FA Cup 1897-98

Football Association Challenge Cup 1897–98 var den 27. udgave af Football Association Challenge Cup, nutildags bedre kendt som FA Cup. Turneringen blev afviklet som en cupturnering med deltagelse af 214 klubber. De første kampe blev spillet den 18. september 1897, og finalen blev afviklet den 14. april 1898 på Crystal Palace i London, hvor Nottingham Forest FC besejrede Derby County FC med 3-1. Det var første gang, at Nottingham Forest vandt FA Cup'en, og i øvrigt havde ingen af de to finalister tidligere været i FA Cup-finalen.

Resultater

Nottingham Forests vej til sejren

RundeDatoKampRes.Første runde 29.1.Nottingham Forest FC – Grimsby Town FC 4–0Anden runde 12.2.Nottingham Forest FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 4–0Kvartfinale 26.2.West Bromwich Albion FC – Nottingham Forest FC 2–3Semifinale 19.3.Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC 1–1 24.3.Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC 2–0Finale 16.4.Nottingham Forest FC – Derby County FC 3–1

Indledende runde

Den indledende runde havde deltagelse af 30 hold, der spillede om 15 ledige pladser i første kvalifikationsrunde.

DatoKampRes.18.9.3rd Grenadier Guards FC – West Herts FC 7–4Carlisle City FC – Accrington Stanley FC 0–4Chesham FC – Uxbridge FC 2–1Crook Town AFC – Seaham Albion FC 6–2Dartford FC – Mid Kent FC 5–2Hebburn Argyle FC – West Hartlepool NER FC 2–0Hexham Excelsior FC – Shankhouse FC 3–5Metropolitan Railway FC – Dover FC 2–1DatoKampRes.18.9.Norwich CEYMS FC – Maidenhead FC 1–3Queens Park Rangers FC – Windsor & Eton FC 3–0Slough FC – Crouch End Vampires FC 1–6Thames Ironworks FC – Redhill FC 3–0Trawden Forest FC – South Shore FC 4–3Warmley FC – Staple Hill FC 7–1 –Hurst Ramblers FC – Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC w.o.

Første kvalifikationsrunde

Første kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 122 hold, der spillede om 61 ledige pladser i anden kvalifikationsrunde. 15 af holdene var vindere fra den indledende runde, mens de resterende 107 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første kvalifikationsrunde.

DatoKampRes.25.9.Aylesbury United FC – Watford St. Mary's FC 1–4Beeston Humber FC – Bulwell United FC 1–4Birtley FC – Rendel FC 0–1Blackburn Park Road FC – Halliwell Rovers FC 2–1Brentford FC – 1st Coldstream Guards FC 6–1Bristol City FC – Clifton FC 9–1Buxton FC – Sheepbridge Works FC 0–1Chesham Generals FC – Wycombe Wanderers FC 3–0Chirk AAA FC – Buckley FC 2–0Cowes FC – Bristol St. George FC 2–1Crook Town AFC – Seaham Harbour FC 5–0Crouch End Vampires FC – Chesham FC 3–1Druids FC – Bangor City FC 4–0Finedon Revellers FC – Newstead Byron FC 1–1Fleetwood Rangers FC – Wigan County FC 0–1Folkestone FC – Eastbourne Swifts FC 1–3Garston Copper Works FC – Birkenhead LNWR FC 6–0Gateshead NER FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 1–3Gravesend United FC – Dartford FC 3–1Hampstead FC – 2nd Colstream Guards FC 0–4Hereford FC – Kidderminster Harriers FC 1–2Horwich FC – Accrington Stanley FC 3–1Hurst Ramblers FC – Middleton FC 8–1Kilnhurst FC – Bradford FC 3–1Kimberley FC – Newark FC 0–4Leadgate Exiles FC – Shankhouse FC 5–0Leeds FC – Mexborough FC 1–2Leyton FC – Grays United FC 1–2Metropolitan Railway FC – St. Albans FC 2–3Middlewich Rangers FC – New Brighton Tower FC 0–6Moss Bay Exchange FC – Rochdale FC 3–5Newbury FC – Bedminster FC 1–3Northfleet FC – New Brompton FC 1–3Old St. Stephen's FC – 3rd Grenadier Guards FC 2–4DatoKampRes.25.9.Oswestry United FC – Northwich Victoria FC 3–1Oxford City FC – Freemantle FC 1–3Oxford Cygnets FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 2–6Parkgate United FC – Hunslet FC 1–1Queens Park Rangers FC – Wolverton LNWR FC 2–1Rock Ferry FC – Llandudno Swifts FC 3–0Romford FC – Swanscombe FC 2–2South Bank FC – Middlesbrough FC 2–3Southport Central FC – Black Diamonds FC 0–2St. Peter's Albion FC – Jarrow FC 0–2Stalybridge Rovers FC – Trawden Forest FC 3–0Stanley FC – Maidenhead FC 0–0Stockport County FC – Chester FC 2–1Stourbridge FC – Newport FC 9–0Thames Ironworks FC – Royal Engineers Training Battalion FC 2–1Tow Law FC – Darlington St. Augustine's FC 1–0Trowbridge Town FC – Bedminster St. Paul's FC 7–0Upton Park FC – Ashford United FC 0–1Warmley FC – Eastville Rovers FC 0–0Warrington St. Elphin's FC – Wrexham AFC 0–3Wath-upon-Dearne FC – Worksop Town FC 3–0Wellington AFC – Berwick Rangers FC 6–2Willington Athletic FC – Blyth FC 0–0Wrockwardine Wood FC – Singer's FC 1–0–Langley Mill Rangers FC – Heanor Town FC w.o.Reading Amateurs FC – Weymouth FC w.o.Workington FC – Clitheroe FC w.o.Omkampe29.9.Eastville Rovers FC – Warmley FC 6–2Hunslet FC – Parkgate United FC 1–2Swanscombe FC – Romford FC 4–02.10.Blyth FC – Willington Athletic FC 0–3Maidenhead FC – Stanley FC 2–0 –Newstead Byron FC – Finedon Revellers FC w.o.

Anden kvalifikationsrunde

Anden kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 76 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i tredje kvalifikationsrunde. 61 af holdene var vindere fra første kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende 15 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i anden kvalifikationsrunde. Fire af holdene, Kidderminster Harriers, Stourbridge, Wellington og Wrockwardine Wood, var oversiddere i anden kvalifikationsrunde og gik derfor videre til tredje kvalifikationsrunde uden kamp.

DatoKampRes.16.10.Ashford United FC – Grays United FC 2–3Attercliffe FC – Wombwell Town FC 1–0Black Diamonds FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 1–1Brentford FC – 3rd Grenadier Guards FC 1–1Bulwell United FC – Newark FC 3–1Chirk AAA FC – Wrexham AFC 2–2Coalville Albion FC – Long Eaton Rangers FC 0–1Coalville Town FC – Riddings FC 1–0Cowes FC – Freemantle FC 6–0Crook Town AFC – Tow Law FC 2–3Crouch End Vampires FC – Maidenhead FC 6–2Druids FC – Rock Ferry FC 2–3Eastville Rovers FC – Bedminster FC 3–2Eastwood Town FC – Sheepbridge Works FC 4–0Halifax FC – Sheffield FC 1–2Hinckley Town FC – Newstead Byron FC 2–1Hucknall St. John's FC – Shepshed FC 4–0Jarrow FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 0–2Kilnhurst FC – Mexborough FC 1–2Langley Mill Rangers FC – Stapleford Town FC 5–1Leadgate Exiles FC – Willington Athletic FC 0–0Mansfield FC – Rothwell Town Swifts FC 0–2New Brighton Tower FC – Garston Copper Works FC 6–0DatoKampRes.16.10.New Brompton FC – Eastbourne Swifts FC 2–0Parkgate United FC – Wath-upon-Dearne FC 4–1Queens Park Rangers FC – Chesham Generals FC 4–0Reading Amateurs FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 1–4Rendel FC – Middlesbrough FC 0–1Rochdale FC – Horwich FC 1–1St. Albans FC – Thames Ironworks FC 2–0Stockport County FC – Oswestry United FC 2–1Swanscombe FC – Gravesend United FC 1–0Trowbridge Town FC – Bristol City FC 2–5Watford St. Mary's FC – 2nd Coldstream Guards FC 1–2Wigan County FC – Hurst Ramblers FC 4–3 –Workington FC – Stalybridge Rovers FC w.o.Omkampe20.10.3rd Grenadier Guards FC – Brentford FC 4–1Horwich FC – Rochdale FC 6–2Willington Athletic FC – Leadgate Exiles FC 2–1Wrexham AFC – Chirk AAA FC 2–0 21.10.Blackburn Park Road FC – Black Diamonds FC 3–2 25.10.Parkgate United FC – Wath-upon-Dearne FC 1–0

Tredje kvalifikationsrunde

Tredje kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 80 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i fjerde kvalifikationsrunde. 40 af holdene var vindere fra anden kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende 40 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i tredje kvalifikationsrunde.

DatoKampRes.30.10.3rd Grenadier Guards FC – Crouch End Vampires FC 1–4Aberystwyth FC – Glossop North End FC 1–0Bulwell United FC – Loughborough FC 3–0Burslem Port Vale FC – Small Heath FC 2–1Burton Swifts FC – Stourbridge FC 0–2Clapton FC – Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0Cowes FC – Royal Artillery Portsmouth FC 1–1Crewe Alexandra FC – Wrexham AFC 4–1Darwen FC – Blackpool FC 3–2Eastville Rovers FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 2–0Eastwood Town FC – Belper Town FC 2–3Gainsborough Trinity FC – Parkgate United FC 5–0Gresley FC – Coalville Town FC 2–2Hinckley Town FC – Rushden FC 0–2Horwich FC – Chorley FC 2–3Hucknall St. John's FC – Rothwell Town Swifts FC 5–0Ilkeston Town FC – Langley Mill Rangers FC 6–1Kettering Town FC – Wellingborough Town FC 0–1Kidderminster Harriers FC – Wellington AFC 1–0Lincoln City FC – Attercliffe FC 5–0Long Eaton Rangers FC – Chesterfield FC 3–2Mexborough FC – Barnsley FC 2–1Middlesbrough FC – Bishop Auckland FC 3–1Millwall Athletic FC – Sheppey United FC 5–1New Brompton FC – Grays United FC 6–2DatoKampRes.30.10.Reading FC – Swindon Town FC 0–0Sheffield FC – Doncaster Rovers FC 0–4Southampton FC – Bristol City FC 2–0Stockport County FC – Rock Ferry FC 2–1Stockton FC – Darlington FC 4–0Swanscombe FC – Chatham FC 0–5Tottenham Hotspur FC – 2nd Coldstream Guards FC 7–0Tow Law FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 0–4Wigan County FC – FC Nelson 3–0Willington Athletic FC – Newcastle United FC 0–6Woolwich Arsenal FC – St. Albans FC 9–0Workington FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 1–1Wrockwardine Wood FC – Burton Wanderers FC 3–5–Luton Town FC – Marlow FC w.o.New Brighton Tower FC – Fairfield FC w.o.Omkampe3.11.Blackburn Park Road FC – Workington FC 2–2Swindon Town FC – Reading FC 3–2 4.11.Royal Artillery Portsmouth FC – Cowes FC 2–2 5.11.Coalville Town FC – Gresley FC 2–1 6.11.Sheppey United FC – Millwall Athletic FC 5–0Anden omkampe8.11.Blackburn Park Road FC – Workington FC 3–0Cowes FC – Royal Artilley Portsmouth FC 1–0

Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde

Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 40 vinderhold fra tredje kvalifikationsrunde, der spillede om 20 ledige pladser i femte kvalifikationsrunde.

DatoKampRes.20.11.Belper Town FC – Ilkeston Town FC 1–2Crewe Alexandra FC – New Brighton Tower FC 1–1Crouch End Vampires FC – Clapton FC 0–1Darwen FC – Chorley FC 2–2Eastville Rovers FC – Cowes FC 6–2Gainsborough Trinity FC – Lincoln City FC 5–1Hucknall St. John's FC – Bulwell United FC 2–1Long Eaton Rangers FC – Coalville Town FC 2–0Mexborough FC – Doncaster Rovers FC 0–0Middlesbrough FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 2–0New Brompton FC – Chatham FC 1–0Stockport County FC – Aberystwyth FC 5–0Stockton FC – Newcastle United FC 1–4Stourbridge FC – Burton Wanderers FC 0–2Swindon Town FC – Southampton FC 1–3DatoKampRes.20.11.Tottenham Hotspur FC – Luton Town FC 3–4Wellingborough Town FC – Rushden FC 1–2Wigan County FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 2–1Woolwich Arsenal FC – Sheppey United FC 3–0 –Burslem Port Vale FC – Kidderminster Harriers FC w.o.Omkampe24.11.Chorley FC – Darwen FC 0–0New Brighton Tower FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 4–1 25.11.Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–1Anden omkamp 29.11.Darwen FC – Chorley FC 2–1 2.12.Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–1Tredje omkamp 6.12.Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–2

Femte kvalifikationsrunde

Femte kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 20 vinderhold fra fjerde kvalifikationrunde, der spillede om 10 ledige pladser i første runde.

DatoKampRes.11.12.Burslem Port Vale FC – Burton Wanderers FC 2–1Clapton FC – Luton Town FC 0–2Darwen FC – Wigan County FC 1–1Hucknall St. John's FC – Rushden FC 2–1Long Eaton Rangers FC – Ilkeston Town FC 2–0Mexborough FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 0–1Middlesbrough FC – Newcastle United FC 0–2Southampton FC – Eastville Rovers FC 8–1Stockport County FC – New Brighton Tower FC 0–1Woolwich Arsenal FC – New Brompton FC 4–2Omkamp 15.12.Wigan County FC – Darwen FC 4–0

Første runde

Første runde havde deltagelse 32 hold. 10 af holdene havde spillet sig igennem kvalifikationsrunderne, mens 22 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første runde.

DatoKampRes.29.1.Burnley FC – Woolwich Arsenal FC 3–1Bury FC – Stoke FC 1–2Derby County FC – Aston Villa FC 1–0Everton FC – Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0Liverpool FC – Hucknall St. John's FC 2–0Long Eaton Rangers FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 0–1Luton Town FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 0–1Manchester City FC – Wigan County FC 1–0Newton Heath FC – Walsall FC 1–0Nottingham Forest FC – Grimsby Town FC 4–0Notts County FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0–1Preston North End FC – Newcastle United FC 1–2Sheffield United FC – Burslem Port Vale FC 1–1Southampton FC – Leicester Fosse FC 2–1Sunderland FC – The Wednesday FC 0–1West Bromwich Albion FC – New Brighton Tower FC 2–0Omkamp 2.2.Burslem Port Vale FC – Sheffield United FC 2–1

Anden runde