1899–1900 FA Cup

1899–1900 FA Cup EnglandWales Bury (1st title) Southampton 1898–99 1900–01 The 1899–1900 FA Cup was the 29th staging of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup), and the last to be held fully in the 19th century. The cup was won by Bury, who defeated Southampton 4–0 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, 16 September 1899 First Qualifying round Saturday, 30 September 1899 Second Qualifying round Saturday, 14 October 1899 Third Qualifying round Saturday, 28 October 1899 Fourth Qualifying round Saturday, 18 November 1899 Fifth Qualifying round Saturday, 9 December 1899 First round proper Saturday, 27 January 1900 Second round Saturday, 10 February 1900 Third round Saturday, 24 February 1900 Semifinals Saturday, 24 March 1900 Final Saturday, 21 April 1900 Qualifying rounds 17 of the 18 Football League First Division sides received byes to the first round, as did The Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers from the Second Division and Southampton, Bristol City and Tottenham Hotspur from the Southern League. First Division Glossop and 13 of the other Second Division sides were entered into the third qualifying round while Gainsborough Trinity and Chesterfield were entered into the first qualifying round and New Brighton Tower was entered into the preliminary round. Of the qualifying League clubs, only Grimsby Town, Walsall and Leicester Fosse progressed to the main competition along with non-league sides Jarrow, Chorley, Stalybridge Rovers, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Portsmouth and Millwall Athletic. Chorley, Stalybridge Rovers, QPR and future Cup champions Portsmouth were featuring at this stage for the first time. First round proper The first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. The matches were played on Saturday, 27 January 1900. Six matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. The Blackburn/Portsmouth match went to a second replay, which was played the following week at Villa Park.6 February 1900 Sporting Intelligence 10 The Manchester Guardian Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Jarrow0–2Millwall Athletic27 January 19002Bristol City2–1Stalybridge Rovers27 January 19003Burnley0–1Bury27 January 19004Preston North End1–0Tottenham Hotspur27 January 19005Southampton3–0Everton27 January 19006Stoke0–0Liverpool27 January 1900ReplayLiverpool1–0Stoke1 February 19007Walsall1–1West Bromwich Albion27 January 1900ReplayWest Bromwich Albion6–1Walsall1 February 19008Notts County6–0Chorley27 January 19009Nottingham Forest3–0Grimsby Town27 January 190010The Wednesday1–0Bolton Wanderers27 January 190011Derby County2–2Sunderland27 January 1900ReplaySunderland3–0Derby County31 January 190012Sheffield United1–0Leicester Fosse27 January 190013Newcastle United2–1Reading27 January 190014Manchester City1–1Aston Villa27 January 1900ReplayAston Villa3–0Manchester City31 January 190015Queens Park Rangers1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers27 January 1900ReplayWolverhampton Wanderers0–1Queens Park Rangers31 January 190016Portsmouth0–0Blackburn Rovers27 January 1900ReplayBlackburn Rovers1–1Portsmouth1 February 1900ReplayBlackburn Rovers5–0Portsmouth5 February 1900 Second round proper The eight second-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 10 February 1900, although only three games were played on this date. The other five games were played the following Saturday. There were three replays, played in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–1West Bromwich Albion17 February 1900ReplayWest Bromwich Albion2–1Liverpool21 February 19002Preston North End1–0Blackburn Rovers17 February 19003Southampton4–1Newcastle United17 February 19004Notts County0–0Bury10 February 1900ReplayBury2–0Notts County14 February 19005Nottingham Forest3–0Sunderland10 February 19006Aston Villa5–1Bristol City10 February 19007Sheffield United1–1The Wednesday17 February 1900ReplayThe Wednesday0–2Sheffield United19 February 19008Queens Park Rangers0–2Millwall Athletic17 February 1900 The Southampton v. Newcastle United match was originally played on 10 February but was abandoned after 55 minutes due to a heavy snowstorm.Saints – A complete record Chalk Gary Holley, Duncan Breedon Books 1987 0-907969-22-4 26 The Sheffield derby attended by a crowd of 40,000 was also abandoned because of the snow in the second half.12 February 1900 The Football Field The Manchester Guardian 3 Third round proper The four quarter final matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 February 1900. Three of the four matches were replayed in the following midweek fixture, with the Millwall Athletic – Aston Villa match going to a second replay at Elm Park the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Preston North End0–0Nottingham Forest24 February 1900ReplayNottingham Forest1–0Preston North End28 February 19002Southampton2–1West Bromwich Albion24 February 19003Sheffield United2–2Bury24 February 1900ReplayBury2–0Sheffield United1 March 19004Millwall Athletic1–1Aston Villa24 February 1900ReplayAston Villa0–0Millwall Athletic28 February 1900ReplayMillwall Athletic2–1Aston Villa5 March 1900Porter Steve Aston Villa 1-2 Millwall Athletic http://www.thegiantkillers.co.uk/1900millwallathletic.htm www.thegiantkillers.co.uk 5 May 2016 Semifinals The semi-final matches were both played on Saturday, 24 April 1900. Both matches went to replays, played the following Wednesday or Thursday. Bury and Southampton came through the semi-finals to meet in the final at Crystal Palace. 24 March 1900 Bury 1–1 Nottingham Forest Victoria Ground, Stoke Replay 29 March 1900 Bury 3–2 Nottingham Forest Bramall Lane, Sheffield 24 March 1900 Southampton 0–0 Millwall Athletic Crystal Palace, London Replay 28 March 1900 Southampton 3–0 Millwall Athletic Elm Park, Reading Final 1900 FA Cup Final The final took place on Saturday, 21 April 1900 at Crystal Palace. Just under 69,000 supporters attended the match. Jasper McLuckie opened the scoring for Bury after about 9 minutes. Willie Wood doubled the advantage seven minutes later, before McLuckie added a third seven minutes after that. Jack Plant scored the fourth and final goal in the eightieth minute, to cap a good victory for the northern side. Match details 21 April 190015:00 GMT Bury 4 – 0 Southampton Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk McLuckie 9 23 Wood 16 Plant 80 Crystal Palace, London 68,985Sporting Chronicle - 1900 FA Cup Final Arthur Kingscott (Derby) FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000077 000077 Bury _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000077 000077 Southampton http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909 2008-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080925084712/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html 2008-09-25 dead See also FA Cup final results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1899-1900 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1899-1900 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific 2 Association football 1899–1900 Category:1899–1900 in English men's football cups