1893–94 FA Cup

August 2019 1893–94 FA Cup Notts county 1894.jpg Notts County following the final EnglandWales Notts County (1st title) Bolton Wanderers 1892–93 1894–95 The 1893–94 FA Cup was the 23rd edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The cup was won by Notts County of the Football League Second Division, who defeated Bolton Wanderers 4–1 in the final to win the cup for the first and, to date, only time.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcuphist.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation England FA Challenge Cup Finals 24 October 2008 6 June 2008 James M. Ross https://web.archive.org/web/20081024121826/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engcuphist.html 24 October 2008 live 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. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. 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 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 Round Date No. of teams First qualifying round Saturday 14 October 1893 106 Second qualifying round Saturday 4 November 1893 80 Third qualifying round Saturday 25 November 1893 40 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 16 December 1893 20 First round proper Saturday 27 January 1894 32 Second round proper Saturday 10 February 1894 16 Third round proper Saturday 24 February 1894 8 Semi-finals Saturday 10 March 1894 4 Final Saturday 31 March 1894 2 Qualifying rounds The 16 clubs from the Football League First Division were exempted from the qualifying rounds, as were Liverpool, Small Heath, Notts County, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Newcastle United from the Second Division. The Second Division featured 15 clubs this season following Bootle's resignation from the Football League after the Annual General Meeting. Most of the rest of the League clubs entered the FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage, although Crewe Alexandra and Northwich Victoria joined in the second qualifying round. Grimsby Town and Woolwich Arsenal were ultimately the only League clubs to progress to the competition proper, with non-League sides Middlesbrough, South Shore, Stockport County, Heanor Town, Leicester Fosse, Burton Wanderers, Luton Town and Reading being the other qualifiers. Stockport County and Leicester Fosse were appearing at this stage for the first time while Accrington received a bye to the first round despite the club also having resigned from the Football League during the 1893 close-season. Results First round proper Tie No.Home teamScoreAway teamDate 1 Liverpool 3–0 Grimsby Town 27 January 1894 2 Preston North End 18–0 Reading 27 January 1894 3 Stoke 1–0 Everton 27 January 1894 4 Notts County 1–0 Burnley 27 January 1894 5 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Heanor Town 27 January 1894 6 Aston Villa 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 January 1894 7 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Blackburn Rovers 27 January 1894 8 Sunderland 3–0 Accrington 27 January 1894 9 Derby County 2–0 Darwen 27 January 1894 10 Newton Heath 4–0 Middlesbrough 27 January 1894 11 Small Heath 3–4 Bolton Wanderers 27 January 1894 12 Leicester Fosse 2–1 South Shore 27 January 1894 13 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 2–1 Luton Town 27 January 1894 14 Woolwich Arsenal 1–2 The Wednesday 27 January 1894 15 Stockport County 0–1 Burton Wanderers 27 January 1894 16 Newcastle United 2–0 Sheffield United 27 January 1894 Second round proper Tie No.Home teamScoreAway teamDate 1 Liverpool 3–2 Preston North End 10 February 1894 2 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 10 February 1894 3 The Wednesday 1–0 Stoke 10 February 1894 4 Sunderland 2–2 Aston Villa 10 February 1894 Replay Aston Villa 3–1 Sunderland 21 February 1894 5 Burton Wanderers 1–2 Notts County 10 February 1894 6 Newton Heath 0–0 Blackburn Rovers 10 February 1894 Replay Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Newton Heath 17 February 1894 7 Leicester Fosse 0–0 Derby County 10 February 1894 Replay Derby County 3–0 Leicester Fosse 17 February 1894 8 Newcastle United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 10 February 1894 Third round proper Tie No.Home teamScoreAway teamDate 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Notts County 24 February 1894 Replay Notts County 4–1 Nottingham Forest 3 March 1894 2 The Wednesday 3–2 Aston Villa 24 February 1894 3 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Liverpool 24 February 1894 4 Derby County 1–4 Blackburn Rovers 24 February 1894 Semi-finals Tie No.Home teamScoreAway teamDate 1 Notts County 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 10 March 1894 2 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 The Wednesday 10 March 1894 Final 1894 FA Cup Final The 1894 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 31 March 1894. The final was contested by Notts County and Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park, Liverpool. Notts County won 4–1 with Jimmy Logan becoming the second player to ever score a hat-trick at an FA Cup Final Match details 31 March 1894 Notts County 4–1 Bolton Wanderers Watson 18Logan 29 67 70 Cassidy 87 Goodison Park 37,000 References Association football 1893–94 Category:1893–94 in English men's football cups