England FA Challenge Cup 1887-88


        1st Round
Oct 08  Blackburn Park           2  Distillery               1  Blackburn Park Scratched
Oct 08  Old Brightonian          1  Swindon Town             0
Oct 08  Old Etonians             4  Lancing Old Boy          2
Oct 08  Oswaldtwistle            1  Witton West End          4
Oct 08  Vale Of Llangol          1  Oswestry                 3
Oct 15  Accrington              11  Rossendale               0
Oct 15  Aston Shakespeare        2  Burton Wanderers         3
Oct 15  Basford                  3  Lincoln Albion           2
Oct 15  Belper                   2  The Wednesday            3
Oct 15  Birmingham Excel         4  Warwick County           1
Oct 15  Blackburn Rovers        10  Bury                     0
Oct 15  Bolton Wanderers         1  Everton                  0
Oct 15  Bootle                   6  Workington               0
Oct 15  Burnley                  4  Darwen Old Wanderers     0
Oct 15  Burton Swifts            7  Southfield               0
Oct 15  Chatham                  5  Luton Town               1
Oct 15  Chesham                  4  Watford R                2
Oct 15  Chester                  2  Davenham                 3
Oct 15  Chirk                    4  Chester St Oswald        1
Oct 15  Cleethorpes              0  Grimsby Town             4
Oct 15  Crewe Alexandra          5  Druids                   0
Oct 15  Crusaders                9  Lyndhurst                0  played at Tooting
Oct 15  Derby Junction           3  Derby St Lukes           2
Oct 15  Ecclesfield              4  Derby Midland            1
Oct 15  Elswick                  3  Bishop Auckland          3
Oct 15  Fleetwood                4  West Manchester          1
Oct 15  Gainsborough Trinity     7  Boston                   0
Oct 15  Gateshead                0  Darlington               3
Oct 15  Grantham                 4  Lincoln Lindum           0
Oct 15  Great Marlow             4  South Reading            1
Oct 15  Hendon                   2  Old Harrovians           4
Oct 15  Higher Walton            8  Heywood                  1
Oct 15  Hitchin                  2  Old Wykehamists          5
Oct 15  Hurst                    5  Astley Bridge            3  Hurst Scratched
Oct 15  Leek                     2  Northwich Victoria       2
Oct 15  Lincoln City             4  Horncastle               1
Oct 15  Liverpool Stanley        1  Halliwell                5
Oct 15  London Caledonian        1  Old Foresters            6
Oct 15  Long Eaton               6  Park Grange              3
Oct 15  Macclesfield             1  Shrewsbury Town          3  
Oct 15  Matlock                  2  Rotherham Town           3
Oct 15  Middlesbrough            4  Whitburn                 0
Oct 15  Newcastle West           5  Redcar                   1
Oct 15  Nottingham Forest        2  Notts Swifts             1
Oct 15  Notts County             9  Lincoln Rambler          0
Oct 15  Notts Olympic            3  Mellors                  6
Oct 15  Notts Rangers           10  Jardines                 1
Oct 15  Old Carthusians          5  Hanover                  0
Oct 15  Old St Marks             7  East Sheen               2
Oct 15  Old Westminster          4  Clapton Orient           1
Oct 15  Oldbury                  0  Aston Villa              4
Oct 15  Over                     3  Wellington Stg           1
Oct 15  Owlerton                 2  Eckington                1
Oct 15  Preston North End       26  Hyde                     0
Oct 15  Rawtenstall              1  Darwen                   3
Oct 15  Reading                  0  Dulwich                  2
Oct 15  Royal Engineers          3  Rochester                0
Oct 15  Scarborough              3  Shankhouse               5
Oct 15  Sheffield                1  Lockwood Brothers        3
Oct 15  Sheffield Heeley         9  Attercliffe              0
Oct 15  Small Heath              6  Aston Unity              1
Oct 15  South Bank               3  Newcastle East           2
Oct 15  Stafford Road            2  Great Bridge United      1
Oct 15  Staveley                 1  Derby County             2
Oct 15  Stoke                    1  Burslem Port Vale        0
Oct 15  Sunderland               4  Morpeth                  2
Oct 15  Swifts                   3  Maidenhead               1
Oct 15  Walsall Swifts           1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Oct 15  Walsall Town             1  Birmingham St George's   2
Oct 15  West Bromwich Albion     7  Wednesbury Old Alliance  1
        Church                   W  Cliftonville             0
        Millwall Athletic        W  Casuals                  0
        South Shore              W  Denton                   0
Byes:   Blackburn Olympic
        Hotspur
        Wrexham Olympic

        Replays
Oct 22  Bishop Auckland          0  Elswick                  2
Oct 22  Great Bridge United      1  Stafford Road            1  Stafford Scratched
Oct 22  Mellors                  2  Notts Olympic            1
Oct 22  Morpeth                  2  Sunderland               3
Oct 22  Northwich Victoria       4  Leek                     2
Oct 22  Oswestry                 2  Vale Of Llangol          0
Oct 22  Warwick County           0  Birmingham Excel         5
Oct 22  Watford R                3  Chesham                  1
Oct 29  Everton                  2  Bolton Wanderers         2
Nov 12  Bolton Wanderers         1  Everton                  1  played at Bolton
Nov 19  Everton                  2  Bolton Wanderers         1  played at Everton & disqualified
        Aston Shakespeare        W  Burton Wanderers         0
        Royal Engineers          W  Rochester                0

        2nd Round
Oct 29  Old Wykehamists          2  Crusaders                3
Nov 05  Accrington               3  Burnley                  2
Nov 05  Astley Bridge            0  Halliwell                4
Nov 05  Birmingham St George's   0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Nov 05  Blackburn Rovers         5  Blackburn 0lympic        1
Nov 05  Bootle                   1  South Shore              1
Nov 05  Burton Swifts            2  Great Bridge United      5
Nov 05  Chatham                  3  Royal Engineers          1
Nov 05  Chirk                   10  Shrewsbury Town          2
Nov 05  Darlington               4  Elswick                  3
Nov 05  Darwen                   2  Church                   0
Nov 05  Derby County             6  Ecclesfield              0
Nov 05  Derby Junction           3  Rotherham Town           2
Nov 05  Distillery               2  Witton West End          4
Nov 05  Dulwich                  2  Hotspur                  1
Nov 05  Fleetwood                1  Higher Walton            3
Nov 05  Grantham                 0  Notts Rangers            4
Nov 05  Great Marlow             2  Old Foresters            3
Nov 05  Lincoln City             2  Gainsborough Trinity     1
Nov 05  Long Eaton               1  The Wednesday            2
Nov 05  Middlesbrough            4  South Bank               1
Nov 05  Northwich Victoria       0  Crewe Alexandra          1
Nov 05  Nottingham Forest        2  Mellors                  0
Nov 05  Old Etonians             3  Old St Marks             2
Nov 05  Old Harrovians           0  Old Brightonian          4
Nov 05  Old Westminster          8  Millwall Athletic        1
Nov 05  Over                     0  Stoke                    2
Nov 05  Owlerton                 1  Sheffield Heeley         0
Nov 05  Small Heath              0  Aston Villa              4
Nov 05  Sunderland               3  Newcastle West           1
Nov 05  Watford R                1  Old Carthusians          3
Nov 05  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Aston Shakespeare        0
Nov 05  Wrexham 0lympic          1  Davenham                 2
Dec 10  Preston North End        9  Bolton Wanderers         1
        Notts County             W  Basford                  0
Byes:   Birmingham Excel
        Grismby Town
        Lockwood Brothers
        Oswestry
        Shankhouse
        Swifts

        Replay
Nov 12  South Shore              0  Bootle                   3

        3rd Round
Nov 19  Davenham                 2  Chirk                    2  
Nov 19  Derby Junction           2  Lockwood Brothers        1
Nov 24  Old Carthusians          5  Old Brightonian          0
Nov 26  Accrington               1  Blackburn Rovers         3
Nov 26  Crusaders                4  Chatham                  0
Nov 26  Darlington               0  Shankhouse               2
Nov 26  Darwen                   1  Witton West End          1
Nov 26  Derby County             6  Owlerton                 2
Nov 26  Dulwich                  1  Swifts                   3
Nov 26  Great Bridge United      2  Birmingham Excel         1
Nov 26  Grimsby Town             2  Lincoln City             0
Nov 26  Higher Walton            1  Bootle                   6
Nov 26  Middlesbrough            2  Sunderland               2
Nov 26  Nottingham Forest        2  Notts County             1  
Nov 26  Old Etonians             7  Old Westminster          2
Nov 26  Stoke                    3  Oswestry                 0
Nov 26  West Bromwich Albion     2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Dec 03  Preston North End        4  Halliwell                0
Byes:   Aston Villa
        Crewe Alexandra
        Notts Rangers
        Old Foresters
        The Wednesday

        Replays
Nov 26  Chirk                    6  Davenham                 1
Dec 03  Sunderland               4  Middlesbrough            2
Dec 03  Darwen                   2  Witton West End          0  played at Blackburn

        4th Round
Dec 10  Crewe Alexandra          2  Swifts                   2
Dec 17  Crusaders                0  The Wednesday            1
Dec 17  Darwen                   3  Notts Rangers            1
Dec 17  Great Bridge United      1  Bootle                   2
Dec 17  Nottingham Forest        6  Old Etonians             0
Dec 17  Old Foresters            4  Grimsby Town             2
Dec 17  Shankhouse               0  Aston Villa              9
Byes:   Blackburn Rovers
        Chirk
        Derby County
        Derby Junction
        Middlesbrough
        Old Carthusians
        Preston North End
        Stoke
        West Bromwich Albion

        Replays
Dec 17  Swifts                   3  Crewe Alexandra          2
Dec 31  Crewe Alexandra          2  Swifts                   1  played at Derby after protest

        5th Round
Dec 31  Chirk                    1  Derby Junction           1
Jan 07  Aston Villa              1  Preston North End        3
Jan 07  Crewe Alexandra          1  Derby County             0
Jan 07  Darwen                   0  Blackburn Rovers         3
Jan 07  Middlesbrough            4  Old Foresters            0
Jan 07  Nottingham Forest        2  The Wednesday            4
Jan 07  Old Carthusians          2  Bootle                   0
Jan 07  West Bromwich Albion     4  Stoke                    1

        Replay
Jan 07  Derby Junction           1  Chirk                    0

        Quarter-finals
Jan 28  Derby Junction           2  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 28  Middlesbrough            0  Crewe Alexandra          2
Jan 28  West Bromwich Albion     4  Old Carthusians          2
Jan 30  The Wednesday            1  Preston North End        3

        Semi-finals
Feb 18  Preston North End        4  Crewe Alexandra          0  played at Liverpool
Feb 18  West Bromwich Albion     3  Derby Junction           0  played at Stoke

        Final
Mar 24  West Bromwich Albion     2  Preston North End        1  played at Kennington Oval

1886-87

1888-89

list of cup finals


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Prepared and maintained by Macario Reyes Padilla for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Last updated: 5 Jul 2003

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