# 1876–77 FA Cup

The 1876–77 Football Association Challenge Cup was the sixth edition of the annual FA Cup, the oldest national football tournament in the world. Entrants increased to 37 teams, 5 more than the previous season; 8 would never contest a match. It began on 14 October 1876 and ended at the final on 24 March 1877
Wanderers successfully defended its third FA Cup in the Final on 24 March 1877 in Kennington Oval defeating Oxford University, 2–1 (a.e.t.). 3,000 attended.

## Format

First round: 36 teams (Queen's Park getting a bye) played. Second round: 18 teams (with Queen's Park still having a bye) played. Third round: 10 remaining teams played a game. Fourth Round: 4 teams, with Wanderers getting a bye played for a spot in the semi-finals. Semi-finals: 2 of the 3 remaining teams would play for a chance to play Oxford University (after getting a bye) in the final. Final: Oxford University faced the semi-final for the chance to win their second FA Cup.

## First round

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club |
| 14 October 1876 | Pilgrims | 4–1 | Ramblers |
| 28 October 1876 | Upton Park | 7–0 | Leyton |
| 4 November 1876 | Forest School | 4–1 | Gresham |
| 4 November 1876 | Herts Rangers | 1–2 | Marlow |
| 4 November 1876 | Rochester | 5–0 | Highbury Union |
| 4 November 1876 | Royal Engineers | 2–1 | Old Harrovians |
| 4 November 1876 | South Norwood | 4–1 | Saxons |
| 4 November 1876 | Swifts | 2–0 | Reading Hornets |
| 8 November 1876 | Panthers | 3–0 | Wood Grange |
| 11 November 1876 | 105th Regiment | 3–0 | 1st Surrey Rifles |
| 11 November 1876 | Clapham Rovers | 5–0 | Reigate Priory |
| | Barnes | Walkover | Old Etonians |
| | Cambridge University | Walkover | High Wycombe |
| | Oxford University | Walkover | Old Salopians |
| | Sheffield | Walkover | Trojans |
| | Shropshire Wanderers | Walkover | Druids |
| | Southall | Walkover | Old Wykehamists |
| | Wanderers | Walkover | Saffron Walden Town |
| | Queen's Park | Bye | |

## Second round

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club |
| 29 November 1876 | Marlow | 1–0 | Forest School |
| 2 December 1876 | South Norwood | 0–7 | Sheffield |
| 9 December 1876 | Panthers | 0–1 | Pilgrims |
| 9 December 1876 | Royal Engineers | 3–0 | Shropshire Wanderers |
| 9 December 1876 | Upton Park | 1–0 | Barnes |
| 14 December 1876 | Oxford University | 6–1 | 105th Regiment |
| 16 December 1876 | Cambridge University | 2–1 | Clapham Rovers |
| 16 December 1876 | Rochester | 1–0 | Swifts |
| 16 December 1876 | Wanderers | 6–0 | Southall |
| | Queen's Park | Bye | |

## Third round

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club |
| 20 January 1877 | Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Sheffield |
| 20 January 1877 | Wanderers | 3–0 | Pilgrims |
| 24 January 1877 | Upton Park | 2–2 | Marlow |
| 3 February 1877 | Cambridge University | 4–0 | Rochester |
| | Oxford University | Walkover | Queen's Park |

### Replay

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club | Attendance |
| 27 January 1877 | Upton Park | 1–0 | Marlow | |

## Fourth round

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club |
| 17 February 1877 | Cambridge University | 1–0 | Royal Engineers |
| 24 February 1877 | Oxford University | 0–0 | Upton Park |
| | Wanderers | Bye | |

### Replay

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club | Attendance |
| 10 March 1877 | Oxford University | 1–0 | Upton Park | |

## Semi-finals

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club | Venue | Attendance |
| 20 March 1877 | Wanderers | 1–0 | Cambridge University | Kennington Oval | |
| | Oxford University | Bye | | |

## Final

| Date | Home club | Score | Away club | Venue | Attendance |
| 24 March 1877 | Wanderers | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Oxford University | Kennington Oval | 3,000 |