The 1880–81 Football Association Challenge Cup was the tenth staging of the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

, England's oldest

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tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never played a match.

First round

Replays

Second round

Replay

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Semi-finals

Final

References

FA Cup Results Archive
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