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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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Teams | 54 |
| Defending champions | Old Etonians |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Clapham Rovers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Oxford University |
Replays
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow | 0–1 | Oxford University | 10 November 1879 |
| Upton Park | 5–2 | Remnants | 25 November 1879 |
| Old Foresters | 2–2 | Hendon | 15 November 1879 |
| Hendon | 3–1 | Old Foresters | 22 November 1879 |
| Argonauts | 0–1 | Hotspur | 15 November 1879 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 3–3 | Providence | 15 December 1879 |
| Royal Engineers | 4–1 | Upton Park | 23 December 1879 |
| Clapham Rovers | 4–1 | South Norwood | 20 December 1879 |
| Wanderers | 1–0 | Old Carthusians | 10 January 1880 |
| Birmingham[1] | 0–6 | Oxford University | 19 January 1880 |
| Old Etonians | Bye | ||
| Pilgrims | Walkover | Herts Rangers | |
| Old Harrovians | Bye | ||
| Hendon | 7–1 | Mosquitos | 20 December 1879 |
| Grey Friars | 9–0 | Gresham | 20 December 1879 |
| Henley | 1–3 | Maidenhead | 29 November 1879 |
| West End | 1–0 | Hotspur | 13 December 1879 |
| 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 |
Replays
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 3–0 | Providence | 29 December 1879 |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | Stafford Road | 24 January 1880 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | Bye | ||
| Royal Engineers | 2–0 | Old Harrovians | 4 February 1880 |
| Maidenhead | Bye | ||
| Clapham Rovers | 7–0 | Pilgrims | 17 January 1880 |
| Oxford University | Walkover | Aston Villa | |
| Old Etonians | 3–1 | Wanderers | 24 January 1880 |
| Hendon | Bye | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 6–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 January 1880 |
| Grey Friars | Bye | ||
| West End | Bye |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Grey Friars | 18 February 1880 |
| Maidenhead | 0–1 | Oxford University | 14 February 1880 |
| Clapham Rovers | 2–0 | Hendon | 14 February 1880 |
| Old Etonians | 5–1 | West End | 7 February 1880 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–2[note 1] | Sheffield | 19 February 1880 |
- Sheffield was disqualified for not playing extra-time, in defiance of the referee's instruction: Nottingham Evening Post, 26 February 1880, p.3.
| 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 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
| Oxford University | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | 27 March 1880 |
| Score | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham Rovers | 1–0 | Oxford University | 10 April 1880 |
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