1925–26 FA Cup
Country | England | ||
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Champions | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Runners-up | Manchester City | ||
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The FA Cup 1925–26 was the 51st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Bolton Wanderers won the competition for the second time, beating Manchester City 1–0 in the final at Wembley.
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 |
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Extra Preliminary Round | Saturday 5 September 1925 |
Preliminary Round | Saturday 19 September 1925 |
First Qualifying Round | Saturday 3 October 1925 |
Second Qualifying Round | Saturday 17 October 1925 |
Third Qualifying Round | Saturday 31 October 1925 |
Fourth Qualifying Round | Saturday 14 November 1925 |
First Round Proper | Saturday 28 November 1925 |
Second Round | Saturday 12 December 1925 |
Third Round | Saturday 9 January 1926 |
Fourth Round | Saturday 30 January 1926 |
Fifth Round | Saturday 20 February 1926 |
Sixth Round | Saturday 6 March 1926 |
Semi Finals | Saturday 27 March 1926 |
Final | Saturday 24 April 1926 |
First round proper
At this stage 40 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Millwall, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Plymouth Argyle were given a bye to the Third Round. Four Second Division sides, Barnsley, Darlington, Oldham Athletic and Swansea Town were entered at this stage. To make the number of matches up, seven non-league sides were given byes to this round. These were:
38 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 28 November 1925. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which four went to another replay, and one of these went to a third.
Second round proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 12 December 1925. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.
Third round proper
40 of the 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Third Division South teams Millwall, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Plymouth Argyle. Also given a bye to this round of the draw were amateur side Corinthian. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 9 January 1926. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to a second replay.
Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 30 January 1926. Three games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Bournemouth | 2–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 January 1926 |
Replay | Bolton Wanderers | 6–2 | Bournemouth | 3 February 1926 |
2 | Bury | 3–3 | Millwall | 30 January 1926 |
Replay | Millwall | 2–0 | Bury | 3 February 1926 |
3 | South Shields | 2–1 | Birmingham | 30 January 1926 |
4 | Notts County | 2–0 | New Brighton | 30 January 1926 |
5 | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Swindon Town | 30 January 1926 |
6 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–2 | Aston Villa | 30 January 1926 |
7 | Sheffield United | 1–2 | Sunderland | 30 January 1926 |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 | Manchester United | 30 January 1926 |
Replay | Manchester United | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 February 1926 |
9 | Manchester City | 4–0 | Huddersfield Town | 30 January 1926 |
10 | Fulham | 3–1 | Liverpool | 30 January 1926 |
11 | Clapton Orient | 4–2 | Middlesbrough | 30 January 1926 |
12 | Crystal Palace | 2–1 | Chelsea | 30 January 1926 |
13 | Southend United | 4–1 | Derby County | 30 January 1926 |
14 | Cardiff City | 0–2 | Newcastle United | 30 January 1926 |
15 | Swansea Town | 6–3 | Stoke City | 30 January 1926 |
16 | Arsenal | 3–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 January 1926 |
Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 20 February 1926. There were two replays, played in the next midweek fixture.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Notts County | 0–1 | Fulham | 20 February 1926 |
2 | Aston Villa | 1–1 | Arsenal | 20 February 1926 |
Replay | Arsenal | 2–0 | Aston Villa | 24 February 1926 |
3 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–0 | South Shields | 20 February 1926 |
4 | Sunderland | 3–3 | Manchester United | 20 February 1926 |
Replay | Manchester United | 2–1 | Sunderland | 24 February 1926 |
5 | Manchester City | 11–4 | Crystal Palace | 20 February 1926 |
6 | Millwall | 0–1 | Swansea Town | 20 February 1926 |
7 | Clapton Orient | 2–0 | Newcastle United | 20 February 1926 |
8 | Southend United | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 February 1926 |
Sixth round proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 6 March 1926. There was one replay, between Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers, played in the following midweek fixture. This then went to a second replay the week after.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 March 1926 |
Replay | Bolton Wanderers | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | 10 March 1926 |
Replay | Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | 15 March 1926 |
2 | Fulham | 1–2 | Manchester United | 6 March 1926 |
3 | Clapton Orient | 1–6 | Manchester City | 6 March 1926 |
4 | Swansea Town | 2–1 | Arsenal | 6 March 1926 |
Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 27 March 1926. Both matches ended in 3–0 victories for Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley.
Final
The 1926 FA Cup Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City at Wembley. Bolton won by a single goal, scored by David Jack.
Match details
Bolton Wanderers
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Manchester City
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See also
References
- General
- Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com
- 1925-26 FA Cup at rsssf.com
- 1925-26 FA Cup at soccerbase.com
- Specific