Football Association Challenge Cup 1887–88 var den 17. udgave af Football Association Challenge Cup, nu til dags bedre kendt som FA Cup. Turneringen blev afviklet som en cupturnering med deltagelse af 149 klubber. De første kampe blev spillet den 8. oktober 1887, og finalen blev afviklet den 24. marts 1888 på Kennington Oval i London, hvor West Bromwich Albion FC besejrede Preston North End FC med 2-1. Det var første gang, at West Bromwich Albion vandt FA Cup'en, og holdet havde tabt i finalen i de to foregående sæsoner. Preston North End FC var til gengæld i FA Cup-finalen for første gang.
Resultater
West Bromwich Albions vej til sejren
RundeDatoKampRes.Første runde 15.10.West Bromwich Albion FC – Wednesbury Old Athletic FC 7–1Anden runde 5.11.Mitchell's St George's FC – West Bromwich Albion FC 0–1Tredje runde 26.11.West Bromwich Albion FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–0Fjerde runde –ByeOttendedelsfinale 7.1.West Bromwich Albion FC – Stoke City FC 4–1Kvartfinale 28.1.West Bromwich Albion FC – Old Carthusians FC 4–2Semifinale 18.2.West Bromwich Albion FC – Derby Junction FC 3–0Finale 24.3.West Bromwich Albion FC – Preston North End FC 2–1
Første runde
Første runde blev spillet i perioden 9. oktober – 13. november 1886 og havde deltagelse af 149 hold, der spillede om 78 ledige pladser i anden runde. Tre af holdene, Blackburn Olympic FC, Hotspur FC og Wrexham Olympic FC, var oversiddere i denne runde og gik dermed videre til anden runde uden kamp.
DatoKampRes.8.10.Blackburn Park Road FC – Distillery FC 2–1Blackburn Park Road FC blev diskvalificeret.Hitchin FC – Old Wykehamists FC 2–5Llangollen FC – Oswestry FC 7–3Kampen blev beordret spillet om.Marlow FC – South Reading FC 4–1Old Brightonians FC – Swindon Town FC 1–0Old Etonians FC – Lancing Old Boys FC 4–215.10.Accrington FC – Rossendale FC 11–0Aston Shakespeare FC – Burton Wanderers FC 2–3Basford Rovers FC – Lincoln Albion FC 3–2Belper Town FC – The Wednesday FC 2–3Birmingham Excelsior FC – Warwick County FC 4–1Bolton Wanderers FC – Everton FC 1–0Bootle FC – Workington FC 6–0Burnley FC – Darwen Old Wanderers FC 4–0Burton Swifts FC – Southfield FC 7–0Chatham FC – Luton Town FC 5–1Chesham FC – Watford Rovers FC 4–2Chester FC – Davenham FC 2–3Chirk AAA FC – Chester St Oswald's FC 4–1Cleethorpes Town FC – Grimsby Town FC 0–4Crewe Alexandra FC – Druids FC 5–0Crusaders FC – Lyndhurst FC 9–0Derby Junction FC – Derby St Luke's FC 3–2Ecclesfield FC – Derby Midland FC 4–1Elswick Rangers FC – Bishop Auckland Church Institute FC 3–3Fleetwood Rangers FC – West Manchester FC 4–1Gainsborough Trinity FC – Boston FC 7–0Gateshead Association FC – Darlington FC 0–3Grantham Town FC – Lincoln Lindum FC 4–0Hendon FC – Old Harrovians FC 2–4Higher Walton FC – Heywood Central FC 8–1Hurst FC – Astley Bridge FC 5–3Leek FC – Northwich Victoria FC 2–2Lincoln City FC – Horncastle FC 4–1Liverpool Stanley FC – Halliwell FC 1–5London Caledonians FC – Old Foresters FC 1–6Long Eaton Rangers FC – Park Grange FC 6–3Macclesfield Town FC – Shrewsbury Town FC 1–3Matlock Town FC – Rotherham Town FC 2–3Middlesbrough FC – Whitburn FC 4–0Newcastle West End FC – Redcar FC 5–1Nottingham Forest FC – Notts Swifts FC 2–1Notts County FC – Lincoln Ramblers FC 9–0Notts Olympic FC – Mellors FC 3–6Notts Rangers FC – Jardines FC 10–1Old Carthusians FC – Hanover United FC 5–0Old St Mark's FC – East Sheen FC 7–2Old Westminsters FC – Clapton FC 4–1DatoKampRes.15.10.Oldbury Town FC – Aston Villa FC 0–4Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC – Witton FC 3–4Over Wanderers FC – Wellington St George's FC 3–1Owlerton FC – Eckington Works FC 2–1Preston North End FC – Hyde FC 26–0Rawtenstall FC – Darwen FC 1–3Reading FC – Dulwich FC 0–2Royal Engineers AFC – Rochester FC 3–0Scarborough FC – Shankhouse FC 3–5Sheffield FC – Lockwood Brothers FC 1–3Sheffield Heeley FC – Attercliffe FC 9–0Small Heath Alliance FC – Aston Unity FC 6–1South Bank FC – Newcastle East End FC 3–2Stafford Road FC – Great Bridge Unity FC 2–1Staveley FC – Derby County FC 1–2Stoke City FC – Burslem Port Vale FC 1–0Sunderland AFC – Morpeth Harriers FC 4–2Swifts FC – Maidenhead FC 3–1Walsall Swifts FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–2Walsall Town FC – Mitchell's St George's FC 1–2West Bromwich Albion FC – Wednesbury Old Athletic FC 7–1–Blackburn Rovers FC – Bury FC w.o.Church FC – Cliftonville FC w.o.Millwall Rovers FC – Casuals FC w.o.South Shore FC – Denton FC w.o.Omkampe22.10.Bishop Auckland Church Institute FC – Elswick Rangers FC 0–2Great Bridge Unity FC – Stafford Road FC 1–1Llangollen FC – Oswestry FC 0–2Morpeth Harriers FC – Sunderland AFC 2–3Northwich Victoria FC – Leek FC 4–2Notts Olympic FC – Mellors FC 1–2Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC – Witton FC 1–4Warwick County FC – Birmingham Excelsior FC 0–5Watford Rovers FC – Chesham FC 3–1 29.10.Everton FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 2–2–Astley Bridge FC – Hurst FC w.o.Aston Shakespeare FC – Burton Wanderers FC w.o.Burnley FC – Darwen Old Wanderers FC w.o.Dulwich FC – Reading FC w.o.Great Bridge Unity FC – Stafford Road FC w.o.Royal Engineers AFC – Rochester FC w.o.Anden omkamp 12.11.Bolton Wanderers FC – Everton FC 1–1Tredje omkamp 19.11.Everton FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 2–1Everton FC blev diskvalificeret.
Anden runde
Anden runde blev spillet i perioden 29. oktober – 26. november 1887 og havde deltagelse af 78 hold, der spillede om 41 ledige pladser i tredje runde. Heraf var seks hold, Birmingham Excelsior FC, Grimsby Town FC, Lockwood Brothers FC, Oswestry FC, Shankhouse FC og Swifts FC oversiddere i anden runde og gik dermed videre til tredje runde uden kamp.
DatoKampRes. 29.10.Crusaders FC – Old Wykehamists FC 3–25.11.Accrington FC – Burnley FC 3–2Astley Bridge FC – Halliwell FC 0–4Blackburn Olympic FC – Blackburn Rovers FC 1–5Bootle FC – South Shore FC 1–1Burton Swifts FC – Great Bridge Unity FC 2–5Chatham FC – Royal Engineers AFC 3–1Chirk AAA FC – Shrewsbury Town FC 10–2Darlington FC – Elswick Rangers FC 4–3Darwen FC – Church FC 2–0Derby County FC – Ecclesfield FC 6–0Derby Junction FC – Rotherham Town FC 3–2Distillery FC – Witton FC 2–4Dulwich FC – Hotspur FC 2–1Fleetwood Rangers FC – Higher Walton FC 1–3Lincoln City FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 2–1Long Eaton Rangers FC – The Wednesday FC 1–2Marlow FC – Old Foresters FC 2–3Middlesbrough FC – South Bank FC 4–1Mitchell's St George's FC – West Bromwich Albion FC 0–1DatoKampRes.5.11.Northwich Victoria FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 0–1Nottingham Forest FC – Mellors FC 2–0Notts Rangers FC – Grantham Town FC 4–0Old Etonians FC – Old St Mark's FC 3–2Old Harrovian AFC – Old Brightonians FC 0–4Old Westminsters FC – Millwall Rovers FC 8–1Over Wanderers FC – Stoke City FC 0–2Owlerton FC – Sheffield Heeley FC 1–0Small Heath Alliance FC – Aston Villa FC 0–4Sunderland AFC – Newcastle West End FC 3–1Watford Rovers FC – Old Carthusians FC 1–3Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – Aston Shakespeare FC 3–0Wrexham Olympic FC – Davenham FC 1–2 ?Preston North End FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 9–1 –Notts County FC – Basford Rovers FC w.o.Omkamp 12.11.South Shore FC – Bootle FC 0–3
Tredje runde
Tredje runde blev spillet i perioden 19. november – 3. december 1887 og havde deltagelse af de 41 hold, der var gået videre fra anden runde, og som spillede om 23 ledige pladser i fjerde runde. Fem af holdene var oversiddere i denne runde, Aston Villa FC, Crewe Alexandra FC, Notts Rangers FC, Old Foresters FC og The Wednesday FC, og de gik dermed videre til fjerde runde uden kamp.
DatoKampRes.19.11.Davenham FC – Chirk AAA FC 2–2Derby Junction FC – Lockwood Brothers FC 2–1 24.11.Old Carthusians FC – Old Brightonians FC 5–026.11.Accrington FC – Blackburn Rovers FC 1–3Crusaders FC – Chatham FC 4–0Darlington FC – Shankhouse FC 0–2Darwen FC – Witton FC 1–1Derby County FC – Owlerton FC 6–2Dulwich FC – Swifts FC 1–3Great Bridge Unity FC – Birmingham Excelsior FC 2–1Grimsby Town FC – Lincoln City FC 2–0DatoKampRes.26.11.Higher Walton FC – Bootle FC 1–6Middlesbrough FC – Sunderland AFC 2–2Nottingham Forest FC – Notts County FC 2–1Old Etonians FC – Old Westminsters FC 7–2Stoke City FC – Oswestry FC 3–0West Bromwich Albion FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–0 3.12.Preston North End FC – Halliwell FC 4–0Omkampe 26.11.Chirk AAA FC – Davenham FC 6–13.12.Sunderland AFC – Middlesbrough FC 4–2Witton FC – Darwen FC 0–2
Fjerde runde
Fjerde havde deltagelse af de 23 hold, der gik videre fra tredje runde. Holdene spillede om 16 ledige pladser i femte runde. Det betød, at følgende ni hold var oversiddere i denne runde og derfor gik videre til femte runde uden kamp: Blackburn Rovers FC, Chirk AAA FC, Derby County FC, Derby Junction FC, Middlesbrough FC, Old Carthusians FC, Preston North End FC, Stoke City FC og West Bromwich Albion FC.
DatoKampRes. 10.12.Crewe Alexandra FC – Swifts FC 2–217.12.Crusaders FC – The Wednesday FC 0–1Darwen FC – Notts Rangers FC 3–1Great Bridge Unity FC – Bootle FC 1–2Nottingham Forest FC – Old Etonians FC 6–0Old Foresters FC – Grimsby Town FC 4–2Shankhouse FC – Aston Villa FC 0–9Omkamp 17.12.Swifts FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 3–2Anden omkamp 31.12.Crewe Alexandra FC – Swifts FCSpillet i Derby. 2–1
Femte runde
Femte runde havde deltagelse af de 16 hold, der gik videre fra fjerde runde, og holdene spillede om otte ledige pladser i kvartfinalerne.
DatoKampRes. 31.12.Chirk AAA FC – Derby Junction FC 0–17.1.Aston Villa FC – Preston North End FC 1–3Crewe Alexandra FC – Derby County FC 1–0Darwen FC – Blackburn Rovers FC 0–3Middlesbrough FC – Old Foresters FC 4–0Nottingham Forest FC – The Wednesday FC 2–4Old Carthusians FC – Bootle FC 2–0West Bromwich Albion FC – Stoke City FC 4–1
Kvartfinaler
Kvartfinalerne havde deltagelse af de otte hold, der gik videre fra femte runde, og holdene spillede om fire ledige pladser i semifinalerne.
DatoKampRes.28.1.Derby Junction FC – Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1Middlesbrough FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 0–2West Bromwich Albion FC – Old Carthusians FC 4–2 30.1.The Wednesday FC – Preston North End FC | 1–3'''
Semifinaler
Semifinalerne havde deltagelse af de fire hold, der gik videre fra kvartfinalerne.
DatoKampRes.Spillested18.2.Preston North End FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 4–0LiverpoolWest Bromwich Albion FC – Derby Junction FC 3–0Stoke
Finale
DatoKampRes.TilskuereSpillested 24.3.West Bromwich Albion FC – Preston North End FC 2–1 Kennington Oval, London
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