1882–83 FA Cup

FA Cup 1882–83
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 84
Champions Blackburn Olympic
Runners-up Old Etonians

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1882–83 was the twelfth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Eighty-four teams entered, eleven more than last season, although five of the eighty-four never actually played a match.

First round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Darwen 4–1 Blackburn Park Road 21 October 1882
Reading Bye
Barnes 2–4 Brentwood 28 October 1882
Royal Engineers 3–1 Woodford Bridge 21 October 1882
Maidenhead 0–2 Old Westminsters 4 November 1882
Clapham Rovers 3–0 Kildare 4 November 1882
Upton Park Bye
Windsor Home Park 3–0 Acton 4 November 1882
Old Etonians 1–1 Old Foresters 4 November 1882
Swifts 4–1 Highbury Union 4 November 1882
Rochester 2–0 Hotspur 4 November 1882
Druids 1–1 Oswestry 4 November 1882
Notts County 6–1 Sheffield 4 November 1882
Nottingham Forest Walkover Brigg Brittania
West End 1–3 Hendon 4 November 1882
Blackburn Rovers 11–1 Blackpool St John's 23 October 1882
Hanover United 1–0 Mosquitos 4 November 1882
Aston Villa 4–1 Walsall Swifts 21 October 1882
Old Carthusians 6–0 Pilgrims 21 October 1882
Sheffield Wednesday 12–2 Spilsby 4 November 1882
Blackburn Olympic 6–3 Accrington 4 November 1882
Reading Minster Walkover Remnants
Dreadnought 1–2 Match void South Reading 21 October 1882
Mitchell St George's 4–1 Calthorpe 28 October 1882
Small Heath Alliance 3–3 Stafford Road 11 November 1882
Sheffield Heeley Bye
Bolton Wanderers 6–1 Bootle 4 November 1882
Lockwood Brothers 4–3 Macclesfield Town 4 November 1882
Darwen Ramblers 5–2 South Shore 14 October 1882
Chatham Bye
Grimsby Town Walkover Queen's Park
Walsall Town 4–1 Staveley 21 October 1882
Northwich Victoria 3–2 Astley Bridge 28 October 1882
Etonian Ramblers 6–2 Romford 21 October 1882
Hornchurch 0–2 Marlow 28 October 1882
Church 5–0 Clitheroe 2 September 1882
Chesterfield Spital 1–7 Wednesbury Old Athletic 4 November 1882
Bolton Olympic 4–7 Eagley 4 November 1882
Aston Unity Bye
Irwell Springs 2–5 Lower Darwen 28 October 1882
Halliwell 3–2 Great Lever 21 October 1882
Phoenix Bessemer Walkover Grantham
United Hospital 3–0 London Olympic 4 November 1882
Haslingden Bye
Liverpool Ramblers 1–1 Southport Central 21 October 1882

First Round Replays

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Old Etonians 3–1 Old Foresters 18 November 1882
Oswestry 0–2 Druids 18 November 1882
Dreadnought 1–2 South Reading 4 November 1882
Stafford Road 6–2 Small Heath Alliance 18 November 1882
Southport Central 0–4 Liverpool Ramblers 4 November 1882

Second round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Darwen 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 2 December 1882
Royal Engineers 8–0 Reading 29 November 1882
Marlow Walkover Reading Minster
Clapham Rovers 7–1 Hanover United 2 December 1882
Windsor Home Park 3–1 United Hospital 30 November 1882
Old Etonians 2–1 Brentwood 2 December 1882
Swifts 2–2 Upton Park 30 November 1882
Rochester Bye
Druids 5–0 Northwich Victoria 9 December 1882
Notts County Bye
Hendon 2–1 Chatham 2 December 1882
Nottingham Forest 7–2 Sheffield Heeley 2 December 1882
Eagley 3–1 Halliwell 2 December 1882
Aston Villa 4–1 Wednesbury Old Athletic 18 November 1882
Old Carthusians 7–0 Etonian Ramblers 2 December 1882
Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Lockwood Brothers 2 December 1882
Blackburn Olympic 8–1 Lower Darwen 9 December 1882
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Liverpool Ramblers 2 December 1882
Darwen Ramblers 3–2 Haslingden 2 December 1882
Grimsby Town 1–9 Phoenix Bessemer 25 November 1882
Walsall Town 4–1 Stafford Road 2 December 1882
Church Bye
Aston Unity 3–1 Mitchell St George's 2 December 1882
South Reading Bye
Old Westminsters Bye

Second Round Replay

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Swifts 3–2 Upton Park 2 December 1882

Third round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Royal Engineers Bye
Marlow Bye
Clapham Rovers 3–0 Windsor Home Park 6 January 1883
Old Etonians 7–0 Rochester 16 December 1882
Swifts Bye
Druids 0–0 Bolton Wanderers 6 January 1883
Notts County 4–1 Phoenix Bessemer 27 December 1882
Hendon 11–1 South Reading 6 January 1883
Nottingham Forest 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday 6 January 1883
Eagley Bye
Aston Villa 3–1 Aston Unity 6 January 1883
Old Carthusians 3–2 Old Westminsters 16 December 1882
Blackburn Olympic 8–0 Darwen Ramblers 16 December 1882
Walsall Town Bye
Church 2–2 Darwen 6 January 1883

Third Round Replays

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Druids 22 January 1883
Druids 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 29 January 1883
Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 Nottingham Forest 13 January 1883
Darwen 0–2 Church 20 January 1883

Fourth round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Marlow 0–3 Hendon 3 February 1883
Clapham Rovers Bye
Old Etonians 2–0 Swifts 24 January 1883
Druids 2–1 Eagley 10 February 1883
Aston Villa 2–1 Walsall Town 27 January 1883
Old Carthusians 6–2 Royal Engineers 25 January 1883
Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Notts County 12 February 1883
Blackburn Olympic 2–0 Church 3 February 1883

Fifth round

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Notts County 4–3 Aston Villa 3 March 1883
Hendon 2–4 Old Etonians 3 March 1883
Old Carthusians 5–3 Clapham Rovers 20 February 1883
Blackburn Olympic 4–1 Druids 24 February 1883

Semi finals

Home Club Score Away Club Date
Old Etonians 2–1 Notts County 17 March 1883
Blackburn Olympic 4–0 Old Carthusians 17 March 1883

Final

Main article: 1883 FA Cup Final
Home Club Score Away Club Date
Blackburn Olympic 2–1 Old Etonians 31 March 1883

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