1912–13 FA Cup

The 1912–13 FA Cup was the 42nd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Aston Villa won the competition for the fifth time, beating Sunderland 1–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, London. Villa's triumph ended a series of new FA Cup winners which had occurred since 1909.

1913 Aston Villa team after pre-cup game with Chelsea. The three players far right are Littlewood (who did not appear in the cup final), Stephenson, and Barber. Tommy Weston, who did appear in the cup rounds, is not shown.

1912–13 FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Defending champions	Barnsley
Final positions
Champions	Aston Villa (5th title)
Runner-up	Sunderland
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.^[1]

Round	Date
Extra preliminary round	Saturday 14 September 1912
Preliminary round	Saturday 28 September 1912
First round qualifying	Saturday 12 October 1912
Second round qualifying	Saturday 2 November 1912
Third round qualifying	Saturday 16 November 1912
Fourth round qualifying	Saturday 30 November 1912
Fifth round qualifying	Saturday 14 December 1912
First round proper	Saturday 11 January 1913[2]
Second round proper	Saturday 1 February 1913
Third round proper	Saturday 22 February 1913
Fourth round proper	Saturday 8 March 1913
Semi-finals	Saturday 29 March 1913
Final	Saturday 19 April 1913

Qualifying rounds

The 12 teams winning through to the first round proper from the fifth qualifying round were Glossop and Stockport County from the Football League Second Division, as well as non-league sides Rochdale, Halifax Town, Gillingham, London Caledonians, Barrow, Southend United, South Shields, Croydon Common, Chesterfield and Gainsborough Trinity. Rochdale, Halifax Town and South Shields qualified for the main competition for the first time, while London Caledonians had not appeared at this stage since 1887-88.

Of the 86 clubs entered in this season's extra preliminary round, the most successful were Willenhall Pickwick and Kingston-on-Thames who both progressed to the fourth qualifying round. Willenhall's vanquished opponents included non-league heavyweights Brierley Hill Alliance and Worcester City before they went out to Stockport County, while Kingston-on-Thames had wins over Dorking and Nunhead before losing to Southall at Western Road.

First round proper

37 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second Divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The other three League clubs, Glossop, Stockport County and Lincoln City were entered in the fourth qualifying round, with Lincoln going out in the fifth qualifying round to South Shields.

To bring the number of teams up to 64, fifteen Southern League First Division clubs were given byes to the first round. These were: Swindon Town, Southampton, Reading, Northampton Town, Stoke, West Ham United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Millwall and Crystal Palace.

The 32 matches were played on various dates between Saturday 11 January and Saturday 18 January 1913, with nine replays and a second replay being played on various dates between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 22 January.

Source:^[2]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chesterfield	1–4	Nottingham Forest	18 January 1913
2	Liverpool	3–0	Bristol City	15 January 1913
3	Rochdale	0–2	Swindon Town	11 January 1913
4	South Shields	0–1	Gainsborough Trinity	18 January 1913
5	Southampton	1–1	Bury	11 January 1913
Replay	Bury	2–1	Southampton	15 January 1913
6	Stoke	2–2	Reading	16 January 1913
Replay	Reading	3–0	Stoke	22 January 1913
7	Gillingham	0–0	Barnsley	11 January 1913
Replay	Barnsley	3–1	Gillingham	16 January 1913
8	Blackburn Rovers	7–2	Northampton Town	18 January 1913
9	The Wednesday	5–1	Grimsby Town	16 January 1913
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	London Caledonians	18 January 1913
11	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	West Ham United	13 January 1913
Replay	West Ham United	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	16 January 1913
Replay	West Ham United	3–0+	West Bromwich Albion	22 January 1913
12	Sunderland	6–0	Clapton Orient	11 January 1913
13	Derby County	1–3	Aston Villa	15 January 1913
14	Everton	5–1	Stockport County	15 January 1913
15	Leicester Fosse	1–4	Norwich City	16 January 1913
16	Newcastle United	1–0	Bradford City	16 January 1913
17	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Blackpool	11 January 1913
Replay	Blackpool	1–6	Tottenham Hotspur	16 January 1913
18	Manchester City	4–0	Birmingham	11 January 1913
19	Queens Park Rangers	4–2	Halifax Town	11 January 1913
20	Fulham	0–2	Hull City	11 January 1913
21	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Notts County	11 January 1913
22	Portsmouth	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	15 January 1913
23	Manchester United	1–1	Coventry City	11 January 1913
Replay	Coventry City	1–2	Manchester United	16 January 1913
24	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Preston North End	11 January 1913
25	Millwall	0–0	Middlesbrough	11 January 1913
Replay	Middlesbrough	4–1	Millwall	15 January 1913
26	Leeds City	2–3	Burnley	15 January 1913
27	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	11 January 1913
28	Crystal Palace	2–0	Glossop	11 January 1913
29	Chelsea	5–2	Southend United	11 January 1913
30	Croydon Common	0–0	Woolwich Arsenal	11 January 1913
Replay	Woolwich Arsenal	2–1	Croydon Common	15 January 1913
31	Bradford Park Avenue	1–1	Barrow	15 January 1913
Replay	Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	Barrow	22 January 1913
32	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Sheffield United	15 January 1913

+ ^{Match played at Stamford Bridge}

Second round proper

15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week.^[2]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Burnley	4–1	Gainsborough Trinity	1 February 1913
2	Reading	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 February 1913
3	Aston Villa	5–0	West Ham United	1 February 1913
4	Middlesbrough	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	1 February 1913
5	Sunderland	2–0	Manchester City	5 February 1913
6	Woolwich Arsenal	1–4	Liverpool	1 February 1913
7	Barnsley	2–3	Blackburn Rovers	1 February 1913
8	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Norwich City	1 February 1913
Replay	Norwich City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	6 February 1913
Replay+	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Norwich City	10 February 1913
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Everton	1 February 1913
Replay	Everton	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 February 1913
10	Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Manchester United	1 February 1913
11	Hull City	0–0	Newcastle United	1 February 1913
Replay	Newcastle United	3–0	Hull City	5 February 1913
12	Oldham Athletic	5–1	Nottingham Forest	1 February 1913
13	Crystal Palace	2–0	Bury	1 February 1913
14	Chelsea	1–1	The Wednesday	1 February 1913
Replay	The Wednesday	6–0	Chelsea	5 February 1913
15	Bradford Park Avenue	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 February 1913
16	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Swindon Town	1 February 1913

+ match played at neutral venue (Stamford Bridge).

Third round proper

The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek.^[2]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Burnley	3–1	Middlesbrough	22 February 1913
2	Liverpool	1–1	Newcastle United	22 February 1913
Replay	Newcastle United	1–0	Liverpool	26 February 1913
3	Reading	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	22 February 1913
4	Aston Villa	5–0	Crystal Palace	22 February 1913
5	Sunderland	4–2	Swindon Town	22 February 1913
6	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Everton	22 February 1913
7	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Manchester United	22 February 1913
Replay	Manchester United	1–2	Oldham Athletic	26 February 1913
8	Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	The Wednesday	22 February 1913

Fourth round proper

The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won.^[3]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Burnley	8 March 1913
2	Sunderland	0–0	Newcastle United	8 March 1913
Replay	Newcastle United	2–2	Sunderland	12 March 1913
Replay	Newcastle United	0–3	Sunderland	17 March 1913
3	Everton	0–1	Oldham Athletic	8 March 1913
4	Bradford Park Avenue	0–5	Aston Villa	8 March 1913

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 29 March 1913. The Burnley–Sunderland match went to a replay, which Sunderland won, going on to meet Aston Villa in the final.^[3]

Sunderland	0–0	Burnley

29 March 1913

Bramall Lane, Sheffield (Sheffield United's ground)

Replay

Sunderland	3–2	Burnley

2 April 1913

St Andrew's, Birmingham (Birmingham City's ground)

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Aston Villa	1–0	Oldham Athletic

29 March 1913

Ewood Park, Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers' ground)

Final

Main article: 1913 FA Cup Final

The final was contested by Aston Villa and Sunderland on 19 April 1913 at London's Crystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, with a goal by Tommy Barber assisted by a crossed ball from Charlie Wallace. Wallace had earlier missed a penalty, something that would not occur again in FA Cup Final, until the 1988 final between Wimbledon and Liverpool.

Match details

Aston Villa	1–0	Sunderland
Tommy Barber 78'

19 April 1913
15:00 BST

Crystal Palace

Attendance: 121,919

Referee: Mr. A. Adams (Nottingham)

Aston Villa

Sunderland