The 1883–84 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 13th 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 ...

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's oldest

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tournament. One hundred teams entered, sixteen more than the previous season, although three of the one hundred never played a match. Preston North End was disqualified from the competition in February 1884, after an FA committee determined that the club had violated rules against professionalism by offering financial inducements to Scottish players.

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Fourth round

Replay

Fifth round

Replay

Semi finals

Final

Notes

References

FA Cup Results Archive
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