Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Venue(s) | Yorkshire |
Dates | 28 October 1876 - 10 March 1877 |
Teams | 25 |
Final positions | |
Champions | The Wednesday |
Runner-up | Heeley |
The 1876-77 Sheffield Senior Cup was the first edition of the tournament, played to Sheffield rules. It was the biggest tournament played to the Sheffield code and the equivalent of the FA Cup, which at the time was mostly confined to the south of England.
The Sheffield Football Association was founded in 1867 and took a subscription of 5 shillings from its member clubs in order to entitle them to entry. [1] Sheffield F.C. did not enter, as the club was concentrating on national matches.
The Sheffield rules in force at the time had four main differences to the Association laws:
At the time, neither the Association nor Sheffield codes prescribed the number of players per side, and the size of the teams was a matter for negotiation between the captains or the relevant tournament rules. By 1876, most matches were 11 per side, and this was the rule in the FA Cup. For this tournament, the Sheffield FA mandated 12 men per side, as did the Birmingham Senior Cup the same year.
Team | Foundation | No. of members | Home ground | Colours |
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Albion | 1872 | 50 | Ecclesall Road | Blue & white hoops [3] |
Attercliffe | 1870 | 120 | Shirland Lane [4] | Blue & white |
Brincliffe | 1868 | 80 | Hunter's Bar | Black & white [5] |
Broomhall | 1868 | 150 | Ecclesall Road (south) | Black & white |
Crookes | 1870 | 140 | Crookes (3 miles from Sheffield Stn) | White & red |
Endcliffe | 1873 | 60 [6] | Ecclesall Road | Navy blue |
Exchange | 1863 | 200 | Quibell's Field [7] | Scarlet & white |
Exchange Brewery | 1871 | 100 | Fox Street | Amber & black |
Fir Vale | 1862 | 135 | Pyper Lane, Pitsmoor | White & scarlet trimmings |
Gleadless | 1870 | 98 | Gleadless, 3 miles from Midland Stn | White |
Hallam | 1860 [8] | 200 | Sandygate | Blue & white |
Heeley | 1862 | 70 | Meersbrook Park | Grey & white stripes |
Kimberworth | 1871 | 70 | Queen's Grounds [9] | Blue & white |
Millhouses | 1871 | 130 | Millhouses, close to Ecclesall Stn | Scarlet & black |
Norfolk | 1861 | 200 | Norfolk Park | Scarlet & white |
Norfolk Works | 1872 | 50 | Brightside [10] | Blue & white hoops |
Owlerton | 1873 | 140 | Rawson's Meadows | Scarlet & black hoops |
Oxford | 1869 | 140 | Hunter's Bar | Blue & yellow |
Parkwood Springs | 1870 | 150 | Parkwood Springs, 1.5 mi from Victoria Stn | White, with amber and black caps |
Philadelphia | 1873 | 70 | Hillsborough | Blue caps |
Providence | 1874 | 80 | Sharf Road | Red & white |
Rotherham | 1870 | 100 | Clinton Lane | Scarlet & white |
Thursday Wanderers | 1870 | 80 | Hunter's Bar | Scarlet & navy blue |
Walkley | 1870 | 110 | Hillsbrough | Red & white |
The Wednesday | 1867 | 250 | Myrtle Road | Blue & white hoops |
The competition was organized as a straight knockout tournament, with replays to a conclusion. The captains would toss for choice of venue, the captain who lost the toss could choose the venue for a replay, and second replays were to be at the first captain's choice again.
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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21 October 1876 | Wednesday | 3–1 | Parkwood Springs |
28 October 1876 | Philadelphia | 1–0 | Norfolk |
28 October 1876 | Exchange | 3–0 | Rotherham |
2 November 1876 | Thursday W | 4–5 | Heeley |
4 November 1876 | Fir Vale | 5–1 | Oxford |
4 November 1876 | Brincliffe | 7–1 | Exchange Brewery |
4 November 1876 | Attercliffe | 2–2 | Albion |
4 November 1876 | Broomhall | 0–1 | Millhouses |
4 November 1876 | Hallam | 2–1 | Owlerton |
4 November 1876 | Kimberworth | 2–0 | Walkley |
4 November 1876 | Norfolk Works | 3–1 | Gleadless |
4 November 1876 | Providemce | 0–0 [11] | Crookes |
Endcliffe | bye | ||
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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11 November 1876 | Crookes | 1-4 | Providence |
13 November 1876 | Albion | 2-2 | Attercliffe |
28 November 1876 | Attercliffe | 2-0 | Albion |
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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2 December 1876 | Brincliffe | 2-1 | Millhouses |
2 December 1876 | Kimberworth | 0-1 | Wednesday |
2 December 1876 | Providence | 0-0 | Norfolk Works |
2 December 1876 | Hallam | 2-1 | Fir Vale |
2 December 1876 | Heeley | 1-0 | Endcliffe |
4 December 1876 | Exchange | 3-0 [12] | Philadelphia |
Attercliffe | bye | ||
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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9 December 1876 | Norfolk Works | 0-2 | Providence |
The ties in the third round and semi-finals were due to be played at Bramall Lane, but the third round ties were all played according to the captain's toss rule. Curiously, all three ties went the way of the away side.
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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26 December 1876 | Hallam | 3-7 | Heeley |
1 January 1877 | Attercliffe | 0-1 | Wednesday |
6 January 1877 | Brincliffe | 0-2 | Exchange |
Providence | bye | ||
The semi-finals were played at Bramall Lane, one after the other, before a crowd of six or seven thousand. [13]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
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3 February 1877 | Heeley | 3-2 | Providence |
3 February 1877 | Wednesday | 3-1 | Exchange |
The final was a thriller, with Heeley taking a three-goal lead by half-time, but Wednesday fighting back to take the game to half-an-hour extra-time. [14]
Wednesday | 4-3 a.e.t. | Heeley |
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The Wednesday | Heeley |
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