England FA Challenge Cup 1897-98


        1st Round
Jan 29 +Burnley                  3 +Woolwich Arsenal         1
Jan 29  Bury                     1  Stoke                    2
Jan 29  Derby County             1  Aston Villa              0
Jan 29  Everton                  1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 29  Liverpool                2 *Hucknall St John         0
Jan 29 *Long Eaton Rangers       0 +Gainsborough Trinity     1
Jan 29 +Luton Town               0  Bolton Wanderers         l
Jan 29 +Manchester City          1 *Wigan Borough            0
Jan 29 +Newton Heath             1 +Walsall Town Swifts      0
Jan 29  Nottingham Forest        4 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 29  Notts County             0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 29  Preston North End        1 +Newcastle United         2
Jan 29  Sheffield United         1 *Burslem Port Vale        1
Jan 29  Southampton St Mary's    2 +Leicester Fosse          1
Jan 29  Sunderland               0  The Wednesday            1
Jan 29  West Bromwich Albion     2 *New Brighton Tower       0

        Replay
Feb 02 *Burslem Port Vale        2  Sheffield United         1

        2nd Round
Feb 12  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Manchester City          0
Feb 12 +Burnley                  3 *Burslem Port Vale        0
Feb 12 +Newton Heath             0  Liverpool                0
Feb 12  Nottingham Forest        4 +Gainsborough Trinity     0
Feb 12 *Southampton St Mary's    1 +Newcastle United         0
Feb 12  Stoke                    0  Everton                  0
Feb 12  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Derby County             1
Feb 12  West Bromwich Albion     1  The Wednesday            0

        Replays
Feb 16  Liverpool                2 +Newton Heath             1
Feb 17  Everton                  5  Stoke                    1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 26  Bolton Wanderers         0 *Southampton St Mary's    0
Feb 26 +Burnley                  1  Everton                  3
Feb 26  Derby County             1  Liverpool                1
Feb 26  West Bromwich Albion     2  Nottingham Forest        3

        Replays
Mar 02  Liverpool                1  Derby County             5
Mar 02 *Southampton St Mary's    4  Bolton Wanderers         0

        Semi-finals
Mar 19  Derby County             3  Everton                  1  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 19  Nottingham Forest        1 *Southampton St Mary's    1  played at Sheffield United  

        Replay
Mar 24  Nottingham Forest        2 *Southampton St Mary's    0  played at Crystal Palace

        Final
Apr 14  Nottingham Forest        3  Derby County             1  played at Crystal Palace

Football League Winners in Bold
+ 2nd Division Club
* Non-League Club

1896-97

1898-99

list of cup finals


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