Football Club History Database

First Round

Accrington 11-0 Rossendale
Aston Shakespeare 2-3 Burton Wanderers (replay ordered)
Basford Rovers 3-2 Lincoln Albion
Belper Town{1} 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Birmingham Excelsior 4-1 Warwick County (replay ordered)
Blackburn Park Road 2-1 Distillery (Blackburn Park Road disqualified)
Blackburn Rovers w/o-scr Bury
Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Everton (replay ordered)
Bootle{1} 6-0 Workington{1}
Burnley 4-0 Darwen Old Wanderers
Burton Swifts 7-0 Southfield
Chatham 5-1 Luton Town
Chesham 4-2 Watford Rovers (replay ordered)
Chester 2-3 Davenham
Chirk 4-1 Chester St Oswald's
Church w/o-scr Cliftonville
Cleethorpes Town{1} 0-4 Grimsby Town
Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Druids
Crusaders 9-0 Lyndhurst
Derby Junction 3-2 Derby St Luke's
Ecclesfield 4-1 Derby Midland
Elswick Rangers 3-3 Bishop Auckland Church Institute
Fleetwood Rangers 4-1 West Manchester
Gainsborough Trinity 7-0 Boston{1}
Gateshead Association 0-3 Darlington
Grantham 4-0 Lincoln Ludlum
Hendon{1} 2-4 Old Harrovians
Higher Walton 8-1 Heywood Central
Hitchin 2-5 Old Wykehamists
Hurst 5-3 Astley Bridge (declared void)
Leek 2-2 Northwich Victoria
Lincoln City 4-1 Horncastle
Liverpool Stanley 1-5 Halliwewll
Llangollen 7-3 Oswestry (replay ordered)
London Caledonians 1-6 Old Foresters
Long Eaton Rangers 6-3 Park Grange
Macclesfield 1-3 Shrewsbury Town
Marlow 4-1 South Reading

Matlock 2-3 Rotherham Town
Middlesbrough 4-0 Whitburn
Millwall w/o-scr Casuals
Newcastle West End 5-1 Redcar
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Notts Swifts
Notts County 9-0 Lincoln Ramblers
Notts Olympic 3-6 Mellors (replay ordered)
Notts Rangers 10-1 Jardines
Old Brightonians 1-0 Swindon Town
Old Carthusians 5-0 Hanover United
Old Etonians 4-2 Lancing Old Boys
Old St Mark's 7-2 East Sheen
Old Westminsters 4-1 Clapton
Oldbury Town 0-4 Aston Villa
Oswaldtwistle Rovers 3-4 Witton (replay ordered)
Over Wanderers 3-1 Wellington St George's
Owlerton 2-1 Eckington Works
Preston North End 26-0 Hyde
Rawtenstall 1-3 Darwen
Reading 0-2 Dulwich (replay ordered)
Royal Engineers 3-0 Rochester (replay ordered)
Scarborough 3-5 Shankhouse
Sheffield 1-3 Lockwood Brothers
Sheffield Heeley 9-0 Attercliffe
Small Heath Alliance 6-1 Aston Unity
South Bank 3-2 Newcastle East End
South Shore w/o-scr Denton
Stafford Road 2-1 Great Bridge Unity (replay ordered)
Staveley 1-2 Derby County
Stoke 1-0 Burslem Port Vale
Sunderland 4-2 Morpeth Harriers (replay ordered)
Swifts 3-1 Maidenhead
Walsall Swifts 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Walsall Town 1-2 Mitchell St George's
West Bromwich Albion 7-1 Wednesdbury Old Athletic
Blackburn Olympic - Bye
Hotspur - Bye
Wrexham Olympic - Bye

First Round Replays

Astley Bridge w/o-scr Hurst
Aston Shakespeare w/o-scr Burton Wanderers
Bishop Auckland Church Institute 0-2 Elswick Rangers
Burnley w/o-scr Darwen Old Wanderers
Dulwich w/o-scr Reading
Everton 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
Great Bridge Unity 1-1 Stafford Road
Llangollen 0-2 Oswestry

Morpeth Harriers 2-3 Sunderland
Northwich Victoria 4-2 Leek
Notts Olympic 1-2 Mellors
Oswaldtwistle Rovers 1-4 Witton
Royal Engineers w/o-scr Rochester
Warwick County 0-5 Birmingham Excelsior
Watford Rovers 3-1 Chesham

First Round Second Replays

Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Everton

Great Bridge Unity w/o-scr Stafford Road

First Round Third Replays

Everton 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (Everton disqualified)

Second Round

Accrington 3-2 Burnley
Astley Bridge 0-4 Halliwell
Blackburn Olympic 1-5 Blackburn Rovers
Bootle 1-1 South Shore
Burton Swifts 2-5 Great Bridge Unity
Chatham 3-1 Royal Engineers
Chirk 10-2 Shrewsbury Town
Crusaders 3-2 Old Wykehamists
Darlington 4-3 Elswick Rangers
Darwen 2-0 Church
Derby County 6-0 Ecclesfield
Derby Junction 3-2 Rotherham Town
Distillery 2-4 Witton
Dulwich 2-1 Hotspur
Fleetwood Rangers 1-3 Higher Walton
Lincoln City 2-1 Gainsborough Trinity
Long Eaton Rangers 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Marlow 2-3 Old Foresters
Middlesbrough 4-1 South Bank
Northwich Victoria 0-1 Crewe Alexandra

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Mellors
Notts County w/o-scr Basford Rangers
Notts Rangers 4-0 Grantham
Old Etonians 3-2 Old St Mark's
Old Harrovians 0-4 Old Brightonians
Old Westminsters 8-1 Millwall Rovers
Over Wanderers 0-2 Stoke
Owlerton 1-0 Sheffield Heeley
Preston North End 8-1 Bolton Wanderers
Small Heath Alliance 0-4 Aston Villa
Sunderland 3-1 Newcastle West End
Watford Rovers 1-3 Old Carthusians
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Aston Shakespeare
Wrexham Olympic 1-2 Davenham
Birmingham Excelsior - Bye
Grimsby Town - Bye
Lockwood Brothers - Bye
Oswestry - Bye
Shankhouse - Bye
Swifts - Bye

Second Round Replay

South Shore 0-3 Bootle

Note - Preston North End originally played Everton (winning 6-1), before Everton were then disqualified from their first round tie, with Bolton Wanderers being re-instated.

Third Round

Accrington 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
Crusaders 4-0 Chatham
Darlington 0-2 Shankhouse
Darwen 1-1 Witton
Davenham 2-2 Chirk
Derby County 6-2 Owlerton
Derby Junction 2-1 Lockwood Brothers
Dulwich 1-3 Swifts
Great Bridge Unity 2-1 Birmingham Excelsior
Grimsby Town 2-0 Lincoln City
Higher Walton 1-6 Bootle
Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Notts County
Old Carthusians 5-0 Old Brightonians
Old Etonians 7-2 Old Westminsters
Preston North End 4-0 Halliwell
Stoke 3-0 Oswestry
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa - Bye
Crewe Alexandra - Bye
Notts Rangers - Bye
Old Foresters - Bye
Sheffield Wednesday - Bye

Third Round Replays

Chirk 6-1 Davenham
Sunderland 4-2 Middlesbrough (Sunderland disqualified)

Witton 0-2 Darwen (@ Blackburn Rovers)

F.A. Cup

First Round

First Round Replays

First Round Second Replays

First Round Third Replays

Second Round

Second Round Replay

Third Round

Third Round Replays

Fourth Round

Fourth Round Replay

Fourth Round Second Replay

Fifth Round

Quarter Finals

Semi-Finals

Final (@ Kennington Oval, 24/3/1888)