1871-72 in English football

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The 1871-1872 season was the first season of competitive football in England.

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The world's oldest formal competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (now better known as the FA Cup), was played for the first time (it is still played today). The FA Cup attracted entrants from all over the UK. It was not for many years that both the FA and the FA Cup came to be solely English institutions (and even now there are still clubs from outside of England that are members of the FA and compete in the FA Cup).

The first FA Cup final was won 1-0 by Wanderers over Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval, London. Under the then rules of the competition, Wanderers automatically qualified for next year's final to defend their trophy.

As yet, the concept of international football had not been invented, making the 1871-1872 season one of the few seasons without any international fixtures.

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner	Details
FA Cup	Wanderers	FA Cup 1871-72

Seasons in English football
1867-68 \| 1868-69 \| 1869-70 \| 1870-71 \| 1871-72 \| 1872-73 \| 1873-74 \| 1874-75 \| 1875-76

Football in England

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FA Premier League	England	FA Cup
The Football League (Champ, 1, 2)	(U-21) (B)	Carling Cup
Football Conference (Nat, N, S)	List of clubs	Community Shield
Northern Premier League (Prem, 1)	List of venues	Johnstone's Paint Trophy
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English football league system	Records	FA NLS Cup