The 1884–85 Football Association Challenge Cup was the 14th 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
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
'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. 114 teams entered, 14 more than the previous season, although 8 of these never played a match.
First round
Replays
Second round
Replays
Third round
Replays
Fourth round
Fifth round
The geographical nature of the early rounds left the competition with 9 clubs at this stage, and the Football Association Committee decided to draw two clubs for one fixture in the fifth round in order to "obviate the necessity of further byes". Following the drawing of Chatham and Old Carthusians, the Committee then drew the sixth round, the winners of the one fifth round tie being drawn to face
Church F.C., who had the choice of ground.
Sixth Round
Replay
Semi finals
Replay
Final
References
FA Cup Results Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:FA Cup 1884–85
1884–85
1884–85 in English football cups