1892–93 FA Cup

1892–93 FA Cup
	Wolverhampton Wanderers following their FA Cup victory
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Defending champions	West Bromwich Albion
Final positions
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Runner-up	Everton
	← 1891–92 1893–94 →

The 1892–93 FA Cup was the 22nd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition, beating Everton 1–0 in the final at Fallowfield Stadium for the only time (moved from Kennington Oval), with Wembley Stadium still 30 years away from being built. Wolves continued the recent Midlands dominance of the FA Cup, after the success of West Brom, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest the previous season.

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 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

Round	Date	No. of teams
Preliminary round	Saturday 1 October 1892	10
First qualifying round	Saturday 15 October 1892	160
Second qualifying round	Saturday 29 October 1892	80
Third qualifying round	Saturday 19 November 1892	40
Fourth qualifying round	Saturday 10 December 1892	20
First round proper	Saturday 21 January 1893	32
Second round proper	Saturday 4 February 1893	16
Third round proper	Saturday 18 February 1893	8
Semi-finals	Saturday 4 March 1893	4
Final	Saturday 25 March 1893	2

Qualifying rounds

This season saw the introduction of the Football League Second Division and the further expansion of the First Division from 14 teams to 16. As a result of this, only the First Division teams plus Darwen, Small Heath and Sheffield United from the Second Division were exempted through to the first round proper of the FA Cup. Of the remaining Second Division sides, Ardwick was entered in the preliminary round (losing to Fleetwood Rangers) while Crewe Alexandra, Bootle, Lincoln City, Burslem Port Vale, Burton Swifts, Grimsby Town, Northwich Victoria and Walsall Town Swifts were entered in the first qualifying round.

In the end only Burton Swifts, Grimsby Town and Northwich Victoria successfully won through to the competition proper, and they were joined by non-League sides Stockton, Shankhouse, Loughborough, Blackpool, Woolwich Arsenal, Marlow and Casuals. Stockton and Loughborough were featuring at this stage for the first time, with Loughborough never getting past the qualifying rounds again despite spending five seasons in the Football League from 1895.

To bring the number of teams in the first round up to 32, the FA awarded byes to that stage to Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Middlesbrough and Newcastle East End, the three clubs that had been unsuccessful in the Football League elections held during the 1892 close-season. However, by the time the first round matches were played in January 1893, Newcastle East End had taken over the assets of their defunct rival Newcastle West End and changed their name to Newcastle United.

Results

First round proper

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackpool	1–3	Sheffield United	21 January 1893
2	Darwen	5–4	Aston Villa	21 January 1893
3	Burnley	2–0	Small Heath	21 January 1893
4	Preston North End	9–2	Burton Swifts	21 January 1893
5	Marlow	1–3	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	21 January 1893
6	Notts County	4–0	Shankhouse	21 January 1893
7	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Casuals	21 January 1893
8	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Newton Heath	21 January 1893
9	The Wednesday	3–2 Match void	Derby County	21 January 1893
Replay	Derby County	1–0 Match void	The Wednesday	30 January 1893
Replay	The Wednesday	4–2	Derby County	2 February 1893
10	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21 January 1893
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	28 January 1893
11	Accrington	2–1	Stoke	21 January 1893
12	Grimsby Town	5–0	Stockton	21 January 1893
13	Sunderland	6–0	Royal Arsenal	21 January 1893
14	Everton	4–1	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 1893
15	Loughborough	1–2	Northwich Victoria	21 January 1893
16	Newcastle United	2–3	Middlesbrough	21 January 1893

Second round proper

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Darwen	2–0	Grimsby Town	4 February 1893
2	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Northwich Victoria	4 February 1893
3	The Wednesday	1–0	Burnley	4 February 1893
4	Accrington	1–4	Preston North End	4 February 1893
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Middlesbrough	4 February 1893
6	Everton	4–2	Nottingham Forest	4 February 1893
7	Sheffield United	1–3	Sunderland	4 February 1893
8	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	3–2	Notts County	4 February 1893

Third round proper

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Preston North End	2–2	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	18 February 1893
Replay	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	0–7	Preston North End	25 February 1893
2	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Sunderland	18 February 1893
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Darwen	18 February 1893
4	Everton	3–0	The Wednesday	18 February 1893

Semi-finals

Tie No.	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	4 March 1893
2	Everton	2–2	Preston North End	4 March 1893
Replay	Preston North End	0–0	Everton	16 March 1893
Replay	Everton	2–1	Preston North End	20 March 1893

Final

The Final was played on 25 March 1893 at Fallowfield Stadium. The final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton. Wolves won 1–0, with a single goal from Harry Allen.