The 1876–77 Football Association Challenge Cup was the sixth staging of the

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tournament. Thirty-seven teams entered, five more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-seven never played a match.

Format

First 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

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(after getting a bye) in the final Final:

would face the Semi-Final for the chance to win their second FA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Replay

Fourth round

Replay

Semi-Finals

Final

References

FA Cup Results Archive
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