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Tournament details | |
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Country | England Wales |
Defending champions | Newcastle United |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sheffield United (4th title) |
Runner-up | Cardiff City |
The 1924–25 FA Cup was the 50th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Sheffield United won the competition for the fourth time, beating Cardiff City 1–0 in the final at Wembley.
Fans of Sheffield United sang the popular song of the era "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" during the match.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.
The format of the FA Cup for this season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. This was the last season of the tournament in this format, as from the following season, the fifth and sixth qualifying rounds would be renumbered as the first and second rounds proper (with later rounds also consequentially renumbered).
Round | Date |
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Extra preliminary round | Saturday 6 September 1924 |
Preliminary round | Saturday 20 September 1924 |
First round qualifying | Saturday 4 October 1924 |
Second round qualifying | Saturday 18 October 1924 |
Third round qualifying | Saturday 1 November 1924 |
Fourth round qualifying | Saturday 15 November 1924 |
Fifth round qualifying | Saturday 29 November 1924 |
Sixth round qualifying | Saturday 13 December 1924 |
First round proper | Saturday 10 January 1925 |
Second round proper | Saturday 31 January 1925 |
Third round proper | Saturday 21 February 1925 |
Fourth round proper | Saturday 7 March 1925 |
Semi-finals | Saturday 28 March 1925 |
Final | Saturday 25 April 1925 |
37 Football League clubs joined the participating non-league teams entering this season's tournament in the qualifying rounds. Two Second Division sides, Port Vale and Coventry City, and 21 Third Division sides were entered in the fifth qualifying round, with the remaining Third Division teams having been entered in the fourth qualifying round.
Both Second Division sides won their first matches (in contrast to previous seasons), while four clubs from the Third Division were eliminated from the tournament in the fourth qualifying round and a further 14 were knocked out in the fifth qualifying round.
However, in a generally unproductive tournament for non-league football, only four League teams were defeated by non-league opponents. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic lost to Yeovil & Petter's United in the fourth qualifying round, while Lincoln City lost to Alfreton Town, Brentford lost to St Albans City, and Merthyr Town lost to Weymouth in the fifth qualifying round.
This season's Cup competition was ultimately the first (and only) edition of the tournament in which no non-league sides qualified for the first round proper. The twelve winners from the sixth qualifying round were Barrow, Darlington, Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Bristol Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Hartlepools United, Exeter City, Bradford Park Avenue, Doncaster Rovers, Coventry City and Port Vale.
The final non-league side in the sixth qualifying round was Crook Town (as Yeovil had been knocked out by Bristol Rovers in the fifth qualifying round). Crook was the most successful of the 152 clubs entered in the extra preliminary round, defeating Chester-le-Street Town, Craghead United, Thornley Albion, White-le-Head Rangers, Sunderland West End, Stockton and Chilton Colliery Recreation before going out to Bradford Park Avenue.
42 of 44 clubs from the Football League First and Second Divisions joined the 12 Second and Third Division clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Indeed, had the FA not exempted amateur side Corinthian to the first round proper, this stage would have been an all-League affair for the only time in the competition's history. This would also be the last time that First Division teams started at this stage, with significant format changes set to be introduced to the tournament in 1925.
To bring the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides were given byes to this round. These were:
32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 10 January 1925. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which two went to another replay. The Tie 2 replay at Holker Street was Barrow's seventh Cup fixture in a month, as the club's sixth qualifying round match against Gillingham had gone to a fourth replay.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Birmingham | 2–0 | Chelsea | 10 January 1925 |
2 | Blackpool | 0–0 | Barrow | 10 January 1925 |
Replay | Barrow | 0–2 | Blackpool | 14 January 1925 |
3 | Bury | 0–3 | Sunderland | 10 January 1925 |
4 | Liverpool | 3–0 | Leeds United | 10 January 1925 |
5 | Preston North End | 4–1 | Manchester City | 10 January 1925 |
6 | Southampton | 3–1 | Exeter City | 14 January 1925 [1] |
7 | Watford | 1–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 January 1925 |
Replay | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–3 | Watford | 14 January 1925 |
8 | Leicester City | 3–0 | Stoke | 10 January 1925 |
9 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Clapton Orient | 10 January 1925 |
10 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | Oldham Athletic | 10 January 1925 |
11 | Aston Villa | 7–2 | Port Vale | 10 January 1925 |
12 | The Wednesday | 2–0 | Manchester United | 10 January 1925 |
13 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–0 | Huddersfield Town | 10 January 1925 |
14 | West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | Luton Town | 10 January 1925 |
15 | Derby County | 0–1 | Bradford City | 10 January 1925 |
16 | Everton | 2–1 | Burnley | 10 January 1925 |
17 | Swindon Town | 1–2 | Fulham | 10 January 1925 |
18 | Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | Norwich City | 10 January 1925 |
19 | Sheffield United | 5–0 | Corinthian | 10 January 1925 |
20 | Newcastle United | 4–1 | Hartlepools United | 10 January 1925 |
21 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Northampton Town | 10 January 1925 |
22 | Queens Park Rangers | 1–3 | Stockport County | 10 January 1925 |
23 | Accrington Stanley | 2–5 | Portsmouth | 10 January 1925 |
24 | Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | Bristol City | 10 January 1925 |
25 | Coventry City | 0–2 | Notts County | 10 January 1925 |
26 | West Ham United | 0–0 | Arsenal | 14 January 1925 |
Replay | Arsenal | 2–2 | West Ham United | 21 January 1925 |
Replay | West Ham United | 1–0 | Arsenal | 26 January 1925 |
27 | Millwall | 0–0 | Barnsley | 10 January 1925 |
Replay | Barnsley | 2–1 | Millwall | 15 January 1925 |
28 | Hull City | 1–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 January 1925 |
Replay | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | Hull City | 15 January 1925 |
29 | Crystal Palace | 2–1 | South Shields | 10 January 1925 |
30 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1–0 | Middlesbrough | 10 January 1925 |
31 | Cardiff City | 0–0 | Darlington | 10 January 1925 |
Replay | Darlington | 0–0 | Cardiff City | 14 January 1925 |
Replay | Cardiff City | 2–0 | Darlington | 19 January 1925 |
32 | Swansea Town | 3–0 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 January 1925 |
The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 31 January 1925. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these then went to a second replay played the following week.
The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 21 February 1925. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Birmingham | 21 February 1925 |
2 | Southampton | 2–0 | Bradford City | 21 February 1925 |
3 | Notts County | 0–2 | Cardiff City | 21 February 1925 |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Aston Villa | 21 February 1925 |
Replay | Aston Villa | 1–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 February 1925 |
5 | Sheffield United | 1–0 | Everton | 21 February 1925 |
6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 February 1925 |
Replay | Blackburn Rovers | 3–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 February 1925 |
7 | West Ham United | 1–1 | Blackpool | 21 February 1925 |
Replay | Blackpool | 3–0 | West Ham United | 25 February 1925 |
8 | Hull City | 1–1 | Leicester City | 21 February 1925 |
Replay | Leicester City | 3–1 | Hull City | 25 February 1925 |
The four Fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 March 1925. There were no replays.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Southampton | 1–0 | Liverpool | 7 March 1925 |
2 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | Blackpool | 7 March 1925 |
3 | Sheffield United | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 March 1925 |
4 | Cardiff City | 2–1 | Leicester City | 7 March 1925 |
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 28 March 1925. The matches ended in victories for Sheffield United and Cardiff City, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley.
The 1925 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield United and Cardiff City at Wembley. Sheffield United won by a single goal, scored by Fred Tunstall.
This was the first time a team outside England had played in an F.A. Cup Final since Queens Park of Glasgow in 1885.
Sheffield United | 1–0 | Cardiff City |
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