| 1893–94 FA Cup | |
| Country: | England Wales |
| Defending Champions: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Second: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Prev Season: | 1892–93 |
| Next Season: | 1894–95 |
The 1893 - 94 FA Cup was the 23rd edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The cup was won by Notts County of the Football League Second Division, who defeated Bolton Wanderers 4 - 1 in the final to win the cup for the first and, to date, only time.[1]
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.
| Round | Date | No. of Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First qualifying round | Saturday 14 October 1893 | 106 | |
| Second qualifying round | Saturday 4 November 1893 | 80 | |
| Third qualifying round | Saturday 25 November 1893 | 40 | |
| Fourth qualifying round | Saturday 16 December 1893 | 20 | |
| First round proper | Saturday 27 January 1894 | 32 | |
| Second round proper | Saturday 10 February 1894 | 16 | |
| Third round proper | Saturday 24 February 1894 | 8 | |
| Semi-finals | Saturday 10 March 1894 | 4 | |
| Final | Saturday 31 March 1894 | 2 |
The 16 clubs from the Football League First Division were exempted from the qualifying rounds, as were Liverpool, Small Heath, Notts County, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Newcastle United from the Second Division. The Second Division featured 15 clubs this season following Bootle's resignation from the Football League after the Annual General Meeting. Most of the rest of the League clubs entered the FA Cup at the first qualifying round stage, although Crewe Alexandra joined in the second qualifying round.
Grimsby Town and Woolwich Arsenal were ultimately the only League clubs to progress to the competition proper, with non-League sides Middlesbrough, South Shore, Stockport County, Heanor Town, Leicester Fosse, Burton Wanderers, Luton Town and Reading being the other qualifiers. Stockport County and Leicester Fosse were appearing at this stage for the first time while Accrington received a bye to the first round despite the club also having resigned from the Football League during the 1893 close-season.
| Tie No. | Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 2 | Preston North End | 18 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 3 | Stoke | 1 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 4 | Notts County | 1 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 1 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 4 - 2 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 7 | 2 - 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 8 | Sunderland | 3 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 9 | Derby County | 2 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 10 | Newton Heath | 4 - 0 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 11 | 3 - 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 12 | Leicester Fosse | 2 - 1 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 13 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 2 - 1 | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 14 | 1 - 2 | The Wednesday | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 15 | 0 - 1 | Burton Wanderers | 27 January 1894 | ||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 2 - 0 | 27 January 1894 |
| Tie No. | Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 - 2 | 10 February 1894 | ||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 2 - 0 | 10 February 1894 | ||
| 3 | The Wednesday | 1 - 0 | 10 February 1894 | ||
| 4 | 2 - 2 | 10 February 1894 | |||
| Replay | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | 21 February 1894 | |
| 5 | 1 - 2 | Notts County | 10 February 1894 | ||
| 6 | 0 - 0 | 10 February 1894 | |||
| Replay | Blackburn Rovers | 5 - 1 | Newton Heath | 17 February 1894 | |
| 7 | 0 - 0 | 10 February 1894 | |||
| Replay | Derby County | 3 - 0 | Leicester Fosse | 17 February 1894 | |
| 8 | 1 - 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 February 1894 |
| Tie No. | Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 - 1 | 24 February 1894 | |||
| Replay | Notts County | 4 - 1 | Nottingham Forest | 3 March 1894 | |
| 2 | The Wednesday | 3 - 2 | 24 February 1894 | ||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 - 0 | 24 February 1894 | ||
| 4 | 1 - 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 February 1894 |
| Tie No. | Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notts County | 1 - 0 | 10 March 1894 | ||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 1 | 10 March 1894 |
See main article: 1894 FA Cup Final.
The 1894 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 31 March 1894. The final was contested by Notts County and Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park, Liverpool. Notts County won 4–1 with Jimmy Logan becoming the second player to ever score a hat-trick at an FA Cup Final