1885–86 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
Teams130
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
Final positions
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(3rd title)
Runner-upWest Bromwich Albion

The 1885–86 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 15th edition of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. There were 130 entrants, sixteen more than in the previous season, although six teams did not play a match. Five Scottish clubs entered but one was eliminated in the first round in an all-Scottish tie and travel constraints caused the rest to withdraw.

Blackburn Rovers became the second team to win the competition in three successive seasons and, as of 2022, they remain the last to do so. The final between Blackburn and West Bromwich Albion is the earliest to have been contested by two extant clubs that are still members of either the Premier League or the English Football League.

First round

Notes. In all rounds, a walkover means the tie was not played and the first-named team progressed to the next round. If a match was declared void for any reason, a replay was necessary.

Home Score Away Date
Darlington bye
Walsall Swifts bye
Darwen 2–2 Derby Junction 31 October 1885
Dulwich 1–2 South Reading 31 October 1885
Preston North End walkover Great Lever
Stoke 2–2 Crewe Alexandra 31 October 1885
Barnes 1–7 Lancing Old Boys 31 October 1885
Royal Engineers 1–5 Old Foresters 31 October 1885
Marlow 3–0 Luton Town 31 October 1885
Clapham Rovers 12–0 1st Surrey Rifles 31 October 1885
Queen's Park Scotland 5–1 Partick Thistle Scotland 31 October 1885
Upton Park 4–2 United London Scottish 24 October 1885
Old Etonians walkover Bournemouth Rovers
Swifts 7–1 Casuals 31 October 1885
Rochester 6–1 Reading 31 October 1885
Old Wykehamists 5–0 Uxbridge 31 October 1885
Old Harrovians walkover St James (Forest Gate)
Notts County 15–0 Rotherham Town 24 October 1885
Hendon 0–4 Clapton 24 October 1885
Nottingham Forest 6–2 Mellors Limited 31 October 1885
Brentwood 3–0 Maidenhead 31 October 1885
Hanover United 1–1 Romford 31 October 1885
Stafford Road 7–0 Matlock 31 October 1885
Blackburn Olympic 4–2
match void
Church 31 October 1885
Astley Bridge 3–2 Southport Central 31 October 1885
Staveley 1–1 Mexborough 31 October 1885
Small Heath Alliance 9–2 Burton Wanderers 31 October 1885
Sheffield Heeley 2–1 Eckington Works 19 October 1885
Bolton Wanderers 6–0 Eagley 17 October 1885
Accrington 5–4 Witton 17 October 1885
Wednesbury Old Athletic 5–1 Burton Swifts 31 October 1885
Lockwood Brothers 2–2 Notts Rangers 31 October 1885
Chatham 0–2 Old Carthusians 31 October 1885
Walsall Town 0–5 Aston Villa 17 October 1885
Clitheroe 0–2 Blackburn Rovers 24 October 1885
Halliwell 2–1 Fishwick Ramblers 31 October 1885
Macclesfield Town 4–1 Northwich Victoria 31 October 1885
Old Westminsters 3–1 Hotspur 31 October 1885
Redcar 3–0 Sunderland 24 October 1885
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 Derby St Luke's 31 October 1885
Rossendale 6–2 Low Moor 24 October 1885
Birmingham Excelsior 1-2 Derby Midland 31 October 1885
Davenham 2–1 Goldenhill 31 October 1885
Hurst 2–1
match void
Bradshaw 31 October 1885
Long Eaton Rangers 2–0 The Wednesday 31 October 1885
Middlesbrough walkover Horncastle
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Aston Unity 31 October 1885
Padiham walkover Heart of Midlothian Scotland
Hartford St John's 1–3 Newtown Wales 24 October 1885
Leek 6–3 Wrexham Olympic Wales 31 October 1885
Newark 0–3 Sheffield 31 October 1885
Nottingham Wanderers 2–2 Notts Olympic 31 October 1885
Derby County 3–0 Mitchell St George's 31 October 1885
Old Brightonians 2–1 Acton 31 October 1885
Darwen Old Wanderers 11–0 Burnley 17 October 1885
Rawtenstall walkover Rangers Scotland
Lincoln City 0–2 Grimsby Town 31 October 1885
Luton Wanderers 3–2 Chesham 31 October 1885
Oswaldtwistle Rovers 3–1 Lower Darwen 31 October 1885
Stafford Rangers 1–4 Druids Wales 31 October 1885
Higher Walton 3–4 South Shore 17 October 1885
Bollington 0–5 Oswestry 24 October 1885
Burslem Port Vale 3–0 Chirk Wales 24 October 1885
Lincoln Lindum 4–0 Grimsby & District 17 October 1885
Third Lanark Scotland 4–2 Blackburn Park Road 17 October 1885
Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Grantham 24 October 1885

Replays

Home Score Away Date
Darwen 4–0 Derby Junction 7 November 1885
Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Stoke 7 November 1885
Romford 3–0 Hanover United 7 November 1885
Church 2–2 Blackburn Olympic 4 November 1885
Staveley walkover Mexborough
Notts Rangers 4–0 Lockwood Brothers 7 November 1885
Bradshaw 1–1
match void
Hurst 4 November 1885
Notts Olympic 4–1 Notts Wanderers 7 November 1885

Second replays

Home Score Away Date
Church 3–1 Blackburn Olympic 9 November 1885
Hurst 3–2 Bradshaw 9 November 1885

Second round

Home Score Away Date
Preston North End 11–3 Astley Bridge 18 November 1885
Marlow 6–1 Old Etonians 21 November 1885
Clapham Rovers bye
Swifts 5–1 Rochester 21 November 1885
Druids Wales 2–2 Burslem Port Vale 21 November 1885
Old Wykehamists 10–0 Luton Wanderers 21 November 1885
Old Harrovians 2–1 Old Foresters 21 November 1885
Notts County 8–0 Sheffield 21 November 1885
Nottingham Forest 4–1 Notts Olympic 21 November 1885
Romford bye
Brentwood 6–1 Lancing Old Boys 14 November 1885
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Oswaldtwistle Rovers 21 November 1885
Old Carthusians 6–0 Upton Park 21 November 1885
Small Heath Alliance 3–1 Darwen 14 November 1885
Sheffield Heeley 1–6 Notts Rangers 21 November 1885
Grimsby Town 8–0 Darlington 21 November 1885
South Shore walkover Queen's Park Scotland
Church walkover Third Lanark Scotland
Oswestry Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra 21 November 1885
South Reading 1–1 Clapton 21 November 1885
Old Westminsters 3–0 Old Brightonians 21 November 1885
Redcar 2–0 Lincoln Lindum 21 November 1885
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–2 Stafford Road 21 November 1885
Rossendale 9–1 Padiham 21 November 1885
Derby Midland 1–3 Walsall Swifts 21 November 1885
Davenham 8–1 Macclesfield Town 21 November 1885
Hurst 3–1
match void
Halliwell 18 November 1885
Long Eaton Rangers 1–4 Staveley 21 November 1885
West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Wednesbury Old Athletic 21 November 1885
Leek walkover Newtown Wales
Derby County 2–0 Aston Villa 14 November 1885
Darwen Old Wanderers 2–1 Accrington 21 November 1885
Rawtenstall 3–3
Rawtenstall
disqualified
Bolton Wanderers 21 November 1885
Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Middlesbrough 21 November 1885

Replays

Home Score Away Date
Burslem Port Vale 5–1 Druids Wales 28 November 1885
Crewe Alexandra Oswestry
disqualified
Oswestry
South Reading Clapton
disqualified
Clapton
Halliwell walkover Hurst

Third round

Home Score Away Date
Marlow both teams
disqualified
Old Wykehamists
Swifts Old Harrovians
disqualified
Old Harrovians
Notts County 3–0 Notts Rangers 12 December 1885
Brentwood bye
Blackburn Rovers 6–1 Darwen Old Wanderers 5 December 1885
Old Carthusians bye
Staveley 2–1 Nottingham Forest 12 December 1885
Small Heath Alliance 4–2 Derby County 12 December 1885
Bolton Wanderers 2–3
Preston North End
disqualified
Preston North End 12 December 1885
Church 5–1 Rossendale 12 December 1885
Halliwell 1–6 South Shore 19 December 1885
South Reading Clapham Rovers
disqualified
Clapham Rovers
Old Westminsters 5–1 Romford 12 December 1885
Redcar bye
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Walsall Swifts 12 December 1885
Davenham 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 12 December 1885
Middlesbrough 2–1 Grimsby Town 19 December 1885
West Bromwich Albion bye
Leek 2–3
match void
Burslem Port Vale 19 December 1885

Replay

Home Score Away Date
Burslem Port Vale walkover Leek

Fourth round

Home Score Away Date
Swifts bye
Notts County bye
Blackburn Rovers bye
Old Carthusians bye
Staveley bye
Small Heath Alliance bye
Bolton Wanderers bye
South Shore bye
Church bye
South Reading 0–3 Brentwood 2 January 1886
Old Westminsters bye
Redcar bye
Davenham bye
Middlesbrough bye
West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 January 1886
Burslem Port Vale bye

Fifth round

Home Score Away Date
Blackburn Rovers 7–1 Staveley 23 January 1886
South Shore 2–1 Notts County 23 January 1886
Church 2–6 Swifts 16 January 1886
Old Westminsters Bolton Wanderers
disqualified
Bolton Wanderers
Redcar and Coatham 2–1 Middlesbrough 23 January 1886
Davenham 1–2 Small Heath Alliance 16 January 1886
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Old Carthusians 23 January 1886
Burslem Port Vale 2–1
match void
Brentwood 16 January 1886

Replay

Home Score Away Date
Brentwood 3–3 Burslem Port Vale 30 January 1886

Second replay

Home Score Away Date
Brentwood walkover Burslem Port Vale

Sixth round

Home Score Away Date
Brentwood 1–3 Blackburn Rovers 27 February 1886
Small Heath Alliance 2–0 Redcar 13 February 1886
South Shore 1–2 Swifts 13 February 1886
West Bromwich Albion 6–0 Old Westminsters 13 February 1886

Semi-finals

Score Date Venue
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Swifts 13 March 1886 County Cricket Ground, Derby
West Bromwich Albion 4–0 Small Heath Alliance 6 March 1886 Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham

Final

Score Date Venue
Blackburn Rovers 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 3 April 1886 Kennington Oval, London

Replay

Score Date Venue
Blackburn Rovers 2–0 West Bromwich Albion 10 April 1886 Racecourse Ground, Derby

References

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