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1893–94 FA Cup

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1893–94 FA Cup
Notts County following the final
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Defending championsWolverhampton Wanderers
Final positions
ChampionsNotts County (1st title)
Runner-upBolton Wanderers

The 1893–94 FA Cup was the 23rd edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The cup was won by Notts County of the Football League Second Division, who defeated Bolton Wanderers 4–1 in the final to win the cup for the first and, to date, only time.[1]

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

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Round Date No. of Teams
First qualifying round Saturday 14 October 1893 106
Second qualifying round Saturday 4 November 1893 80
Third qualifying round Saturday 25 November 1893 40
Fourth qualifying round Saturday 16 December 1893 20
First round proper Saturday 27 January 1894 32
Second round proper Saturday 10 February 1894 16
Third round proper Saturday 24 February 1894 8
Semi-finals Saturday 10 March 1894 4
Final Saturday 31 March 1894 2

Qualifying rounds

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The 16 clubs from the Football League First Division were exempted from the qualifying rounds, as were Liverpool, Small Heath, Notts County, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Newcastle United from the Second Division. The Second Division featured 15 clubs this season following Bootle's resignation from the Football League after the Annual General Meeting. Most of the rest of the League clubs entered the FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage, although Crewe Alexandra joined in the second qualifying round.

Grimsby Town and Woolwich Arsenal were ultimately the only League clubs to progress to the competition proper, with non-League sides Middlesbrough, South Shore, Stockport County, Heanor Town, Leicester Fosse, Burton Wanderers, Luton Town and Reading being the other qualifiers. Stockport County and Leicester Fosse were appearing at this stage for the first time while Accrington received a bye to the first round despite the club also having resigned from the Football League during the 1893 close-season.

Results

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First round proper

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Tie No. Home team Score Away team Date
1 Liverpool 3–0 Grimsby Town 27 January 1894
2 Preston North End 18–0 Reading 27 January 1894
3 Stoke 1–0 Everton 27 January 1894
4 Notts County 1–0 Burnley 27 January 1894
5 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Heanor Town 27 January 1894
6 Aston Villa 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 January 1894
7 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Blackburn Rovers 27 January 1894
8 Sunderland 3–0 Accrington 27 January 1894
9 Derby County 2–0 Darwen 27 January 1894
10 Newton Heath 4–0 Middlesbrough 27 January 1894
11 Small Heath 3–4 Bolton Wanderers 27 January 1894
12 Leicester Fosse 2–1 South Shore 27 January 1894
13 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 2–1 Luton Town 27 January 1894
14 Woolwich Arsenal 1–2 The Wednesday 27 January 1894
15 Stockport County 0–1 Burton Wanderers 27 January 1894
16 Newcastle United 2–0 Sheffield United 27 January 1894

Second round proper

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Tie No. Home team Score Away team Date
1 Liverpool 3–2 Preston North End 10 February 1894
2 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 10 February 1894
3 The Wednesday 1–0 Stoke 10 February 1894
4 Sunderland 2–2 Aston Villa 10 February 1894
Replay Aston Villa 3–1 Sunderland 21 February 1894
5 Burton Wanderers 1–2 Notts County 10 February 1894
6 Newton Heath 0–0 Blackburn Rovers 10 February 1894
Replay Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Newton Heath 17 February 1894
7 Leicester Fosse 0–0 Derby County 10 February 1894
Replay Derby County 3–0 Leicester Fosse 17 February 1894
8 Newcastle United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 10 February 1894

Third round proper

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Tie No. Home team Score Away team Date
1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Notts County 24 February 1894
Replay Notts County 4–1 Nottingham Forest 3 March 1894
2 The Wednesday 3–2 Aston Villa 24 February 1894
3 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Liverpool 24 February 1894
4 Derby County 1–4 Blackburn Rovers 24 February 1894

Semi-finals

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Tie No. Home team Score Away team Date
1 Notts County 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 10 March 1894
2 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 The Wednesday 10 March 1894

Final

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The 1894 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 31 March 1894. The final was contested by Notts County and Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park, Liverpool. Notts County won 4–1 with Jimmy Logan becoming the second player to ever score a hat-trick at an FA Cup Final

Match details

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Notts County4–1Bolton Wanderers
Watson 18'
Logan 29' 67' 70'
Cassidy 87'
Attendance: 37,000

References

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  1. ^ James M. Ross (6 June 2008). "England FA Challenge Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2008.