Winchester College alumni at their Hole-i'th'-Wall ground. Olympic won 6-0.
Round five saw Staffordshire's Northwich Victoria visit Hole-i'th'-Wall. Olympic trounced them 9-1 to set up a semi final with Scottish giants Queen's Park.
The influence of Queen's Park in the development of football in Scotland cannot be over emphasized. The effectively were Scottish football in its early years. They had also joined the Football Association early on, and had competed in a number of FA Cups.
At Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham on 1.3.1884 Queen's Park beat Blackburn Olympic 4-1. taking the baton out of England for the first time as team 16 on our list.
1884 Final
The baton returned to England (and to Blackburn in fact) very swiftly. There were 4000 at The Oval to see Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park 2-1. It was the first time that a Cup winning team had ever been credited as having a 'trainer' (Blackburn's Thomas Mitchell). Also Blackburn Rovers (team 17) become the first team on our list who are presently competing in the top 5 tiers of the English league pyramid.
The match was also a last hurrah for the all out attacking game of the 1870's and early 1880's, with both sides using the 2-2-6 formation.
FA President Major Francis Marindin Refereed his second final, controversially disallowing a Queen's park goal for offside and allowing a dubious goal for Rovers to stand. this goal was scored (from an offside position) by Jimmy Forrest , who at 19 years and 277 days was the youngest FA Cup Final scorer at the time, a record that stood for 75 years.
On October 11th Blackburn Rovers began their defence of the Cup at home with an 11-0 demolition of Lancashire side Rossendale.
The second round on 6 December gave us a Blackburn derby- Rovers beating Olympic 3-2 at Ewood Park.
On 22 December Witton were the visitors to Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers winning 5-0.
FA President Major Francis Marindin Refereed his second final, controversially disallowing a Queen's park goal for offside and allowing a dubious goal for Rovers to stand. this goal was scored (from an offside position) by Jimmy Forrest , who at 19 years and 277 days was the youngest FA Cup Final scorer at the time, a record that stood for 75 years.
On October 11th Blackburn Rovers began their defence of the Cup at home with an 11-0 demolition of Lancashire side Rossendale.
The second round on 6 December gave us a Blackburn derby- Rovers beating Olympic 3-2 at Ewood Park.
On 22 December Witton were the visitors to Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers winning 5-0.
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