The Football Association Challenge Cup 1877–78 was the seventh staging of the FA Cup , England 's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, four more than the previous season, although three of the forty-three never actually played a match.
First round
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Attendance
Date
Darwen
3–0
Manchester
714
7 November 1877
Grantham
0–2
Clapham Rovers
650
27 October 1877
Reading
2–0
South Norwood
700
7 November 1877
Barnes
Walkover
St Mark's
Royal Engineers
Walkover
Highbury Union
Marlow
2–0
Hendon
3 November 1877
Maidenhead
10–0
Reading Hornets
27 October 1877
Queen's Park
Bye
Upton Park
3–0
Rochester
7 November 1877
Wanderers
9–1
Panthers
7 November 1877
1st Surrey Rifles
1–0
Forest School
7 November 1877
Oxford University
5–2
Herts Rangers
3 November 1877
High Wycombe
4–0
Wood Grange
27 October 1877
Pilgrims
0–0
Ramblers
3 November 1877
Swifts
3–2
Leyton
7 November 1877
Cambridge University
3–1
Southill Park
2 November 1877
105th Regiment
0–2
Old Harrovians
7 November 1877
Druids
1–0
Shropshire Wanderers
12 November 1877
Notts County
1–1
Sheffield
3 November 1877
Remnants
4–0
St Stephen's
7 November 1877
Hawks
5–2
Minerva
3 November 1877
Old Foresters
Walkover
Old Wykehamists
First Round Replays
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Pilgrims
1–0
Ramblers
9 November 1877
Sheffield
3–0
Notts County
1 December 1877
Second round
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Sheffield
1–0
Darwen
29 December 1877
Barnes
3–1
Marlow
15 December 1877
Royal Engineers
6–0
Pilgrims
8 December 1877
Clapham Rovers
4–0
Swifts
22 December 1877
Upton Park
1–0
Reading
8 December 1877
Oxford University
1–0
Old Foresters
15 December 1877
High Wycombe
0–9
Wanderers
15 December 1877
Cambridge University
4–2
Maidenhead
8 December 1877
Druids
Walkover
Queen's Park
Old Harrovians
6–0
1st Surrey Rifles
22 December 1877
Remnants
2–0
Hawks
22 December 1877
Third round
Third Round Replays
Home Club
Score
Away Club
Date
Wanderers
4–1
Barnes
26 January 1878
Old Harrovians
2–2
Cambridge University
9 February 1878
Old Harrovians
2–0
Cambridge University
16 February 1878
Fourth round
Fourth Round Replays
Semi finals
Final
Main article: 1878 FA Cup Final