FA Cup 1891-92

The FA Cup 1891–92 was the 21st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Bromwich Albion won the competition, beating Aston Villa 3–0 in the final at the Kennington Oval, with Wembley Stadium still 30 years away from being built.

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. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for the Sunday or other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. 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 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

Third Round

emi finals

The original semi-final matches were played on 27 February 1892. Aston Villa comfortably came through their tie with Sunderland 4–1 but West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest drew their match 1–1. The tie went to a replay, played in Nottingham, but again finished 1–1. A third replay was needed to separate the teams, played back in the midlands, and this time West Brom came through winners 6–2 to reach the final against Aston Villa.

Final

The 1892 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 19 March 1892 at the Kennington Oval. The final was contested by West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa. West Brom won 3–0, with goals by Alf Geddes, Nicholls and John Reynolds.

Match details

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date=1892-03-19
team1=West Bromwich Albion
score=3 – 0
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team2=Aston Villa
goals1=Geddes goal|4
Nicholls goal|27
John Reynolds goal|55
goals2=
stadium=Kennington Oval, London
attendance=32,810
referee=J.C. Clegg (Sheffield)

References

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* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/Archive/ The FA Cup Archive] at TheFA.com
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58 English FA Cup 1891/92] at Soccerbase

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