FA Cup Finals From 1872
FA Cup Finals From 1872

FA Cup Finals From 1872

The Football Association Cup, first played during the 1871–72 season, is the oldest national football competition in the world.  Here you have each of the finals from the first ever FA Cup Final: The teams, the venue, the score and the attendance.

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Season
Winners
Score
Runners–up
Venue
Attendance
Link
1
1871–72
Wanderers
1–0
Royal Engineers
Kennington Oval
2,000
2
1872–73
Wanderers
2–0
Oxford University
Lillie Bridge
3,000
3
1873–74
Oxford University
2–0
Royal Engineers
Kennington Oval
2,000
4
1874–75
Royal Engineers
* 1–1 *
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
2,000
5
1874–75 (R)
Royal Engineers
2–0
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
3,000
6
1875–76
Wanderers
* 1–1 *
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
3,500
7
1875–76 (R)
Wanderers
3–0
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
1,500
8
1876–77
Wanderers
* 2–1 *
Oxford University
Kennington Oval
3,000
9
1877–78
Wanderers
3–1
Royal Engineers
Kennington Oval
4,500
10
1878–79
Old Etonians
1–0
Clapham Rovers
Kennington Oval
5,000
11
1879–80
Clapham Rovers
1–0
Oxford University
Kennington Oval
6,000
12
1880–81
Old Carthusians
3–0
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
4,000
13
1881–82
Old Etonians
1–0
Blackburn Rovers
Kennington Oval
6,500
14
1882–83
Blackburn Olympic
* 2–1 *
Old Etonians
Kennington Oval
8,000
15
1883–84
Blackburn Rovers
2–1
ScotlandQueen's Park
Kennington Oval
4,000
16
1884–85
Blackburn Rovers
2–0
ScotlandQueen's Park
Kennington Oval
12,500
17
1885–86
Blackburn Rovers
0–0
West Bromwich Albion
Kennington Oval
15,000
18
1885–86 (R)
Blackburn Rovers
2–0
West Bromwich Albion
Racecourse Ground
12,000
19
1886–87
Aston Villa
2–0
West Bromwich Albion
Kennington Oval
15,500
20
1887–88
West Bromwich Albion
2–1
Preston North End
Kennington Oval
19,000
21
1888–89
Preston North End double-dagger
3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kennington Oval
22,000
22
1889–90
Blackburn Rovers
6–1
The Wednesday
Kennington Oval
20,000
23
1890–91
Blackburn Rovers
3–1
Notts County
Kennington Oval
23,000
24
1891–92
West Bromwich Albion
3–0
Aston Villa
Kennington Oval
32,810
25
1892–93
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1–0
Everton
Fallowfield Stadium
45,000
26
1893–94
Notts County
4–1
Bolton Wanderers
Goodison Park
37,000
27
1894–95
Aston Villa
1–0
West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace
42,560
28
1895–96
The Wednesday
2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crystal Palace
48,836
29
1896–97
Aston Villa double-dagger
3–2
Everton
Crystal Palace
65,891
30
1897–98
Nottingham Forest
3–1
Derby County
Crystal Palace
62,017
31
1898–99
Sheffield United
4–1
Derby County
Crystal Palace
73,833
32
1899–1900
Bury
4–0
Southampton
Crystal Palace
68,945
33
1900–01
Tottenham Hotspur
2–2
Sheffield United
Crystal Palace
110,820
34
1900–01 (R)
Tottenham Hotspur
3–1
Sheffield United
Burnden Park
20,470
35
1901–02
Sheffield United
1–1
Southampton
Crystal Palace
76,914
36
1901–02 (R)
Sheffield United
2–1
Southampton
Crystal Palace
33,068
37
1902–03
Bury
6–0
Derby County
Crystal Palace
63,102
38
1903–04
Manchester City
1–0
Bolton Wanderers
Crystal Palace
61,374
39
1904–05
Aston Villa
2–0
Newcastle United
Crystal Palace
101,117
40
1905–06
Everton
1–0
Newcastle United
Crystal Palace
75,609
41
1906–07
The Wednesday
2–1
Everton
Crystal Palace
84,594
42
1907–08
Wolverhampton Wanderers
3–1
Newcastle United
Crystal Palace
74,697
43
1908–09
Manchester United
1–0
Bristol City
Crystal Palace
71,401
44
1909–10
Newcastle United
1–1
Barnsley
Crystal Palace
77,747
45
1909–10 (R)
Newcastle United
2–0
Barnsley
Goodison Park
69,000
46
1910–11
Bradford City
0–0
Newcastle United
Crystal Palace
69,068
47
1910–11 (R)
Bradford City
1–0
Newcastle United
Old Trafford
58,000
48
1911–12
Barnsley
0–0
West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace
54,556
49
1911–12 (R)
Barnsley
* 1–0 *
West Bromwich Albion
Bramall Lane
38,555
50
1912–13
Aston Villa
1–0
Sunderland
Crystal Palace
121,919