1898–99 FA Cup

1898–99 FA Cup
Country England
Champions Sheffield United
Runners-up Derby County

The 18981899 FA Cup was the 28th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). The cup was won by Sheffield United, who defeated Derby County 41 in the final of the competition, played at Crystal Palace in London.

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, three proper rounds, and the semi finals and final.

Round Date
Preliminary Round Saturday 24 September 1898
First Round Qualifying Saturday 1 October 1898
Second Round Qualifying Saturday 15 October 1898
Third Round Qualifying Saturday 29 October 1898
Fourth Round Qualifying Saturday 19 November 1898
Fifth Round Qualifying Saturday 10 December 1899
First Round Proper Saturday 28 January 1899
Second Round Proper Saturday 11 February 1899
Third Round Proper Saturday 25 February 1899
Semi-Finals Saturday 18 March 1899
Final Saturday 15 April 1899

First round proper

The First Round Proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. The 18 First Division sides were given a bye to this round, as were Newton Heath, Woolwich Arsenal and Manchester City from the Second Division, and non-league Southampton. Most of the other Second Division sides were entered into the Third Qualifying Round, with the exceptions of Barnsley, who started in the Second Qualifying Round, and Burton Swifts, Blackpool and Loughborough who were placed in the First Qualifying Round. Of those sides, only Grimsby Town, Small Heath and Glossop North End qualified to the FA Cup Proper. Seven non-league sides also qualified.

The matches were played on Saturday, 28 January 1899. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Bristol City24Sunderland28 January 1899
2Burnley22Sheffield United28 January 1899
ReplaySheffield United21Burnley2 February 1899
3Liverpool20Blackburn Rovers28 January 1899
4Preston North End70Grimsby Town28 January 1899
5Notts County20Kettering28 January 1899
6Nottingham Forest21Aston Villa28 January 1899
7The Wednesday22Stoke28 January 1899
ReplayStoke20The Wednesday2 February 1899
8Wolverhampton Wanderers00Bolton Wanderers28 January 1899
ReplayBolton Wanderers01Wolverhampton Wanderers1 February 1899
9West Bromwich Albion80South Shore28 January 1899
10Everton31Jarrow28 January 1899
11Small Heath32Manchester City28 January 1899
12Heanor Town03Bury28 January 1899
13Woolwich Arsenal06Derby County28 January 1899
14New Brompton01Southampton28 January 1899
15Tottenham Hotspur11Newton Heath28 January 1899
ReplayNewton Heath35Tottenham Hotspur1 February 1899
16Glossop01Newcastle United28 January 1899

Second Round Proper

The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 February 1899, although only three games were played on this date. The other five games were played the following Saturday. There were three replays, played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Liverpool31Newcastle United11 February 1899
2Preston North End22Sheffield United11 February 1899
ReplaySheffield United21Preston North End16 February 1899
3Stoke22Small Heath11 February 1899
ReplaySmall Heath12Stoke15 February 1899
4Notts County01Southampton11 February 1899
5West Bromwich Albion21Bury11 February 1899
6Derby County21Wolverhampton Wanderers11 February 1899
7Everton01Nottingham Forest11 February 1899
8Tottenham Hotspur21Sunderland11 February 1899

Third round proper

The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 February 1899. There were no replays.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1Southampton12Derby County25 February 1899
2Stoke41Tottenham Hotspur25 February 1899
3Nottingham Forest01Sheffield United25 February 1899
4West Bromwich Albion02Liverpool25 February 1899

Semi-Finals

The semi-final matches were both played on Saturday, 18 March 1899. The Sheffield UnitedLiverpool match went to a replay, played the following Thursday. The match was again replayed a week later, when Sheffield managed a 10 win. They went on to meet Derby County in the final at Crystal Palace.


Replay
Second Replay

Final

Main article: 1899 FA Cup Final

The final took place on Saturday, 15 April 1899 at Crystal Palace. Just under 74,000 supporters attended the match, a record attendance at the time. John Boag opened the scoring for Derby County after 12 minutes. Derby's lead was maintained until midway through the second half, until Sheffield struck back with three goals in ten minutes from Walter Bennett, Billy Beer and John Almond. Fred Priest scored the fourth and final goal in the eighty-ninth minute, to cap a good victory for the Yorkshire side.

Match details

15 April 1899
15:00 GMT
Sheffield United 4 1 Derby County
Bennett  60'
Beer  65'
Almond  69'
Priest  89'
[1] Boag  12'
Crystal Palace, London
Attendance: 73,833[2]
Referee: A. Scragg
Sheffield United
Derby County [3]

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