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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Teams | 62 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Old Carthusians(1st title) |
| Runners-up | Old Etonians |
The1880–81 Football Association Challenge Cup was the tenth staging of theFA Cup, England's oldestfootball tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never played a match.
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remnants | 0–1 | Royal Engineers | 20 November 1880 |
| Old Harrovians | 0–1 | Maidenhead | 20 November 1880 |
| Old Foresters | 1–2 | Swifts | 20 November 1880 |
| Derbyshire | 2–4 | Notts County | 27 November 1880 |
| Romford | Walkover | Reading Minster | |
| Windsor Home Park | 1–3 | Grey Friars | 20 November 1880 |
| Kildare | 0–5 | Acton | 20 November 1880 |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham | 1–1 | Stafford Road | 11 December 1880 |
| Reading | 0–1 | Swifts | 18 December 1880 |
| Sheffield | 1–5 | Darwen | 18 December 1880 |
| Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Pilgrims | 9 December 1880 |
| Marlow | 4–0 | West End | 11 December 1880 |
| Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
| Old Etonians | 2–0 | Hendon | 4 December 1880 |
| Herts Rangers | Bye | ||
| Notts County | Bye | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | Aston Villa | 4 December 1880 |
| Romford | Bye | ||
| Grey Friars | 1–0 | Maidenhead | 11 December 1880 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 December 1880 |
| Old Carthusians | 5–1 | Dreadnought | 11 December 1880 |
| Astley Bridge | 0–3 | Turton | 18 December 1880 |
| Weybridge Swallows | 0–3 | Upton Park | 18 December 1880 |
| Reading Abbey | 2–1 | Acton | 11 December 1880 |
| Rangers (London) | Bye |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Road | 7–1 | Grantham | 16 December 1880 |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwen | Bye | ||
| Royal Engineers | 6–0 | Rangers (London) | 9 February 1881 |
| Marlow | Bye | ||
| Clapham Rovers | 2–1 | Swifts | 8 January 1881 |
| Upton Park | Bye | ||
| Herts Rangers | 0–3 | Old Etonians | 5 February 1881 |
| Notts County | 1–3 | Aston Villa | 12 February 1881 |
| Romford | 2–0 | Reading Abbey | 12 February 1881 |
| Grey Friars | Bye | ||
| Stafford Road | Bye | ||
| Turton | 0–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 January 1881 |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwen | 5–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 February 1881 |
| Clapham Rovers | 5–4 | Upton Park | 12 February 1881 |
| Aston Villa | 2–3 | Stafford Road | 19 February 1881 |
| Old Etonians | 4–0 | Grey Friars | 19 February 1881 |
| Romford | 2–1 | Marlow | 19 February 1881 |
| Royal Engineers | 0–2 | Old Carthusians | 19 February 1881 |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwen | 15–0 | Romford | 5 March 1881 |
| Stafford Road | 1–2 | Old Etonians | 19 March 1881 |
| Old Carthusians | 3–1 | Clapham Rovers | 19 March 1881 |
| Home club | Score | Away club | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Etonians | Bye | ||
| Old Carthusians | 4–1 | Darwen | 26 March 1881 |
| Score | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Carthusians | 3–0 | Old Etonians | 9 April 1881 |