1910–11 FA Cup

October 2020 1910–11 FA Cup England Bradford City 1 Newcastle United 1909–10 1911–12 The 1910–11 FA Cup was the 40th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Bradford City won the competition for the first and (as of 2025) only time, beating holders Newcastle United 1–0 in the replay of the final at Old Trafford in Manchester, through a goal from Jimmy Speirs. The first match, held at Crystal Palace, London, was a 0–0 draw. This season's tournament was the first in which more than 400 clubs (404) entered the competition, although ten teams (including Chorley, Tranmere Rovers and Wimbledon) withdrew without playing a match. 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. 1911 was the first year that the current trophy design was used. The FA commissioned Fattorini's of Bradford to design and manufacture a new, larger trophy. Coincidentally, it was won by Bradford City in its first outing. This trophy still exists but is now too fragile to be used, so an exact replica was made by Toye, Kenning and Spencerhttp://www.toye.com/products/sports/trophies-awards/ Toye trophies page dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100522093435/http://www.toye.com/products/sports/trophies-awards/ 22 May 2010 and has been in use since the 1992 final. The replica of the original, last used in 1910, was presented to the FA's long-serving president Lord Kinnaird. It was sold at Christie's in 2005 to David Gold. Gold has loaned this trophy to the National Football Museum in Manchester where it is on permanent display. 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. Round Date Extra preliminary round Saturday 10 September 1910 Preliminary round Saturday 17 September 1910 First round qualifying Saturday 1 October 1910 Second round qualifying Saturday 15 October 1910 Third round qualifying Saturday 5 November 1910 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 19 November 1910 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 3 December 1910 First round proper Saturday 14 January 1911 Second round proper Saturday 4 February 1911 Third round proper Saturday 25 February 1911 Fourth round proper Saturday 11 March 1911 Semi-finals Saturday 25 March 1911 Final Saturday 22 April 1911 Qualifying rounds The 12 clubs winning through to the main draw from the fifth qualifying round were Football League Second Division outfit Gainsborough Trinity along with non-league sides Luton Town, Stoke, Crewe Alexandra, Watford, Accrington Stanley, Southend United, Croydon Common, Chesterfield, Exeter City, Darlington and New Brompton. For the first time, all qualifying teams had appeared in the first round before, although Darlington had not featured at this stage since 1887-88. Ironically, Gainsborough Trinity would be voted out of the Football League in 1912, while, of the others, only Croydon Common would not have become a member of the League by 1921. At the other end of the qualifying stages, 28 clubs were entered in the extra preliminary round, with most of those being from the West Midlands. However, none of the clubs from this stage progressed past the first qualifying round. First round proper 36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The remaining sides, Stockport County, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town and Gainsborough Trinity were entered in the fourth qualifying round. Huddersfield lost to Lincoln City and Stockport County lost to Rochdale in that round, while Lincoln City then lost to Stoke in the fifth qualifying round. Sixteen non-league sides were given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were: SouthamptonMillwall AthleticQueens Park RangersCrystal PalaceSwindon TownPlymouth ArgyleLeytonPortsmouthNorthampton TownBristol RoversNorwich CityGrimsby TownWest Ham UnitedBrighton & Hove AlbionCoventry CityBrentford Grimsby Town had been voted out of the Football League during the 1910 close-season and were competing in the Midland League, while the others were all from the Southern League First Division. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 14 January 1911. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Birmingham1–1Oldham Athletic14 January 1911ReplayOldham Athletic2–0Birmingham17 January 19112Bristol City0–3Crewe Alexandra14 January 19113Burnley2–0Exeter City14 January 19114Liverpool3–2Gainsborough Trinity14 January 19115Stoke1–2Manchester City14 January 19116Watford0–2Barnsley14 January 19117Blackburn Rovers5–1Southend United14 January 19118The Wednesday1–2Coventry City14 January 19119Bolton Wanderers0–2Chesterfield14 January 191110Grimsby Town3–0 Match voidCroydon Common14 January 1911ReplayGrimsby Town8–1Croydon Common18 January 191111Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Accrington Stanley14 January 191112Middlesbrough1–0Glossop14 January 191113West Bromwich Albion4–1Fulham14 January 191114Derby County2–1Plymouth Argyle14 January 191115Swindon Town3–1Notts County14 January 191116Sheffield United0–1Darlington14 January 191117Leicester Fosse3–1Southampton14 January 191118Newcastle United6–1Bury14 January 191119New Brompton0–1Bradford City14 January 191120Tottenham Hotspur2–1Millwall Athletic14 January 191121Brentford0–1Preston North End14 January 191122Bristol Rovers0–0Hull City14 January 1911ReplayHull City1–0Bristol Rovers17 January 191123Northampton Town5–1Luton Town14 January 191124Portsmouth1–4Aston Villa14 January 191125West Ham United2–1Nottingham Forest14 January 191126Manchester United2–1Blackpool14 January 191127Norwich City3–1Sunderland14 January 191128Leeds City1–3Brighton & Hove Albion14 January 191129Clapton Orient1–2Woolwich Arsenal16 January 191130Crystal Palace0–4Everton14 January 191131Chelsea0–0Leyton14 January 1911ReplayLeyton0–2Chelsea18 January 191132Bradford Park Avenue5–3Queens Park Rangers14 January 1911 Second round proper The sixteen second-round matches were played on Saturday, 4 February 1911. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Darlington2–1Bradford Park Avenue4 February 19112Burnley2–0Barnsley4 February 19113Blackburn Rovers0–0Tottenham Hotspur4 February 1911ReplayTottenham Hotspur0–2Blackburn Rovers8 February 19114Wolverhampton Wanderers1–0Manchester City4 February 19115Crewe Alexandra1–5Grimsby Town4 February 19116Middlesbrough0–0Leicester Fosse4 February 1911ReplayLeicester Fosse1–2Middlesbrough8 February 19117Derby County2–0West Bromwich Albion4 February 19118Everton2–1Liverpool4 February 19119Swindon Town1–0Woolwich Arsenal4 February 191110Newcastle United1–1Northampton Town4 February 1911ReplayNewcastle United1–0Northampton Town8 February 191111West Ham United3–0Preston North End4 February 191112Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Coventry City4 February 1911ReplayCoventry City2–0Brighton & Hove Albion8 February 191113Manchester United2–1Aston Villa4 February 191114Bradford City2–1Norwich City4 February 191115Hull City1–0Oldham Athletic4 February 191116Chelsea4–1Chesterfield4 February 1911 Third round proper The eight third-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 February 1911. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Darlington0–3Swindon Town25 February 19112Burnley5–0Coventry City25 February 19113Wolverhampton Wanderers0–2Chelsea25 February 19114Middlesbrough0–3Blackburn Rovers25 February 19115Derby County5–0Everton25 February 19116Newcastle United3–2Hull City25 February 19117West Ham United2–1Manchester United25 February 19118Bradford City1–0Grimsby Town25 February 1911 Fourth round proper The four fourth-round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 March 1911. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Newcastle United4–0Derby County11 March 19112West Ham United2–3Blackburn Rovers11 March 19113Bradford City1–0Burnley11 March 19114Chelsea3–1Swindon Town11 March 1911 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 25 March 1911. Both matches were 3–0 wins, to Newcastle United and Bradford City won, going on to meet each other in the final. 25 March 1911 15:00 Newcastle United 3–0 Chelsea St Andrew's, Birmingham 25 March 1911 15:00 Bradford City 3–0 Blackburn Rovers Bramall Lane, Sheffield Final 1911 FA Cup Final The Final was the 40th FA Cup final. It was contested by Bradford City and Newcastle United. The first game resulted in a goalless draw at Crystal Palace. A single goal scored by Jimmy Speirs for Bradford won the replay at Old Trafford. Match details 22 April 1911 Bradford City 0–0 Newcastle United Crystal Palace, London 69,068 John Pearson _goldborder_2 _large_gold_neck_loop _goldborder _gold 800000 800000 800000 FFFFFF 800000 Bradford City _white_stripes _blackstripes _white_stripes _whitestripe 000000 FFFFFF 000000 000000 000000 Newcastle United Replay 26 April 1911 Bradford City 1–0 Newcastle United Speirs 15 Old Trafford, Manchester 66,646 John Pearson _goldborder_2 _large_gold_neck_loop _goldborder _gold 800000 800000 800000 FFFFFF 800000 Bradford City _white_stripes _blackstripes _white_stripes _whitestripe 000000 FFFFFF 000000 000000 000000 Newcastle United See also FA Cup Final Results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1910-11 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1910-11 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Association football England 1910–11 Category:1910–11 in English men's football cups