FA Cup 1908/09

The 1908/09 FA Cup was the 38th edition of the world's oldest football cup tournament, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup . Manchester United won the competition for the first time with a 1-0 win over Bristol City in the final at Crystal Palace .

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round	date
Extra preliminary round	September 12, 1908
Preliminary round	September 19, 1908
First qualifying round	October 3, 1908
Second qualifying round	October 17, 1908
Third qualifying round	November 7, 1908
Fourth qualifying round	November 21, 1908
Fifth qualifying round	December 5, 1908
First main round	January 16, 1909
Second main round	February 6, 1909
Third main round	February 20, 1909
Fourth main round	March 6, 1909
Semifinals	March 27, 1909
final	April 24, 1909

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Main round

First main round

37 of the 40 clubs in the First and Second Division were added to the 12 clubs that qualified for the main round through the qualifying rounds. Of the remaining three clubs in the First and Second Division, Bradford Park Avenue played in the fourth qualifying round, while Gainsborough Trinity and Chesterfield started in the fifth qualifying round. Bradford lost the qualifier against Croydon Common and was eliminated. Ten non-league clubs have qualified for the main round with the two aforementioned football league clubs .

Fifteen other non-league clubs completed the main round with 64 teams with a bye:

Brighton & Hove Albion

FC Stoke

Brentford FC

#	home	Result	Away	date
1	Birmingham FC	2-5	Portsmouth FC	January 16, 1909
2	Blackpool FC	2–0	Hastings & St Leonards United	January 16, 1909
3	Chesterfield FC	0-2	Glossop	January 16, 1909
4th	Bristol City	1-1	Southampton FC	January 16, 1909
Replay	Southampton FC	0-2	Bristol City	January 20, 1909
5	Bury FC	8-0	FC Kettering	January 16, 1909
6th	Liverpool FC	5–1	Lincoln City	January 16, 1909
7th	Preston North End	1–0	Middlesbrough FC	January 16, 1909
8th	Watford FC	1-1	Leicester Fosse	January 16, 1909
Replay	Leicester Fosse	3–1	Watford FC	January 20, 1909
9	Notts County	0-1	Blackburn Rovers	January 16, 1909
10	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Aston Villa	January 16, 1909
11	The Wednesday	5–0	FC Stoke	January 16, 1909
12	Grimsby Town	0-2	Stockport County	January 16, 1909
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Crystal Palace	January 16, 1909
Replay	Crystal Palace	4-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	January 21, 1909
14th	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	January 16, 1909
15th	Luton Town	1-2	Millwall Athletic	January 16, 1909
16	Everton FC	3–1	Barnsley FC	January 16, 1909
17th	Wrexham AFC	1-1	Exeter City	January 16, 1909
Replay	Exeter City	2–1	Wrexham AFC	January 20, 1909
18th	Sheffield United	2-3	Sunderland AFC	January 16, 1909
19th	Newcastle United	5–0	Clapton Orient	January 16, 1909
20th	Manchester City	3-4	Tottenham Hotspur	January 16, 1909
21st	Queens Park Rangers	0-0	West Ham United	January 16, 1909
Replay	West Ham United	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	January 20, 1909
22nd	Fulham FC	4–1	Carlisle United	January 16, 1909
23	Brentford FC	2–0	Gainsborough Trinity	January 16, 1909
24	Bristol Rovers	1-4	Burnley FC	January 16, 1909
25th	Northampton Town	1-1	Derby County	January 16, 1909
Replay	Derby County	4-2	Northampton Town	January 20, 1909
26th	Manchester United	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	January 16, 1909
27	Norwich City	0-0	Reading FC	January 16, 1909
Replay	Reading FC	1-1	Norwich City	January 20, 1909
Replay	Norwich City	3–2	Reading FC	January 25, 1909
28	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Swindon Town	January 16, 1909
29	Bradford City	2–0	AFC Workington	January 19, 1909
30th	Hull City	1-1	Chelsea FC	January 16, 1909
Replay	Chelsea FC	1–0	Hull City	January 20, 1909
31	Oldham Athletic	1-1	Leeds City	January 16, 1909
Replay	Leeds City	2–0	Oldham Athletic	January 20, 1909
32	Croydon Common	1-1	Woolwich Arsenal	January 16, 1909
Replay	Woolwich Arsenal	2–0	Croydon Common	January 20, 1909

Second main round

The games of the second main round took place on Saturday, February 6, 1909.

#	home	Result	Away	date
1	Bristol City	2–2	Bury FC	February 6, 1909
Replay	Bury FC	0-1	Bristol City	February 10, 1909
2	Liverpool FC	2-3	Norwich City	February 6, 1909
3	Preston North End	1-2	Sunderland AFC	February 6, 1909
4th	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Brentford FC	February 6, 1909
5	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Chelsea FC	February 6, 1909
6th	West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Bradford City	February 6, 1909
7th	Leicester Fosse	0-2	Derby County	February 6, 1909
8th	Woolwich Arsenal	1-1	Millwall Athletic	February 6, 1909
Replay	Millwall Athletic	1–0	Woolwich Arsenal	February 10, 1909
9	Stockport County	1-1	Glossop	February 6, 1909
Replay	Glossop	1–0	Stockport County	February 9, 1909
10	Newcastle United	2–1	Blackpool FC	February 6, 1909
11	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Fulham FC	February 6, 1909
12	Portsmouth FC	2–2	The Wednesday	February 6, 1909
Replay	The Wednesday	3–0	Portsmouth FC	February 11, 1909
13	Manchester United	1–0	Everton FC	February 6, 1909
14th	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Exeter City	February 6, 1909
15th	Leeds City	1-1	West Ham United	February 6, 1909
Replay	West Ham United	2–1	Leeds City	February 11, 1909
16	Crystal Palace	0-0	Burnley FC	February 6, 1909
Replay	Burnley FC	9-0	Crystal Palace	February 10, 1909

Third main round

The eight games of the third main round were played on February 20, 1909. The replay took place in the middle of the next week.

#	home	Result	Away	date
1	Bristol City	2–0	Norwich City	February 20, 1909
2	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Millwall Athletic	February 20, 1909
3	The Wednesday	0-1	Glossop	February 20, 1909
4th	Derby County	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	February 20, 1909
5	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Burnley FC	February 20, 1909
Replay	Burnley FC	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	February 24, 1909
6th	West Ham United	0-0	Newcastle United	February 20, 1909
Replay	Newcastle United	2–1	West Ham United	February 24, 1909
7th	Manchester United	6-1	Blackburn Rovers	February 20, 1909
8th	Bradford City	0-1	Sunderland AFC	February 20, 1909

Fourth main round

The quarter-final games were all scheduled for March 6th, but only 2 games were played on that day. The game between Burnley and Manchester United was played first on March 5th, but canceled due to bad weather conditions in the 72nd minute when the score was 1-0 for Burnley.

#	home	Result	Away	date
1	Burnley FC	2-3	Manchester United	March 10, 1909
2	Derby County	3–0	Nottingham Forest	March 13, 1909
3	Newcastle United	2–2	Sunderland AFC	March 6, 1909
Replay	Sunderland AFC	0-3	Newcastle United	March 10, 1909
4th	Glossop	0-0	Bristol City	March 6, 1909
Replay	Bristol City	1–0	Glossop	March 10, 1909

Semifinals

The games were played on March 27, 1909. The replay between Bristol City and Derby County took place on March 31, 1909.

	Result		date	Stadion
Manchester United	1–0	Newcastle United	March 27, 1909, 4:00 p.m. BST	Bramall Lane , Sheffield
Bristol City	1: 1	Derby County	March 27, 1909, 4:00 p.m. BST	Stamford Bridge , London