The 1879–80 Football Association Challenge Cup was the ninth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Fifty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the fifty-four never played a match.
The Final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal being scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.1880 FA Cup Final on Sporting Chronicle First round Home club Score Away club Date Maidenhead 3–1 Calthorpe 25 October 1879 Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Tyne Association 1 November 1879 Eagley 0–1 Darwen 1 November 1879 Kildare 0–3 Gresham 1 November 1879 Mosquitoes 3–1 St Peter's Institute 1 November 1879 Pilgrims 5–2 Clarence 1 November 1879 South Norwood 4–2 Brentwood 1 November 1879 Turton 7–0 Brigg 1 November 1879 Oxford University 1–1 Marlow 6 November 1879 Acton 0–4 Old Carthusians 8 November 1879 Clapham Rovers 7–0 Romford 8 November 1879 Finchley 1–2 Old Harrovians 8 November 1879 Grey Friars 2–1 Hanover United 8 November 1879 Hendon 1–1 Old Foresters 8 November 1879 Hotspur 1–1 Argonauts 8 November 1879 Nottingham Forest 4–0 Notts County 8 November 1879 Stafford Road 2–0 Wednesbury Strollers 8 November 1879 Royal Engineers 2–0 Cambridge University 13 November 1879 Hertfordshire Rangers 2–1 Minerva 15 November 1879 Remnants 1–1 Upton Park 15 November 1879 Rochester 0–6 Wanderers 15 November 1879 Birmingham Walkover Panthers Henley Walkover Reading Old Etonians Walkover Barnes Sheffield Walkover Queen's Park West End Walkover Swifts Aston Villa Bye Providence Bye
Replays Home club Score Away club Date Marlow 0–1 Oxford University 10 November 1879 Argonauts 0–1 Hotspur 15 November 1879 Old Foresters 2–2 Hendon 15 November 1879 Hendon 3–1 Old Foresters 22 November 1879 Upton Park 5–2 Remnants 25 November 1879
Second round Home club Score Away club Date Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Darwen 6 December 1879 Stafford Road 1–1 Aston Villa 13 December 1879 Turton 0–6 Nottingham Forest 13 December 1879 West End 1–0 Hotspur 13 December 1879 Sheffield 3–3 Providence 15 December 1879 Clapham Rovers 4–1 South Norwood 20 December 1879 Grey Friars 9–0 Gresham 20 December 1879 Hendon 7–1 Mosquitoes 20 December 1879 Royal Engineers 4–1 Upton Park 23 December 1879 Henley 1–3 Maidenhead 29 November 1879 Wanderers 1–0 Old Carthusians 10 January 1880 BirminghamNo relation to Birmingham (City), 0–6 Oxford University 19 January 1880 Pilgrims Walkover Hertfordshire Rangers Old Etonians Bye Old Harrovians Bye
Replays Home club Score Away club Date Aston Villa 3–1 Stafford Road 24 January 1880 Sheffield 3–0 Providence 29 December 1879
Third round Home club Score Away club Date Clapham Rovers 7–0 Pilgrims 17 January 1880 Old Etonians 3–1 Wanderers 24 January 1880 Nottingham Forest 6–0 Blackburn Rovers 31 January 1880 Royal Engineers 2–0 Old Harrovians 4 February 1880 Oxford University Walkover Aston Villa Grey Friars Bye Hendon Bye Maidenhead Bye Sheffield Bye West End Bye
Fourth round Home club Score Away club Date Old Etonians 5–1 West End 7 February 1880 Clapham Rovers 2–0 Hendon 14 February 1880 Maidenhead 0–1 Oxford University 14 February 1880 Royal Engineers 1–0 Grey Friars 18 February 1880 Nottingham Forest 2–2Sheffield was disqualified for not playing extra-time, in defiance of the referee's instruction: Nottingham Evening Post, 26 February 1880, p.3. Sheffield 19 February 1880
Notes
Fifth round Home club Score Away club Date Clapham Rovers 1–0 Old Etonians 21 February 1880 Oxford University 1–1 Royal Engineers 5 March 1880 Nottingham Forest Bye
Replay Home club Score Away club Date Oxford University 1–0 Royal Engineers 15 March 1880
Semi-finals Home club Score Away club Date Oxford University 1–0 Nottingham Forest 27 March 1880 Clapham Rovers Bye
Final
Score Date Clapham Rovers 1–0 Oxford University 10 April 1880
References
External links FA Cup Results Archive