1883–84_FA_Cup

1883–84 FA Cup
	The Blackburn Rovers end of season photo with the FA Cup (centre)
Tournament details
Country	England; Scotland; Wales
Teams	100
Defending champions	Blackburn Olympic
Final positions
Champions	Blackburn Rovers; (1st title)
Runner-up	Queen's Park
	← 1882–83 1884–85 →

1883–84 FA Cup

Football tournament season

The 1883–84 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred teams entered, sixteen more than the previous season, although three of the one hundred never played a match.

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Preston North End was disqualified from the competition in February 1884, after an FA committee determined that the club had violated rules against professionalism by offering financial inducements to Scottish players.^[1]

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"The Football Association and the Preston North End Club". Blackburn Standard: 3. 2 February 1884.

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Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	2–2	Church	27 October 1883
Grantham	3–2	Spilsby	10 November 1883
Preston North End	Bye
Stoke	1–2	Manchester	10 November 1883
Reading	2–2	South Reading	10 November 1883
Sheffield	1–4	Lockwood Brothers	10 November 1883
Clapham Rovers	Walkover	Kildare
Windsor	5–3	Royal Engineers	10 November 1883
Swifts	Bye
Rochester	2–1	Uxbridge	3 November 1883
Druids	0–1	Northwich Victoria	10 November 1883
Notts County	3–1	Sheffield Heeley	10 November 1883
Hendon	3–2	Old Etonians	10 November 1883
Old Foresters	2–1	Dreadnought	10 November 1883
Nottingham Forest	Walkover	Redcar
Romford	3–0	Woodford Bridge	3 November 1883
West End	1–0	Maidenhead	10 November 1883
Blackburn Rovers	7–1	Southport Central	20 October 1883
Hanover United	1–6	Brentwood	3 November 1883
Mosquitos	3–2	Pilgrims	10 November 1883
Stafford Road	5–1	Aston Unity	10 November 1883
Acton	0–2	Upton Park	10 November 1883
Calthorpe	0–9	Walsall Town	10 November 1883
Sheffield Wednesday	Bye
Blackburn Olympic	5–1	Darwen Ramblers	13 October 1883
Reading Minster	1–10	Old Carthusians	10 November 1883
Small Heath Alliance	1–1	Birmingham Excelsior	20 October 1883
Blackburn Park Road	6–0	Low Moor	27 October 1883
Bolton Wanderers	9–0	Bolton Olympic	10 November 1883
Accrington	4–0	Blackpool St John's	10 November 1883
Wednesbury Old Athletic	5–0	Mitchell St George's	10 November 1883
Hornchurch	0–9	Marlow	10 November 1883
Clitheroe	3–3	South Shore	10 November 1883
Spital	1–1	Rotherham Town	10 November 1883
Great Lever	4–1	Astley Bridge	20 October 1883
Halliwell	2–5	Eagley	13 October 1883
Oswestry	2–0	Hartford St John's	10 November 1883
Walsall Swifts	1–5	Aston Villa	10 November 1883
Old Westminsters	3–0	Chatham	3 November 1883
Wrexham Olympic	Walkover	Liverpool Ramblers
Upton Rangers	0–7	Old Wykehamists	10 November 1883
Bolton Association	5–1	Bradshaw	3 November 1883
Hull Town	1–3	Grimsby Town	3 November 1883
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Long Eaton Rangers	27 October 1883
Rossendale	2–6	Irwell Springs	17 November 1883
Derby Midland	Bye
Davenham	2–0	Macclesfield Town	10 November 1883
Hurst	3–1	Turton	20 October 1883
Crewe Alexandra	0–10	Queen's Park	6 October 1883
Middlesbrough	1–5	Staveley	10 November 1883
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Wednesbury Town	10 November 1883
Padiham	3–1	Lower Darwen	31 October 1883

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Church	0–1	Darwen	3 November 1883
South Reading	0–4	Reading	17 November 1883
Birmingham Excelsior	3–2	Small Heath Alliance	10 November 1883
South Shore	3–2	Clitheroe	24 November 1883
Rotherham Town	7–2	Chesterfield Spital	17 November 1883

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	1–2	Blackburn Olympic	1 December 1883
Grantham	4–0	Grimsby Town	26 November 1883
Preston North End	4–1	Great Lever	1 December 1883
Reading	1–0	West End	1 December 1883
Clapham Rovers	7–0	Rochester	1 December 1883
Queen's Park	15–0	Manchester	1 December 1883
Upton Park	Bye
Windsor	0–1	Old Wykehamists	1 December 1883
Swifts	2–0	Marlow	1 December 1883
Notts County	3–0	Nottingham Forest	1 December 1883
Eagley	Bye
Romford	3–1	Mosquitos	1 December 1883
Brentwood	Bye
Stafford Road	0–5	Aston Villa	1 December 1883
Old Carthusians	2–7	Old Foresters	24 November 1883
Staveley	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday	1 December 1883
Blackburn Park Road	2–3 Both teams disqualified	Accrington	24 November 1883
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Bolton Association	1 December 1883
Wednesbury Old Athletic	4–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 December 1883
Lockwood Brothers	3–1	Rotherham Town	1 December 1883
Walsall Town	2–2	Wednesbury Town	1 December 1883
Northwich Victoria	5–1	Davenham	24 November 1883
South Shore	0–7	Blackburn Rovers	1 December 1883
Old Westminsters	2–1	Hendon	1 December 1883
Wrexham Olympic	3–4	Oswestry	1 December 1883
Hurst	3–2 Match void	Irwell Springs	1 December 1883
Padiham	Bye
Birmingham Exclesior	1–1	Derby Midland	1 December 1883

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Wednesbury Town	6–0	Walsall Town	8 December 1883
Irwell Springs	Walkover	Hurst
Derby Midland	2–1	Birmingham Excelsior	15 December 1883

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Grantham	1–4	Notts County	20 December 1883
Preston North End	9–1	Eagley	29 December 1883
Reading	1–6	Upton Park	22 December 1883
Clapham Rovers	1–2	Swifts	22 December 1883
Old Wykehamists	Bye
Old Foresters	Bye
Romford	1–4	Brentwood	29 December 1883
Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Padiham	29 December 1883
Blackburn Olympic	Bye
Staveley	1–0	Lockwood Brothers	29 December 1883
Bolton Wanderers	8–1	Irwell Springs	29 December 1883
Wednesbury Old Athletic	4–7	Aston Villa	29 December 1883
Northwich Victoria	Bye
Oswestry Town	1–7	Queen's Park	29 December 1883
Old Westminsters	Bye
Wednesbury Town	1–0	Derby Midland	29 December 1883

1883–84_FA_Cup

1883–84 FA Cup

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Fourth round

Replay

Fifth round

Replay

Semi finals

Final

Notes

References

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Tournament details
The Blackburn Rovers end of season photo with the FA Cup (centre)
Country	England Scotland Wales
Teams	100
Defending champions	Blackburn Olympic
Final positions
Champions	Blackburn Rovers (1st title)
Runner-up	Queen's Park
← 1882–83 1884–85 →

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Preston North End	1–1 Preston North End disqualified	Upton Park	19 January 1884
Queen's Park	6–1	Aston Villa	19 January 1884
Swifts	2–1	Old Foresters	19 January 1884
Notts County	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	19 January 1884
Blackburn Rovers	5–1	Staveley	19 January 1884
Blackburn Olympic	6–0	Old Wykehamists	19 January 1884
Northwich Victoria	3–0	Brentwood	19 January 1884
Old Westminsters	5–0	Wednesbury Town	19 January 1884

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Upton Park	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	9 February 1884
Notts County	1–1	Swifts	9 February 1884
Blackburn Olympic	9–1	Northwich Victoria	9 February 1884
Old Westminsters	0–1	Queen's Park	9 February 1884