Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | Preston North End | NL | Kennington Oval, London | |
Semi Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Preston North End | 4 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | NL | Anfield Road, Liverpool | |
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 | Derby Junction Street | NL | Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent | |
Round 6 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Derby Junction Street | 2 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | Arboretum Ground | |
| NL | Middlesbrough | 0 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | NL | Linthorpe Road | |
| NL | The Wednesday | 1 | 3 | Preston North End | NL | Olive Grove | |
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 2 | Old Carthusians | NL | Stoney Lane | |
Round 5 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Aston Villa | 1 | 3 | Preston North End | NL | Perry Barr | 3. |
| NL | Chirk | 1 | 1 | Derby Junction Street | NL | Holyhead Road | |
| NL | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | Derby County | NL | Nantwich Road | |
| NL | Darwen | 0 | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | Barley Bank | |
| NL | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | Old Foresters | NL | Linthorpe Road | 1. |
| NL | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 4 | The Wednesday | NL | Gregory Ground, Lenton | |
| NL | Old Carthusians | 2 | 0 | Bootle | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 1 | Stoke | NL | Stoney Lane | |
Round 5 Replay |
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| NL | Derby Junction Street | 1 | 0 | Chirk | NL | Arboretum Ground | |
| NL | Old Foresters | # | # | Middlesbrough | NL | 2. | |
| Notes | |||||||
| 1. FA ordered replay after protest. Old Foresters scratched after refusing to travel for replay | |||||||
| 2. Middlesbrough walkover to next round. Old Foresters scratched after refusing to travel for replay | |||||||
| 3.A record crowd infringed the pitch a number of times & the Referee Mr John Charles Clegg (Sheffield) declared the match a none cup tie as neither side felt able to play freely. It was expected that the FA would order a replay at a future date. On the 16th January 1888 at a meeting at the Kennington Oval, London the FA ruled that the referee was well within his rights to declared the match a none cup tie, but then they ruled Aston Villa should have done more to control the crowd & awarded the tie to Preston North End. The result stood | |||||||
Round 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 2 | Swifts | NL | Nantwich Road | |
| NL | Crusaders | 0 | 1 | The Wednesday | NL | Leyton Cricket Ground | |
| NL | Darwen | 3 | 1 | Notts Rangers | NL | Barley Bank | |
| NL | Great Bridge Unity | 1 | 2 | Bootle | NL | Horsley Football Ground | |
| NL | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | Gregory Ground, Lenton | |
| NL | Old Foresters | 4 | 2 | Grimsby Town | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | Shankhouse | 0 | 9 | Aston Villa | NL | St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
Round 4 Replay |
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| NL | Swifts | 3 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | NL | Queen's Club, West Kensington | 1. |
| Round 4 Replay 2 | |||||||
| NL | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 1 | Swifts | NL | County Ground, Derby | |
| Notes | |||||||
| 1. FA ordered replay after protest about size of goals | |||||||
| Bye to next round | |||||||
| NL | Aston Villa | ||||||
| NL | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| NL | Chirk | ||||||
| NL | Derby County | ||||||
| NL | Derby Junction | ||||||
| NL | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| NL | Old Carthusians | ||||||
| NL | Preston North End | ||||||
| NL | Stoke | ||||||
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
Round 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Accrington | 1 | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | Cemetery Ground | |
| NL | Birmingham Excelsior | 1 | 2 | Great Bridge Unity | NL | Fentham Road | |
| NL | Crusaders | 4 | 0 | Chatham | NL | Queen's Club, West Kensington | |
| NL | Darlington | 0 | 2 | Shankhouse | NL | Feethams Ground | |
| NL | Darwen | 1 | 1 | Witton | NL | Barley Bank | |
| NL | Davenham | 2 | 2 | Chirk | NL | Davenham | |
| NL | Derby County | 6 | 2 | Owlerton | NL | County Ground | |
| NL | Derby Junction Street | 2 | 1 | Lockwood Brothers (Sheffield) | NL | Arboretum Ground | |
| NL | Dulwich | 1 | 3 | Swifts | NL | The Greyhound Pub, Dulwich | |
| NL | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | Lincoln City | NL | Clee Park | |
| NL | Higher Walton | 1 | 6 | Bootle | NL | Higher Walton ground | |
| NL | Middlesbrough | 2 | 2 | Sunderland | NL | Linthorpe Road | |
| NL | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | Notts County | NL | Gregory Ground, Lenton | |
| NL | Old Carthusians | 5 | 0 | Old Brightonians | NL | Dulwich | |
| NL | Old Etonians | 7 | 2 | Old Westminsters | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | Preston North End | 4 | 0 | Halliwell | NL | Deepdale | |
| NL | Stoke | 3 | 0 | Oswestry Town | NL | Victoria Ground | |
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | NL | Stoney Lane | |
| Round 3 Replay | |||||||
| NL | Chirk | 6 | 1 | Davenham | NL | Holyhead Road | |
| NL | Darwen | 2 | 0 | Witton | NL | Leamington Road, Blackburn | |
| NL | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | Middlesbrough | NL | Newcastle Road | * |
| Notes | |||||||
| *FA disqualified Sunderland for professionalism. Middlesbrough reinstated | |||||||
| Bye to next round | |||||||
| NL | Aston Villa | ||||||
| NL | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| NL | Notts Rangers | ||||||
| NL | Old Foresters | ||||||
| NL | The Wednesday | ||||||
Round 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Accrington | 3 | 2 | Burnley | NL | Cemetery Ground | |
| NL | Astley Bridge | 0 | 4 | Halliwell | NL | Astley Bridge | |
| NL | Birmingham Mitchell St George's | 0 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | NL | Cape Hill | |
| NL | Blackburn Olympic | 1 | 5 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | Hole-in-the-Wall Ground | |
| NL | Bootle | 1 | 1 | South Shore | NL | Hawthorne Road | 1. |
| NL | Burton Swifts | 2 | 5 | Great Bridge Unity | NL | Peel Croft | |
| NL | Chatham | 3 | 1 | Royal Engineers | NL | Great Lines | |
| NL | Chirk | 10 | 2 | Shrewsbury Town | NL | Holyhead Road | |
| NL | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | Old Wykehamists | NL | Leyton Cricket Ground | |
| NL | Darlington | 4 | 3 | Elswick Rangers | NL | Feethams Ground | aet |
| NL | Darwen | 2 | 0 | Church | NL | Barley Bank | |
| NL | Derby County | 6 | 0 | Ecclesfield | NL | County Ground | |
| NL | Derby Junction Street | 3 | 2 | Rotherham Town | NL | Arboretum Ground | |
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Distillery | 2 | 4 | Witton | NL | Grosvenor Park | |
| NL | Dulwich | 2 | 1 | Hotspur | NL | The Greyhound Pub, Dulwich | |
| NL | Fleetwood Rangers | 1 | 3 | Higher Walton | NL | Fleetwood | |
| NL | Grantham Town | 0 | 4 | Notts Rangers | NL | London Road | |
| NL | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | Gainsborough Trinity | NL | John O'Gaunt's | |
| NL | Long Eaton Rangers | 1 | 2 | The Wednesday | NL | Recreation Ground | aet |
| NL | Marlow | 2 | 3 | Old Foresters | NL | The Aldermeadow Cricket Field | aet |
| NL | Middlesbrough | 4 | 1 | South Bank | NL | Linthorpe Road | |
| NL | Northwich Victoria | 0 | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | NL | Drill Field | |
| NL | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | Mellors Ltd (Nottingham) | NL | Gregory Ground, Lenton | |
| NL | Notts County | # | # | Basford Rovers | NL | 2. | |
| NL | Old Etonians | 3 | 2 | Old St Mark's | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | Old Harrovians | 0 | 4 | Old Brightonians | NL | Harrow School | |
| NL | Old Westminsters | 8 | 1 | Millwall Rovers | NL | Leyton Cricket Ground | |
| NL | Over Wanderers | 0 | 2 | Stoke | NL | ||
| NL | Owlerton | 1 | 0 | Sheffield Heeley | NL | Owlerton | |
| NL | Preston North End | 9 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | NL | Deepdale | 3. |
| NL | Preston North End | 6 | 0 | Everton | NL | Deepdale | 4. |
| NL | Small Heath Alliance | 0 | 4 | Aston Villa | NL | Coventry Road | |
| NL | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Newcastle West End | NL | Newcastle Road | aet |
| NL | Watford Rovers | 1 | 3 | Old Carthusians | NL | Vicarage Meadow | |
| NL | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | Aston Shakespeare | NL | Dudley Road | |
| NL | Wrexham Olympic | 1 | 2 | Davenham | NL | Racecourse Ground | |
Round 2 Replay | |||||||
| NL | South Shore | 0 | 3 | Bootle | NL | Cow Gap Lane | |
| Notes | |||||||
| 1. No extra time played as South Shore refused to play on | |||||||
| 2. Notts County walkover to next round. Basford Rovers scratched | |||||||
| 3. Preston North End originally played Everton, before Everton were then disqualified from their first round tie, with Bolton Wanderers being re-instated. | |||||||
| 4. FA declared match null & void. Everton disqualified for fielding ineligible player. Bolton Wanderers reinstated | |||||||
| Bye to next round | |||||||
| NL | Birmingham Excelsior | ||||||
| NL | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| NL | Lockwood Brothers | ||||||
| NL | Oswestry Town | ||||||
| NL | Shankhouse | ||||||
| NL | Swifts | ||||||
Round 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Accrington | 11 | 0 | Rossendale | NL | Cemetery Ground | |
| NL | Aston Shakespeare | 2 | 3 | Burton Wanderers | NL | Aston Cross | 1. |
| NL | Basford Rovers | 3 | 2 | Lincoln Albion | NL | Marmion Road | |
| NL | Belper Town | 2 | 3 | The Wednesday | NL | Acorn Ground | |
| NL | Birmingham Excelsior | 4 | 1 | Warwick County | NL | Fentham Road | 1. |
| NL | Blackburn Park Road | 2 | 1 | Distillery | |
Audley Lane | 2. |
| NL | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 0 | Bury | NL | Leamington Road | 3. |
| NL | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | Everton | NL | Pike's Lane | 4. |
| NL | Bootle | 6 | 0 | Workington | NL | Hawthorne Road | |
| NL | Burnley | 4 | 0 | Darwen Old Wanderers | NL | Turf Moor | 1. |
| NL | Burton Swifts | 7 | 0 | Birmingham Southfield | NL | Peel Croft | |
| NL | Chatham | 5 | 1 | Luton Town | NL | Great Lines | |
| NL | Chesham | 4 | 2 | Watford Rovers | NL | Chesham | 1. |
| NL | Chester | 2 | 3 | Davenham | NL | Faulkner Street | aet |
| NL | Chirk | 4 | 1 | Chester St Oswalds | NL | Holyhead Road | |
| NL | Church | # | # | Cliftonville | |
5. | |
| NL | Cleethorpes Town (1886) | 0 | 4 | Grimsby Town | NL | Cleethorpes | |
| NL | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 0 | Druids | NL | Nantwich Road | |
| NL | Crusaders | 9 | 0 | Lyndhurst | NL | Tooting Bec | |
| NL | Derby Junction Street | 3 | 2 | Derby St Luke's | NL | Peel Street | |
| NL | Ecclesfield | 4 | 1 | Derby Midland | NL | Ecclesfield | |
| NL | Elswick Rangers | 3 | 3 | Bishop Auckland Church Institute | NL | aet | |
| NL | Fleetwood Rangers | 4 | 1 | West Manchester | NL | ||
| NL | Gainsborough Trinity | 7 | 0 | Boston | NL | The Northolme | |
| NL | Gateshead Association | 0 | 3 | Darlington | NL | Feethams Ground | |
| NL | Grantham Town | 4 | 0 | Lincoln Lindum | NL | London Road | |
| NL | Hendon (1874) | 2 | 4 | Old Harrovians | NL | Hendon Cricket Ground, Brompton Grove | |
| NL | Higher Walton | 8 | 1 | Heywood Central | NL | ||
| NL | Hitchin | 2 | 5 | Old Wykehamists | NL | Top Field | |
| NL | Hurst | 5 | 3 | Astley Bridge | NL | Surrey Street | 6. |
| NL | Leek | 2 | 2 | Northwich Victoria | NL | Abbey Green Road | |
| NL | Lincoln City | 4 | 1 | Horncastle | NL | John O'Gaunt's | |
| NL | Liverpool Stanley | 1 | 5 | Halliwell | NL | Walton Stiles | |
| NL | London Caledonians | 1 | 6 | Old Foresters | NL | Leyton Cricket Ground | |
| NL | Long Eaton Rangers | 6 | 3 | Park Grange | NL | Recreation Ground | |
| NL | Macclesfield Town | 1 | 3 | Shrewsbury Town | NL | ||
| NL | Marlow | 4 | 1 | South Reading | NL | The Aldermeadow Cricket Field | |
| NL | Matlock Town | 2 | 3 | Rotherham Town | NL | Causeway Lane | |
| NL | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | Whitburn | NL | Linthorpe Road | |
| NL | Millwall Rovers | # | # | Casuals | NL | 7. | |
| NL | Newcastle West End | 5 | 1 | Redcar | NL | Leazes Park | |
| NL | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | Notts Swifts | NL | Gregory Ground, Lenton | aet |
| NL | Notts County | 9 | 0 | Lincoln Ramblers | NL | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
| NL | Notts Olympic | 3 | 6 | Mellors Ltd (Nottingham) | NL | Nottingham | 1. |
| NL | Notts Rangers | 10 | 1 | Jardines Ltd (Nottingham) | NL | Nottingham | |
| NL | Old Brightonians | 1 | 0 | Swindon Town | NL | College Cricket Ground | |
| NL | Old Carthusians | 5 | 0 | Hanover United | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | Old Etonians | 4 | 2 | Lancing Old Boys | NL | Kennington Oval | |
| NL | Old St Mark's | 7 | 2 | East Sheen | NL | Barn Elms | |
| NL | Old Westminsters | 4 | 1 | Clapton | NL | Upton Park | |
| NL | Oldbury Town | 0 | 4 | Aston Villa | NL | Oldbury | |
| NL | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 3 | 4 | Witton | NL | Oswaldtwistle | 1. |
| NL | Over Wanderers | 3 | 1 | Wellington St George's | NL | Northwich | |
| NL | Owlerton | 2 | 1 | Eckington Works (Sheffield) | NL | ||
| NL | Preston North End | 26 | 0 | Hyde | NL | Deepdale | |
| NL | Rawtenstall | 1 | 3 | Darwen | NL | Rawtenstall | |
| NL | Reading | 0 | 2 | Dulwich | NL | Coley Park | 1. |
| NL | Royal Engineers | 3 | 0 | Rochester | NL | Great Lines | 1. |
| NL | Scarborough | 3 | 5 | Shankhouse | NL | Seamer Road | |
| NL | Sheffield | 1 | 3 | Lockwood Brothers (Sheffield) | NL | Bramall Lane | |
| NL | Sheffield Heeley | 9 | 0 | Attercliffe | NL | Sandygate Road | |
| NL | Small Heath Alliance | 6 | 1 | Aston Unity | NL | Coventry Road | |
| NL | South Bank | 3 | 2 | Newcastle East End | NL | South Bank | aet |
| NL | South Shore | # | # | Denton | NL | Cow Gap Lane | 8. |
| NL | Stafford Road Railway Works | 2 | 1 | Great Bridge Unity | NL | Stafford Road | 1. |
| NL | Staveley | 1 | 2 | Derby County | NL | Recreation Ground | |
| NL | Stoke | 1 | 0 | Burslem Port Vale | NL | Victoria Ground | |
| NL | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | Morpeth Harriers | NL | Newcastle Road | 1. |
| NL | Swifts | 3 | 1 | Maidenhead | NL | The Dolphin Hotel | |
| NL | Vale of Llangollen | 1 | 3 | Oswestry Town | NL | Llangollen | 1. |
| NL | Walsall Swifts | 1 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | NL | Chuckery | |
| NL | Walsall Town | 1 | 2 | Birmingham Mitchell St George's | NL | Chuckery | |
| NL | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 1 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | NL | Stoney Lane | |
Round 1 Replay |
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| NL | Astley Bridge | # | # | Hurst | NL | 9. | |
| NL | Bishop Auckland Church Institute | 0 | 2 | Elswick Rangers | NL | Flatt's Farm | |
| NL | Burton Wanderers | # | # | Aston Shakespeare | NL | 10. | |
| NL | Darwen Old Wanderers | # | # | Burnley | NL | 11. | |
| NL | Everton | 2 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | NL | Anfield Road | |
| NL | Great Bridge Unity | 1 | 1 | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | ||
| NL | Morpeth Harriers | 2 | 3 | Sunderland | NL | Morpeth | |
| NL | Northwich Victoria | 4 | 2 | Leek | NL | Drill Field | |
| NL | Notts Olympic | 1 | 2 | Mellors Ltd (Nottingham) | NL | Nottingham | |
| NL | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 1 | 4 | Witton | NL | ||
| NL | Reading | # | # | Dulwich | NL | Coley Park | 12. |
| NL | Royal Engineers | # | # | Rochester | NL | Coley Park | 13. |
| NL | Vale of Llangollen | 0 | 2 | Oswestry Town | NL | ||
| NL | Warwick County | 0 | 5 | Birmingham Excelsior | NL | Edgbaston | |
| NL | Watford Rovers | 3 | 1 | Chesham | NL | Vicarage Meadow | |
Round 1 Replay 2 |
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| NL | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | Everton | NL | Pike's Lane | |
| NL | Great Bridge Unity | # | # | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | 14. | |
Round 1 Replay 3 |
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| NL | Everton | 2 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | NL | Anfield Road | 15. |
| Notes | |||||||
| 1. FA ordered replay after protest | |||||||
| 2. Blackburn Park Road disqualified after protest. Distillery reinstated | |||||||
| 3. Blackburn Rovers walkover as Bury scratched before start of the match. Game played as friendly | |||||||
| 4. FA ordered replay Bolton Wanderers fielded ineligible player | |||||||
| 5. Church walkover to next round. Cliftonville scratched | |||||||
| 6. FA disqualified Hurst after protest. Astley Bridge reinstated | |||||||
| 7. Millwall Rovers walkover to next round. Casuals scratched | |||||||
| 8. South Shore walkover to next round. Denton scratched | |||||||
| 9. Astley Bridge walkover to next round. Hurst scratched | |||||||
| 10. Aston Shakespeare walkover to next round. Burton Wanderers scratched | |||||||
| 11. Burnley walkover to next round. Darwen Old Wanderers scratched | |||||||
| 12. Dulwich walkover to next round. Reading scratched | |||||||
| 13. Royal Engineers walkover to next round. Rochester scratched | |||||||
| 14. Great Bridge Unity walkover to next round. Stafford Road scratched | |||||||
| 15. Everton disqualified for fielding ineligible player. Bolton Wanderers reinstated | |||||||
| Bye to next round | |||||||
| NL | Blackburn Olympic | ||||||
| NL | Hotspur | ||||||
| NL | Wrexham Olympic | ||||||
