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1912–13 FA Cup

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1912–13 FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Defending championsBarnsley
Final positions
ChampionsAston Villa (5th title)
Runner-upSunderland

The 1912–13 FA Cup was the 42nd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Aston Villa won the competition for the fifth time, beating Sunderland 1–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, London. Villa's triumph ended a series of new FA Cup winners which had occurred since 1909.

1913 Aston Villa team after pre-cup game with Chelsea. The three players far right are Littlewood (who did not appear in the cup final), Stephenson, and Barber. Tommy Weston, who did appear in the cup rounds, is not shown.

Calendar

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The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.[1]

Round Date
Extra preliminary round Saturday 14 September 1912
Preliminary round Saturday 28 September 1912
First round qualifying Saturday 12 October 1912
Second round qualifying Saturday 2 November 1912
Third round qualifying Saturday 16 November 1912
Fourth round qualifying Saturday 30 November 1912
Fifth round qualifying Saturday 14 December 1912
First round proper Saturday 11 January 1913[2]
Second round proper Saturday 1 February 1913
Third round proper Saturday 22 February 1913
Fourth round proper Saturday 8 March 1913
Semi-finals Saturday 29 March 1913
Final Saturday 19 April 1913

First round proper

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37 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second Divisions joined 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Glossop, Lincoln City and Stockport County from the Second Division were entered at the fourth qualifying round, with Lincoln going out in the fifth qualifying round and the other two progressing to the competition proper along with ten non-League teams.

To bring the number of teams up to 64, fifteen non-League clubs were given byes to the first round. These were: Swindon Town, Southampton, Reading, Northampton Town, Stoke, West Ham United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Millwall and Crystal Palace.

The 32 matches were played on various dates between Saturday 11 January and Saturday 18 January 1913, with nine replays and a second replay being played on various dates between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 22 January.

Source:[2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Chesterfield 1–4 Nottingham Forest 18 January 1913
2 Liverpool 3–0 Bristol City 15 January 1913
3 Rochdale 0–2 Swindon Town 11 January 1913
4 South Shields 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity 18 January 1913
5 Southampton 1–1 Bury 11 January 1913
Replay Bury 2–1 Southampton 15 January 1913
6 Stoke 2–2 Reading 16 January 1913
Replay Reading 3–0 Stoke 22 January 1913
7 Gillingham 0–0 Barnsley 11 January 1913
Replay Barnsley 3–1 Gillingham 16 January 1913
8 Blackburn Rovers 7–2 Northampton Town 18 January 1913
9 The Wednesday 5–1 Grimsby Town 16 January 1913
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 London Caledonians 18 January 1913
11 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 West Ham United 13 January 1913
Replay West Ham United 2–2 West Bromwich Albion 16 January 1913
Replay West Ham United 3–0+ West Bromwich Albion 22 January 1913
12 Sunderland 6–0 Clapton Orient 11 January 1913
13 Derby County 1–3 Aston Villa 15 January 1913
14 Everton 5–1 Stockport County 15 January 1913
15 Leicester Fosse 1–4 Norwich City 16 January 1913
16 Newcastle United 1–0 Bradford City 16 January 1913
17 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Blackpool 11 January 1913
Replay Blackpool 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur 16 January 1913
18 Manchester City 4–0 Birmingham 11 January 1913
19 Queens Park Rangers 4–2 Halifax Town 11 January 1913
20 Fulham 0–2 Hull City 11 January 1913
21 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Notts County 11 January 1913
22 Portsmouth 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 January 1913
23 Manchester United 1–1 Coventry City 11 January 1913
Replay Coventry City 1–2 Manchester United 16 January 1913
24 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Preston North End 11 January 1913
25 Millwall 0–0 Middlesbrough 11 January 1913
Replay Middlesbrough 4–1 Millwall 15 January 1913
26 Leeds City 2–3 Burnley 15 January 1913
27 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Bolton Wanderers 11 January 1913
28 Crystal Palace 2–0 Glossop 11 January 1913
29 Chelsea 5–2 Southend United 11 January 1913
30 Croydon Common 0–0 Woolwich Arsenal 11 January 1913
Replay Woolwich Arsenal 2–1 Croydon Common 15 January 1913
31 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 Barrow 15 January 1913
Replay Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 Barrow 22 January 1913
32 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Sheffield United 15 January 1913

+ Match played at Stamford Bridge

Second round proper

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15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week.[2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Burnley 4–1 Gainsborough Trinity 1 February 1913
2 Reading 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 February 1913
3 Aston Villa 5–0 West Ham United 1 February 1913
4 Middlesbrough 3–2 Queens Park Rangers 1 February 1913
5 Sunderland 2–0 Manchester City 5 February 1913
6 Woolwich Arsenal 1–4 Liverpool 1 February 1913
7 Barnsley 2–3 Blackburn Rovers 1 February 1913
8 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Norwich City 1 February 1913
Replay Norwich City 2–2 Bristol Rovers 6 February 1913
Replay+ Bristol Rovers 1–0 Norwich City 10 February 1913
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Everton 1 February 1913
Replay Everton 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 February 1913
10 Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Manchester United 1 February 1913
11 Hull City 0–0 Newcastle United 1 February 1913
Replay Newcastle United 3–0 Hull City 5 February 1913
12 Oldham Athletic 5–1 Nottingham Forest 1 February 1913
13 Crystal Palace 2–0 Bury 1 February 1913
14 Chelsea 1–1 The Wednesday 1 February 1913
Replay The Wednesday 6–0 Chelsea 5 February 1913
15 Bradford Park Avenue 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 February 1913
16 Huddersfield Town 1–2 Swindon Town 1 February 1913

+ match played at neutral venue (Stamford Bridge).

Third round proper

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The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek.[2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Burnley 3–1 Middlesbrough 22 February 1913
2 Liverpool 1–1 Newcastle United 22 February 1913
Replay Newcastle United 1–0 Liverpool 26 February 1913
3 Reading 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 22 February 1913
4 Aston Villa 5–0 Crystal Palace 22 February 1913
5 Sunderland 4–2 Swindon Town 22 February 1913
6 Bristol Rovers 0–4 Everton 22 February 1913
7 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Manchester United 22 February 1913
Replay Manchester United 1–2 Oldham Athletic 26 February 1913
8 Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 The Wednesday 22 February 1913

Fourth round proper

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The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won.[3]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Burnley 8 March 1913
2 Sunderland 0–0 Newcastle United 8 March 1913
Replay Newcastle United 2–2 Sunderland 12 March 1913
Replay Newcastle United 0–3 Sunderland 17 March 1913
3 Everton 0–1 Oldham Athletic 8 March 1913
4 Bradford Park Avenue 0–5 Aston Villa 8 March 1913

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals were played on 29 March 1913. The Burnley–Sunderland match went to a replay, which Sunderland won, going on to meet Aston Villa in the final.[3]

Replay

Final

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The final was contested by Aston Villa and Sunderland on 19 April 1913 at London's Crystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, with a goal by Tommy Barber assisted by a crossed ball from Charlie Wallace. Wallace had earlier missed a penalty, something that would not occur again in FA Cup Final, until the 1988 final between Wimbledon and Liverpool.

Match details

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Aston Villa1–0Sunderland
Tommy Barber 78'
Attendance: 121,919
Referee: Mr. A. Adams (Nottingham)
Aston Villa
Sunderland

References

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  1. ^ "The FA Cup Archive (select season)". The FA Cup & Competitions. The FA. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "FA Cup 1912/13". Soccerbase. Century Comm. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Macario Reyes Padilla (27 January 2001). "England FA Challenge Cup 1912-1913". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 April 2016.