1891–92 FA Cup
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Defending champions | Blackburn Rovers |
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Champions | West Bromwich Albion (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Aston Villa |
The 1891–92 FA Cup was the 21st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Bromwich Albion won the competition, beating Aston Villa 3–0 in the final at the Kennington Oval, with Wembley Stadium still 30 years away from being built.
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
Round | Date | No. of Teams |
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First Qualifying Round | Saturday October 3, 1891 | 160 |
Second Qualifying Round | Saturday October 24, 1891 | 80 |
Third Qualifying Round | Saturday November 14, 1891 | 40 |
Fourth Qualifying Round | Saturday December 5, 1891 | 20 |
First Round Proper | Saturday January 16, 1892 | 32 |
Second Round Proper | Saturday January 30, 1892 | 16 |
Third Round Proper | Saturday February 13, 1892 | 8 |
Semi-Finals | Saturday February 27, 1892 | 4 |
Final | Saturday March 19, 1892 | 2 |
Qualifying rounds
For information on the matches played from the Preliminary Round to the Fourth Qualifying Round, see 1891–92 FA Cup qualifying rounds.
Results
First round
Tie No. | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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1 | Blackpool | 0–3 | Sheffield United | January 16, 1892 |
2 | Preston North End | 6–0 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | January 23, 1892 |
3 | Stoke | 3–0 Match void | Casuals | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | Stoke | 3–0 | Casuals | January 23, 1892 |
4 | Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Newcastle East End | January 16, 1892 |
5 | Blackburn Rovers | 4–1 | Derby County | January 16, 1892 |
6 | Aston Villa | 4–1 | Heanor Town | January 16, 1892 |
7 | The Wednesday | 2–1 Match void | Bolton Wanderers | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | The Wednesday | 4–1 | Bolton Wanderers | January 23, 1892 |
8 | Bootle | 0–2 | Darwen | January 16, 1892 |
9 | Old Westminsters | 2–3 | West Bromwich Albion | January 16, 1892 |
10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | Crewe Alexandra | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | Crewe Alexandra | 1–4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | January 23, 1892 |
11 | Sunderland | 3–0 Match void | Notts County | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | Sunderland | 4–0 | Notts County | January 23, 1892 |
12 | Luton Town | 0–3 | Middlesbrough | January 16, 1892 |
13 | Crusaders | 1–4 | Accrington | January 16, 1892 |
14 | Everton | 2–4 Match void | Burnley | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | Everton | 1–3 | Burnley | January 23, 1892 |
15 | Sunderland Albion | 1–2 Match void | Birmingham St George's | January 16, 1892 |
Replay | Sunderland Albion | 4–0 | Birmingham St George's | January 23, 1892 |
16 | Small Heath | 5–1 | Royal Arsenal | January 16, 1892 |
Second round
Tie No. | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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1 | Burnley | 1–3 | Stoke | January 30, 1892 |
2 | Aston Villa | 2–0 | Darwen | January 30, 1892 |
3 | The Wednesday | 2–0 | Small Heath | January 30, 1892 |
4 | Accrington | 1–0 Match void | Sunderland | January 30, 1892 |
Replay | Accrington | 1–3 | Sunderland | February 6, 1892 |
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Sheffield United | January 30, 1892 |
6 | Middlesbrough | 1–2 | Preston North End | January 30, 1892 |
7 | West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | Blackburn Rovers | January 30, 1892 |
8 | Sunderland Albion | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | January 30, 1892 |
Third round
Tie No. | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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1 | Stoke | 2–2 | Sunderland | February 13, 1892 |
Replay | Sunderland | 4–0 | Stoke | February 20, 1892 |
2 | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Preston North End | February 13, 1892 |
3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Aston Villa | February 13, 1892 |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2–1 | The Wednesday | February 13, 1892 |
Semi-finals
The original semi-final matches were played on February 27, 1892. Aston Villa comfortably came through their tie with Sunderland 4–1 but West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest drew their match 1–1. The tie went to a replay, again played at Molineux,[1] but again finished 1–1. A third replay was needed to separate the teams, played in Derby[1] and this time West Bromwich Albion came through winners 6–2 to reach the final against Aston Villa.
Tie No. | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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1 | Aston Villa | 4–1 | Sunderland | February 27, 1892 |
2 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | February 27, 1892 |
Replay | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | West Bromwich Albion | March 5, 1892 |
Replay | West Bromwich Albion | 6–2 | Nottingham Forest | March 9, 1892 |
Final
The 1892 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 19 March 1892 at the Kennington Oval. The final was contested by West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa. West Brom won 3–0, with goals from Alf Geddes, Nicholls and John Reynolds.
West Bromwich Albion | 3 – 0 | Aston Villa |
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Geddes ![]() Sam Nicholls ![]() John Reynolds ![]() |
References
- General
- The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com
- English FA Cup 1891/92 at Soccerbase
- Specific