1883–84 FA Cup

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.

1883–84 FA Cup
The Blackburn Rovers end of season photo with the FA Cup (centre)
Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
Teams100
Defending championsBlackburn Olympic
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-upQueen's Park

Preston North End was disqualified from the competition in February 1884, after an FA committee determined that the club had violated rules against professionalism by offering financial inducements to Scottish players.[1]

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 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 Central 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 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 2–3 Both teams disqualified 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 24 November 1883
South Shore 0–7 Blackburn Rovers 1 December 1883
Old Westminsters 2–1 Hendon 1 December 1883
Wrexham Olympic Wales 3–4 Oswestry 1 December 1883
Hurst 3–2 Match void 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 Bye
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 Town 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 1–1 Preston North End disqualified 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

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Queen's Park Scotland 29 March 1884

Notes

  1. "The Football Association and the Preston North End Club". Blackburn Standard: 3. 2 February 1884.

References

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