1877–78 FA Cup

1877–78 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	43
Defending champions	Wanderers
Final positions
Champions	Wanderers (5th title)
Runner-up	Royal Engineers
	← 1876–77 1878–79 →

The 1877–78 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventh staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, four more than the previous season, although four of the forty-three never played a match.

First round

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
27 October 1877	Grantham	0–2	Clapham Rovers
27 October 1877	High Wycombe	4–0	Wood Grange
27 October 1877	Maidenhead	10–0	Reading Hornets
2 November 1877	Cambridge University	3–1	Southill Park
3 November 1877	Hawks	5–2	Minerva
3 November 1877	Marlow	2–0	Hendon
3 November 1877	Notts County	1–1	Sheffield
3 November 1877	Oxford University	5–2	Herts Rangers
3 November 1877	Pilgrims	0–0	Ramblers
10 November 1877	105th Regiment	0–2	Old Harrovians
10 November 1877	1st Surrey Rifles	1–0	Forest School
7 November 1877	Darwen	3–0	Manchester
7 November 1877	Reading	2–0	South Norwood
10 November 1877	Remnants	4–0	St Stephen's
10 November 1877	Swifts	3–2	Leyton
10 November 1877	Upton Park	3–0	Rochester
10 November 1877	Wanderers	9–1	Panthers
12 November 1877	Druids	1–0	Shropshire Wanderers
	Barnes	Walkover	St Mark's
	Old Foresters	Walkover	Old Wykehamists
	Royal Engineers	Walkover	Highbury Union
	Queen's Park	Bye

Replays

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
9 November 1877	Pilgrims	1–0	Ramblers
1 December 1877	Sheffield	3–0	Notts County

Second round

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
8 December 1877	Cambridge University	4–2	Maidenhead
8 December 1877	Royal Engineers	6–0	Pilgrims
8 December 1877	Upton Park	1–0	Reading
15 December 1877	Barnes	3–1	Marlow
15 December 1877	High Wycombe	0–9	Wanderers
15 December 1877	Oxford University	1–0	Old Foresters
22 December 1877	Clapham Rovers	4–0	Swifts
22 December 1877	Old Harrovians	6–0	1st Surrey Rifles
22 December 1877	Remnants	2–0	Hawks
29 December 1877	Sheffield	1–0	Darwen
	Druids	Walkover	Queen's Park

Third round

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
12 January 1878	Wanderers	1–1	Barnes
19 January 1878	Upton Park	3–0	Remnants
30 January 1878	Royal Engineers	8–0	Druids
2 February 1878	Old Harrovians	2–2	Cambridge University
2 February 1878	Oxford University	3–2	Clapham Rovers
	Sheffield	Bye

Replays

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
26 January 1878	Wanderers	4–1	Barnes
9 February 1878	Old Harrovians	2–2	Cambridge University
16 February 1878	Old Harrovians	2–0	Cambridge University

Fourth round

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
15 February 1878	Royal Engineers	3–3	Oxford University
16 February 1878	Wanderers	3–0	Sheffield
9 March 1878	Old Harrovians	3–1	Upton Park

Replays

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
27 February 1878	Royal Engineers	2–2	Oxford University
12 March 1878	Royal Engineers	4–2	Oxford University

Semi finals

Date	Home Club	Score	Away Club
16 March 1878	Royal Engineers	2–1	Old Harrovians
	Wanderers	Bye

Final

Date		Score
23 March 1878	Wanderers	3–1	Royal Engineers

References

External links

FA Cup Results Archive

v t e FA Cup
Seasons	1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Qualifying rounds	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
History List of finals Semi-finals Final referees Winning managers Non-English clubs Scottish clubs Non-League clubs in the 5th Round Giant-Killing Award

v t e 1877–78 in European football
« 1876–77 1878–79 »
Domestic cups	England Scotland Wales

First round

Replays

Second round

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Semi finals

Final

References

External links

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.