FA Cup 1878-79

FA Cup 1878–79
Region	England
Number of teams	43
Defending champions	Wanderers
Champions	Old Etonians
Runner-up	Clapham Rovers
Previous season	Next season
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The Football Association Challenge Cup 1878–79 was the eighth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, although six of the forty-three never actually played a match.

First round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	Walkover	Birch
Reading	1–0	Hendon	9 November 1878
Sheffield	1–1	Grantham	28 October 1878
Barnes	1–1	Maidenhead	19 October 1878
Royal Engineers	3–0	Old Foresters	9 November 1878
Clapham Rovers	Walkover	Finchley
Upton Park	5–0	Saffron Walden Town	30 October 1878
Wanderers	2–7	Old Etonians	9 November 1878
South Norwood	Walkover	Leyton
Oxford University	7–0	Wednesbury Strollers	2 November 1878
Swifts	2–1	Hawks	9 November 1878
Cambridge University	2–0	Herts Rangers	9 November 1878
Panthers	Walkover	Runnymede
Forest School	7–2	Rochester	2 November 1878
Old Harrovians	8–0	Southill Park	2 November 1878
Notts County	1–3	Nottingham Forest	16 November 1878
Remnants	Walkover	Unity
Minerva	Walkover	105th Regiment
Eagley	Bye
Romford	3–1	Ramblers	2 November 1878
Grey Friars	2–1	Marlow	9 November 1878
Brentwood	1–3	Pilgrims	9 November 1878

First Round Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Grantham	1–3	Sheffield	16 November 1878
Maidenhead	0–4	Barnes	9 November 1878

Second round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	0–0	Eagley	7 December 1878
Reading	0–1	Old Etonians	18 December 1878
Barnes	3–2	Upton Park	4 January 1879
Clapham Rovers	10–1	Forest School	7 December 1878
Oxford University	4–0	Royal Engineers	7 December 1878
Swifts	3–1	Romford	21 December 1878
Cambridge University	3–0	South Norwood	4 December 1878
Old Harrovians	3–0	Panthers	21 December 1878
Remnants	6–2	Pilgrims	21 December 1878
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Sheffield	21 December 1878
Grey Friars	0–3	Minerva	7 December 1878

Second Round Replay

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	4–1	Eagley	21 December 1878

Third round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	1–0	Cambridge University	6 February 1879
Oxford University	2–1	Barnes	6 February 1879
Old Etonians	5–2	Minerva	11 January 1879
Swifts	Bye
Old Harrovians	0–2	Nottingham Forest	28 January 1878
Remnants	2–3	Darwen	30 January 1879

Fourth round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	8–1	Swifts	8 March 1879
Old Etonians	5–5	Darwen	13 February 1879
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Oxford University	25 February 1879

Fourth Round Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Etonians	2–2	Darwen	8 March 1879
Old Etonians	6–2	Darwen	15 March 1879

Semi finals

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Clapham Rovers	Bye
Old Etonians	2–1	Nottingham Forest	22 March 1879

Final

Main article: 1879 FA Cup Final

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Etonians	1–0	Clapham Rovers	29 March 1879

References

• FA Cup Results Archive