FA Cup 1872/73

FA Cup 1872/73

Cup winners	Wanderers FC (2nd title)
Beginning	October 19, 1872
final	March 29, 1873
Final stadium	Lillie Bridge , London
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The final took place in Bridge Lillie instead

Arthur Kinnaird scored the first goal in the final

The FA Cup 1872/73 was the second edition of The Football Association Challenge Cup (mostly known as the FA Cup ). The cup season began with 14 clubs; However, a total of 16 clubs were represented, as FC Queen's Park was not assigned an opponent in the rounds up to the semi-finals in order to reduce transport costs. In addition, the cup winner Wanderers FC qualified directly for the final in order to maintain the challenge character of the competition. This was the only time the trophy has been played this way.

The cup competition started on October 19, 1872 with the first round and ended with the final at Lillie Bridge in London on March 29, 1873 in front of a crowd of around 3,000 spectators. The lack of interest can be explained by a boat race taking place at the same time . The winner of the competition was again Wanderers FC .

competition

First round

Queen's Park and Wanderers FC automatically entered the second round.

date		Result		spectator
October 19, 1872	Barnes FC	0: 1	South Norwood FC	1,200
October 26, 1872	Maidenhead United	1-0	Marlow FC	1,390
October 26, 1872	Reigate Priory	2: 4	Windsor Home Park	800
October 26, 1872	FC Civil Service	0: 3	Royal Engineers AFC	1,000
October 26, 1872	Upton Park FC	0: 2	1st Surrey Rifles	1,500
October 26, 1872	Crystal Palace FC	2: 3	Oxford University AFC	1,459
not carried out	Clapham Rovers FC		FC Hitchin	-

Second round

Queen's Park , Wanderers FC and Royal Engineers AFC made it through to the third round automatically. The game between South Norwood FC and Windsor Home Park was canceled and later rerun.

date		Result		spectator
November 23, 1872	Clapham Rovers FC	0: 3	Oxford University AFC	1,562
November 23, 1872	1st Surrey Rifles	0: 3	Maidenhead United	700
November 23, 1872	South Norwood FC	1: 0 (canceled)	Windsor Home Park	800

Replay

date		Result		spectator
December 7, 1872	Windsor Home Park	3-0	South Norwood FC	900

Third round

Queen's Park and Wanderers FC automatically made it through to the fourth round.

date		Result		spectator
December 9, 1872	Oxford University AFC	1-0	Royal Engineers AFC	800
December 21, 1872	Windsor Home Park	0: 1	Maidenhead United	900

Fourth round

Queen's Park and Wanderers FC automatically made it to the semi-finals.

date		Result		spectator
February 3, 1873	Oxford University AFC	4-0	Maidenhead United	800

Semifinals

The semi-finals between Oxford University AFC and Queen's Park did not take place because the Scottish team decided not to participate. Another source informs that the game actually took place, with Queen's Park winning and then giving up because they couldn't cover their transportation costs to London.