1886–87 FA Cup


The 1886–87 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 16th FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and twenty-eight teams entered, two fewer than the previous season, in addition to four of the one hundred and twenty-eight never playing a match.

Rejected entries

The Football Association rejected entries from the following clubs for being received too late:
One consequence of this was that a number of Sheffield Wednesday players registered to play with Lockwood Brothers instead, resulting in the works side's best FA Cup run.

First round

The Cannon side had entered the competition without being registered with the Football Association, so was ineligible to play
Newton Heath turned up for the match with several ineligible players, and so scratched before the game; the sides played a friendly, which ended 2-2.
Due to a number of their first-team being ineligible to play, Everton scratched to Rangers and played a friendly match instead, with Rangers winning 1-0

Semi-finals

Final

Home clubScoreAway clubDate
Aston Villa2–0West Bromwich Albion2 April 1887