1883–84 FA Cup

July 2023 1883–84 FA Cup BlackburnRovers FA Cup 1883-84.jpg The Blackburn Rovers end of season photo with the FA Cup (centre) EnglandScotlandWales 100 Blackburn Rovers 1 Queen's Park 1882–83 1884–85 The 1883–84 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred teams entered, sixteen more than the previous season, although three of the one hundred never played a match. First round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 2–2 Church 27 October 1883 Grantham 3–2 Spilsby 10 November 1883 Preston North End Bye Stoke 1–2 Manchester 10 November 1883 Reading 2–2 South Reading 10 November 1883 Sheffield 1–4 Lockwood Brothers 10 November 1883 Clapham Rovers Walkover Kildare Windsor 5–3 Royal Engineers 10 November 1883 Swifts Bye Rochester 2–1 Uxbridge 3 November 1883 Druids Wales 1807 0–1 Northwich Victoria 10 November 1883 Notts County 3–1 Sheffield Heeley 10 November 1883 Hendon 3–2 Old Etonians 10 November 1883 Old Foresters 2–1 Dreadnought 10 November 1883 Nottingham Forest Walkover Redcar Romford 3–0 Woodford Bridge 3 November 1883 West End 1–0 Maidenhead 10 November 1883 Blackburn Rovers 7–1 Southport 20 October 1883 Hanover United 1–6 Brentwood 3 November 1883 Mosquitos 3–2 Pilgrims 10 November 1883 Stafford Road 5–1 Aston Unity 10 November 1883 Acton 0–2 Upton Park 10 November 1883 Calthorpe 0–9 Walsall Town 10 November 1883 Sheffield Wednesday Bye Blackburn Olympic 5–1 Darwen Ramblers 13 October 1883 Reading Minster 1–10 Old Carthusians 10 November 1883 Small Heath Alliance 1–1 Birmingham Excelsior 20 October 1883 Blackburn Park Road 6–0 Low Moor 27 October 1883 Bolton Wanderers 9–0 Bolton Olympic 10 November 1883 Accrington 4–0 Blackpool St John's 10 November 1883 Wednesbury Old Athletic 5–0 Mitchell St George's 10 November 1883 Hornchurch 0–9 Marlow 10 November 1883 Clitheroe 3–3 South Shore 10 November 1883 Spital 1–1 Rotherham Town 10 November 1883 Great Lever 4–1 Astley Bridge 20 October 1883 Halliwell 2–5 Eagley 13 October 1883 Oswestry 2–0 Hartford St John's 10 November 1883 Walsall Swifts 1–5 Aston Villa 10 November 1883 Old Westminsters 3–0 Chatham 3 November 1883 Wrexham Olympic Wales 1807 Walkover Liverpool Ramblers Upton Rangers 0–7 Old Wykehamists 10 November 1883 Bolton Association 5–1 Bradshaw 3 November 1883 Hull Town 1–3 Grimsby Town 3 November 1883 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Long Eaton Rangers 27 October 1883 Rossendale 2–6 Irwell Springs 17 November 1883 Derby Midland Bye Davenham 2–0 Macclesfield Town 10 November 1883 Hurst 3–1 Turton 20 October 1883 Crewe Alexandra 0–10 Queen's Park Scotland 6 October 1883 Middlesbrough 1–5 Staveley 10 November 1883 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Wednesbury Town 10 November 1883 Padiham 3–1 Lower Darwen 31 October 1883 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Church 0–1 Darwen 3 November 1883 South Reading 0–4 Reading 17 November 1883 Birmingham Excelsior 3–2 Small Heath Alliance 10 November 1883 South Shore 3–2 Clitheroe 24 November 1883 Rotherham Town 7–2 Chesterfield Spital 17 November 1883 Second round Home club Score Away club Date Darwen 1–2 Blackburn Olympic 1 December 1883 Grantham 4–0 Grimsby Town 26 November 1883 Preston North End 4–1 Great Lever 1 December 1883 Reading 1–0 West End 1 December 1883 Clapham Rovers 7–0 Rochester 1 December 1883 Queen's Park Scotland 15–0 Manchester 1 December 1883 Upton Park Bye Windsor 0–1 Old Wykehamists 1 December 1883 Swifts 2–0 Marlow 1 December 1883 Notts County 3–0 Nottingham Forest 1 December 1883 Eagley Bye Romford 3–1 Mosquitos 1 December 1883 Brentwood Bye Stafford Road 0–5 Aston Villa 1 December 1883 Old Carthusians 2–7 Old Foresters 24 November 1883 Staveley 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 December 1883 Blackburn Park Road 2–3Accrington was disqualified for fielding a professional, and Park Road, anticipating defeat by Blackburn Olympic, withdrew from the competition. Accrington 24 November 1883 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Bolton Association 1 December 1883 Wednesbury Old Athletic 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 December 1883 Lockwood Brothers 3–1 Rotherham Town 1 December 1883 Walsall Town 2–2 Wednesbury Town 1 December 1883 Northwich Victoria 5–1 Davenham Wales 1807 24 November 1883 South Shore 0–7 Blackburn Rovers 1 December 1883 Old Westminsters 2–1 Hendon 1 December 1883 Wrexham Olympic Wales 1807 3–4 Oswestry 1 December 1883 Hurst 3–2After a protest that a Hurst player had been wearing metal plates in his boots, the FA ordered a replay, but Hurst failed to turn up, so Irwell Springs was put into the third round: Bolton Evening News, 29 December 1883, p. 3 Irwell Springs 1 December 1883 Padiham Bye Birmingham Exclesior 1–1 Derby Midland 1 December 1883 Replays Home club Score Away club Date Wednesbury Town 6–0 Walsall Town 8 December 1883 Irwell Springs Walkover Hurst Derby Midland 2–1 Birmingham Excelsior 15 December 1883 Third round Home club Score Away club Date Grantham 1–4 Notts County 20 December 1883 Preston North End 9–1 Eagley 29 December 1883 Reading 1–6 Upton Park 22 December 1883 Clapham Rovers 1–2 Swifts 22 December 1883 Old Wykehamists Bye Old Foresters Bye Romford 1–4 Brentwood 29 December 1883 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Padiham 29 December 1883 Blackburn Olympic Walkover Blackburn Park Road Staveley 1–0 Lockwood Brothers 29 December 1883 Bolton Wanderers 8–1 Irwell Springs 29 December 1883 Wednesbury Old Athletic 4–7 Aston Villa 29 December 1883 Northwich Victoria Bye Oswestry 1–7 Queen's Park Scotland 29 December 1883 Old Westminsters Bye Wednesbury Town 1–0 Derby Midland 29 December 1883 Fourth round Home club Score Away club Date Preston North End 1–1The FA upheld an Upton Park protest that Preston had fielded ineligible professionals, and disqualified Preston. Upton Park 19 January 1884 Queen's Park Scotland 6–1 Aston Villa 19 January 1884 Swifts 2–1 Old Foresters 19 January 1884 Notts County 2–2 Bolton Wanderers 19 January 1884 Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Staveley 19 January 1884 Blackburn Olympic 6–0 Old Wykehamists 19 January 1884 Northwich Victoria 3–0 Brentwood 19 January 1884 Old Westminsters 5–0 Wednesbury Town 19 January 1884 Replay Home club Score Away club Date Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Notts County 2 February 1884 Fifth round Home club Score Away club Date Upton Park 0–3 Blackburn Rovers 9 February 1884 Notts County 1–1 Swifts 9 February 1884 Blackburn Olympic 9–1 Northwich Victoria 9 February 1884 Old Westminsters 0–1 Queen's Park Scotland 9 February 1884 Replay Home club Score Away club Date Swifts 0–1 Notts County 14 February 1884 Semi finals Home club Score Away club Date Queen's Park Scotland 4–0 Blackburn Olympic 1 March 1884 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Notts County 1 March 1884 Final this match 1884 FA Cup Final Home club Score Away club Date Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Queen's Park Scotland 29 March 1884 Notes note References FA Cup Results Archive Association football 1883–84 Category:1883–84 in English men's football cups