1877–78 FA Cup

1877–78 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	43
Defending champions	Wanderers
Final positions
Champions	Wanderers (5th title)
Runners-up	Royal Engineers

The 1877–78 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventh staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, six 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

FA Cup
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