FA Cup 1897-98

Football Association Challenge Cup 1897–98 var den 27. udgave af Football Association Challenge Cup, nutildags bedre kendt som FA Cup. Turneringen blev afviklet som en cupturnering med deltagelse af 214 klubber. De første kampe blev spillet den 18. september 1897, og finalen blev afviklet den 14. april 1898 på Crystal Palace i London, hvor Nottingham Forest FC besejrede Derby County FC med 3-1. Det var første gang, at Nottingham Forest vandt FA Cup'en, og i øvrigt havde ingen af de to finalister tidligere været i FA Cup-finalen.

FA Cup
Sæson	1897-98
Mester	Nottingham Forest FC (1. titel)
Andenplads	Derby County FC
Kampe spillet	235
FA Cup
1896-97 1898-99

Resultater

Nottingham Forests vej til sejren

Runde	Dato	Kamp	Res.
Første runde	29.1.	Nottingham Forest FC – Grimsby Town FC	4–0
Anden runde	12.2.	Nottingham Forest FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC	4–0
Kvartfinale	26.2.	West Bromwich Albion FC – Nottingham Forest FC	2–3
Semifinale	19.3.	Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC	1–1
	24.3.	Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC	2–0
Finale	16.4.	Nottingham Forest FC – Derby County FC	3–1

Indledende runde

Den indledende runde havde deltagelse af 30 hold, der spillede om 15 ledige pladser i første kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 18.9. 3rd Grenadier Guards FC – West Herts FC 7–4 Carlisle City FC – Accrington Stanley FC 0–4 Chesham FC – Uxbridge FC 2–1 Crook Town AFC – Seaham Albion FC 6–2 Dartford FC – Mid Kent FC 5–2 Hebburn Argyle FC – West Hartlepool NER FC 2–0 Hexham Excelsior FC – Shankhouse FC 3–5 Metropolitan Railway FC – Dover FC 2–1

Dato Kamp Res. 18.9. Norwich CEYMS FC – Maidenhead FC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC – Windsor & Eton FC 3–0 Slough FC – Crouch End Vampires FC 1–6 Thames Ironworks FC – Redhill FC 3–0 Trawden Forest FC – South Shore FC 4–3 Warmley FC – Staple Hill FC 7–1 – Hurst Ramblers FC – Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC w.o.

Første kvalifikationsrunde

Første kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 122 hold, der spillede om 61 ledige pladser i anden kvalifikationsrunde. 15 af holdene var vindere fra den indledende runde, mens de resterende 107 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 25.9. Aylesbury United FC – Watford St. Mary's FC 1–4 Beeston Humber FC – Bulwell United FC 1–4 Birtley FC – Rendel FC 0–1 Blackburn Park Road FC – Halliwell Rovers FC 2–1 Brentford FC – 1st Coldstream Guards FC 6–1 Bristol City FC – Clifton FC 9–1 Buxton FC – Sheepbridge Works FC 0–1 Chesham Generals FC  – Wycombe Wanderers FC 3–0 Chirk AAA FC – Buckley FC 2–0 Cowes FC – Bristol St. George FC 2–1 Crook Town AFC – Seaham Harbour FC 5–0 Crouch End Vampires FC – Chesham FC 3–1 Druids FC – Bangor City FC 4–0 Finedon Revellers FC – Newstead Byron FC 1–1 Fleetwood Rangers FC – Wigan County FC 0–1 Folkestone FC – Eastbourne Swifts FC 1–3 Garston Copper Works FC  – Birkenhead LNWR FC 6–0 Gateshead NER FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 1–3 Gravesend United FC – Dartford FC 3–1 Hampstead FC – 2nd Colstream Guards FC 0–4 Hereford FC – Kidderminster Harriers FC 1–2 Horwich FC – Accrington Stanley FC 3–1 Hurst Ramblers FC – Middleton FC 8–1 Kilnhurst FC – Bradford FC 3–1 Kimberley FC – Newark FC 0–4 Leadgate Exiles FC – Shankhouse FC 5–0 Leeds FC – Mexborough FC 1–2 Leyton FC – Grays United FC 1–2 Metropolitan Railway FC – St. Albans FC 2–3 Middlewich Rangers FC  – New Brighton Tower FC 0–6 Moss Bay Exchange FC – Rochdale FC 3–5 Newbury FC – Bedminster FC 1–3 Northfleet FC – New Brompton FC 1–3 Old St. Stephen's FC – 3rd Grenadier Guards FC 2–4

Dato Kamp Res. 25.9. Oswestry United FC – Northwich Victoria FC 3–1 Oxford City FC – Freemantle FC 1–3 Oxford Cygnets FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 2–6 Parkgate United FC – Hunslet FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC – Wolverton LNWR FC 2–1 Rock Ferry FC – Llandudno Swifts FC 3–0 Romford FC – Swanscombe FC 2–2 South Bank FC – Middlesbrough FC 2–3 Southport Central FC – Black Diamonds FC 0–2 St. Peter's Albion FC – Jarrow FC 0–2 Stalybridge Rovers FC – Trawden Forest FC 3–0 Stanley FC – Maidenhead FC 0–0 Stockport County FC – Chester FC 2–1 Stourbridge FC – Newport FC 9–0 Thames Ironworks FC  – Royal Engineers Training Battalion FC 2–1 Tow Law FC – Darlington St. Augustine's FC 1–0 Trowbridge Town FC – Bedminster St. Paul's FC 7–0 Upton Park FC – Ashford United FC 0–1 Warmley FC – Eastville Rovers FC 0–0 Warrington St. Elphin's FC – Wrexham AFC 0–3 Wath-upon-Dearne FC – Worksop Town FC 3–0 Wellington AFC – Berwick Rangers FC 6–2 Willington Athletic FC – Blyth FC 0–0 Wrockwardine Wood FC – Singer's FC 1–0 – Langley Mill Rangers FC – Heanor Town FC w.o. Reading Amateurs FC – Weymouth FC w.o. Workington FC – Clitheroe FC w.o. Omkampe 29.9. Eastville Rovers FC – Warmley FC 6–2 Hunslet FC – Parkgate United FC 1–2 Swanscombe FC – Romford FC 4–0 2.10. Blyth FC – Willington Athletic FC 0–3 Maidenhead FC – Stanley FC 2–0 – Newstead Byron FC – Finedon Revellers FC w.o.

Anden kvalifikationsrunde

Anden kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 76 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i tredje kvalifikationsrunde. 61 af holdene var vindere fra første kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende 15 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i anden kvalifikationsrunde. Fire af holdene, Kidderminster Harriers, Stourbridge, Wellington og Wrockwardine Wood, var oversiddere i anden kvalifikationsrunde og gik derfor videre til tredje kvalifikationsrunde uden kamp.

Dato Kamp Res. 16.10. Ashford United FC – Grays United FC 2–3 Attercliffe FC – Wombwell Town FC 1–0 Black Diamonds FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 1–1 Brentford FC – 3rd Grenadier Guards FC 1–1 Bulwell United FC – Newark FC 3–1 Chirk AAA FC – Wrexham AFC 2–2 Coalville Albion FC – Long Eaton Rangers FC 0–1 Coalville Town FC – Riddings FC 1–0 Cowes FC – Freemantle FC 6–0 Crook Town AFC – Tow Law FC 2–3 Crouch End Vampires FC – Maidenhead FC 6–2 Druids FC – Rock Ferry FC 2–3 Eastville Rovers FC – Bedminster FC 3–2 Eastwood Town FC – Sheepbridge Works FC 4–0 Halifax FC – Sheffield FC 1–2 Hinckley Town FC – Newstead Byron FC 2–1 Hucknall St. John's FC – Shepshed FC 4–0 Jarrow FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 0–2 Kilnhurst FC – Mexborough FC 1–2 Langley Mill Rangers FC – Stapleford Town FC 5–1 Leadgate Exiles FC – Willington Athletic FC 0–0 Mansfield FC – Rothwell Town Swifts FC 0–2 New Brighton Tower FC  – Garston Copper Works FC 6–0

Dato Kamp Res. 16.10. New Brompton FC – Eastbourne Swifts FC 2–0 Parkgate United FC – Wath-upon-Dearne FC 4–1 Queens Park Rangers FC  – Chesham Generals FC 4–0 Reading Amateurs FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 1–4 Rendel FC – Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Rochdale FC – Horwich FC 1–1 St. Albans FC – Thames Ironworks FC 2–0 Stockport County FC – Oswestry United FC 2–1 Swanscombe FC – Gravesend United FC 1–0 Trowbridge Town FC – Bristol City FC 2–5 Watford St. Mary's FC  – 2nd Coldstream Guards FC 1–2 Wigan County FC – Hurst Ramblers FC 4–3 – Workington FC – Stalybridge Rovers FC w.o. Omkampe 20.10. 3rd Grenadier Guards FC – Brentford FC 4–1 Horwich FC – Rochdale FC 6–2 Willington Athletic FC – Leadgate Exiles FC 2–1 Wrexham AFC – Chirk AAA FC 2–0 21.10. Blackburn Park Road FC – Black Diamonds FC 3–2 25.10. Parkgate United FC – Wath-upon-Dearne FC 1–0

Tredje kvalifikationsrunde

Tredje kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 80 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i fjerde kvalifikationsrunde. 40 af holdene var vindere fra anden kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende 40 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i tredje kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 30.10. 3rd Grenadier Guards FC  – Crouch End Vampires FC 1–4 Aberystwyth FC – Glossop North End FC 1–0 Bulwell United FC – Loughborough FC 3–0 Burslem Port Vale FC – Small Heath FC 2–1 Burton Swifts FC – Stourbridge FC 0–2 Clapton FC – Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Cowes FC – Royal Artillery Portsmouth FC 1–1 Crewe Alexandra FC – Wrexham AFC 4–1 Darwen FC – Blackpool FC 3–2 Eastville Rovers FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 2–0 Eastwood Town FC – Belper Town FC 2–3 Gainsborough Trinity FC – Parkgate United FC 5–0 Gresley FC – Coalville Town FC 2–2 Hinckley Town FC – Rushden FC 0–2 Horwich FC – Chorley FC 2–3 Hucknall St. John's FC  – Rothwell Town Swifts FC 5–0 Ilkeston Town FC – Langley Mill Rangers FC 6–1 Kettering Town FC – Wellingborough Town FC 0–1 Kidderminster Harriers FC – Wellington AFC 1–0 Lincoln City FC – Attercliffe FC 5–0 Long Eaton Rangers FC – Chesterfield FC 3–2 Mexborough FC – Barnsley FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC – Bishop Auckland FC 3–1 Millwall Athletic FC – Sheppey United FC 5–1 New Brompton FC – Grays United FC 6–2

Dato Kamp Res. 30.10. Reading FC – Swindon Town FC 0–0 Sheffield FC – Doncaster Rovers FC 0–4 Southampton FC – Bristol City FC 2–0 Stockport County FC – Rock Ferry FC 2–1 Stockton FC – Darlington FC 4–0 Swanscombe FC – Chatham FC 0–5 Tottenham Hotspur FC  – 2nd Coldstream Guards FC 7–0 Tow Law FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 0–4 Wigan County FC – FC Nelson 3–0 Willington Athletic FC – Newcastle United FC 0–6 Woolwich Arsenal FC – St. Albans FC 9–0 Workington FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 1–1 Wrockwardine Wood FC – Burton Wanderers FC 3–5 – Luton Town FC – Marlow FC w.o. New Brighton Tower FC – Fairfield FC w.o. Omkampe 3.11. Blackburn Park Road FC – Workington FC 2–2 Swindon Town FC – Reading FC 3–2 4.11. Royal Artillery Portsmouth FC – Cowes FC 2–2 5.11. Coalville Town FC – Gresley FC 2–1 6.11. Sheppey United FC – Millwall Athletic FC 5–0 Anden omkampe 8.11. Blackburn Park Road FC – Workington FC 3–0 Cowes FC – Royal Artilley Portsmouth FC 1–0

Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde

Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 40 vinderhold fra tredje kvalifikationsrunde, der spillede om 20 ledige pladser i femte kvalifikationsrunde.

Dato Kamp Res. 20.11. Belper Town FC – Ilkeston Town FC 1–2 Crewe Alexandra FC – New Brighton Tower FC 1–1 Crouch End Vampires FC – Clapton FC 0–1 Darwen FC – Chorley FC 2–2 Eastville Rovers FC – Cowes FC 6–2 Gainsborough Trinity FC – Lincoln City FC 5–1 Hucknall St. John's FC – Bulwell United FC 2–1 Long Eaton Rangers FC – Coalville Town FC 2–0 Mexborough FC – Doncaster Rovers FC 0–0 Middlesbrough FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 2–0 New Brompton FC – Chatham FC 1–0 Stockport County FC – Aberystwyth FC 5–0 Stockton FC – Newcastle United FC 1–4 Stourbridge FC – Burton Wanderers FC 0–2 Swindon Town FC – Southampton FC 1–3

Dato Kamp Res. 20.11. Tottenham Hotspur FC – Luton Town FC 3–4 Wellingborough Town FC – Rushden FC 1–2 Wigan County FC – Blackburn Park Road FC 2–1 Woolwich Arsenal FC – Sheppey United FC 3–0 – Burslem Port Vale FC  – Kidderminster Harriers FC w.o. Omkampe 24.11. Chorley FC – Darwen FC 0–0 New Brighton Tower FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 4–1 25.11. Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–1 Anden omkamp 29.11. Darwen FC – Chorley FC 2–1 2.12. Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–1 Tredje omkamp 6.12. Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 1–2

Femte kvalifikationsrunde

Femte kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 20 vinderhold fra fjerde kvalifikationrunde, der spillede om 10 ledige pladser i første runde.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
11.12.	Burslem Port Vale FC – Burton Wanderers FC	2–1
	Clapton FC – Luton Town FC	0–2
	Darwen FC – Wigan County FC	1–1
	Hucknall St. John's FC – Rushden FC	2–1
	Long Eaton Rangers FC – Ilkeston Town FC	2–0
	Mexborough FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC	0–1
	Middlesbrough FC – Newcastle United FC	0–2
	Southampton FC – Eastville Rovers FC	8–1
	Stockport County FC – New Brighton Tower FC	0–1
	Woolwich Arsenal FC – New Brompton FC	4–2
Omkamp
15.12.	Wigan County FC – Darwen FC	4–0

Første runde

Første runde havde deltagelse 32 hold. 10 af holdene havde spillet sig igennem kvalifikationsrunderne, mens 22 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første runde.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
29.1.	Burnley FC – Woolwich Arsenal FC	3–1
	Bury FC – Stoke FC	1–2
	Derby County FC – Aston Villa FC	1–0
	Everton FC – Blackburn Rovers FC	1–0
	Liverpool FC – Hucknall St. John's FC	2–0
	Long Eaton Rangers FC  – Gainsborough Trinity FC	0–1
	Luton Town FC – Bolton Wanderers FC	0–1
	Manchester City FC – Wigan County FC	1–0
	Newton Heath FC – Walsall FC	1–0
	Nottingham Forest FC – Grimsby Town FC	4–0
	Notts County FC  – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0–1
	Preston North End FC – Newcastle United FC	1–2
	Sheffield United FC – Burslem Port Vale FC	1–1
	Southampton FC – Leicester Fosse FC	2–1
	Sunderland FC – The Wednesday FC	0–1
	West Bromwich Albion FC  – New Brighton Tower FC	2–0
Omkamp
2.2.	Burslem Port Vale FC – Sheffield United FC	2–1

Anden runde

Anden runde havde deltagelse af de 16 hold, der gik videre fra første runde, og holdene spillede om otte ledige pladser i kvartfinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
12.2.	Bolton Wanderers FC – Manchester City FC	1–0
	Burnley FC – Burslem Port Vale FC	3–0
	Newton Heath FC – Liverpool FC	0–0
	Nottingham Forest FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC	4–0
	Southampton FC – Newcastle United FC	1–0
	Stoke FC – Everton FC	0–0
	West Bromwich Albion FC – The Wednesday FC	1–0
	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC  – Derby County FC	0–1
Omkampe
16.2.	Liverpool FC – Newton Heath FC	2–1
17.2.	Everton FC – Stoke FC	5–1

Kvartfinaler

Kvartfinalerne havde deltagelse af de otte hold, der gik videre fra anden runde, og holdene spillede om fire ledige pladser i semifinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.
26.2.	Bolton Wanderers FC – Southampton FC	0–0
	Burnley FC – Everton FC	1–3
	Derby County FC – Liverpool FC	1–1
	West Bromwich Albion FC  – Nottingham Forest FC	2–3
Omkampe
2.3.	Liverpool FC – Derby County FC	1–5
	Southampton FC – Bolton Wanderers FC	4–0

Semifinaler

Semifinalerne havde deltagelse af de fire hold, der gik videre fra kvartfinalerne.

Dato	Kamp	Res.	Spillested
19.3.	Derby County FC – Everton FC	3–1	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
	Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC	1–1	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Omkampe
24.3.	Nottingham Forest FC – Southampton FC	2–0	Crystal Palace, London

Finale

Dato	Kamp	Res.	Tilskuere	Spillested
16.4.	Nottingham Forest FC – Derby County FC	3–1	62.017	Crystal Palace, London

Kilder / eksterne henvisninger

• RSSSF – 1897–98 FA Cup Arkiveret 24. september 2015 hos Wayback Machine (engelsk)
• The FA – FA Cup – Past results Arkiveret 2. februar 2012 hos Wayback Machine (engelsk)