1887–88 FA Cup

1887â88 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales; Ireland
Teams	149
Final positions
Champions	West Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Runners-up	Preston North End
	â 1886â87 1888â89 â

The 1887â88 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 17th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-one more than the previous season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never played a match.

CountryEngland
Wales
Ireland

Teams149

ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (1st title)

Runners-upPreston North End

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This was the last season in which there were no qualifying rounds, so all entering clubs were placed in the first round. After the formation of the Football League, a set of qualifying rounds was introduced, with the Football Association holding a vote to determine 16 sides exempt to the first round proper.

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Chester	2â3	Davenham	15 October 1887
Burnley	4â0 Match void	Darwen Old Wanderers	15 October 1887
Grantham	4â0	Lincoln Lindum	15 October 1887
Preston North End	26â0	Hyde	15 October 1887
South Bank	3â2	Newcastle East End	15 October 1887
Stoke	1â0	Burslem Port Vale	15 October 1887
Matlock	2â3	Rotherham Town	15 October 1887
Reading	0â2 Match void	Dulwich	15 October 1887
Sheffield	1â3	Lockwood Brothers	15 October 1887
Hitchin	2â5	Old Wykehamists	8 October 1887
Royal Engineers	3â0 Match void	Rochester	15 October 1887
Marlow	4â1	South Reading	8 October 1887
Old Etonians	4â2	Lancing Old Boys	8 October 1887
Swifts	3â1	Maidenhead	15 October 1887
Notts County	9â0	Lincoln Ramblers	15 October 1887
Hendon	2â4	Old Harrovians	15 October 1887
Nottingham Forest	2â1	Notts Swifts	15 October 1887
Blackburn Rovers	Walkover ^[1]	Bury
Hotspur	Bye
Stafford Road	2â1 Match void	Great Bridge Unity	15 October 1887
Old Carthusians	5â0	Hanover United	15 October 1887
Blackburn Olympic	Bye
Staveley	1â2	Derby County	15 October 1887
Small Heath Alliance	6â1	Aston Unity	15 October 1887
Sheffield Heeley	9â0	Attercliffe	15 October 1887
Bootle	6â0	Workington	15 October 1887
Blackburn Park Road	2â1 Match void^[2]	Distillery	8 October 1887
Bolton Wanderers	1â0 Match void	Everton	15 October 1887
Accrington	11â0	Rossendale	15 October 1887
Chatham	5â1	Luton Town	15 October 1887
Walsall Town	1â2	Mitchell St George's	15 October 1887
South Shore	Walkover	Denton
Church	Walkover	Cliftonville
Macclesfield Town	1â3	Shrewsbury Town	15 October 1887
Walsall Swifts	1â2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15 October 1887
Old Westminsters	4â1	Clapton	15 October 1887
Wrexham Olympic	Bye
Hurst	5â3 Match void	Astley Bridge	15 October 1887
Crewe Alexandra	5â0	Druids	15 October 1887
Long Eaton Rangers	6â3	Park Grange	15 October 1887
Middlesbrough	4â0	Whitburn	15 October 1887
West Bromwich Albion	7â1	Wednesbury Old Athletic	15 October 1887
Birmingham Excelsior	4â1 Match void	Warwick County	15 October 1887
Leek	2â2	Northwich Victoria	15 October 1887
Sunderland	4â2 Match void	Morpeth Harriers	15 October 1887
Old Brightonians	1â0	Swindon Town	8 October 1887
Derby Junction	3â2	Derby St Luke's	15 October 1887
Rawtenstall	1â3	Darwen	15 October 1887
Notts Rangers	10â1	Jardines	15 October 1887
Notts Olympic	3â6 Match void	Notts Mellors	15 October 1887
Lincoln City	4â1	Horncastle Town	15 October 1887
Chirk	4â1	Chester St Oswalds	15 October 1887
Oswaldtwistle Rovers	3â4	Witton	15 October 1887
Higher Walton	Walkover^[3]	Heywood Central	15 October 1887
Burton Swifts	7â0	Southfield	15 October 1887
Chesham	4â2 Match void	Watford Rovers	15 October 1887
Gainsborough Trinity	7â0	Boston	15 October 1887
Basford Rovers	3â2	Lincoln Albion	15 October 1887
Crusaders	9â0	Lyndhurst	15 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers	4â1	West Manchester	15 October 1887
Cleethorpes Town	0â4	Grimsby Town	15 October 1887
Newcastle West End	5â1	Redcar	15 October 1887
London Caledonians	1â6	Old Foresters	15 October 1887
Old St Mark's	7â2	East Sheen	15 October 1887
Owlerton	2â1	Eckington Works	15 October 1887
Millwall Rovers	Walkover	Casuals
Over Wanderers	3â1	Wellington St George's	15 October 1887
Ecclesfield	4â1	Derby Midland	15 October 1887
Scarborough	3â5	Shankhouse	15 October 1887
Belper Town	2â3	The Wednesday	15 October 1887
Vale of Llangollen	1â3 Match void	Oswestry	8 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare	2â3 Match void	Burton Wanderers	15 October 1887
Darlington	3â0	Gateshead Association	15 October 1887
Liverpool Stanley	1â5	Halliwell	15 October 1887
Oldbury Town	0â4	Aston Villa	15 October 1887
Elswick Rangers	3â3	Bishop Auckland Church Institute	15 October 1887

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Burnley	Walkover	Darwen Old Wanderers
Dulwich	Walkover	Reading
Royal Engineers	Walkover	Rochester
Great Bridge Unity	1â1	Stafford Road	22 October 1887
Great Bridge Unity	Walkover	Stafford Road
Everton	2â2	Bolton Wanderers	29 October 1887
Everton	1â1	Bolton Wanderers	12 November 1887
Everton	Match void^[4]	Bolton Wanderers	19 November 1887
Astley Bridge	Walkover	Hurst
Warwick County	0â5	Birmingham Excelsior	22 October 1887
Northwich Victoria	4â2	Leek	22 October 1887
Morpeth Harriers	2â3	Sunderland	22 October 1887
Notts Olympic	1â2	Notts Mellors	22 October 1887
Watford Rovers	3â1	Chesham	22 October 1887
Vale of Llangollen	0â2	Oswestry	22 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare	Walkover	Burton Wanderers	22 October 1887
Bishop Auckland Church Institute	0â2	Elswick Rangers	22 October 1887

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Darlington	4â3	Elswick Rangers	5 November 1887
Darwen	2â0	Church	5 November 1887
Dulwich	2â1	Hotspur	5 November 1887
Preston North End	9â1^[5]	Bolton Wanderers	17 December 1887
Shankhouse	Bye
Marlow	2â3	Old Foresters	5 November 1887
Old Etonians	3â2	Old St Mark's	5 November 1887
Swifts	Bye
Old Harrovians	0â4	Old Brightonians	5 November 1887
Notts County	Walkover	Basford Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2â0	Notts Mellors	5 November 1887
Blackburn Olympic	1â5	Blackburn Rovers	5 November 1887
Astley Bridge	0â4	Halliwell	5 November 1887
Mitchell St George's	0â1	West Bromwich Albion	5 November 1887
Small Heath Alliance	0â4	Aston Villa	5 November 1887
Bootle	1â1	South Shore	5 November 1887
Accrington	3â2	Burnley	5 November 1887
Lockwood Brothers	Bye
Chatham	3â1	Royal Engineers	5 November 1887
Grimsby Town	Bye
Northwich Victoria	0â1	Crewe Alexandra	5 November 1887
Oswestry	Bye
Old Westminsters	8â1	Millwall Rovers	5 November 1887
Wrexham Olympic	1â2	Davenham	5 November 1887
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3â0	Aston Shakespeare	5 November 1887
Long Eaton Rangers	1â2	The Wednesday	5 November 1887
Middlesbrough	4â1	South Bank	5 November 1887
Birmingham Excelsior	Bye
Sunderland	3â1	Newcastle West End	5 November 1887
Derby County	6â0	Ecclesfield	5 November 1887
Derby Junction	3â2	Rotherham Town	5 November 1887
Notts Rangers	4â0	Grantham	5 November 1887
Lincoln City	2â1	Gainsborough Trinity	5 November 1887
Chirk	10â2	Shrewsbury Town	5 November 1887
Burton Swifts	2â5	Great Bridge Unity	5 November 1887
Crusaders	3â2	Old Wykehamists	29 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers	1â3	Higher Walton	5 November 1887
Watford Rovers	1â3	Old Carthusians	5 November 1887
Owlerton	1â0	Sheffield Heeley	5 November 1887
Distillery	2â4	Witton	5 November 1887
Over Wanderers	0â2	Stoke	5 November 1887

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Darlington	0â2	Shankhouse	26 November 1887
Darwen	1â1	Witton	26 November 1887
Dulwich	1â3	Swifts	26 November 1887
Preston North End	4â0	Halliwell	3 December 1887
Stoke	3â0	Oswestry	26 November 1887
Old Etonians	7â2	Old Westminsters	26 November 1887
Old Foresters	Bye
Nottingham Forest	2â1	Notts County	26 November 1887
Aston Villa	Bye
Old Carthusians	5â0	Old Brightonians	24 November 1887
The Wednesday	Bye
Accrington	1â3	Blackburn Rovers	26 November 1887
Grimsby Town	2â0	Lincoln City	26 November 1887
Davenham	2â2	Chirk	19 November 1887
Crewe Alexandra	Bye
Middlesbrough	2â2	Sunderland	26 November 1887
West Bromwich Albion	2â0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 November 1887
Derby County	6â2	Owlerton	26 November 1887
Derby Junction	2â1	Lockwood Brothers	19 November 1887
Notts Rangers	Bye
Higher Walton	1â6	Bootle	26 November 1887
Crusaders	4â0	Chatham	26 November 1887
Great Bridge Unity	2â1	Birmingham Excelsior	26 November 1887

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Witton	0â2	Darwen	3 December 1887
Chirk	6â1	Davenham	26 November 1887
Sunderland	4â2 Sunderland disqualified	Middlesbrough	3 December 1887

1887–88 FA Cup

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Tournament details
Country	England Wales Ireland
Teams	149
Final positions
Champions	West Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Runners-up	Preston North End
â 1886â87 1888â89 â

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Swifts	3â2 Match void	Crewe Alexandra	17 December 1887
Crewe Alexandra	2â1	Swifts	31 December 1887

Home club	Score	Away club	Date
Darwen	0â3	Blackburn Rovers	7 January 1888
Nottingham Forest	2â4	The Wednesday	7 January 1888
Aston Villa	1â3	Preston North End	7 January 1888
Old Carthusians	2â0	Bootle	7 January 1888
Crewe Alexandra	1â0	Derby County	7 January 1888
Middlesbrough	4â0	Old Foresters	7 January 1888
West Bromwich Albion	4â1	Stoke	7 January 1888
Chirk	1â1	Derby Junction	31 December 1887