wanderers2 March 1898 3West Bromwich Albion2–3Nottingham Forest26 February 1898 4Derby County1–1Liverpool26 February 1898 ReplayLiverpool1–5Derby County2 March 1898 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were both played on Saturday, 19 March 1898. The Nottingham Forest–Southampton match went to a replay, played the following Wednesday, when Nottingham Forest managed a 2–0 win. They went on to meet Derby County in the final at Crystal Palace. 19 March 1898 Derby County 3–1 Everton Molineux, Wolverhampton 19 March 1898 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Southampton Bramall Lane, Sheffield Replay 24 March 1898 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Southampton Crystal Palace, London Final 1898 FA Cup Final The final took place on Saturday, 16 April 1898 at Crystal Palace. Just over 62,000 supporters attended the match. Arthur Capes opened the scoring for Nottingham Forest after 19 minutes. Forest's lead was maintained for only twelve minutes before Derby County equalised, through a goal from Steve Bloomer. Capes hit his second just before half-time, and Forest preserved the lead until the 86th minute, when McPherson scored a third Forest goal, to hand them their first ever FA Cup Victory. Match details 16 April 1898 15:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 3–1 Derby County Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080720/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1898.html 28 September 2011 Capes 19 42 McPherson 86 Bloomer 31 Crystal Palace, London 62,017http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1898.html Sporting Chronicle – 1898 FA Cup Final 10 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081030001608/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1898.html 30 October 2008 dead J. Lewis CC0011 CC0011 CC0011 000077 000077 Nottingham Forest FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Derby CountyFA Cup Final kits, 1890–1899 See also FA Cup Final Results 1872– References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1897–1898 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1897–1898 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Association football 1897–98 Category:1897–98 in English men's football cups