1901–02 FA Cup

1901–02 FA Cup England Sheffield United(2nd title) Southampton 1900–01 1902–03 The 1901–02 FA Cup was the 31st staging of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Sheffield United won the competition for the second time, beating Southampton 2–1 in the replay of the final at Crystal Palace. The first match had finished 1–1. 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, an intermediate round, three proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. Round Date Preliminary round Saturday 21 September 1901 First qualifying round Saturday 5 October 1901 Second qualifying round Saturday 19 October 1901 Third qualifying round Saturday 2 November 1901 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 16 November 1901 Fifth qualifying round Saturday 30 November 1901 Intermediate Round Saturday 14 December 1901 First round proper Saturday 25 January 1902 Second round Saturday 8 February 1902 Third round Saturday 22 February 1902 Semifinals Saturday 15 March 1902 Final Saturday 19 April 1902 Intermediate round the qualifying rounds 1901–02 FA Cup qualifying rounds The Intermediate Round featured ten ties, played between the winners from the fifth qualifying round and ten teams exempt to this stage. First Division side Small Heath received a bye to this round, as did Chesterfield, Newton Heath, Woolwich Arsenal, Burnley and Leicester Fosse from the Second Division and Reading, Portsmouth and Millwall Athletic from the Southern League. New Brighton Tower had also been allocated an exemption to this round, but, after the club withdrew from the Football League and disbanded during the summer of 1901, the Football Association ruled that the team drawn to oppose them would be granted a walkover to the first round. The remaining Second Division sides had to gain entry to this round through the qualifying rounds. Barnsley, Blackpool, Bristol City, Burton United, Burslem Port Vale, Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop, Lincoln City and Stockport County were all entered in the third qualifying round. Of these, Glossop and Lincoln City reached the Intermediate Round along with non-league sides Bishop Auckland, Darwen, Walsall, Northampton Town, Bristol Rovers, Oxford City, Luton Town and New Brompton. Bishop Auckland, Northampton Town and Oxford City qualified for the competition proper for the first time. The nine matches were played on 14 December 1901. Two matches went to replays which were played during the following midweek. Oxford City was the recipient of the walkover caused by the withdrawal of New Brighton Tower. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Reading2–1Chesterfield14 December 19012Walsall2–0New Brompton14 December 19013Newton Heath1–2Lincoln City14 December 19014Bishop Auckland2–3Burnley14 December 19015Millwall Athletic1–1Bristol Rovers14 December 1901ReplayBristol Rovers1–0Millwall Athletic18 December 19016Leicester Fosse0–1Glossop14 December 19017Woolwich Arsenal1–1Luton Town14 December 1901ReplayLuton Town0–2Woolwich Arsenal18 December 19018Oxford CityWalkoverNew Brighton TowerN/A9Northampton Town4–1Darwen14 December 190110Portsmouth2–1Small Heath14 December 1901 First round proper The first round proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. 17 of the 18 First Division sides were exempt to this round, as were West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Preston North End from the Second Division, and Southern League sides Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur, finalists in the two previous seasons. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round. The matches were played on Saturday 25 January 1902. Seven matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek. Two of these then went to a second replay the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bury5–1West Bromwich Albion25 January 19022Liverpool2–2Everton25 January 1902ReplayEverton0–2Liverpool29 January 19023Stoke2–2Aston Villa25 January 1902ReplayAston Villa1–2Stoke29 January 19024Walsall1–0Burnley25 January 19025Notts County1–2Reading25 January 19026Blackburn Rovers0–2Derby County1 February 19027The Wednesday0–1Sunderland25 January 19028Grimsby Town1–1Portsmouth25 January 1902ReplayPortsmouth2–0Grimsby Town29 January 19029Wolverhampton Wanderers0–2Bolton Wanderers25 January 190210Middlesbrough1–1Bristol Rovers25 January 1902ReplayBristol Rovers1–0Middlesbrough29 January 190211Woolwich Arsenal0–2Newcastle United25 January 190212Tottenham Hotspur1–1Southampton25 January 1902ReplaySouthampton2–2Tottenham Hotspur29 January 19022nd ReplaySouthampton2–1Tottenham Hotspur3 February 190213Manchester City1–1Preston North End25 January 1902ReplayPreston North End0–0Manchester City29 January 19022nd ReplayPreston North End2–4Manchester City3 February 190214Oxford City0–0Lincoln City25 January 1902ReplayLincoln City4–0Oxford City30 January 190215Northampton Town0–2Sheffield United25 January 190216Glossop1–3Nottingham Forest25 January 1902 Second round proper The eight second-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 February 1902. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Southampton4–1Liverpool8 February 19022Reading0–1Portsmouth8 February 19023Walsall0–5Bury8 February 19024Lincoln City1–3Derby County8 February 19025Sheffield United2–1Bolton Wanderers8 February 19026Newcastle United1–0Sunderland12 February 19027Manchester City0–2Nottingham Forest8 February 19028Bristol Rovers0–1Stoke8 February 1902 Third round proper The four quarter final matches were scheduled for Saturday 22 February 1902. There were two replays, played in the following midweek. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bury2–3Southampton22 February 19022Nottingham Forest2–0Stoke22 February 19023Newcastle United1–1Sheffield United22 February 1902ReplaySheffield United2–1Newcastle United27 February 19024Portsmouth0–0Derby County22 February 1902ReplayDerby County6–3Portsmouth27 February 1902 Semifinals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday 15 March 1902. Sheffield United and Derby County drew their tie and had to replay it; this next match also finished in a draw, and so a second replay was played a week later. Sheffield United eventually won and went on to meet Southampton in the final. 15 March 1902 15:00 Southampton 3–1 Nottingham Forest White Hart Lane, London 15 March 1902 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Derby County The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Replay 20 March 1902 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Derby County Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Second Replay 27 March 1902 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Derby County City Ground, Nottingham Final 1902 FA Cup Final The final was contested by Sheffield United and Southampton at Crystal Palace. The match finished 1–1 after extra time, with the goals scored by Alf Common for Sheffield United and Harry Wood for Southampton. In the replay, which also took place at Crystal Palace, Sheffield United won 2–1, with goals from George Hedley and Billy Barnes. Albert Brown scored Southampton's goal. Match details 19 April 1902 15:30 GMT Sheffield United 1 – 1 Southampton Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk Common 55 Wood 88 Crystal Palace, London 76,914http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1902.html Sporting Chronicle - 1902 FA Cup Final 2008-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305133952/http://sportingchronicle.com/facup/1902.html 2016-03-05 dead T. Kirkham, Burslem _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 003377 003377 Sheffield United FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000077 000077 Southampton http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909 2008-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080925084712/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html 2008-09-25 dead Replay 26 April 1902 15:00 GMT Sheffield United 2 – 1 Southampton Hedley 2 Barnes 79 Brown 70 Crystal Palace, London 33,068 T. Kirkham, Burslem See also FA Cup final results 1872– References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1901-02 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1901-02 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific 2 Association football 1901–02 Category:1901–02 in English men's football cups