FA Cup 1880-81

FA Cup 1880-81
Region	England
Number of teams	62
Champions	Old Carthusians
Runner-up	Old Etonians
← 1879-80	1881-82 →

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1880–81 was the tenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never actually played a match.

First round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	8–0	Brigg	13 November 1880
Reading	5–1	Hotspur	13 November 1880
Sheffield	5–4	Blackburn Olympic	30 October 1880
Royal Engineers	0–0	Remnants	13 November 1880
Marlow	6–0	Clarence	30 October 1880
Maidenhead	1–1	Old Harrovians	13 November 1880
Clapham Rovers	15–0	Finchley	13 November 1880
Upton Park	8–1	Mosquitos	13 November 1880
Pilgrims	Walkover	Old Philberdians
Swifts	1–1	Old Foresters	6 November 1880
Herts Rangers	6–0	Barnes	6 November 1880
Rochester	1–2	Dreadnought	13 November 1880
Notts County	.4–4	Derbyshire	4 November 1880
Nottingham Forest	Walkover	Caius College
Romford	1–1	Reading Minster	13 November 1880
Grey Friars	0–0	Windsor Home Park	13 November 1880
Brentwood	0–10	Old Etonians	6 November 1880
West End	1–0	Hanover United	6 November 1880
Blackburn Rovers	6–2	Providence	30 October 1880
St Peter's Institute	1–8	Hendon	6 November 1880
Aston Villa	5–3	Wednesbury Strollers	30 October 1880
Stafford Road	7–0	Spilsby	6 November 1880
Turton	5–0	Brigg Brittania	16 October 1880
Old Carthusians	7–0	Saffron Walden Town	23 October 1880
Acton	1–1	Kildare	13 November 1880
Calthorpe	1–2	Grantham	11 November 1880
Sheffield Wednesday	Walkover	Queen's Park
Astley Bridge	4–0	Eagley	30 October 1880
Weybridge Swallows	3–1	Henley	13 November 1880
Reading Abbey	1–0	St Albans	13 November 1880
Rangers (London)	Walkover	Wanderers

First round replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Remnants	0–1	Royal Engineers	20 November 1880
Old Harrovians	0–1	Maidenhead	20 November 1880
Old Foresters	1–2	Swifts	20 November 1880
Derbyshire	2–4	Notts County	27 November 1880
Romford	Walkover	Reading Minster
Windsor Home Park	1–3	Grey Friars	20 November 1880
Kildare	0–5	Acton	20 November 1880

Second round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Grantham	1–1	Stafford Road	11 December 1880
Reading	0–1	Swifts	18 December 1880
Sheffield	1–5	Darwen	18 December 1880
Royal Engineers	1–0	Pilgrims	9 December 1880
Marlow	4–0	West End	11 December 1880
Clapham Rovers	Bye
Old Etonians	2–0	Hendon	4 December 1880
Herts Rangers	Bye
Notts County	Bye
Nottingham Forest	1–2	Aston Villa	4 December 1880
Romford	Bye
Grey Friars	1–0	Maidenhead	11 December 1880
Blackburn Rovers	0–4	Sheffield Wednesday	18 December 1880
Old Carthusians	5–1	Dreadnought	11 December 1880
Astley Bridge	0–3	Turton	18 December 1880
Weybridge Swallows	0–3	Upton Park	18 December 1880
Reading Abbey	2–1	Acton	11 December 1880
Rangers (London)	Bye

Second round replay

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Stafford Road	7–1	Grantham	16 December 1880

Third round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	Bye
Royal Engineers	6–0	Rangers (London)	9 February 1881
Marlow	Bye
Clapham Rovers	2–1	Swifts	8 January 1881
Upton Park	Bye
Herts Rangers	0–3	Old Etonians	5 February 1881
Notts County	1–3	Aston Villa	12 February 1881
Romford	2–0	Reading Abbey	12 February 1881
Grey Friars	Bye
Stafford Road	Bye
Turton	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	8 January 1881

Fourth round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	5–2	Sheffield Wednesday	5 February 1881
Clapham Rovers	5–4	Upton Park	12 February 1881
Old Etonians	4–0	Grey Friars	19 February 1881
Romford	2–1	Marlow	19 February 1881
Aston Villa	2–3	Stafford Road	19 February 1881
Old Carthusians	2–0	Royal Engineers	19 February 1881

Fifth round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	15–0	Romford	5 March 1881
Stafford Road	1–2	Old Etonians	19 March 1881
Old Carthusians	3–1	Clapham Rovers	19 March 1881

Semi-finals

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Etonians	Bye
Old Carthusians	4–1	Darwen	26 March 1881

Final

Main article:1881 FA Cup Final

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Old Carthusians	3–0	Old Etonians	9 April 1881

References

• FA Cup Results Archive