1871–72 in English football
- 1871–72 in English football
The 1871-1872 season was the first season of competitive football in England.
Overview
The world's oldest formal competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (now better known as the FA Cup), was played for the first time (it is still played today). The FA Cup attracted entrants from all over the UK. It was not for many years that both the FA and the FA Cup came to be solely English institutions (and even now there are still clubs from outside of England that are members of the FA and compete in the FA Cup).
The first FA Cup final was won 1-0 by Wanderers over Royal Engineers[cite web]
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