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1887–88 FA Cup

The 1887–88 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 17th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-one more than the previous season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never played a match.

1887–88 FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Ireland
Teams149
Defending championsAston Villa
Final positions
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Runner-upPreston North End

This was the last season in which there were no qualifying rounds, so all entering clubs were placed in the first round. After the formation of the Football League, a set of qualifying rounds was introduced, with League clubs given the right to request automatic exemption to the first round proper.

First round proper

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Home club Score Away club Date
Chester 2–3 Davenham 15 October 1887
Burnley 4–0 Match void Darwen Old Wanderers 15 October 1887
Grantham 4–0 Lincoln Lindum 15 October 1887
Preston North End 26–0 Hyde 15 October 1887
South Bank 3–2 Newcastle East End 15 October 1887
Stoke 1–0 Burslem Port Vale 15 October 1887
Matlock 2–3 Rotherham Town 15 October 1887
Reading 0–2 Match void Dulwich 15 October 1887
Sheffield 1–3 Lockwood Brothers 15 October 1887
Hitchin 2–5 Old Wykehamists 8 October 1887
Royal Engineers 3–0 Match void Rochester 15 October 1887
Marlow 4–1 South Reading 8 October 1887
Old Etonians 4–2 Lancing Old Boys 8 October 1887
Swifts 3–1 Maidenhead 15 October 1887
Notts County 9–0 Lincoln Ramblers 15 October 1887
Hendon 2–4 Old Harrovians 15 October 1887
Nottingham Forest 2–1 Notts Swifts 15 October 1887
Blackburn Rovers Walkover [1] Bury
Hotspur Bye
Stafford Road 2–1 Match void Great Bridge Unity 15 October 1887
Old Carthusians 5–0 Hanover United 15 October 1887
Blackburn Olympic Bye
Staveley 1–2 Derby County 15 October 1887
Small Heath Alliance 6–1 Aston Unity 15 October 1887
Sheffield Heeley 9–0 Attercliffe 15 October 1887
Bootle 6–0 Workington 15 October 1887
Blackburn Park Road 2–1 Match void[2] Distillery   8 October 1887
Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Match void Everton 15 October 1887
Accrington 11–0 Rossendale 15 October 1887
Chatham 5–1 Luton Town 15 October 1887
Walsall Town 1–2 Mitchell St George's 15 October 1887
South Shore Walkover Denton
Church Walkover Cliftonville  
Macclesfield Town 1–3 Shrewsbury Town 15 October 1887
Walsall Swifts 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 October 1887
Old Westminsters 4–1 Clapton 15 October 1887
Wrexham Olympic Bye
Hurst 5–3 Match void Astley Bridge 15 October 1887
Crewe Alexandra 5–0 Druids   15 October 1887
Long Eaton Rangers 6–3 Park Grange 15 October 1887
Middlesbrough 4–0 Whitburn 15 October 1887
West Bromwich Albion 7–1 Wednesbury Old Athletic 15 October 1887
Birmingham Excelsior 4–1 Match void Warwick County 15 October 1887
Leek 2–2 Northwich Victoria 15 October 1887
Sunderland 4–2 Match void Morpeth Harriers 15 October 1887
Old Brightonians 1–0 Swindon Town 8 October 1887
Derby Junction 3–2 Derby St Luke's 15 October 1887
Rawtenstall 1–3 Darwen 15 October 1887
Notts Rangers 10–1 Jardines 15 October 1887
Notts Olympic 3–6 Match void Notts Mellors 15 October 1887
Lincoln City 4–1 Horncastle Town 15 October 1887
Chirk   4–1 Chester St Oswalds 15 October 1887
Oswaldtwistle Rovers 3–4 Witton 15 October 1887
Higher Walton Walkover[3] Heywood Central 15 October 1887
Burton Swifts 7–0 Southfield 15 October 1887
Chesham 4–2 Match void Watford Rovers 15 October 1887
Gainsborough Trinity 7–0 Boston 15 October 1887
Basford Rovers 3–2 Lincoln Albion 15 October 1887
Crusaders 9–0 Lyndhurst 15 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers 4–1 West Manchester 15 October 1887
Cleethorpes Town 0–4 Grimsby Town 15 October 1887
Newcastle West End 5–1 Redcar 15 October 1887
London Caledonians 1–6 Old Foresters 15 October 1887
Old St Mark's 7–2 East Sheen 15 October 1887
Owlerton 2–1 Eckington Works 15 October 1887
Millwall Rovers Walkover Casuals
Over Wanderers 3–1 Wellington St George's 15 October 1887
Ecclesfield 4–1 Derby Midland 15 October 1887
Scarborough 3–5 Shankhouse 15 October 1887
Belper Town 2–3 The Wednesday 15 October 1887
Llangollen   7–3 Match void Oswestry Town 8 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare 2–3 Match void Burton Wanderers 15 October 1887
Darlington 3–0 Gateshead Association 15 October 1887
Liverpool Stanley 1–5 Halliwell 15 October 1887
Oldbury Town 0–4 Aston Villa 15 October 1887
Elswick Rangers 3–3 Bishop Auckland Church Institute 15 October 1887

Replays

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Home club Score Away club Date
Burnley Walkover Darwen Old Wanderers
Dulwich Walkover Reading
Royal Engineers Walkover Rochester
Great Bridge Unity 1–1 Stafford Road 22 October 1887
Great Bridge Unity Walkover Stafford Road
Everton 2–2 Bolton Wanderers 29 October 1887
Everton 1–1 Bolton Wanderers 12 November 1887
Everton Match void[4] Bolton Wanderers 19 November 1887
Astley Bridge Walkover Hurst
Warwick County 0–5 Birmingham Excelsior 22 October 1887
Northwich Victoria 4–2 Leek 22 October 1887
Morpeth Harriers 2–3 Sunderland 22 October 1887
Notts Olympic 1–2 Notts Mellors 22 October 1887
Watford Rovers 3–1 Chesham 22 October 1887
Llangollen   0–2 Oswestry Town 22 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare Walkover Burton Wanderers 22 October 1887
Bishop Auckland Church Institute 0–2 Elswick Rangers 22 October 1887

Second round proper

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Home club Score Away club Date
Darlington 4–3 Elswick Rangers 5 November 1887
Darwen 2–0 Church 5 November 1887
Dulwich 2–1 Hotspur 5 November 1887
Preston North End 9–1[5] Bolton Wanderers 17 December 1887
Shankhouse Bye
Marlow 2–3 Old Foresters 5 November 1887
Old Etonians 3–2 Old St Mark's 5 November 1887
Swifts Bye
Old Harrovians 0–4 Old Brightonians 5 November 1887
Notts County Walkover Basford Rovers
Nottingham Forest 2–0 Notts Mellors 5 November 1887
Blackburn Olympic 1–5 Blackburn Rovers 5 November 1887
Astley Bridge 0–4 Halliwell 5 November 1887
Mitchell St George's 0–1 West Bromwich Albion 5 November 1887
Small Heath Alliance 0–4 Aston Villa 5 November 1887
Bootle 1–1 South Shore 5 November 1887
Accrington 3–2 Burnley 5 November 1887
Lockwood Brothers Bye
Chatham 3–1 Royal Engineers 5 November 1887
Grimsby Town Bye
Northwich Victoria 0–1 Crewe Alexandra 5 November 1887
Oswestry Bye
Old Westminsters 8–1 Millwall Rovers 5 November 1887
Wrexham Olympic 1–2 Davenham 5 November 1887
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Aston Shakespeare 5 November 1887
Long Eaton Rangers 1–2 The Wednesday 5 November 1887
Middlesbrough 4–1 South Bank 5 November 1887
Birmingham Excelsior Bye
Sunderland 3–1 Newcastle West End 5 November 1887
Derby County 6–0 Ecclesfield 5 November 1887
Derby Junction 3–2 Rotherham Town 5 November 1887
Notts Rangers 4–0 Grantham 5 November 1887
Lincoln City 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity 5 November 1887
Chirk   10–2 Shrewsbury Town 5 November 1887
Burton Swifts 2–5 Great Bridge Unity 5 November 1887
Crusaders 3–2 Old Wykehamists 29 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers 1–3 Higher Walton 5 November 1887
Watford Rovers 1–3 Old Carthusians 5 November 1887
Owlerton 1–0 Sheffield Heeley 5 November 1887
Distillery   2–4 Witton 5 November 1887
Over Wanderers 0–2 Stoke 5 November 1887

Replay

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Home club Score Away club Date
South Shore 0–3 Bootle 12 November 1887

Third round proper

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Home club Score Away club Date
Darlington 0–2 Shankhouse 26 November 1887
Darwen 1–1 Witton 26 November 1887
Dulwich 1–3 Swifts 26 November 1887
Preston North End 4–0 Halliwell 3 December 1887
Stoke 3–0 Oswestry 26 November 1887
Old Etonians 7–2 Old Westminsters 26 November 1887
Old Foresters Bye
Nottingham Forest 2–1 Notts County 26 November 1887
Aston Villa Bye
Old Carthusians 5–0 Old Brightonians 24 November 1887
The Wednesday Bye
Accrington 1–3 Blackburn Rovers 26 November 1887
Grimsby Town 2–0 Lincoln City 26 November 1887
Davenham 2–2 Chirk   19 November 1887
Crewe Alexandra Bye
Middlesbrough 2–2 Sunderland 26 November 1887
West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 November 1887
Derby County 6–2 Owlerton 26 November 1887
Derby Junction 2–1 Lockwood Brothers 19 November 1887
Notts Rangers Bye
Higher Walton 1–6 Bootle 26 November 1887
Crusaders 4–0 Chatham 26 November 1887
Great Bridge Unity 2–1 Birmingham Excelsior 26 November 1887

Replays

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Home club Score Away club Date
Witton 0–2 Darwen 3 December 1887
Chirk   6–1 Davenham 26 November 1887
Sunderland 4–2 Sunderland disqualified Middlesbrough 3 December 1887

Fourth round proper

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Home club Score Away club Date
Darwen 3–1 Notts Rangers 17 December 1887
Preston North End Bye
Stoke Bye
Shankhouse 0–9 Aston Villa 17 December 1887
Old Foresters 4–2 Grimsby Town 17 December 1887
Nottingham Forest 6–0 Old Etonians 17 December 1887
Blackburn Rovers Bye
Old Carthusians Bye
Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Swifts 10 December 1887
Middlesbrough Bye
West Bromwich Albion Bye
Derby County Bye
Derby Junction Bye
Chirk   Bye
Crusaders 0–1 The Wednesday 17 December 1887
Great Bridge Unity 1–2 Bootle 17 December 1887

Replays

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Home club Score Away club Date
Swifts 3–2 Match void Crewe Alexandra 17 December 1887
Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Swifts 31 December 1887

Fifth round proper

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Home club Score Away club Date
Darwen 0–3 Blackburn Rovers 7 January 1888
Nottingham Forest 2–4 The Wednesday 7 January 1888
Aston Villa 1–3 Preston North End 7 January 1888
Old Carthusians 2–0 Bootle 7 January 1888
Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Derby County 7 January 1888
Middlesbrough 4–0 Old Foresters 7 January 1888
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Stoke 7 January 1888
Chirk   0–1 Derby Junction 31 December 1887

Sixth round proper

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28 January 1888 (1888-01-28) Middlesbrough0–2 Crewe Alexandra  
28 January 1888 (1888-01-28) West Bromwich Albion 4–2Old Carthusians 
28 January 1888 (1888-01-28) Derby Junction 2–1Blackburn Rovers 
30 January 1888 (1888-01-30) The Wednesday1–3 Preston North End  

Semi-finals

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18 February 1888 (1888-02-18) Preston North End 4–0Crewe Alexandra 
18 February 1888 (1888-02-18) West Bromwich Albion 3–0Derby Junction 

Final

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Further information on this match: 1888 FA Cup Final
West Bromwich Albion2–1Preston North End
 Fred Dewhurst  
Attendance: 19,000

References

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  1. ^ Bury scratched the game before KO due to them having brought ineligible players. They played a friendly instead which they lost 10-0
  2. ^ The FA ordered a replay, but both clubs instead scratched from the competition
  3. ^ Central conceded the tie before kick-off, and the clubs played a friendly, which Higher Walton won 8–1.
  4. ^ Everton won 2–1, but were disqualified and suspended for one month for fielding 7 ineligible players, but not until they had already lost a second round tie to Preston North End; thus Bolton were re-instated
  5. ^ Preston had already beaten Everton 6-0 on 26 November in the second round, and Halliwell in the third, when the FA expelled Everton from the competition; as a result Preston agreed to re-play their second round tie, against the re-instated Bolton Wanderers, before the draw for the fifth round
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