1881–82 FA Cup


The 1881–82 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 11th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Seventy-three teams entered, eleven more than last season, although five of the seventy-three never actually played a match.

First round

Home ClubScoreAway ClubDate
Darwen3–1Blackburn Olympic29 October 1881
Grantham6–0Brigg5 November 1881
Reading5–0Hendon29 October 1881
Sheffield8–0Brigg Britannia5 November 1881
Barnes3–1Rochester5 November 1881
Royal Engineers6–0Kildare5 November 1881
Marlow3–1Brentwood22 October 1881
Upton Park3–0St_Albans_F.C._|St Alban's 22 October 1881
Windsor Home Park0–1Reading Minster22 October 1881
Old Etonians2–2Clapham Rovers5 November 1881
Herts Rangers0–4Swifts5 November 1881
Notts CountyWalkoverCalthorpe
Old Foresters3–0Morton Rangers5 November 1881
Wednesbury Strollers3–1Stafford Road5 November 1881
RomfordWalkoverRangers (London)
Henley0–2Maidenhead22 October 1881
West End3–2Remnants29 October 1881
Blackburn Rovers9–1Blackburn Park Road29 October 1881
Hanover UnitedBye
Hotspur1–0Highbury Union5 November 1881
Mosquitos1–1Pilgrims5 November 1881
Aston Villa4–1Nottingham Forest5 November 1881
Acton0–0Finchley29 October 1881
Sheffield Wednesday2–0Sheffield Providence5 November 1881
Astley Bridge2–2Turton29 October 1881
DreadnoughtWalkoverCaius College
Staveley5–1Spilsby29 October 1881
Esher Leopold0–5Old Carthusians5 November 1881
Olympic2–4Old Harrovians5 November 1881
Woodford Bridge1–1Reading Abbey22 October 1881
Small Heath Alliance4–1Derby Town17 October 1881
Sheffield Heeley5–1Lockwood Brothers17 October 1881
Bootle2–1Blackburn Law5 November 1881
St Bart'sWalkoverWanderers
Bolton Wanderers5–5Eagley22 October 1881
AccringtonWalkoverQueen's Park
Wednesbury Old Athletic9–0Mitchell St George's5 November 1881

Final

ScoreDate
Old Etonians1–0Blackburn Rovers25 March 1882