1880–81 FA Cup

October 2014 October 2014 October 2023 1880–81 FA Cup England 62 Old Carthusians 1 Old Etonians 1879–80 1881–82 The 1880–81 Football Association Challenge Cup was the tenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never played a match. First round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 8–0 Brigg 13 November 1880 Reading 5–1 Hotspur 13 November 1880 Sheffield 5–4 Blackburn Olympic 30 October 1880 Royal Engineers 0–0 Remnants 13 November 1880 Marlow 6–0 Clarence 30 October 1880 Maidenhead 1–1 Old Harrovians 13 November 1880 Clapham Rovers 15–0 Finchley 13 November 1880 Upton Park 8–1 Mosquitos 13 November 1880 Pilgrims Walkover Old Philberdians Swifts 1–1 Old Foresters 6 November 1880 Herts Rangers 6–0 Barnes 6 November 1880 Rochester 1–2 Dreadnought 13 November 1880 Notts County 4–4 Derbyshire 4 November 1880 Nottingham Forest Walkover Caius College Romford 1–1 Reading Minster 13 November 1880 Grey Friars 0–0 Windsor Home Park 13 November 1880 Brentwood 0–10 Old Etonians 6 November 1880 West End 1–0 Hanover United 6 November 1880 Blackburn Rovers 6–2 Providence 30 October 1880 St Peter's Institute 1–8 Hendon 6 November 1880 Aston Villa 5–3 Wednesbury Strollers 30 October 1880 Stafford Road 7–0 Spilsby 6 November 1880 Turton 5–0 Brigg Britannia 16 October 1880 Old Carthusians 7–0 Saffron Walden Town 23 October 1880 Acton 1–1 Kildare 13 November 1880 Calthorpe 1–2 Grantham 11 November 1880 Sheffield Wednesday Walkover Queen's Park Astley Bridge 4–0 Eagley 30 October 1880 Weybridge Swallows 3–1 Henley 13 November 1880 Reading Abbey 1–0 St. Albans 13 November 1880 Rangers (London) Walkover Wanderers Replays Home club Score Away club Date Remnants 0–1 Royal Engineers 20 November 1880 Old Harrovians 0–1 Maidenhead 20 November 1880 Old Foresters 1–2 Swifts 20 November 1880 Derbyshire 2–4 Notts County 27 November 1880 Romford Walkover Reading Minster Windsor Home Park 1–3 Grey Friars 20 November 1880 Kildare 0–5 Acton 20 November 1880 Second round Home club Score Away club Date Grantham 1–1 Stafford Road 11 December 1880 Reading 0–1 Swifts 18 December 1880 Sheffield 1–5 Darwen 18 December 1880 Royal Engineers 1–0 Pilgrims 9 December 1880 Marlow 4–0 West End 11 December 1880 Clapham Rovers Bye Old Etonians 2–0 Hendon 4 December 1880 Herts Rangers Bye Notts County Bye Nottingham Forest 1–2 Aston Villa 4 December 1880 Romford Bye Grey Friars 1–0 Maidenhead 11 December 1880 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday 18 December 1880 Old Carthusians 5–1 Dreadnought 11 December 1880 Astley Bridge 0–3 Turton 18 December 1880 Weybridge Swallows 0–3 Upton Park 18 December 1880 Reading Abbey 2–1 Acton 11 December 1880 Rangers (London) Bye Replay Home club Score Away club Date Stafford Road 7–1 Grantham 16 December 1880 Third round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen Bye Royal Engineers 6–0 Rangers (London) 9 February 1881 Marlow Bye Clapham Rovers 2–1 Swifts 8 January 1881 Upton Park Bye Herts Rangers 0–3 Old Etonians 5 February 1881 Notts County 1–3 Aston Villa 12 February 1881 Romford 2–0 Reading Abbey 12 February 1881 Grey Friars Bye Stafford Road Bye Turton 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday 8 January 1881 Fourth round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 5–2 Sheffield Wednesday 5 February 1881 Clapham Rovers 5–4 Upton Park 12 February 1881 Aston Villa 2–3 Stafford Road 19 February 1881 Old Etonians 4–0 Grey Friars 19 February 1881 Romford 2–1 Marlow 19 February 1881 Royal Engineers 0–2 Old Carthusians 19 February 1881 Fifth round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 15–0 Romford 5 March 1881 Stafford Road 1–2 Old Etonians 19 March 1881 Old Carthusians 3–1 Clapham Rovers 19 March 1881 Semi-finals Home club Score Away club Date Old Etonians Bye Old Carthusians 4–1 Darwen 26 March 1881 Final 1881 FA Cup Final Score Date Old Carthusians 3–0 Old Etonians 9 April 1881 References External links FA Cup Results Archive Association football 1880–81 Category:1880–81 in English men's football cups