1878–79 FA Cup
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Country | ![]() |
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Teams | 43 (entrants), 37 (participants) |
Defending champions | Wanderers |
Champions | Old Etonians (1st title) |
Runners-up | Clapham Rovers |
← 1877–78 1879–80 → |
The 1878–79 Football Association Challenge Cup was the eighth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, although six of the forty-three never played a match.
First round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | Walkover | Birch | |
Reading | 1–0 | Hendon | 9 November 1878 |
Sheffield | 1–1 | Grantham | 28 October 1878 |
Barnes | 1–1 | Maidenhead | 19 October 1878 |
Royal Engineers | 3–0 | Old Foresters | 9 November 1878 |
Clapham Rovers | Walkover | Finchley | |
Upton Park | 5–0 | Saffron Walden Town | 30 October 1878 |
Wanderers | 2–7 | Old Etonians | 9 November 1878 |
South Norwood | Walkover | Leyton | |
Oxford University | 7–0 | Wednesbury Strollers | 2 November 1878 |
Swifts | 2–1 | Hawks | 9 November 1878 |
Cambridge University | 2–0 | Herts Rangers | 9 November 1878 |
Runnymede | draw | Panthers | (date and score unknown)[1][2] |
Forest School | 7–2 | Rochester | 2 November 1878 |
Old Harrovians | 8–0 | Southill Park | 2 November 1878 |
Notts County | 1–3 | Nottingham Forest | 16 November 1878 |
Remnants | Walkover | Unity | |
Minerva | Walkover | 105th Regiment | |
Eagley | Bye | ||
Romford | 3–1 | Ramblers | 2 November 1878 |
Grey Friars | 2–1 | Marlow | 9 November 1878 |
Brentwood | 1–3 | Pilgrims | 9 November 1878 |
Replays
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Grantham | 1–3 | Sheffield | 16 November 1878 |
Maidenhead | 0–4 | Barnes | 9 November 1878 |
Panthers | Walkover | Runnymede |
Second round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | 0–0 | Eagley | 7 December 1878 |
Reading | 0–1 | Old Etonians | 18 December 1878 |
Barnes | 3–2 | Upton Park | 4 January 1879 |
Clapham Rovers | 10–1 | Forest School | 7 December 1878 |
Oxford University | 4–0 | Royal Engineers | 7 December 1878 |
Swifts | 3–1 | Romford | 21 December 1878 |
Cambridge University | 3–0 | South Norwood | 4 December 1878 |
Old Harrovians | 3–0 | Panthers | 21 December 1878 |
Remnants | 6–2 | Pilgrims | 21 December 1878 |
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Sheffield | 21 December 1878 |
Grey Friars | 0–3 | Minerva | 7 December 1878 |
Replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | 4–1 | Eagley | 21 December 1878 |
Third round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | 1–0 | Cambridge University | 6 February 1879 |
Oxford University | 2–1 | Barnes | 6 February 1879 |
Old Etonians | 5–2 | Minerva | 11 January 1879 |
Swifts | Bye | ||
Old Harrovians | 0–2 | Nottingham Forest | 28 January 1879 |
Remnants | 2–3 | Darwen | 30 January 1879 |
Fourth round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | 8–1 | Swifts | 8 March 1879 |
Old Etonians | 5–5 | Darwen | 13 February 1879 |
Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Oxford University | 25 February 1879 |
Replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Old Etonians | 2–2 | Darwen | 8 March 1879 |
Second replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Old Etonians | 6–2 | Darwen | 15 March 1879 |
Semi finals
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
Old Etonians | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | 22 March 1879 |
Final
Score | Date | ||
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Old Etonians | 1–0 | Clapham Rovers | 29 March 1879 |