The 1879–80 Football Association Challenge Cup was the ninth staging of the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

, England's oldest

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

tournament. Fifty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the fifty-four never played a match.

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Fourth round

Notes

Fifth round

Replay

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

FA Cup Results Archive
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