1877–78 FA Cup


The 1877–78 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventh staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, six more than the previous season, although four of the forty-three never played a match.

First round

DateHome ClubScoreAway Club
27 October 1877Grantham0–2Clapham Rovers
27 October 1877High Wycombe4–0Wood Grange
27 October 1877Maidenhead10–0Reading Hornets
2 November 1877Cambridge University3–1Southill Park
3 November 1877Hawks5–2Minerva
3 November 1877Marlow2–0Hendon
3 November 1877Notts County1–1Sheffield
3 November 1877Oxford University5–2Herts Rangers
3 November 1877Pilgrims0–0Ramblers
10 November 1877105th Regiment0–2Old Harrovians
10 November 18771st Surrey Rifles1–0Forest School
7 November 1877Darwen3–0Manchester
7 November 1877Reading2–0South Norwood
10 November 1877Remnants4–0St Stephen's
10 November 1877Swifts3–2Leyton
10 November 1877Upton Park3–0Rochester
10 November 1877Wanderers9–1Panthers
12 November 1877Druids1–0Shropshire Wanderers
BarnesWalkoverSt Mark's
Old ForestersWalkoverOld Wykehamists
Royal EngineersWalkoverHighbury Union
Queen's ParkBye

Final

DateScore
23 March 1878Wanderers3–1Royal Engineers