| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England Wales Scotland |
| Teams | 84 |
| Defending champions | Old Etonians |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Blackburn Olympic |
| Runners-up | Old Etonians |
The1882–83 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 12th staging of theFA Cup,England's oldestfootball tournament. Eighty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the eighty-four never played a match.
| 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 | 0–4 | Liverpool Ramblers | 4 November 1882 |
| 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 | 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 Association | 2 December 1882 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–8[1] | Phoenix Bessemer | 25 November 1882 |
| Walsall Town | 4–1 | Stafford Road | 2 December 1882 |
| Church | Bye | ||
| Aston Unity | 3–1 | St George's | 2 December 1882 |
| South Reading | Bye | ||
| Old Westminsters | Bye |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swifts | 3–2 | Upton Park | 2 December 1882 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Engineers | Bye | ||
| Marlow | Bye | ||
| Windsor | 0–3 | Clapham Rovers | 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 |
| 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 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow | 0–3 | Hendon | 3 February 1883 |
| Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
| Old Etonians | 2–0 | Swifts | 24 January 1883 |
| Eagley | 1–2 | Druids | 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 |
| 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 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Etonians | 2–1 | Notts County | 17 March 1883 |
| Blackburn Olympic | 4–0 | Old Carthusians | 17 March 1883 |
| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Olympic | 2–1 | Old Etonians | 31 March 1883 |