# 1886–87 FA Cup

The 1886–87 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 16th FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and twenty-eight teams entered, two fewer than the previous season, in addition to four of the one hundred and twenty-eight never playing a match.
The Football Association also rejected a number of entries for being made too late.

## First round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Clapton | 0–5 | Crusaders | 23 October 1886 |
| Darwen | 7–1 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 October 1886 |
| South Bank | 0–4 | Gainsborough Trinity | 30 October 1886 |
| Stoke | 10–1 | Carnarvon Wanderers | 30 October 1886 |
| Sheffield | 0–3 | Notts Rangers | 30 October 1886 |
| Clapham Rovers | 0–6 | Old Brightonians | 30 October 1886 |
| Queen's Park | 0–3 | Preston North End | 30 October 1886 |
| Upton Park | 9–0 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 23 October 1886 |
| Old Etonians | 1–0 | Royal Engineers | 30 October 1886 |
| Swifts | 13–0 | Luton Wanderers | 23 October 1886 |
| Rochester | 0–2 | Marlow | 23 October 1886 |
| Old Wykehamists | 3–0 | Hanover United | 30 October 1886 |
| Old Harrovians | 0–4 | Old Westminsters | 30 October 1886 |
| Notts County | 13–0 | Basford Rovers | 30 October 1886 |
| Hendon | 1–2 | London Caledonians | 30 October 1886 |
| Old Foresters | Walkover * | Cannon | |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Notts Olympic | 30 October 1886 |
| Blackburn Rovers | Walkover | Halliwell | |
| Hotspur | 3–1 | Luton Town | 23 October 1886 |
| Aston Villa | 13–0 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 30 October 1886 |
| Old Carthusians | 2–1 | Reading | 23 October 1886 |
| Blackburn Olympic | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | 23 October 1886 |
| Astley Bridge | 3–3 | Burnley | 23 October 1886 |
| Staveley | 7–0 | Attercliffe | 30 October 1886 |
| Small Heath Alliance | 1–3 | Mitchell St. George's | 30 October 1886 |
| Sheffield Heeley | 1–4 | Grimsby Town | 30 October 1886 |
| Bootle | 2–4 | Great Lever | 16 October 1886 |
| Blackburn Park Road | 2–2 | Cliftonville | 9 October 1886 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 5–3 | South Shore | 30 October 1886 |
| Lockwood Brothers | 1–0 | Long Eaton Rangers | 30 October 1886 |
| Chatham | Walkover | Bournemouth Rovers | |
| Northwich Victoria | 10–0 | Furness Vale Rovers | 30 October 1886 |
| Church | 1–1 | Rawtenstall | 30 October 1886 |
| Aston Unity | 1–4 | Derby County | 30 October 1886 |
| South Reading | 0–2 | Maidenhead | 30 October 1886 |
| Redcar | 4–0 | Tyne Association | 30 October 1886 |
| Wrexham Olympic | 1–4 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 October 1886 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–0 | Matlock | 30 October 1886 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 6–0 | Burton Wanderers | 30 October 1886 |
| Birmingham Excelsior | 3–3 | Derby Midland | 30 October 1886 |
| Leek | 2–1 | Druids | 23 October 1886 |
| Sunderland | 2–1 Match void | Newcastle West End | 30 October 1886 |
| Derby St Luke's | 3–3 | Walsall Town | 30 October 1886 |
| Darwen Old Wanderers | 1–4 | Cowlairs | 23 October 1886 |
| Goldenhill | 4–2 Match void | Macclesfield Town | 30 October 1886 |
| Casuals | 2–4 | Dulwich | 30 October 1886 |
| Chirk | 8–1 | Hartford St John's | 23 October 1886 |
| Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 2–3 | Witton | 23 October 1886 |
| Burton Swifts | 0–1 | Crosswell's Brewery | 30 October 1886 |
| Bollington | 2–8 | Oswestry Town | 30 October 1886 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1–1 | Davenham | 30 October 1886 |
| Lincoln Lindum | 0–1 | Grantham | 23 October 1886 |
| Third Lanark | 5–0 | Higher Walton | 16 October 1886 |
| Horncastle | 2–0 | Darlington | 30 October 1886 |
| Rangers | Walkover *** | Everton | 30 October 1886 |
| Chesham | 4–2 | Lyndhurst | 30 October 1886 |
| Wellington St George's | 0–1 | Derby Junction | 30 October 1886 |
| Fleetwood Rangers | Walkover ** | Newton Heath | 30 October 1886 |
| Renton | 1–0 | Accrington | 30 October 1886 |
| Bishop Auckland Church Institute | 0–1 | Middlesbrough | 30 October 1886 |
| Cleethorpes Town | 2–1 | Mellors | 30 October 1886 |
| Swindon Town | 1–0 | Watford Rovers | 23 October 1886 |
[*] The Cannon side (from Tottenham) had entered the competition without being registered with the Football Association, so was ineligible to play
[**] Newton Heath turned up for the match with several ineligible players, and so scratched before the game; the sides played a friendly, which ended 2-2.
[***] Due to a number of their first-team being ineligible to play, Everton scratched to Rangers and played a friendly match instead, with Rangers winning 1-0

### Replays

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Burnley | 2–2 Burnley disqualified | Astley Bridge | 30 October 1886 |
| Cliftonville | 7–2 | Blackburn Park Road | 23 October 1886 |
| Rawtenstall | 1–7 | Church | 13 November 1886 |
| Derby Midland | 2–1 | Birmingham Excelsior | 13 November 1886 |
| Newcastle West End | 1–0 | Sunderland | 13 November 1886 |
| Walsall Town | 6–1 | Derby St Luke's | 13 November 1886 |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–3 | Goldenhill | 13 November 1886 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 3–0 | Davenham | 13 November 1886 |

## Second round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Chester | 1–0 Chester disqualified | Goldenhill | 20 November 1886 |
| Darwen | Walkover | Astley Bridge | |
| Grantham | 3–2 | Redcar | 20 November 1886 |
| Preston North End | 6–0 | Witton | 13 November 1886 |
| Marlow | 4–0 | Upton Park | 20 November 1886 |
| Maidenhead | 2–3 | Dulwich | 20 November 1886 |
| Swifts | 7–1 | Swindon Town | 20 November 1886 |
| Old Wykehamists | 0–1 | London Caledonians | 20 November 1886 |
| Notts County | 3–3 | Notts Rangers | 13 November 1886 |
| Old Foresters | Bye | | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Grimsby Town | 13 November 1886 |
| Aston Villa | 6–1 | Derby Midland | 20 November 1886 |
| Old Carthusians | 4–2 | Crusaders | 13 November 1886 |
| Staveley | 4–0 | Rotherham Town | 20 November 1886 |
| Chatham | 1–0 | Hotspur | 20 November 1886 |
| Walsall Town | Bye | | |
| Horncastle | Bye | | |
| Northwich Victoria | 0–0 | Chirk | 13 November 1886 |
| Great Lever | 1–3 | Cliftonville | 13 November 1886 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14–0 | Crosswell's Brewery | 13 November 1886 |
| Rossendale | 2–10 | Cowlairs | 20 November 1886 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 6–4 | Stoke | 20 November 1886 |
| Middlesbrough | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 20 November 1886 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–1 | Derby Junction | 20 November 1886 |
| Leek | 4–2 | Oswestry | 20 November 1886 |
| Derby County | 1–2 | Mitchell St George's | 20 November 1886 |
| Old Brightonians | 1–1 | Old Westminsters | 16 November 1886 |
| Burslem Port Vale | Bye | | |
| Third Lanark | 2–3 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 November 1886 |
| Rangers | 2–1 | Church | 21 November 1886 |
| Chesham | 1–7 | Old Etonians | 20 November 1886 |
| Partick Thistle | 7–0 | Fleetwood Rangers | 20 November 1886 |
| Renton | 2–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 November 1886 |
| Cleethorpes Town | 1–4 | Lockwood Brothers | 20 November 1886 |
| Newcastle West End | 2–6 | Gainsborough Trinity | 20 November 1886 |

### Replays

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Notts County | 5–0 | Notts Rangers | 20 November 1886 |
| Grimsby Town | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 November 1886 |
| Chirk | 3–0 | Northwich Victoria | 20 November 1886 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | Middlesbrough | 27 November 1886 |
| Old Westminsters | 3–0 | Old Brightonians | 20 November 1886 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–2 | Renton | 4 December 1886 |

## Third round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Darwen | 4–3 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 December 1886 |
| Marlow | 3–0 | Dulwich | 11 December 1886 |
| Old Etonians | 0–3 | Old Westminsters | 11 December 1886 |
| Swifts | Bye | | |
| Aston Villa | 2–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 December 1886 |
| Old Carthusians | walkover | London Caledonians | |
| Staveley | 0–3 | Notts County | 11 December 1886 |
| Lockwood Brothers | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | 11 December 1886 |
| Chatham | 1–4 | Old Foresters | 11 December 1886 |
| Walsall Town | 2–7 | Mitchell St George's | 11 December 1886 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Bye | | |
| West Bromwich Albion | Bye | | |
| Leek | 2–2 | Burslem Port Vale | 11 December 1886 |
| Chirk | 0–0 | Goldenhill | 11 December 1886 |
| Horncastle | 2–0 | Grantham | 9 December 1886 |
| Rangers | 3–2 | Cowlairs | 4 December 1886 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 2–2 | Lincoln City | 11 December 1886 |
| Renton | 0–2 | Preston North End | 11 December 1886 |
| Cliftonville | 1-11 | Partick Thistle | 4 December 1886 |

### Replays

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Aston Villa | 15 January 1887 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–3 | Aston Villa | 22 January 1887 |
| Aston Villa | 2–0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 January 1887 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1–3 | Leek | 20 January 1887 |
| Chirk | Walkover | Goldenhill | |
| Lincoln City | 1–0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 24 January 1887 |

## Fourth round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Darwen | Bye | | |
| Preston North End | Bye | | |
| Marlow | Bye | | |
| Swifts | 0–2 | Old Foresters | 15 January 1887 |
| Notts County | Bye | | |
| Aston Villa | Bye | | |
| Old Carthusians | Bye | | |
| Mitchell St George's | 0–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 January 1887 |
| Lockwood Brothers | Bye | | |
| Old Westminsters | Bye | | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | Leek | 29 January 1887 |
| Lincoln City | Bye | | |
| Chirk | Bye | | |
| Horncastle | Bye | | |
| Rangers | Bye | | |
| Partick Thistle | Bye | | |

## Fifth round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Notts County | 5–2 | Marlow | 29 January 1887 |
| Old Foresters | 0–3 | Preston North End | 29 January 1887 |
| Aston Villa | 5–0 | Horncastle | 5 February 1887 |
| Lockwood Brothers | 0–1 Match void | West Bromwich Albion | 29 January 1887 |
| Old Westminsters | 1–0 | Partick Thistle | 29 January 1887 |
| Leek | 0–2 | Old Carthusians | 5 February 1887 |
| Chirk | 1–2 | Darwen | 22 January 1887 |
| Rangers | 3–0 | Lincoln City | 29 January 1887 |

### Replay

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–1 | Lockwood Brothers | 12 February 1887 |

## Sixth Round

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Notts County | 1–4 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 February 1887 |
| Aston Villa | 3–2 | Darwen | 12 February 1887 |
| Old Carthusians | 1–2 | Preston North End | 2 March 1887 |
| Rangers | 5–1 | Old Westminsters | 19 February 1887 |

## Semi-finals

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date | Venue |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | Rangers | 5 March 1887 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | Preston North End | 5 March 1887 | |

## Final

| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
| Aston Villa | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 April 1887 |