Saturday 1888-01-07
| Cup and International Matches |
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| FA Cup Round 5 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||||
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| Non | Aston Villa | 1 | 3 | Preston North End | Non | Perry Barr | 26,849 | 1. |
| Hunter | Lineups | Ross JD, Goodall 2 | ||||||
| Non | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | Derby County | Non | Nantwich Road | ||
| Pearson | Lineups | |||||||
| Non | Darwen | 0 | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | Non | Barley Bank | 8,000 | |
| Lineups | Heyes, Southworth, Townley | |||||||
| Non | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | Old Foresters | Non | Linthorpe Road | 7,000 | 2. |
| Borrie, Dennis, Fox, Wilson EJ | Lineups | |||||||
| Non | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 4 | The Wednesday | Non | Gregory Ground, Lenton | 8,000 | |
| Lindley, Brown | Lineups | Ingram 3, Winterburn | ||||||
| Non | Old Carthusians | 2 | 0 | Bootle | Non | Kennington Oval | 2,500 | |
| Cobbold 2 | Lineups | |||||||
| Non | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 1 | Stoke | Non | Stoney Lane | 9,093 | |
| Bayliss 4 | Lineups | Owen | ||||||
| FA Cup Round 5 Replay | ||||||||
| Non | Derby Junction Street | 1 | 0 | Chirk |  |
Arboretum Ground | 6,000 | |
| Bromage J | Lineups | |||||||
| Notes | ||||||||
1.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 2.Old Foresters protested to FA pitch condition. The Referee Mr Jope reporting that the pitch was covered in tan & sand. FA ordered replay in Middlesbrough or Sheffield. Old Foresters scratched |
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