# 1879–80 FA Cup

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.

## First round

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| Maidenhead | 3–1 | Calthorpe | 25 October 1879 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 5–1 | Tyne Association | 1 November 1879 |
| Eagley | 0–1 | Darwen | 1 November 1879 |
| Kildare | 0–3 | Gresham | 1 November 1879 |
| Mosquitoes | 3–1 | St Peter's Institute | 1 November 1879 |
| Pilgrims | 5–2 | Clarence | 1 November 1879 |
| South Norwood | 4–2 | Brentwood | 1 November 1879 |
| Turton | 7–0 | Brigg | 1 November 1879 |
| Oxford University | 1–1 | Marlow | 6 November 1879 |
| Acton | 0–4 | Old Carthusians | 8 November 1879 |
| Clapham Rovers | 7–0 | Romford | 8 November 1879 |
| Finchley | 1–2 | Old Harrovians | 8 November 1879 |
| Grey Friars | 2–1 | Hanover United | 8 November 1879 |
| Hendon | 1–1 | Old Foresters | 8 November 1879 |
| Hotspur | 1–1 | Argonauts | 8 November 1879 |
| Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Notts County | 8 November 1879 |
| Stafford Road | 2–0 | Wednesbury Strollers | 8 November 1879 |
| Royal Engineers | 2–0 | Cambridge University | 13 November 1879 |
| Hertfordshire Rangers | 2–1 | Minerva | 15 November 1879 |
| Remnants | 1–1 | Upton Park | 15 November 1879 |
| Rochester | 0–6 | Wanderers | 15 November 1879 |
| Birmingham | Walkover | Panthers |
| Henley | Walkover | Reading |
| Old Etonians | Walkover | Barnes |
| Sheffield | Walkover | Queen's Park |
| West End | Walkover | Swifts |
| Aston Villa | Bye |
| Providence | Bye |

### Replays

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| Marlow | 0–1 | Oxford University | 10 November 1879 |
| Argonauts | 0–1 | Hotspur | 15 November 1879 |
| Old Foresters | 2–2 | Hendon | 15 November 1879 |
| Hendon | 3–1 | Old Foresters | 22 November 1879 |
| Upton Park | 5–2 | Remnants | 25 November 1879 |

## Second round

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| 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 |
| West End | 1–0 | Hotspur | 13 December 1879 |
| Sheffield | 3–3 | Providence | 15 December 1879 |
| Clapham Rovers | 4–1 | South Norwood | 20 December 1879 |
| Grey Friars | 9–0 | Gresham | 20 December 1879 |
| Hendon | 7–1 | Mosquitoes | 20 December 1879 |
| Royal Engineers | 4–1 | Upton Park | 23 December 1879 |
| Henley | 1–3 | Maidenhead | 29 November 1879 |
| Wanderers | 1–0 | Old Carthusians | 10 January 1880 |
| Birmingham | 0–6 | Oxford University | 19 January 1880 |
| Pilgrims | Walkover | Hertfordshire Rangers |
| Old Etonians | Bye |
| Old Harrovians | Bye |

### Replays

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | Stafford Road | 24 January 1880 |
| Sheffield | 3–0 | Providence | 29 December 1879 |

## Third round

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| Clapham Rovers | 7–0 | Pilgrims | 17 January 1880 |
| Old Etonians | 3–1 | Wanderers | 24 January 1880 |
| Nottingham Forest | 6–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 January 1880 |
| Royal Engineers | 2–0 | Old Harrovians | 4 February 1880 |
| Oxford University | Walkover | Aston Villa |
| Grey Friars | Bye |
| Hendon | Bye |
| Maidenhead | Bye |
| Sheffield | Bye |
| West End | Bye |

## Fourth round

| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
| Old Etonians | 5–1 | West End | 7 February 1880 |
| Clapham Rovers | 2–0 | Hendon | 14 February 1880 |
| Maidenhead | 0–1 | Oxford University | 14 February 1880 |
| Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Grey Friars | 18 February 1880 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Sheffield | 19 February 1880 |