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Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Teams | 62 |
Defending champions | Clapham Rovers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Old Carthusians (1st title) |
Runner-up | Old Etonians |
← 1879–801881–82 → |
The 1880–81 Football Association Challenge Cup was the tenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never played a match.
First round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | 8–0 | Brigg | 13 November 1880 |
Reading | 5–1 | Hotspur | 13 November 1880 |
Sheffield | 5–4 | Blackburn Olympic | 30 October 1880 |
Royal Engineers | 0–0 | Remnants | 13 November 1880 |
Marlow | 6–0 | Clarence | 30 October 1880 |
Maidenhead | 1–1 | Old Harrovians | 13 November 1880 |
Clapham Rovers | 15–0 | Finchley | 13 November 1880 |
Upton Park | 8–1 | Mosquitos | 13 November 1880 |
Pilgrims | Walkover | Old Philberdians | |
Swifts | 1–1 | Old Foresters | 6 November 1880 |
Herts Rangers | 6–0 | Barnes | 6 November 1880 |
Rochester | 1–2 | Dreadnought | 13 November 1880 |
Notts County | 4–4 | Derbyshire | 4 November 1880 |
Nottingham Forest | Walkover | Caius College | |
Romford | 1–1 | Reading Minster | 13 November 1880 |
Grey Friars | 0–0 | Windsor Home Park | 13 November 1880 |
Brentwood | 0–10 | Old Etonians | 6 November 1880 |
West End | 1–0 | Hanover United | 6 November 1880 |
Blackburn Rovers | 6–2 | Providence | 30 October 1880 |
St Peter's Institute | 1–8 | Hendon | 6 November 1880 |
Aston Villa | 5–3 | Wednesbury Strollers | 30 October 1880 |
Stafford Road | 7–0 | Spilsby | 6 November 1880 |
Turton | 5–0 | Brigg Britannia | 16 October 1880 |
Old Carthusians | 7–0 | Saffron Walden Town | 23 October 1880 |
Acton | 1–1 | Kildare | 13 November 1880 |
Calthorpe | 1–2 | Grantham | 11 November 1880 |
Sheffield Wednesday | Walkover | Queen's Park | |
Astley Bridge | 4–0 | Eagley | 30 October 1880 |
Weybridge Swallows | 3–1 | Henley | 13 November 1880 |
Reading Abbey | 1–0 | St. Albans | 13 November 1880 |
Rangers (London) | Walkover | Wanderers |
Replays
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Remnants | 0–1 | Royal Engineers | 20 November 1880 |
Old Harrovians | 0–1 | Maidenhead | 20 November 1880 |
Old Foresters | 1–2 | Swifts | 20 November 1880 |
Derbyshire | 2–4 | Notts County | 27 November 1880 |
Romford | Walkover | Reading Minster | |
Windsor Home Park | 1–3 | Grey Friars | 20 November 1880 |
Kildare | 0–5 | Acton | 20 November 1880 |
Second round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Grantham | 1–1 | Stafford Road | 11 December 1880 |
Reading | 0–1 | Swifts | 18 December 1880 |
Sheffield | 1–5 | Darwen | 18 December 1880 |
Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Pilgrims | 9 December 1880 |
Marlow | 4–0 | West End | 11 December 1880 |
Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
Old Etonians | 2–0 | Hendon | 4 December 1880 |
Herts Rangers | Bye | ||
Notts County | Bye | ||
Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Aston Villa | 4 December 1880 |
Romford | Bye | ||
Grey Friars | 1–0 | Maidenhead | 11 December 1880 |
Blackburn Rovers | 0–4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 December 1880 |
Old Carthusians | 5–1 | Dreadnought | 11 December 1880 |
Astley Bridge | 0–3 | Turton | 18 December 1880 |
Weybridge Swallows | 0–3 | Upton Park | 18 December 1880 |
Reading Abbey | 2–1 | Acton | 11 December 1880 |
Rangers (London) | Bye |
Replay
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Stafford Road | 7–1 | Grantham | 16 December 1880 |
Third round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | Bye | ||
Royal Engineers | 6–0 | Rangers (London) | 9 February 1881 |
Marlow | Bye | ||
Clapham Rovers | 2–1 | Swifts | 8 January 1881 |
Upton Park | Bye | ||
Herts Rangers | 0–3 | Old Etonians | 5 February 1881 |
Notts County | 1–3 | Aston Villa | 12 February 1881 |
Romford | 2–0 | Reading Abbey | 12 February 1881 |
Grey Friars | Bye | ||
Stafford Road | Bye | ||
Turton | 0–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 January 1881 |
Fourth round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | 5–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 February 1881 |
Clapham Rovers | 5–4 | Upton Park | 12 February 1881 |
Aston Villa | 2–3 | Stafford Road | 19 February 1881 |
Old Etonians | 4–0 | Grey Friars | 19 February 1881 |
Romford | 2–1 | Marlow | 19 February 1881 |
Royal Engineers | 0–2 | Old Carthusians | 19 February 1881 |
Fifth round
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Darwen | 15–0 | Romford | 5 March 1881 |
Stafford Road | 1–2 | Old Etonians | 19 March 1881 |
Old Carthusians | 3–1 | Clapham Rovers | 19 March 1881 |
Semi-finals
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Old Etonians | Bye | ||
Old Carthusians | 4–1 | Darwen | 26 March 1881 |
Final
Main article: 1881 FA Cup FinalScore | Date | ||
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Old Carthusians | 3–0 | Old Etonians | 9 April 1881 |
References
External links
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