The 1873–74 Football Association Challenge Cup was the third staging of the

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's oldest football tournament. Twenty-eight teams entered, twelve more than the previous season, although six of the twenty-eight never played a match.

Format

First Round: The 28 teams would play. The winners would move on Second Round: The remaining 14 teams would play. The winner would move on Third Round: 6 teams, with Swifts getting a bye, would play. Semi-Final: The 4 teams would play. Final: The two Semi-Final teams would face each other. The winner would be crowned champion

Calendar

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replay

Semi-Finals

Both semi-finals were played at

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Final

References

FA Cup Results Archive
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