1881–82 FA Cup

October 2014 April 2026 FA Cup 1881–82 England 73 Old Etonians Blackburn Rovers 1880–81 1882–83 The 1881–82 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 11th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Seventy-three teams entered, eleven more than last season, although five of the seventy-three never actually played a match. First round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 3–1 Blackburn Olympic 29 October 1881 Grantham 6–0 Brigg 5 November 1881 Reading 5–0 Hendon 29 October 1881 Sheffield 8–0 Brigg Britannia 5 November 1881 Barnes 3–1 Rochester 5 November 1881 Royal Engineers 6–0 Kildare 5 November 1881 Marlow 3–1 Brentwood 22 October 1881 Upton Park 3–0 St Alban's [Forest Gate] 22 October 1881 Windsor Home Park 0–1 Reading Minster 22 October 1881 Old Etonians 2–2 Clapham Rovers 5 November 1881 Herts Rangers 0–4 Swifts 5 November 1881 Notts County Walkover Calthorpe Old Foresters 3–0 Morton Rangers 5 November 1881 Wednesbury Strollers 3–1 Stafford Road 5 November 1881 Romford Walkover Rangers (London) Henley 0–2 Maidenhead 22 October 1881 West End 3–2 Remnants 29 October 1881 Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Blackburn Park Road 29 October 1881 Hanover United Bye Hotspur 1–0 Highbury Union 5 November 1881 Mosquitos 1–1 Pilgrims 5 November 1881 Aston Villa 4–1 Nottingham Forest 5 November 1881 Acton 0–0 Finchley 29 October 1881 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Sheffield Providence 5 November 1881 Astley Bridge 2–2 Turton 29 October 1881 Dreadnought Walkover Caius College Staveley 5–1 Spilsby 29 October 1881 Esher Leopold 0–5 Old Carthusians 5 November 1881 Olympic 2–4 Old Harrovians 5 November 1881 Woodford Bridge 1–1 Reading Abbey 22 October 1881 Small Heath Alliance 4–1 Derby Town 17 October 1881 Sheffield Heeley 5–1 Lockwood Brothers 17 October 1881 Bootle 2–1 Blackburn Law 5 November 1881 St Bart's Walkover Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 5–5 Eagley 22 October 1881 Accrington Walkover Queen's Park Wednesbury Old Athletic 9–0 Mitchell St George's 5 November 1881 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Clapham Rovers 0–1 Old Etonians 19 November 1881 Pilgrims 5–0 Mosquitos 12 November 1881 Acton 4–0 Finchley 12 November 1881 Turton 1–1 Astley Bridge 12 November 1881 Astley Bridge 3–3 Turton 19 November 1881 Turton 2–0 Astley Bridge 26 November 1881 Reading Abbey 2–1 Woodford Bridge 12 November 1881 Eagley 0–1 Bolton Wanderers 12 November 1881 Second round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 3–1 Accrington 26 November 1881 Reading 1–1 West End disqualified West End 26 November 1881 Sheffield 0–4 Sheffield Heeley 26 November 1881 Royal Engineers Bye Marlow 2–0 St Bart's Hospital 30 November 1881 Maidenhead 2–1 Acton 3 December 1881 Old Etonians Bye Swifts 7–1 Old Harrovians 19 November 1881 Notts County 5–3 Match void Wednesbury Strollers 24 November 1881 Old Foresters 3–1 Pilgrims 3 December 1881 Blackburn Rovers 6–2 Bolton Wanderers 19 November 1881 Hanover United 1–3 Upton Park 26 November 1881 Aston Villa Bye Turton 4–0 Bootle 3 December 1881 Old Carthusians 7–1 Barnes 3 December 1881 Sheffield Wednesday Bye Reading Minster 3–1 Romford 3 December 1881 Reading Abbey 1–4 Hotspur 26 November 1881 Dreadnought Bye Staveley 3–1 Grantham 28 November 1881 Wednesbury Old Athletic 6–0 Small Heath Alliance 3 December 1881 Replay Home club Score Away club Date Notts County 11–1 Wednesbury Strollers 10 December 1881 Third round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 4–1 Turton 17 December 1881 Reading Bye Upton Park Bye Old Etonians 3–0 Swifts 17 December 1881 Old Foresters Bye Blackburn Rovers Bye Hotspur 0–0 Reading Minster 17 December 1881 Aston Villa 2–2 Notts County 31 December 1881 Old Carthusians 0–2 Royal Engineers 22 December 1881 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Staveley 29 December 1881 Dreadnought 1–2 Marlow 17 December 1881MaidenheadByeSheffield HeeleyByeWednesbury Old AthBye Replays Home club Score Away club Date Hotspur 2–0 Reading Minster 26 December 1881 Notts County 2–2 Aston Villa 7 January 1882 Staveley 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday 7 January 1882 Sheffield Wednesday 5–1 Staveley 9 January 1882 Aston Villa 4–1 Notts County 14 January 1882 Fourth round Home club Score Away club Date Marlow Walkover Reading Upton Park 5–0 Hotspur 21 January 1882 Old Etonians 6–3 Maidenhead 14 January 1882 Old Foresters 2–1 Royal Engineers 21 January 1882 Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Darwen 30 January 1882 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Sheffield Heeley 21 January 1882 Wednesbury Old Athletic 4–2 Aston Villa 21 January 1882 Fifth round Home club Score Away club Date Old Etonians Bye Old Foresters 0–0 Marlow 14 February 1882 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Wednesbury Old Athletic 11 February 1882 Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Upton Park 7 February 1882 Replay Home club Score Away club Date Marlow 1–0 Old Foresters 18 February 1882 Semi-finals Home club Score Away club Date Old Etonians 5–0 Marlow 4 March 1882 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday 6 March 1882 Replay Home club Score Away club Date Sheffield Wednesday 1–5 Blackburn Rovers 15 March 1882 Final 1882 FA Cup Final Score Date Old Etonians 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 25 March 1882 References FA Cup Results Archive Association football 1881-82 Category:1881–82 in English men's football cups