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1912–13 FA Cup
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1912–13 FA Cup England Aston Villa 5 Sunderland 1911–12 1913–14
The 1912–13 FA Cup was the 42nd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Aston Villa won the competition for the fifth time, beating Sunderland 1–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, London. Villa's triumph ended a series of new FA Cup winners which had occurred since 1909.
thumb|1913 Aston Villa team after pre-cup game with Chelsea. The three players far right are Littlewood (who did not appear in the cup final), Stephenson, and Barber. Tommy Weston, who did appear in the cup rounds, is not shown.
Calendar
The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.https://www.thefa.com/competitions/facompetitions/thefacup/archive https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120424213146/http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/Archive dead 24 April 2012 The FA Cup Archive (select season) The FA Cup & Competitions The FA 29 October 2014
Round Date Extra preliminary round Saturday 14 September 1912 Preliminary round Saturday 28 September 1912 First round qualifying Saturday 12 October 1912 Second round qualifying Saturday 2 November 1912 Third round qualifying Saturday 16 November 1912 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 30 November 1912 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 14 December 1912 First round proper Saturday 11 January 1913 Second round proper Saturday 1 February 1913 Third round proper Saturday 22 February 1913 Fourth round proper Saturday 8 March 1913 Semi-finals Saturday 29 March 1913 Final Saturday 19 April 1913
Qualifying rounds
The 12 teams winning through to the first round proper from the fifth qualifying round were Glossop and Stockport County from the Football League Second Division, as well as non-league sides Rochdale, Halifax Town, Gillingham, London Caledonians, Barrow, Southend United, South Shields, Croydon Common, Chesterfield and Gainsborough Trinity. Rochdale, Halifax Town and South Shields qualified for the main competition for the first time, while London Caledonians had not appeared at this stage since 1887-88.
Of the 86 clubs entered in this season's extra preliminary round, the most successful were Willenhall Pickwick and Kingston-on-Thames who both progressed to the fourth qualifying round. Willenhall's vanquished opponents included non-league heavyweights Brierley Hill Alliance and Worcester City before they went out to Stockport County, while Kingston-on-Thames had wins over Dorking and Nunhead before losing to Southall at Western Road.
First round proper
37 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second Divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The other three League clubs, Glossop, Stockport County and Lincoln City were entered in the fourth qualifying round, with Lincoln going out in the fifth qualifying round to South Shields.
To bring the number of teams up to 64, fifteen Southern League First Division clubs were given byes to the first round. These were: Swindon Town, Southampton, Reading, Northampton Town, Stoke, West Ham United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Millwall and Crystal Palace.
The 32 matches were played on various dates between Saturday 11 January and Saturday 18 January 1913, with nine replays and a second replay being played on various dates between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 22 January.
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Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chesterfield1–4Nottingham Forest18 January 19132Liverpool3–0Bristol City15 January 19133Rochdale0–2Swindon Town11 January 19134South Shields0–1Gainsborough Trinity18 January 19135Southampton1–1Bury11 January 1913ReplayBury2–1Southampton15 January 19136Stoke2–2Reading16 January 1913ReplayReading3–0Stoke22 January 19137Gillingham0–0Barnsley11 January 1913ReplayBarnsley3–1Gillingham16 January 19138Blackburn Rovers7–2Northampton Town18 January 19139The Wednesday5–1Grimsby Town16 January 191310Wolverhampton Wanderers3–1London Caledonians18 January 191311West Bromwich Albion1–1West Ham United13 January 1913ReplayWest Ham United2–2West Bromwich Albion16 January 1913ReplayWest Ham United3–0+West Bromwich Albion22 January 191312Sunderland6–0Clapton Orient11 January 191313Derby County1–3Aston Villa15 January 191314Everton5–1Stockport County15 January 191315Leicester Fosse1–4Norwich City16 January 191316Newcastle United1–0Bradford City16 January 191317Tottenham Hotspur1–1Blackpool11 January 1913ReplayBlackpool1–6Tottenham Hotspur16 January 191318Manchester City4–0Birmingham11 January 191319Queens Park Rangers4–2Halifax Town11 January 191320Fulham0–2Hull City11 January 191321Bristol Rovers2–0Notts County11 January 191322Portsmouth1–2Brighton & Hove Albion15 January 191323Manchester United1–1Coventry City11 January 1913ReplayCoventry City1–2Manchester United16 January 191324Plymouth Argyle2–0Preston North End11 January 191325Millwall0–0Middlesbrough11 January 1913ReplayMiddlesbrough4–1Millwall15 January 191326Leeds City2–3Burnley15 January 191327Oldham Athletic2–0Bolton Wanderers11 January 191328Crystal Palace2–0Glossop11 January 191329Chelsea5–2Southend United11 January 191330Croydon Common0–0Woolwich Arsenal11 January 1913ReplayWoolwich Arsenal2–1Croydon Common15 January 191331Bradford Park Avenue1–1Barrow15 January 1913ReplayBradford Park Avenue1–0Barrow22 January 191332Huddersfield Town3–1Sheffield United15 January 1913
+ Match played at Stamford Bridge
Second round proper
15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley4–1Gainsborough Trinity1 February 19132Reading1–0Tottenham Hotspur1 February 19133Aston Villa5–0West Ham United1 February 19134Middlesbrough3–2Queens Park Rangers1 February 19135Sunderland2–0Manchester City5 February 19136Woolwich Arsenal1–4Liverpool1 February 19137Barnsley2–3Blackburn Rovers1 February 19138Bristol Rovers1–1Norwich City1 February 1913ReplayNorwich City2–2Bristol Rovers6 February 1913Replay+Bristol Rovers1–0Norwich City10 February 19139Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Everton1 February 1913ReplayEverton1–0Brighton & Hove Albion5 February 191310Plymouth Argyle0–2Manchester United1 February 191311Hull City0–0Newcastle United1 February 1913ReplayNewcastle United3–0Hull City5 February 191312Oldham Athletic5–1Nottingham Forest1 February 191313Crystal Palace2–0Bury1 February 191314Chelsea1–1The Wednesday1 February 1913ReplayThe Wednesday6–0Chelsea5 February 191315Bradford Park Avenue3–0Wolverhampton Wanderers1 February 191316Huddersfield Town1–2Swindon Town1 February 1913
+ match played at neutral venue (Stamford Bridge).
Third round proper
The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek.https://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=700 FA Cup 1912/13 Soccerbase Century Comm 29 October 2014
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley3–1Middlesbrough22 February 19132Liverpool1–1Newcastle United22 February 1913ReplayNewcastle United1–0Liverpool26 February 19133Reading1–2Blackburn Rovers22 February 19134Aston Villa5–0Crystal Palace22 February 19135Sunderland4–2Swindon Town22 February 19136Bristol Rovers0–4Everton22 February 19137Oldham Athletic0–0Manchester United22 February 1913ReplayManchester United1–2Oldham Athletic26 February 19138Bradford Park Avenue2–1The Wednesday22 February 1913
Fourth round proper
The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcup1913.html England FA Challenge Cup 1912-1913 Macario Reyes Padilla 27 January 2001 RSSSF 10 April 2016
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackburn Rovers0–1Burnley8 March 19132Sunderland0–0Newcastle United8 March 1913ReplayNewcastle United2–2Sunderland12 March 1913ReplayNewcastle United0–3Sunderland17 March 19133Everton0–1Oldham Athletic8 March 19134Bradford Park Avenue0–5Aston Villa8 March 1913
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 29 March 1913. The Burnley–Sunderland match went to a replay, which Sunderland won, going on to meet Aston Villa in the final.
29 March 1913 Sunderland 0–0 Burnley Bramall Lane, Sheffield (Sheffield United's ground)
Replay
2 April 1913 Sunderland 3–2 Burnley St Andrew's, Birmingham (Birmingham City's ground)
29 March 1913 Aston Villa 1–0 Oldham Athletic Ewood Park, Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers' ground)
Final
1913 FA Cup Final
The final was contested by Aston Villa and Sunderland on 19 April 1913 at London's Crystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, with a goal by Tommy Barber assisted by a crossed ball from Charlie Wallace. Wallace had earlier missed a penalty, something that would not occur again in FA Cup Final, until the 1988 final between Wimbledon and Liverpool.
Match details
19 April 191315:00 BST Aston Villa 1–0 Sunderland Tommy Barber 78 Crystal Palace 121,919 Mr. A. Adams (Nottingham)
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References
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