1887–88 FA Cup

FA Cup 1887–88

Country

England

Wales

Teams

149

Champions

West Bromwich Albion

Runners-up

Preston North End

← 1886–87

1888–89 →

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1887–88 was the seventeenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-five more than last season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never actually played a match.

First round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Chester	2–3	Davenham	15 October 1887
Burnley	4–0 Match void	Darwen Old Wanderers	15 October 1887
Grantham	4–0	Lincoln Lindum	15 October 1887
Preston North End	26–0	Hyde	15 October 1887
South Bank	3–2	Newcastle East End	15 October 1887
Stoke	1–0	Burslem Port Vale	15 October 1887
Matlock	2–3	Rotherham Town	15 October 1887
Reading	0–2 Match void	Dulwich	15 October 1887
Sheffield	1–3	Lockwood Brothers	15 October 1887
Hitchin	2–5	Old Wykehamists	8 October 1887
Royal Engineers	3–0	Rochester	15 October 1887
Marlow	4–1	South Reading	8 October 1887
Old Etonians	4–2	Lancing Old Boys	8 October 1887
Swifts	3–1	Maidenhead	15 October 1887
Notts County	9–0	Lincoln Ramblers	15 October 1887
Hendon	2–4	Old Harrovians	15 October 1887
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Notts Swifts	15 October 1887
Blackburn Rovers	Walkover	Bury
Hotspur	Bye
Stafford Road	2–1 Match void	Great Bridge Unity	15 October 1887
Old Carthusians	5–0	Hanover United	15 October 1887
Blackburn Olympic	Bye
Staveley	1–2	Derby County	15 October 1887
Small Heath Alliance	6–1	Aston Unity	15 October 1887
Sheffield Heeley	9–0	Attercliffe	15 October 1887
Bootle	6–0	Workington	15 October 1887
Blackburn Park Road	2–1 Blackburn Park Road disqualified	Distillery	8 October 1887
Bolton Wanderers	1–0 Match void	Everton	15 October 1887
Accrington	11–0	Rossendale	15 October 1887
Chatham	5–1	Luton Town	15 October 1887
Walsall Town	1–2	Mitchell St George's	15 October 1887
South Shore	Walkover	Denton
Church	Walkover	Cliftonville
Macclesfield Town	1–3	Shrewsbury Town	15 October 1887
Walsall Swifts	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15 October 1887
Old Westminsters	4–1	Clapton	15 October 1887
Wrexham Olympic	Bye
Hurst	5–3 Match void	Astley Bridge	15 October 1887
Crewe Alexandra	5–0	Druids	15 October 1887
Long Eaton Rangers	6–3	Park Grange	15 October 1887
Middlesbrough	4–0	Whitburn	15 October 1887
West Bromwich Albion	7–1	Wednesbury Old Athletic	15 October 1887
Birmingham Excelsior	4–1 Match void	Warwick County	15 October 1887
Leek	2–2	Northwich Victoria	15 October 1887
Sunderland	4–2 Match void	Morpeth Harriers	15 October 1887
Old Brightonians	1–0	Swindon Town	8 October 1887
Derby Junction	3–2	Derby St Luke's	15 October 1887
Rawtenstall	1–3	Darwen	15 October 1887
Notts Rangers	10–1	Jardines	15 October 1887
Notts Olympic	3–6 Match void	Mellors	15 October 1887
Lincoln City	4–1	Horncastle	15 October 1887
Chirk	4–1	Chester St Oswald's	15 October 1887
Oswaldtwistle Rovers	3–4 Match void	Witton	15 October 1887
Higher Walton	8–1	Heywood Central	15 October 1887
Burton Swifts	7–0	Southfield	15 October 1887
Chesham	4–2 Match void	Watford Rovers	15 October 1887
Gainsborough Trinity	7–0	Boston	15 October 1887
Basford Rovers	3–2	Lincoln Albion	15 October 1887
Crusaders	9–0	Lyndhurst	15 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers	4–1	West Manchester	15 October 1887
Cleethorpes Town	0–4	Grimsby Town	15 October 1887
Newcastle West End	5–1	Redcar	15 October 1887
London Caledonians	1–6	Old Foresters	15 October 1887
Old St Mark's	7–2	East Sheen	15 October 1887
Owlerton	2–1	Eckington Works	15 October 1887
Millwall Rovers	Walkover	Casuals
Over Wanderers	3–1	Wellington St George's	15 October 1887
Ecclesfield	4–1	Derby Midland	15 October 1887
Scarborough	3–5	Shankhouse	15 October 1887
Belper Town	2–3	The Wednesday	15 October 1887
Llangollen	7–3 Match void	Oswestry Town	8 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare	2–3 Match void	Burton Wanderers	15 October 1887
Gateshead Association	0–3	Darlington	15 October 1887
Liverpool Stanley	1–5	Halliwell	15 October 1887
Oldbury Town	0–4	Aston Villa	15 October 1887
Elswick Rangers	3–3	Bishop Auckland Church Institute	15 October 1887

First Round Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Burnley	Walkover	Darwen Old Wanderers
Dulwich	Walkover	Reading
Royal Engineers	Walkover	Rochester
Great Bridge Unity	1–1	Stafford Road	22 October 1887
Great Bridge Unity	Walkover	Stafford Road
Everton	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	29 October 1887
Everton	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	12 November 1887
Everton	2–1 Everton disqualified	Bolton Wanderers	19 November 1887
Astley Bridge	Walkover	Hurst
Warwick County	0–5	Birmingham Excelsior	22 October 1887
Northwich Victoria	4–2	Leek	22 October 1887
Morpeth Harriers	2–3	Sunderland	22 October 1887
Notts Olympic	1–2	Mellors	22 October 1887
Oswardthistle Rovers	1–4	Witton	22 October 1887
Watford Rovers	3–1	Chesham	22 October 1887
Llangollen Town	0–2	Oswestry Town	22 October 1887
Aston Shakespeare	Walkover	Burton Wanderers	22 October 1887
Bishop Auckland Church Institute	0–2	Elswick Rangers	22 October 1887

Second round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darlington	4–3	Elswick Rangers	5 November 1887
Darwen	2–0	Church	5 November 1887
Dulwich	2–1	Hotspur	5 November 1887
Preston North End	9–1	Bolton Wanderers	5 November 1887
Shankhouse	Bye
Marlow	2–3	Old Foresters	5 November 1887
Old Etonians	3–2	Old St Mark's	5 November 1887
Swifts	Bye
Old Harrovians	0–4	Old Brightonians	5 November 1887
Notts County	Walkover	Basford Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Mellors	5 November 1887
Blackburn Olympic	1–5	Blackburn Rovers	5 November 1887
Astley Bridge	0–4	Halliwell	5 November 1887
Mitchell St George's	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	5 November 1887
Small Heath Alliance	0–4	Aston Villa	5 November 1887
Bootle	1–1	South Shore	5 November 1887
Accrington	3–2	Burnley	5 November 1887
Lockwood Brothers	Bye
Chatham	3–1	Royal Engineers	5 November 1887
Grimsby Town	Bye
Northwich Victoria	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	5 November 1887
Oswestry	Bye
Old Westminsters	8–1	Millwall Rovers	5 November 1887
Wrexham Olympic	1–2	Davenham	5 November 1887
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Aston Shakespeare	5 November 1887
Long Eaton Rangers	1–2	The Wednesday	5 November 1887
Middlesbrough	4–1	South Bank	5 November 1887
Birmingham Excelsior	Bye
Sunderland	3–1	Newcastle West End	5 November 1887
Derby County	6–0	Ecclesfield	5 November 1887
Derby Junction	3–2	Rotherham Town	5 November 1887
Notts Rangers	4–0	Grantham	5 November 1887
Lincoln City	2–1	Gainsborough Trinity	5 November 1887
Chirk	10–2	Shrewsbury Town	5 November 1887
Burton Swifts	2–5	Great Bridge Unity	5 November 1887
Crusaders	3–2	Old Wykehamists	29 October 1887
Fleetwood Rangers	1–3	Higher Walton	5 November 1887
Watford Rovers	1–3	Old Carthusians	5 November 1887
Owlerton	1–0	Sheffield Heeley	5 November 1887
Distillery	2–4	Witton	5 November 1887
Over Wanderers	0–2	Stoke	5 November 1887

Second Round Replay

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
South Shore	0–3	Bootle	12 November 1887

Third round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darlington	0–2	Shankhouse	26 November 1887
Darwen	1–1	Witton	26 November 1887
Dulwich	1–3	Swifts	26 November 1887
Preston North End	4–0	Halliwell	3 December 1887
Stoke	3–0	Oswestry	26 November 1887
Old Etonians	7–2	Old Westminsters	26 November 1887
Old Foresters	Bye
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Notts County	26 November 1887
Aston Villa	Bye
Old Carthusians	5–0	Old Brightonians	24 November 1887
The Wednesday	Bye
Accrington	1–3	Blackburn Rovers	26 November 1887
Grimsby Town	2–0	Lincoln City	26 November 1887
Davenham	2–2	Chirk	19 November 1887
Crewe Alexandra	Bye
Middlesbrough	2–2	Sunderland	26 November 1887
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 November 1887
Derby County	6–2	Owlerton	26 November 1887
Derby Junction	2–1	Lockwood Brothers	19 November 1887
Notts Rangers	Bye
Higher Walton	1–6	Bootle	26 November 1887
Crusaders	4–0	Chatham	26 November 1887
Great Bridge Unity	2–1	Birmingham Excelsior	26 November 1887

Third Round Replays

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Witton	0–2	Darwen	3 December 1887
Chirk	6–1	Davenham	26 November 1887
Sunderland	4–2 Sunderland disqualified	Middlesbrough	3 December 1887

Fourth round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	3–1	Notts Rangers	17 December 1887
Preston North End	Bye
Stoke	Bye
Shankhouse	0–9	Aston Villa	17 December 1887
Old Foresters	4–2	Grimsby Town	17 December 1887
Nottingham Forest	6–0	Old Etonians	17 December 1887
Blackburn Rovers	Bye
Old Carthusians	Bye
Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Swifts	10 December 1887
Middlesbrough	Bye
West Bromwich Albion	Bye
Derby County	Bye
Derby Junction	Bye
Chirk	Bye
Crusaders	0–1	The Wednesday	17 December 1887
Great Bridge Unity	1–2	Bootle	17 December 1887

Fifth round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Darwen	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	7 January 1888
Nottingham Forest	2–4	The Wednesday	7 January 1888
Aston Villa	1–3	Preston North End	7 January 1888
Old Carthusians	2–0	Bootle	7 January 1888
Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Derby County	7 January 1888
Middlesbrough	4–0	Old Foresters	7 January 1888
West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Stoke	7 January 1888
Chirk	0–1	Derby Junction	31 December 1887

Sixth Round

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
The Wednesday	1–3	Preston North End	30 January 1888
Middlesbrough	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	28 January 1888
West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Old Carthusians	28 January 1888
Derby Junction	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	28 January 1888

Semi finals

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
Preston North End	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	18 February 1888
West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Derby Junction	18 February 1888

Final

For more details on this match, see 1888 FA Cup Final.

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Preston North End	24 March 1888

References

FA Cup Results Archive

FA Cup

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Qualifying Rounds	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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