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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Defending champions | Barnsley |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Aston Villa(5th title) |
| Runners-up | Sunderland |
The1912–13 FA Cup was the 42nd season of the world's oldestassociation football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as theFA Cup).Aston Villa won the competition for the fifth time, beatingSunderland 1–0 in thefinal atCrystal Palace,London. Villa's triumph ended a series of new FA Cup winners which had occurred since1909.

The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.[1]
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Extra preliminary round | Saturday 14 September 1912 |
| Preliminary round | Saturday 28 September 1912 |
| First round qualifying | Saturday 12 October 1912 |
| Second round qualifying | Saturday 2 November 1912 |
| Third round qualifying | Saturday 16 November 1912 |
| Fourth round qualifying | Saturday 30 November 1912 |
| Fifth round qualifying | Saturday 14 December 1912 |
| First round proper | Saturday 11 January 1913[2] |
| Second round proper | Saturday 1 February 1913 |
| Third round proper | Saturday 22 February 1913 |
| Fourth round proper | Saturday 8 March 1913 |
| Semi-finals | Saturday 29 March 1913 |
| Final | Saturday 19 April 1913 |
The 12 teams winning through to the first round proper from the fifth qualifying round wereGlossop andStockport County from theFootball League Second Division, as well as non-league sidesRochdale,Halifax Town,Gillingham,London Caledonians,Barrow,Southend United,South Shields,Croydon Common,Chesterfield andGainsborough Trinity. Rochdale, Halifax Town and South Shields qualified for the main competition for the first time, while London Caledonians had not appeared at this stage since1887-88.
Of the 86 clubs entered in this season's extra preliminary round, the most successful wereWillenhall Pickwick andKingston-on-Thames who both progressed to the fourth qualifying round. Willenhall's vanquished opponents included non-league heavyweightsBrierley Hill Alliance andWorcester City before they went out to Stockport County, while Kingston-on-Thames had wins overDorking andNunhead before losing toSouthall at Western Road.
37 of the 40 clubs from theFirst andSecond Divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The other three League clubs, Glossop, Stockport County andLincoln City were entered in the fourth qualifying round, with Lincoln going out in the fifth qualifying round to South Shields.
To bring the number of teams up to 64, fifteenSouthern League First Division clubs were given byes to the first round. These were:Swindon Town,Southampton,Reading,Northampton Town,Stoke,West Ham United,Norwich City,Queens Park Rangers,Bristol Rovers,Portsmouth,Brighton & Hove Albion,Coventry City,Plymouth Argyle,Millwall andCrystal Palace.
The 32 matches were played on various dates between Saturday 11 January and Saturday 18 January 1913, with nine replays and a second replay being played on various dates between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 22 January.
Source:[2]
+ Match played at Stamford Bridge
15 of the 16 second-round matches were played on Saturday 1 February 1913. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek . One of these went to a second replay the following week.[2]
+ match played at neutral venue (Stamford Bridge).
The eight third-round matches were played on Saturday 22 February 1913. There were two replays, played in the following midweek.[2]
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnley | 3–1 | Middlesbrough | 22 February 1913 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 1–1 | Newcastle United | 22 February 1913 |
| Replay | Newcastle United | 1–0 | Liverpool | 26 February 1913 |
| 3 | Reading | 1–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 February 1913 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 5–0 | Crystal Palace | 22 February 1913 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 4–2 | Swindon Town | 22 February 1913 |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 0–4 | Everton | 22 February 1913 |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 0–0 | Manchester United | 22 February 1913 |
| Replay | Manchester United | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | 26 February 1913 |
| 8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2–1 | The Wednesday | 22 February 1913 |
The four fourth-round (quarter-final) matches were played on 8 March 1913. There was one replay, theTyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland, played on 12 March. This went to a second replay, which Sunderland won.[3]
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 0–1 | Burnley | 8 March 1913 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 0–0 | Newcastle United | 8 March 1913 |
| Replay | Newcastle United | 2–2 | Sunderland | 12 March 1913 |
| Replay | Newcastle United | 0–3 | Sunderland | 17 March 1913 |
| 3 | Everton | 0–1 | Oldham Athletic | 8 March 1913 |
| 4 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0–5 | Aston Villa | 8 March 1913 |
The semi-finals were played on 29 March 1913. The Burnley–Sunderland match went to a replay, which Sunderland won, going on to meet Aston Villa in the final.[3]
| Sunderland | 0–0 | Burnley |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | 3–2 | Burnley |
|---|---|---|
The final was contested byAston Villa andSunderland on 19 April 1913 atLondon'sCrystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0, with a goal byTommy Barber assisted by a crossed ball fromCharlie Wallace. Wallace had earlier missed a penalty, something that would not occur again in FA Cup Final, until the 1988 final between Wimbledon and Liverpool.
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