- Format
- First round
- Second round
- Third round Replay
- Fourth round Replay
- Semi-Finals
- Final
- References
{{Infobox football tournament season | title = 1876–77 FA Cup | year = | other_title = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | country = {{ENG}} {{WAL}} | num_teams = 37 | defending champions = Wanderers | champions = Wanderers {{small|(4th title)}} | runner-up = Oxford University | matches = | goals = | top goal scorer = | player = | prevseason = 1875–76 | nextseason = 1877–78 }}The 1876–77 Football Association Challenge Cup was the sixth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Thirty-seven teams entered, five more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-seven never played a match. FormatFirst Round: 36 teams (Queen's Park getting a bye) would play. Second Round: 18 teams (with Queen's Park still having a bye) would play Third Round: The 10 remaining teams would play a game. Fourth Round: 4 teams, with Wanderers getting a bye would play for a spot in the Semi-Finals Semi-Finals: 2 of the 3 remaining teams would play for a chance to play Oxford University (after getting a bye) in the final Final: Oxford University would face the Semi-Final for the chance to win their second FA Cup First round Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Southall | Walkover | Old Wykehamists | Sheffield | Walkover | Trojans | Barnes | Walkover | Old Etonians | Royal Engineers | 2–1 | Old Harrovians | 4 November 1876 | Clapham Rovers | 5–0 | Reigate Priory | 11 November 1876 | Queen's Park | Bye | Upton Park | 7–0 | Leyton | 28 October 1876 | Wanderers | Walkover | Saffron Walden Town | South Norwood | 4–1 | Saxons | 4 November 1876 | Oxford University | Walkover | Old Salopians | Shropshire Wanderers | Walkover | Druids | Pilgrims | 4–1 | Ramblers | 14 October 1876 | Swifts | 2–0 | Reading Hornets | 4 November 1876 | Cambridge University | Walkover | High Wycombe | Panthers | 3–0 | Wood Grange | 8 November 1876 | 105th Regiment | 3–0 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 11 November 1876 | Herts Rangers | 1–2 | Marlow | 4 November 1876 | Rochester | 5–0 | Highbury Union | 4 November 1876 | Forest School | 4–1 | Gresham | 4 November 1876 |
Second round Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 3–0 | Shropshire Wanderers | 9 December 1876 | Marlow | 1–0 | Forest School | 29 November 1876 | Queen's Park | Bye | Upton Park | 1–0 | Barnes | 9 December 1876 | Wanderers | 6–0 | Southall | 16 December 1876 | South Norwood | 0–7 | Sheffield | 2 December 1876 | Oxford University | 6–1 | 105th Regiment | 14 December 1876 | Pilgrims | 1–0 | Panthers | 9 December 1876 | Cambridge University | 2–1 | Clapham Rovers | 16 December 1876 | Rochester | 1–0 | Swifts | 16 December 1876 |
Third round Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Sheffield | 20 January 1877 | Upton Park | 2–2 | Marlow | 24 January 1877 | Wanderers | 3–0 | Pilgrims | 20 January 1877 | Oxford University | Walkover | Queen's Park | Cambridge University | 4–0 | Rochester | 3 February 1877 |
Replay Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Upton Park | 1–0 | Marlow | 27 January 1877 |
Fourth round Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Wanderers | Bye | Oxford University | 0–0 | Upton Park | 24 February 1877 | Cambridge University | 1–0 | Royal Engineers | 17 February 1877 |
Replay Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Oxford University | 1–0 | Upton Park | 10 March 1877 |
Semi-Finals Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Venue | Date |
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Wanderers | 1–0 | Cambridge University | Kennington Oval | 20 March 1877 | Oxford University | Bye |
Final Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Venue | Date |
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Wanderers | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Oxford University | 3,000 | Kennington Oval | 24 March 1877 |
References{{FA Cup Seasons}}{{1876–77 in European football}}{{Portal bar|Association football}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fa Cup 1876-77}} 3 : FA Cup seasons|1876–77 in English football|1876–77 domestic association football cups |