| ENGLAND 1871-72 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Hempstead Heathens FC | 3-0 | ||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonstone - Crystal Palace FC (1861) London | 0-0 | (both qualified) | ||||||||
| Queen's Park FC Glasgow | bye | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Crystal Palace FC (1861) London - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 0-0 | 0-3 | |||||||
| Queen's Park FC Glasgow - Wanderers FC Leytonstone | 0-0 | w/o+ | ||||||||
| Final (London 16.03.1872) | Wanderers FC Leytonstone - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Crystal Palace FC (1861) London dissolved in 1876 | Wanderers FC Leytonstone dissolved in 1887 | |||||||||
| Hempstead Heathens FC dissolved in 1872 | ||||||||||
| Glasgow = Glasgow (Glaschu / Glesga) (SCO) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1872-73 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Oxford University AFC - Maidenhead FC | 4-0 | ||||||||
| Queen's Park FC Glasgow | bye | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Oxford University AFC - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | +w/o | ||||||||
| As Cup holders, Wanderers FC Leytonstone admitted directly to the final | ||||||||||
| Final (London 29.03.1873) | Wanderers FC Leytonstone - Oxford University AFC | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonstone dissolved in 1887 | ||||||||||
| Glasgow = Glasgow (Glaschu / Glesga) (SCO) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1873-74 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Wanderers FC Leytonstone - Oxford University AFC | 1-1 | 0-1 | |||||||
| Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Maidenhead FC | 7-0 | |||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC - Sheffield FC | 2-1 | |||||||||
| Swift FC Slough | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Swift FC Slough | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC - Clapham Rovers FC | 1-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 14.03.1874) | Oxford University AFC - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Swift FC Slough dissolved in 1890 | Clapham Rovers FC dissolved in 1914 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1874-75 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Maidenhead FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Shropshire Wanderers FC Shrewsbury - Woodford Welles FC | 1-1 | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Clapham Rovers FC | 3-2 | |||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston - Oxford University AFC | 1-2 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Oxford University AFC | 1-1 | 1-0 | |||||||
| Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Shropshire Wanderers FC Shrewsbury | 1-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 13.03.1875 and 16.03.1875) | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 1-1 | 2-0 | |||||||
| Shropshire Wanderers FC Shrewsbury dissolved in 1882 | Woodford Welles FC dissolved in 1876 | |||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC dissolved in 1914 | Wanderers FC Leytonstone dissolved in 1887 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1875-76 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Clapham Rovers FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Swift FC Slough | 1-3 | |||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston - Sheffield FC | 2-0 | |||||||||
| Cambridge University AFC - Oxford University AFC | 0-4 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Wanderers FC Leytonston - Swift FC Slough | 2-1 | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 0-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 11.03.1876 and 18.03.1876) | Wanderers FC Leytonston - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 1-1 | 3-0 | |||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston dissolved in 1887 | Swift FC Slough dissolved in 1890 | |||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC dissolved in 1914 | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1876-77 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Cambridge University AFC - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC - Upton Park FC | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston | bye | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Wanderers FC Leytonston - Cambridge University AFC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC | bye | |||||||||
| Final (London 24.03.1877) | Wanderers FC Leytonston - Oxford University AFC | 2-1 | aet | |||||||
| Wanderers FCLeytonston dissolved in 1887 | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1877-78 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Oxford University AFC | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4-2 | ||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston - Sheffield FC | 3-0 | |||||||||
| Old Harrovians AFC London - Uton Park FC | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Royal Engineers AFC Chatham - Old Harrovians AFC London | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Wanderers FC Leytonston | bye | |||||||||
| Final (London 23.03.1878) | Wanderers FC Leytonston - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 3-1 | ||||||||
| Old Harrovians AFC London dissolved in 1891 | Wanderers FC Upper Norwood (London) dissolved in 1887 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1878-79 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Darwen FC | 5-5 | 2-2 | 6-2 | ||||||
| Nottingham Forest FC - Oxford University AFC | 2-1 | |||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC - Swift FC Slough | 8-1 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Clapham Rovers FC | bye | ||||||||
| Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Nottingham Forest FC | 2-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 29.03.1879) | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Clapham Rovers FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC dissolved in 1914 | Darwen FC dissolved in 2009 | |||||||||
| Swift FC Slough dissolved in 1890 | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1879-80 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Clapham Rovers FC - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC - Royal Engineers AFC Chatham | 1-1 | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Nottingham Forest FC | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Clapham Rovers FC | bye | ||||||||
| Oxford University AFC - Nottingham Forest FC | 1-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 10.04.1880) | Clapham Rovers FC - Oxford University AFC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Clapham Rovers FC dissolved in 1914 | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1880-81 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Darwen FC - Romford FC London | 15-0 | ||||||||
| Old Carthusians FC Godalming - Clapham Rovers FC | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Stafford Road FC Wolverhampton - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 1-2 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton | bye | ||||||||
| Old Carthusians FC Godalming - Darwen FC | 4-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 09.04.1881) | Old Carthusians FC Godalming - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 3-0 | ||||||||
| Darwen FC dissolved in 2009 | Stafford Road FC Wolverhampton dissolved in 1925 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1881-82 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | The Wednesday FC Sheffield - Upton Park FC | 6-0 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Rovers FC - Wednesbury Old Athletic FC | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Old Foresters FC Walthamstow - Marlow FC | 0-0 | 0-1 | ||||||||
| Old Etonians AFC Eaton | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Marlow FC | 5-0 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Rovers FC - The Wednesday FC Sheffield | 0-0 | 5-1 | ||||||||
| Final (London 25.03.1882) | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Blackburn Rovers FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Upton Park FC dissolved in 1887 | Wednesbury Old Athletic FC dissolved in 1893 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1882-83 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Old Carthusians FC Godalming - Clapham Rovers FC | 5-3 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Olympic FC - Druids FC Ruabon | 4-1 | |||||||||
| Hendon FC - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 2-4 | |||||||||
| Notts County FC Nottingham - Aston Villa FC Birmingham | 4-3 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Notts County FC Nottingham | 2-1 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Olympic FC - Old Carthusians FC Godalming | 4-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 31.03.1883) | Blackburn Olympic FC - Old Etonians AFC Eaton | 2-1 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Olympic FC dissolved in 1899 | Druids FC Ruabon dissolved in 1927 | |||||||||
| Hendon FC dissolved in 1939 | ||||||||||
| Ruabon = Ruabon (Rhiwabon) (WAL) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1883-84 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Blackburn Olympic FC - Northwick Victoria FC | 9-1 | ||||||||
| Notts County FC Nottingham - Swift FC Slough | 1-1 | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Old Westminsters FC London - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | 0-1 | |||||||||
| Upton Park FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 0-3 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Queen's Park FC Glasgow - Blackburn Olympic FC | 4-0 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Rovers FC - Notts County FC Nottingham | 1-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 29.03.1884) | Blackburn Rovers FC - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | 2-1 | ||||||||
| Blackburn Olympic FC dissolved in 1899 | Swift FC Slough dissolved in 1890 | |||||||||
| Upton Park FC dissolved in 1887 | ||||||||||
| Glasgow = Glasgow (Glaschu / Glesga) (SCO) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1884-85 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Church FC - Old Carthusians FC Godalming | 0-1 | ||||||||
| Notts County FC Nottingham - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | 2-2 | 1-2 | ||||||||
| Old Etonians AFC Eaton - Nottingham Forest FC | 0-2 | |||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 0-2 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Nottingham Forest FC - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | 1-1 | 0-3 | |||||||
| Blackburn Rovers FC - Old Carthusians FC Godalming | 5-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 04.04.1885) | Blackburn Rovers FC - Queen's Park FC Glasgow | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Glasgow = Glasgow (Glaschu / Glesga) (SCO) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1885-86 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Brentwood FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 1-3 | ||||||||
| Small Heath Alliance FC Birmingham - Redcar and Coatham FC | 2-0 | |||||||||
| South Shore FC - Swift FC Slough | 1-2 | |||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion FC - Old Westminsters FC London | 6-0 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Blackburn Rovers FC - Swift FC Slough | 2-1 | ||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion FC - Small Heath Alliance FC Birmingham | 4-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 03.04.1886 and Derby 10.04.1886) | Blackburn Rovers FC - West Bromwich Albion FC | 0-0 | 2-0 | |||||||
| Swift FC Slough dissolved in 1890 | Brentwood FC dissolved in 1896 | |||||||||
| Redcar and Coatham FC dissolved in 1895 | South Shore dissolved in 1899 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1886-87 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Aston Villa FC Birmingham - Darwen FC | 3-2 | ||||||||
| Notts County FC Nottingham - West Bromwich Albion FC | 1-4 | |||||||||
| Rangers Glasgow FC - Old Westminsters FC London | 5-1 | |||||||||
| Old Carthusians FC Godalming - Preston North End FC | 1-2 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Aston Villa FC Birmingham - Rangers FC Glasgow | 3-1 | ||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion FC - Preston North End FC | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 02.04.1887) | Aston Villa FC Birmingham - West Bromwich Albion FC | 2-0 | ||||||||
| Darwen FC dissolved in 2009 | ||||||||||
| Glasgow = Glasgow (Glaschu / Glesga) (SCO) | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1887-88 | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | West Bromwich Albion FC - Old Carthusians FC Godalming | 4-2 | ||||||||
| The Wednesday FC Sheffield - Preston North End FC | 1-3 | |||||||||
| Derby Junction FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 2-1 | |||||||||
| Middlesbrough FC - Crewe Alexandra FC | 0-2 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Preston North End FC - Crewe Alexandra FC | 4-0 | ||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion FC - Derby Junction FC | 3-0 | |||||||||
| Final (London 24.03.1888) | West Bromwich Albion FC - Preston North End FC | 2-1 | ||||||||
| Derby Junction FC dissolved in 1895 | ||||||||||
| ENGLAND 1888-89 | ||||||||||
| Football League | ||||||||||
| Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | G/Av | Points | |||
| 1 | Preston North End FC | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 4,933 | 40 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa FC Birmingham | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 43 | 1,419 | 29 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 1,351 | 28 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 1,467 | 26 | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 59 | 1,068 | 22 | |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 46 | 0,870 | 22 | |
| 7 | Accrinton FC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 1,000 | 20 | |
| 8 | Everton FC Liverpool | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 0,761 | 20 | |
| 9 | Burnley FC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 62 | 0,677 | 17 | |
| 10 | Derby County FC | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 61 | 0,672 | 16 | |
| 11 | Notts County FC Nottingham | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 73 | 0,548 | 12 | |
| 12 | Stoke City FC | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 51 | 0,510 | 12 | |
| 264 | 110 | 44 | 110 | 586 | 586 | 264 | ||||
| Rules for classification: 1) points (win 2 points draw 1 point); 2) goal average | ||||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Blackburn Rovers FC - Aston Villa FC Birmingham | 8-1 | ||||||||
| Chatham United FC - West Bromwich Albion FC | 1-10 | |||||||||
| Preston North End - Mitchell St George's Birmingham | 2-0 | |||||||||
| Wolverhamton Wanderers FC - The Wednesday FC Sheffield | 3-0 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | Preston North End FC - West Bromwich Albion FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 1-1 | 3-1 | ||||||||
| Final (London 30.03.1889) | Preston North End FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 3-0 | ||||||||
| Accrinton FC dissolved in 1896 | Mitchell St George's Birmingham dissolved in 1892 | |||||||||
| ENGLAND 1889-90 | ||||||||||
| Football League | ||||||||||
| Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | G/Av | Points | |||
| 1 | Preston North End FC | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 30 | 2,367 | 33 | |
| 2 | Everton FC Liverpool | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 40 | 1,625 | 31 | |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 41 | 1,902 | 27 | |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 38 | 1,342 | 25 | |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 50 | 0,940 | 25 | |
| 6 | Accrinton FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 56 | 0,946 | 24 | |
| 7 | Derby County FC | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 55 | 0,782 | 21 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa FC Birmingham | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 51 | 0,843 | 19 | |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 54 | 65 | 0,831 | 19 | |
| 10 | Notts County FC Nottingham | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 51 | 0,843 | 17 | |
| 11 | Burnley FC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 65 | 0,554 | 13 | |
| 12 | Stoke City FC | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 69 | 0,391 | 10 | |
| 264 | 109 | 46 | 109 | 611 | 611 | 264 | ||||
| Rules for classification: 1) points (win 2 points draw 1 point); 2) goal average | ||||||||||
| Admitted | Sunderland AFC | |||||||||
| Football Association Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Bootle FC - Blackburn Rovers FC | 0-7 | ||||||||
| Preston North End FC - Bolton Wanderers FC | 2-3 | |||||||||
| The Wednesday FC Sheffield - Notts County FC Nottingham | 5-0 | (annulled) | 2-1 | |||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Stoke FC | 4-0 | (annulled) | 8-0 | |||||||
| Semifinals | Blackburn Rovers FC - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 1-0 | ||||||||
| The Wednesday FC Sheffield - Bolton Wanderers FC | 2-1 | |||||||||
| Final (London 29.03.1890) | Blackburn Rovers FC - The Wednesday FC Sheffield | 6-1 | ||||||||
| Accrinton FC dissolved in 1896 | Bootle FC dissolved in 1893 | |||||||||
| Football Alliance | ||||||||||
| Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | G/Av | Points | |||
| 1 | The Wednesday FC Sheffield | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 39 | 1,795 | 32 | |
| 2 | Bootle FC | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 1,692 | 28 | |
| 3 | Sunderland Albion FC | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 39 | 1,641 | 26 | |
| 4 | Grimsby Town FC | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 47 | 1,234 | 26 | |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra FC | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 68 | 59 | 1,153 | 24 | |
| 6 | Darwen FC | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 70 | 75 | 0,933 | 22 | |
| 7 | Birmingham St.George's FC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 49 | 1,265 | 21 | |
| 8 | Newton Heath LYR FC Manchester | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 0,909 | 20 | |
| 9 | Walsall Town Swift FC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 59 | 0,746 | 19 | |
| 10 | Small Heath Alliance FC Birmingham | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 67 | 0,657 | 17 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest FC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 62 | 0,500 | 17 | |
| 12 | Long Eaton Rangers FC | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 73 | 0,479 | 10 | |
| 262 | 115 | 32 | 115 | 652 | 652 | 262 | ||||
| Rules for classification: 1) points (win 2 points draw 1 point); 2) goal average | ||||||||||
| Admitted | Stoke FC | |||||||||
| LYR = Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway | ||||||||||
| Bootle FC dissolved in 1893 | Darwen FC dissolved in 2009 | |||||||||
| Sunderland Albion Fc dissolved in 1892 | Birmingham St.George's FC dissolved in 1892 | |||||||||
| Long Eaton Rangers FC dissolved in 1899 | ||||||||||
| ISLE OF MAN | ||||||||||
| CUP 1890 | ||||||||||
| Semifinals | Douglas AFC - Victorians FC Douglas | 3-1 | ||||||||
| Peel Old Boys AFC - Douglas Rangers AFC | 5-0 | |||||||||
| Final (26.04.1890) | Douglas AFC - Peel Old Boys AFC | 4-1 | ||||||||
| Douglas = Doolish | ||||||||||
| Peel = Purt ny h-Inshey | ||||||||||
| English = Manx | ||||||||||