# 1906–07 FA Cup

The 1906–07 FA Cup was the 36th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). The Wednesday won the competition for the second time, beating holders Everton 2–1 in the final at Crystal Palace.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

## Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, and six proper rounds, including the semi-finals and final.
| Round | Date |
| Preliminary round | 22 September 1906 |
| First round qualifying | 6 October 1906 |
| Second round qualifying | 20 October 1906 |
| Third round qualifying | 3 November 1906 |
| Fourth round qualifying | 24 November 1906 |
| Fifth round qualifying | 8 December 1906 |
| First round proper | 12 January 1907 |
| Second round proper | 2 February 1907 |
| Third round proper | 23 February 1907 |
| Fourth round proper | 9 March 1907 |
| Semi-finals | 23 March 1907 |
| Final | 20 April 1907 |

## Qualifying rounds

Concern about the one-sided nature of the contests between Football League clubs and non-league qualifiers in the first round proper of the previous season's competition led the Football Association to re-introduce the fifth qualifying round for this tournament. This reduced the number of potential non-league challengers in the main draw from 24 to 12 and allowed the FA to exempt seven additional Football League clubs and four extra Southern League clubs to the first round. The practice of awarding a bye to the first round to the winner of the previous season's FA Amateur Cup was also introduced in this tournament.
The 12 clubs winning through to the main competition from the fifth qualifying round were Burton United, Burslem Port Vale and Glossop from the Football League, along with non-league sides Accrington Stanley, Crystal Palace, Watford, Irthlingborough Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Crewe Alexandra, Hastings & St Leonards United, Oldham Athletic and Northampton Town. Accrington Stanley, Irthlingborough Town, Hastings & St Leonards United and Oldham Athletic qualified for the first round proper for the first time.

## First round proper

36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of the League sides not given byes to this round, Clapton Orient was entered in the preliminary round, but withdrew from the competition and their opponents, Grays United, were awarded a walkover. Burton United, Burslem Port Vale and Glossop were all entered in the fifth qualifying round.
Sixteen non-league sides were also given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were:
* Southampton
* Millwall
* Queens Park Rangers
* Oxford City
* Fulham
* Plymouth Argyle
* Reading
* Portsmouth
* Luton Town
* Bristol Rovers
* Norwich City
* West Ham United
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* New Brompton
* Brentford
* Tottenham Hotspur
Oxford City were the winners of the previous season's FA Amateur Cup, while the rest were all Southern League First Division clubs.
32 matches were scheduled to be played on 12 January 1907. Thirteen matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which four went to a second replay the following week.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Bristol City | 4–1 | Leeds City | 12 January 1907 |
| 2 | Burnley | 1–3 | Aston Villa | 12 January 1907 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Birmingham | 12 January 1907 |
| 4 | Southampton | 2–1 | Watford | 12 January 1907 |
| 5 | Notts County | 1–0 | Preston North End | 12 January 1907 |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Barnsley | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Barnsley | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | 17 January 1907 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | Manchester City | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Manchester City | 0–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 January 1907 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 January 1907 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 January 1907 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 1–1 | Woolwich Arsenal | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Woolwich Arsenal | 3–0 | Grimsby Town | 16 January 1907 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | Accrington Stanley | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 January 1907 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 4–2 | Northampton Town | 12 January 1907 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Stoke | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Stoke | 2–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 January 1907 |
| Replay | West Bromwich Albion | 2–0 | Stoke | 21 January 1907 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 4–1 | Leicester Fosse | 12 January 1907 |
| 15 | Derby County | 1–1 | Chesterfield | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Chesterfield | 1–1 | Derby County | 16 January 1907 |
| Replay | Chesterfield | 0–4 | Derby County | 21 January 1907 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 2–2 | Chelsea | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Chelsea | 0–1 | Lincoln City | 16 January 1907 |
| 17 | Burslem Port Vale | 7–1 | Irthlingborough Town | 12 January 1907 |
| 18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 0–0 | Luton Town | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Luton Town | 2–1 | Gainsborough Trinity | 16 January 1907 |
| 19 | Everton | 1–0 | Sheffield United | 12 January 1907 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 0–1 | Crystal Palace | 12 January 1907 |
| 21 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0–0 | Hull City | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Hull City | 0–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 January 1907 |
| Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Hull City | 21 January 1907 |
| 22 | Oxford City | 0–3 | Bury | 12 January 1907 |
| 23 | Fulham | 0–0 | Stockport County | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Fulham | 2–1 | Stockport County | 16 January 1907 |
| 24 | Brentford | 2–1 | Glossop | 12 January 1907 |
| 25 | Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Queens Park Rangers | 0–1 | Bristol Rovers | 14 January 1907 |
| 26 | Portsmouth | 2–2 | Manchester United | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | Manchester United | 1–2 | Portsmouth | 16 January 1907 |
| 27 | West Ham United | 2–1 | Blackpool | 12 January 1907 |
| 28 | Burton United | 0–0 | New Brompton | 12 January 1907 |
| Replay | New Brompton | 0–0 | Burton United | 16 January 1907 |
| Replay | New Brompton | 2–0 | Burton United | 21 January 1907 |
| 29 | Norwich City | 3–1 | Hastings & St Leonards United | 12 January 1907 |
| 30 | Bradford City | 2–0 | Reading | 12 January 1907 |
| 31 | Millwall | 2–0 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 January 1907 |
| 32 | Oldham Athletic | 5–0 | Kidderminster Harriers | 12 January 1907 |

## Second round proper

The 16 second-round matches were played on 2 February 1907. Five matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, the match between Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, went to a second replay the following week.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Bury | 1–0 | New Brompton | 2 February 1907 |
| 2 | Southampton | 1–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 February 1907 |
| Replay | Sheffield Wednesday | 3–1 | Southampton | 7 February 1907 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 February 1907 |
| Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 February 1907 |
| Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 February 1907 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 2–0 | Aston Villa | 2 February 1907 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–0 | Norwich City | 2 February 1907 |
| 6 | Derby County | 1–0 | Lincoln City | 2 February 1907 |
| 7 | Burslem Port Vale | 2–2 | Notts County | 2 February 1907 |
| Replay | Notts County | 5–0 | Burslem Port Vale | 6 February 1907 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 0–0 | Sunderland | 2 February 1907 |
| Replay | Sunderland | 1–0 | Luton Town | 6 February 1907 |
| 9 | Woolwich Arsenal | 2–1 | Bristol City | 2 February 1907 |
| 10 | Fulham | 0–0 | Crystal Palace | 2 February 1907 |
| Replay | Crystal Palace | 1–0 | Fulham | 6 February 1907 |
| 11 | Barnsley | 1–0 | Portsmouth | 2 February 1907 |
| 12 | Brentford | 1–0 | Middlesbrough | 2 February 1907 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 3–0 | Millwall | 2 February 1907 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 1–2 | Everton | 2 February 1907 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 1–0 | Accrington Stanley | 2 February 1907 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Liverpool | 2 February 1907 |

## Third round proper

The eight third-round matches were scheduled for 23 February 1907. There were three replays, played in the following midweek fixture.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Liverpool | 1–0 | Bradford City | 23 February 1907 |
| 2 | Notts County | 4–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 February 1907 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0–0 | Sunderland | 23 February 1907 |
| Replay | Sunderland | 0–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 February 1907 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2–0 | Derby County | 23 February 1907 |
| 5 | Everton | 0–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 February 1907 |
| Replay | Bolton Wanderers | 0–3 | Everton | 27 February 1907 |
| 6 | Woolwich Arsenal | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers | 23 February 1907 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 1–0 | Bury | 23 February 1907 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 1–1 | Brentford | 23 February 1907 |
| Replay | Brentford | 0–1 | Crystal Palace | 27 February 1907 |

## Fourth round proper

The four fourth-round matches were scheduled for 9 March 1907. The Crystal Palace – Everton game was drawn, and replayed on 13 March.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Liverpool | 9 March 1907 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | Notts County | 9 March 1907 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 1–2 | Woolwich Arsenal | 9 March 1907 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 1–1 | Everton | 9 March 1907 |
| Replay | Everton | 4–0 | Crystal Palace | 13 March 1907 |

## Semi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 23 March 1907. The Wednesday and Everton won to meet in the final.

## Final

The Final was contested by The Wednesday and Everton at Crystal Palace. Sheffield Wednesday won 2–1, with goals by Jimmy Stewart and George Simpson.