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1876–77 FA Cup

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Country
  
England

Champions
  
Dates
  
4 Nov 1876 – 24 Mar 1877

Teams
  
37

Defending champions
  
Runners-up
  
Champion
  
Wanderers F.C.

People also search for
  
1877–78 FA Cup, 1878–79 FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1876–77 was the sixth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Thirty-seven teams entered, five more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-seven never played a match.

Format

First Round: 36 teams (Queen's Park getting a bye) would play.

Second Round: 18 teams (with Queen's Park still having a bye) would play

Third Round: The 10 remaining teams would play a game.

Fourth Round: 4 teams, with Wanderers getting a bye would play for a spot in the semifinal

Semi-Final: 2 of the 3 remaining teams would play for a chance to play Oxford University (after getting a bye) in the final

Final: Oxford University would face the Semi-FInal for the chance to win their second FA Cup

References

1876–77 FA Cup Wikipedia


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