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
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
Fourth round
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
Final
Main article: 1879 FA Cup Final
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