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1896–97 FA Cup

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Football tournament season

1896–97 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Defending champions	The Wednesday
Final positions
Champions	Aston Villa(3rd title)
Runner-up	Everton
← 1895–96 1897–98 →

The1896–97 FA Cup was the 26th season of the world's oldestassociation football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as theFA Cup). The cup was won byAston Villa, who defeatedEverton 3–2 in thefinal of the competition, played atCrystal Palace inLondon. In doing so, Aston Villa became only the second team to have wonthe Double, as they won the league on the same day as their cup victory (and the only team to do this).

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. 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 at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period ofextra time would be played.

Calendar

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The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds (for the first time), three proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. Each of the Rounds Proper were played on a set date, whereas the Preliminary and Qualifying Round matches were played on several dates over a given period of time.

Round	Start Date	End Date
Preliminary round	Saturday 10 October 1896
First round qualifying	Saturday 10 October 1896	31 October
Second round qualifying	Saturday 31 October 1896	21 November
Third round qualifying	Saturday 21 November 1896	12 December
Fourth round qualifying	Saturday 12 December 1896	2 January
Fifth round Qualifying	Saturday 2 January 1897	16 January
First round proper	Saturday 30 January 1897
Second round proper	Saturday 13 February 1897
Third round proper	Saturday 27 February 1897
Semi-finals	Saturday 20 March 1897
Final	Saturday 10 April 1897

Qualifying rounds

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The 16First Division sides were given byes to the first round, as wereNotts County,Small Heath,Burton Wanderers,Grimsby Town,Newcastle United andManchester City from theSecond Division. The other Second Division sides were entered into the third qualifying round. Of those sides, onlyNewton Heath andBurton Swifts qualified for the main competition. Non-league sidesStockton,Barnsley St Peter's,Heanor Town,Glossop North End,Kettering,Luton Town,Millwall Athletic andSouthampton St Mary's also qualified, with only Glossop North End appearing at this stage for the first time.

First round proper

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The first round proper contained 16 ties between 32 teams. The matches were played on Saturday, 30 January 1897. One match was drawn, with the replay taking place in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	4–3	Burton Swifts	30 January 1897
2	Preston North End	6–0	Manchester City	30 January 1897
3	Stoke	5–2	Glossop North End	30 January 1897
4	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Sheffield United	30 January 1897
5	Aston Villa	5–0	Newcastle United	30 January 1897
6	The Wednesday	0–1	Nottingham Forest	30 January 1897
7	Grimsby Town	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	30 January 1897
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	3–3	Grimsby Town	8 February 1897
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Grimsby Town	11 February 1897
8	Sunderland	1–0	Burnley	30 January 1897
9	Derby County	8–1	Barnsley St Peter's	30 January 1897
10	Luton Town	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	30 January 1897
11	Everton	5–2	Burton Wanderers	30 January 1897
12	Newton Heath	5–1	Kettering	30 January 1897
13	Stockton	0–0	Bury	30 January 1897
Replay	Bury	12–1	Stockton	2 February 1897
14	Small Heath	1–2	Notts County	30 January 1897
15	Millwall Athletic	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 January 1897
16	Southampton St Mary's	1–1	Heanor Town	30 January 1897
Replay	Heanor Town	0–1	Southampton St Mary's	3 February 1897

Second round proper

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The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 13 February 1897. There was one replay, played in the following midweek fixture.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Preston North End	2–1	Stoke	13 February 1897
2	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 February 1897
3	Aston Villa	2–1	Notts County	13 February 1897
4	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Liverpool	13 February 1897
5	Sunderland	1–3	Nottingham Forest	13 February 1897
6	Derby County	4–1	Bolton Wanderers	13 February 1897
7	Everton	3–0	Bury	13 February 1897
8	Southampton St Mary's	1–1	Newton Heath	13 February 1897
Replay	Newton Heath	3–1	Southampton St Mary's	17 February 1897

Third round proper

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The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 27 February 1897. There were two replays, played in the following midweek fixture, of which the Preston North End – Aston Villa match went to a second replay the following week.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	1–1	Nottingham Forest	27 February 1897
Replay	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Liverpool	3 March 1897
2	Preston North End	1–1	Aston Villa	27 February 1897
Replay	Aston Villa	0–0	Preston North End	3 March 1897
Replay	Aston Villa	3–2	Preston North End	8 March 1897
3	Derby County	2–0	Newton Heath	27 February 1897
4	Everton	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	27 February 1897

Semi-finals

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The semi-final matches were both played on Saturday, 20 March 1897. Aston Villa and Everton went on to meet in the final atCrystal Palace.

20 March 1897

Aston Villa	3–0	Liverpool

Bramall Lane,Sheffield

20 March 1897

Everton	3–2	Derby County

Victoria Ground,Stoke

Final

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Main article:1897 FA Cup Final

The final took place on Saturday, 10 April 1897 atCrystal Palace. Just under 66,000 supporters attended the match.John Campbell opened the scoring for Villa after 18 minutes. Villa's lead was maintained for only five minutes before Everton equalised, through a goal fromJack Bell. Everton then went in front afterDickie Boyle scored five minutes later, but that lead only lasted seven minutes, whenFred Wheldon got an equaliser.Jimmy Crabtree put Villa back in front just before half-time, and Villa managed to come through the second half without conceding, meaning they had become only the second team ever to winthe Double in England.

Match details

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10 April 1897

15:00GMT

Aston Villa	3–2	Everton
Campbell 18' Wheldon 35' Crabtree 44'	^[1]	Bell 23' Dickie Boyle 28'

Crystal Palace,London

Attendance: 65,891^[2]

Referee: J. Lewis

Aston Villa

Everton^[3]

References

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General

Specific

^"Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk". Archived fromthe original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved11 December 2008.
^"Sporting Chronicle – 1897 FA Cup Final". Archived fromthe original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved11 December 2008.
^FA Cup Final kits, 1890–1899

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