1887–88 FA Cup

October 2023 September 2023 August 2022 1887–88 FA Cup EnglandWalesIreland 149 West Bromwich Albion (1st title) Preston North End 1886–87 1888–89 The 1887–88 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 17th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-one more than the previous season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never played a match. This was the last season in which there were no qualifying rounds, so all entering clubs were placed in the first round. After the formation of the Football League, a set of qualifying rounds was introduced, with the Football Association holding a vote to determine 16 sides exempt to the first round proper. First round proper Home club Score Away club Date Chester 2–3 Davenham 15 October 1887 Burnley 4–0 Match void Darwen Old Wanderers 15 October 1887 Grantham 4–0 Lincoln Lindum 15 October 1887 Preston North End 26–0 Hyde 15 October 1887 South Bank 3–2 Newcastle East End 15 October 1887 Stoke 1–0 Burslem Port Vale 15 October 1887 Matlock 2–3 Rotherham Town 15 October 1887 Reading 0–2 Match void Dulwich 15 October 1887 Sheffield 1–3 Lockwood Brothers 15 October 1887 Hitchin 2–5 Old Wykehamists 8 October 1887 Royal Engineers 3–0 Match void Rochester 15 October 1887 Marlow 4–1 South Reading 8 October 1887 Old Etonians 4–2 Lancing Old Boys 8 October 1887 Swifts 3–1 Maidenhead 15 October 1887 Notts County 9–0 Lincoln Ramblers 15 October 1887 Hendon 2–4 Old Harrovians 15 October 1887 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Notts Swifts 15 October 1887 Blackburn Rovers Walkover Bury scratched the game before KO due to them having brought ineligible players. They played a friendly instead which they lost 10-0 Bury Hotspur Bye Stafford Road 2–1 Match void Great Bridge Unity 15 October 1887 Old Carthusians 5–0 Hanover United 15 October 1887 Blackburn Olympic Bye Staveley 1–2 Derby County 15 October 1887 Small Heath Alliance 6–1 Aston Unity 15 October 1887 Sheffield Heeley 9–0 Attercliffe 15 October 1887 Bootle 6–0 Workington 15 October 1887 Blackburn Park Road 2–1 Match voidThe FA ordered a replay, but both clubs instead scratched from the competition Distillery Ireland 1783 8 October 1887 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Match void Everton 15 October 1887 Accrington 11–0 Rossendale 15 October 1887 Chatham 5–1 Luton Town 15 October 1887 Walsall Town 1–2 Mitchell St George's 15 October 1887 South Shore Walkover Denton Church Walkover Cliftonville Ireland 1783 Macclesfield Town 1–3 Shrewsbury Town 15 October 1887 Walsall Swifts 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 October 1887 Old Westminsters 4–1 Clapton 15 October 1887 Wrexham Olympic Bye Hurst 5–3 Match void Astley Bridge 15 October 1887 Crewe Alexandra 5–0 Druids Wales 1807 15 October 1887 Long Eaton Rangers 6–3 Park Grange 15 October 1887 Middlesbrough 4–0 Whitburn 15 October 1887 West Bromwich Albion 7–1 Wednesbury Old Athletic 15 October 1887 Birmingham Excelsior 4–1 Match void Warwick County 15 October 1887 Leek 2–2 Northwich Victoria 15 October 1887 Sunderland 4–2 Match void Morpeth Harriers 15 October 1887 Old Brightonians 1–0 Swindon Town 8 October 1887 Derby Junction 3–2 Derby St Luke's 15 October 1887 Rawtenstall 1–3 Darwen 15 October 1887 Notts Rangers 10–1 Jardines 15 October 1887 Notts Olympic 3–6 Match void Notts Mellors 15 October 1887 Lincoln City 4–1 Horncastle Town 15 October 1887 Chirk Wales 1807 4–1 Chester St Oswalds 15 October 1887 Oswaldtwistle Rovers 3–4 Witton 15 October 1887 Higher Walton WalkoverCentral conceded the tie before kick-off, and the clubs played a friendly, which Higher Walton won 8–1. Heywood Central 15 October 1887 Burton Swifts 7–0 Southfield 15 October 1887 Chesham 4–2 Match void Watford Rovers 15 October 1887 Gainsborough Trinity 7–0 Boston 15 October 1887 Basford Rovers 3–2 Lincoln Albion 15 October 1887 Crusaders 9–0 Lyndhurst 15 October 1887 Fleetwood Rangers 4–1 West Manchester 15 October 1887 Cleethorpes Town 0–4 Grimsby Town 15 October 1887 Newcastle West End 5–1 Redcar 15 October 1887 London Caledonians 1–6 Old Foresters 15 October 1887 Old St Mark's 7–2 East Sheen 15 October 1887 Owlerton 2–1 Eckington Works 15 October 1887 Millwall Rovers Walkover Casuals Over Wanderers 3–1 Wellington St George's 15 October 1887 Ecclesfield 4–1 Derby Midland 15 October 1887 Scarborough 3–5 Shankhouse 15 October 1887 Belper Town 2–3 The Wednesday 15 October 1887 Vale of Llangollen Wales 1807 1–3 Match void Oswestry 8 October 1887 Aston Shakespeare 2–3 Match void Burton Wanderers 15 October 1887 Darlington 3–0 Gateshead Association 15 October 1887 Liverpool Stanley 1–5 Halliwell 15 October 1887 Oldbury Town 0–4 Aston Villa 15 October 1887 Elswick Rangers 3–3 Bishop Auckland Church Institute 15 October 1887 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Burnley Walkover Darwen Old Wanderers Dulwich Walkover Reading Royal Engineers Walkover Rochester Great Bridge Unity 1–1 Stafford Road 22 October 1887 Great Bridge Unity Walkover Stafford Road Everton 2–2 Bolton Wanderers 29 October 1887 Everton 1–1 Bolton Wanderers 12 November 1887 Everton Match voidEverton won 2–1, but were disqualified and suspended for one month for fielding 7 ineligible players, but not until they had already lost a second round tie to Preston North End; thus Bolton were re-instated Bolton Wanderers 19 November 1887 Astley Bridge Walkover Hurst Warwick County 0–5 Birmingham Excelsior 22 October 1887 Northwich Victoria 4–2 Leek 22 October 1887 Morpeth Harriers 2–3 Sunderland 22 October 1887 Notts Olympic 1–2 Notts Mellors 22 October 1887 Watford Rovers 3–1 Chesham 22 October 1887 Vale of LlangollenWales 1807 0–2 Oswestry 22 October 1887 Aston Shakespeare Walkover Burton Wanderers 22 October 1887 Bishop Auckland Church Institute 0–2 Elswick Rangers 22 October 1887 Second round proper Home club Score Away club Date Darlington 4–3 Elswick Rangers 5 November 1887 Darwen 2–0 Church 5 November 1887 Dulwich 2–1 Hotspur 5 November 1887 Preston North End 9–1Preston had already beaten Everton 6-0 on 26 November in the second round, and Halliwell in the third, when the FA expelled Everton from the competition; as a result Preston agreed to re-play their second round tie, against the re-instated Bolton Wanderers, before the draw for the fifth round Bolton Wanderers 17 December 1887 Shankhouse Bye Marlow 2–3 Old Foresters 5 November 1887 Old Etonians 3–2 Old St Mark's 5 November 1887 Swifts Bye Old Harrovians 0–4 Old Brightonians 5 November 1887 Notts County Walkover Basford Rovers Nottingham Forest 2–0 Notts Mellors 5 November 1887 Blackburn Olympic 1–5 Blackburn Rovers 5 November 1887 Astley Bridge 0–4 Halliwell 5 November 1887 Mitchell St George's 0–1 West Bromwich Albion 5 November 1887 Small Heath Alliance 0–4 Aston Villa 5 November 1887 Bootle 1–1 South Shore 5 November 1887 Accrington 3–2 Burnley 5 November 1887 Lockwood Brothers Bye Chatham 3–1 Royal Engineers 5 November 1887 Grimsby Town Bye Northwich Victoria 0–1 Crewe Alexandra 5 November 1887 Oswestry Bye Old Westminsters 8–1 Millwall Rovers 5 November 1887 Wrexham Olympic Wales 1807 1–2 Davenham 5 November 1887 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Aston Shakespeare 5 November 1887 Long Eaton Rangers 1–2 The Wednesday 5 November 1887 Middlesbrough 4–1 South Bank 5 November 1887 Birmingham Excelsior Bye Sunderland 3–1 Newcastle West End 5 November 1887 Derby County 6–0 Ecclesfield 5 November 1887 Derby Junction 3–2 Rotherham Town 5 November 1887 Notts Rangers 4–0 Grantham 5 November 1887 Lincoln City 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity 5 November 1887 Chirk Wales 1807 10–2 Shrewsbury Town 5 November 1887 Burton Swifts 2–5 Great Bridge Unity 5 November 1887 Crusaders 3–2 Old Wykehamists 29 October 1887 Fleetwood Rangers 1–3 Higher Walton 5 November 1887 Watford Rovers 1–3 Old Carthusians 5 November 1887 Owlerton 1–0 Sheffield Heeley 5 November 1887 Distillery Ireland 1783 2–4Witton 5 November 1887 Over Wanderers 0–2 Stoke 5 November 1887 Replay Home club Score Away club Date South Shore 0–3 Bootle 12 November 1887 Third round proper Home club Score Away club Date Darlington 0–2 Shankhouse 26 November 1887 Darwen 1–1 Witton 26 November 1887 Dulwich 1–3 Swifts 26 November 1887 Preston North End 4–0 Halliwell 3 December 1887 Stoke 3–0 Oswestry 26 November 1887 Old Etonians 7–2 Old Westminsters 26 November 1887 Old Foresters Bye Nottingham Forest 2–1 Notts County 26 November 1887 Aston Villa Bye Old Carthusians 5–0 Old Brightonians 24 November 1887 The Wednesday Bye Accrington 1–3 Blackburn Rovers 26 November 1887 Grimsby Town 2–0 Lincoln City 26 November 1887 Davenham 2–2 Chirk Wales 1807 19 November 1887 Crewe Alexandra Bye Middlesbrough 2–2 Sunderland 26 November 1887 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 November 1887 Derby County 6–2 Owlerton 26 November 1887 Derby Junction 2–1 Lockwood Brothers 19 November 1887 Notts Rangers Bye Higher Walton 1–6 Bootle 26 November 1887 Crusaders 4–0 Chatham 26 November 1887 Great Bridge Unity 2–1 Birmingham Excelsior 26 November 1887 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Witton 0–2 Darwen 3 December 1887 Chirk Wales 1807 6–1 Davenham 26 November 1887 Sunderland 4–2 Sunderland disqualified Middlesbrough 3 December 1887 Fourth round proper Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 3–1 Notts Rangers 17 December 1887 Preston North End Bye Stoke Bye Shankhouse 0–9 Aston Villa 17 December 1887 Old Foresters 4–2 Grimsby Town 17 December 1887 Nottingham Forest 6–0 Old Etonians 17 December 1887 Blackburn Rovers Bye Old Carthusians Bye Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Swifts 10 December 1887 Middlesbrough Bye West Bromwich Albion Bye Derby County Bye Derby Junction Bye Chirk Wales 1807 Bye Crusaders 0–1 The Wednesday 17 December 1887 Great Bridge Unity 1–2 Bootle 17 December 1887 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Swifts 3–2 Match void Crewe Alexandra 17 December 1887 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Swifts 31 December 1887 Fifth round proper Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 0–3 Blackburn Rovers 7 January 1888 Nottingham Forest 2–4 The Wednesday 7 January 1888 Aston Villa 1–3 Preston North End 7 January 1888 Old Carthusians 2–0 Bootle 7 January 1888 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Derby County 7 January 1888 Middlesbrough 4–0 Old Foresters 7 January 1888 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Stoke 7 January 1888 Chirk Wales 1807 1–1 Derby Junction 31 December 1887 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Derby Junction 1-0 Chirk Wales 1807 7 January 1888 Sixth round proper 1888 01 28 y 0–2 Middlesbrough Crewe Alexandra 1888 01 28 y 4–2 West Bromwich Albion Old Carthusians 1888 01 28 y 2–1 Derby Junction Blackburn Rovers 1888 01 30 y 1–3 The Wednesday Preston North End Semi-finals 1888 02 18 y 4–0 Preston North End Crewe Alexandra 1888 02 18 y 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Derby Junction Final this match 1888 FA Cup Final 1888 03 24 y 15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Preston North End George Woodhall Jem Bayliss Fred Dewhurst Kennington Oval, London 19,000 Francis Marindin References FA Cup Results Archive Association football 1887–88 Category:1887–88 in English men's football cups Category:1887–88 in Welsh football Category:1887–88 in Irish association football