1898–99 FA Cup

September 2023 1898–99 FA Cup Sheffield utd 1899.jpg Sheffield United team members with the FA Cup EnglandWales Sheffield United(1st title) Derby County 1897–98 1899–1900 The 1898–99 FA Cup was the 28th 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 Sheffield United, who defeated Derby County 4–1 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 24 September 1898 First round qualifying Saturday 1 October 1898 Second round qualifying Saturday 15 October 1898 Third round qualifying Saturday 29 October 1898 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 19 November 1898 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 10 December 1899 First round proper Saturday 28 January 1899 Second round proper Saturday 11 February 1899 Third round proper Saturday 25 February 1899 Semi-finals Saturday 18 March 1899 Final Saturday 15 April 1899 Qualifying rounds This season saw the further expansion of the Football League First and Second Divisions to 18 teams each. The 18 First Division sides received byes to the first round, along with Newton Heath, Woolwich Arsenal and Manchester City from the Second Division. In recognition of the increasing strength of the Southern League, the previous season's champions of that competition Southampton were awarded the final automatic entry to the competition proper. Most of the other Football League clubs were entered into the third qualifying round, with the exceptions of Barnsley, who started in the second qualifying round, and Burton Swifts, Blackpool and Loughborough who were placed in the first qualifying round. Of those sides, only Grimsby Town, Small Heath and Glossop North End progressed to the FA Cup proper along with non-league sides Jarrow, South Shore, Heanor Town, Kettering, Bristol City, New Brompton and Tottenham Hotspur. Jarrow, Bristol City and New Brompton were featuring in the first round for the first time, but, in a further reflection of the growing stature of the Southern League, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur were the only non-league clubs to progress beyond this stage. First round proper Once again, the FA Cup's first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. The matches were played on Saturday, 28 January 1899. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City2–4Sunderland28 January 1899 2Burnley2–2Sheffield United28 January 1899 ReplaySheffield United2–1Burnley2 February 1899 3Liverpool2–0Blackburn Rovers28 January 1899 4Preston North End7–0Grimsby Town28 January 1899 5Notts County2–0Kettering28 January 1899 6Nottingham Forest2–1Aston Villa28 January 1899 7The Wednesday2–2Stoke28 January 1899 ReplayStoke2–0The Wednesday2 February 1899 8Wolverhampton Wanderers0–0Bolton Wanderers28 January 1899 ReplayBolton Wanderers0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers1 February 1899 9West Bromwich Albion8–0South Shore28 January 1899 10Everton3–1Jarrow28 January 1899 11Small Heath3–2Manchester City28 January 1899 12Heanor Town0–3Bury28 January 1899 13Woolwich Arsenal0–6Derby County28 January 1899 14New Brompton0–1Southampton28 January 1899 15Tottenham Hotspur1–1Newton Heath28 January 1899 ReplayNewton Heath3–5Tottenham Hotspur1 February 1899 16Glossop0–1Newcastle United28 January 1899 Second round proper The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 February 1899, 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 teamDate1Liverpool3–1Newcastle United11 February 1899 2Preston North End2–2Sheffield United11 February 1899 ReplaySheffield United2–1Preston North End16 February 1899 3Stoke2–2Small Heath11 February 1899 ReplaySmall Heath1–2Stoke15 February 1899 4Notts County0–1Southampton11 February 1899 5West Bromwich Albion2–1Bury11 February 1899 6Derby County2–1Wolverhampton Wanderers11 February 1899 7Everton0–1Nottingham Forest11 February 1899 8Tottenham Hotspur2–1Sunderland11 February 1899 Third round proper The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 February 1899. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Southampton1–2Derby County25 February 1899 2Stoke4–1Tottenham Hotspur25 February 1899 3Nottingham Forest0–1Sheffield United25 February 1899 4West Bromwich Albion0–2Liverpool25 February 1899 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were both played on Saturday, 18 March 1899. The Sheffield United–Liverpool match went to a replay, played the following Thursday. The match was again replayed a week later, when Sheffield managed a 1–0 win. They went on to meet Derby County in the final at Crystal Palace. 18 March 1899 Derby County 3–1 Stoke Molineux, Wolverhampton 18 March 1899 Sheffield United 2–2 Liverpool City Ground, Nottingham Replay 23 March 1899 Sheffield United 4–4 Liverpool Burnden Park, Bolton Second Replay 30 March 1899 Sheffield United 1–0 Liverpool Baseball Ground, Derby Final 1899 FA Cup final The final took place on Saturday, 15 April 1899 at Crystal Palace. Just under 74,000 supporters attended the match, a record attendance at the time. John Boag opened the scoring for Derby County after 12 minutes. Derby's lead was maintained until midway through the second half, until Sheffield struck back with three goals in ten minutes from Walter Bennett, Billy Beer and John Almond. Fred Priest scored the fourth and final goal in the eighty-ninth minute, to cap a good victory for the Yorkshire side. Match details 15 April 1899 15:00 GMT Sheffield United 4–1 Derby County Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080749/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1899.html 28 September 2011 Bennett 60 Beer 65 Almond 69 Priest 89 Boag 12 Crystal Palace, London 73,833Sporting Chronicle – 1899 FA Cup Final A. Scragg _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000077 000077 Sheffield United 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 1898–1899 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1898–1899 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Association football 1898–99 Category:1898–99 in English men's football cups