1880–81 FA Cup


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 ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Darwen8–0Brigg13 November 1880
Reading5–1Hotspur13 November 1880
Sheffield5–4Blackburn Olympic30 October 1880
Royal Engineers0–0Remnants13 November 1880
Marlow6–0Clarence30 October 1880
Maidenhead1–1Old Harrovians13 November 1880
Clapham Rovers15–0Finchley13 November 1880
Upton Park8–1Mosquitos13 November 1880
PilgrimsWalkoverOld Philberdians
Swifts1–1Old Foresters6 November 1880
Herts Rangers6–0Barnes6 November 1880
Rochester1–2Dreadnought13 November 1880
Notts County4–4Derbyshire4 November 1880
Nottingham ForestWalkoverCaius College
Romford1–1Reading Minster13 November 1880
Grey Friars0–0Windsor Home Park13 November 1880
Brentwood0–10Old Etonians6 November 1880
West End1–0Hanover United6 November 1880
Blackburn Rovers6–2Providence30 October 1880
St Peter's Institute1–8Hendon6 November 1880
Aston Villa5–3Wednesbury Strollers30 October 1880
Stafford Road7–0Spilsby6 November 1880
Turton5–0Brigg Britannia16 October 1880
Old Carthusians7–0Saffron Walden Town23 October 1880
Acton1–1Kildare13 November 1880
Calthorpe1–2Grantham11 November 1880
Sheffield WednesdayWalkoverQueen's Park
Astley Bridge4–0Eagley30 October 1880
Weybridge Swallows3–1Henley13 November 1880
Reading Abbey1–0St. Albans13 November 1880
Rangers (London)WalkoverWanderers

Semi-finals

Final

ScoreDate
Old Carthusians3–0Old Etonians9 April 1881