1924–25 FA Cup


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 sung the very 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.

Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi finals and final. This was the last season with the Cup in this format, as from the next season onwards, the fifth and sixth qualifying rounds would be renamed to the First and Second Rounds Proper.
RoundDate
Extra Preliminary RoundSaturday 6 September 1924
Preliminary RoundSaturday 20 September 1924
First Round QualifyingSaturday 4 October 1924
Second Round QualifyingSaturday 18 October 1924
Third Round QualifyingSaturday 1 November 1924
Fourth Round QualifyingSaturday 15 November 1924
Fifth Round QualifyingSaturday 29 November 1924
Sixth Round QualifyingSaturday 13 December 1924
First Round ProperSaturday 10 January 1925
Second Round ProperSaturday 31 January 1925
Third Round ProperSaturday 21 February 1925
Fourth Round ProperSaturday 7 March 1925
Semi-FinalsSaturday 28 March 1925
FinalSaturday 25 April 1925

First round proper

42 of the 44 clubs from the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division joined the 12 lower-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Two Second Division sides, Port Vale and Coventry City, were entered at the fifth qualifying round, with the Third Division North and South teams, this was the last time Division 1 teams started at this stage of the competition. Amateur side Corinthian were given a free entry to the first round. To make 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.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate
1Birmingham2–0Chelsea10 January 1925
2Blackpool0–0Barrow10 January 1925
ReplayBarrow0–2Blackpool14 January 1925
3Bury0–3Sunderland10 January 1925
4Liverpool3–0Leeds United10 January 1925
5Preston North End4–1Manchester City10 January 1925
6Southampton3–1Exeter City14 January 1925
7Watford1–1Brighton & Hove Albion10 January 1925
ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion4–3Watford14 January 1925
8Leicester City3–0Stoke10 January 1925
9Nottingham Forest1–0Clapton Orient10 January 1925
10Blackburn Rovers1–0Oldham Athletic10 January 1925
11Aston Villa7–2Port Vale10 January 1925
12The Wednesday2–0Manchester United10 January 1925
13Bolton Wanderers3–0Huddersfield Town10 January 1925
14West Bromwich Albion4–0Luton Town10 January 1925
15Derby County0–1Bradford City10 January 1925
16Everton2–1Burnley10 January 1925
17Swindon Town1–2Fulham10 January 1925
18Doncaster Rovers1–2Norwich City10 January 1925
19Sheffield United5–0Corinthian10 January 1925
20Newcastle United4–1Hartlepools United10 January 1925
21Tottenham Hotspur3–0Northampton Town10 January 1925
22Queens Park Rangers1–3Stockport County10 January 1925
23Accrington Stanley2–5Portsmouth10 January 1925
24Bristol Rovers0–1Bristol City10 January 1925
25Coventry City0–2Notts County10 January 1925
26West Ham United0–0Arsenal14 January 1925
ReplayArsenal2–2West Ham United21 January 1925
ReplayWest Ham United1–0Arsenal26 January 1925
27Millwall0–0Barnsley10 January 1925
ReplayBarnsley2–1Millwall15 January 1925
28Hull City1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers10 January 1925
ReplayWolverhampton Wanderers0–1Hull City15 January 1925
29Crystal Palace2–1South Shields10 January 1925
30Bradford Park Avenue1–0Middlesbrough10 January 1925
31Cardiff City0–0Darlington10 January 1925
ReplayDarlington0–0Cardiff City14 January 1925
ReplayCardiff City2–0Darlington19 January 1925
32Swansea Town3–0Plymouth Argyle10 January 1925

Second Round Proper

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.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate
1Birmingham1–0Stockport County31 January 1925
2Bristol City0–1Liverpool31 January 1925
3Southampton1–0Brighton & Hove Albion31 January 1925
4Notts County4–0Norwich City31 January 1925
5Nottingham Forest0–2West Ham United31 January 1925
6Blackburn Rovers0–0Portsmouth31 January 1925
ReplayPortsmouth0–0Blackburn Rovers4 February 1925
ReplayBlackburn Rovers1–0Portsmouth9 February 1925
7West Bromwich Albion2–0Preston North End31 January 1925
8Sunderland0–0Everton31 January 1925
ReplayEverton2–1Sunderland4 February 1925
9Sheffield United3–2The Wednesday31 January 1925
10Newcastle United2–2Leicester City31 January 1925
ReplayLeicester City1–0Newcastle United4 February 1925
11Tottenham Hotspur1–1Bolton Wanderers31 January 1925
ReplayBolton Wanderers0–1Tottenham Hotspur4 February 1925
12Barnsley0–3Bradford City31 January 1925
13Hull City3–2Crystal Palace31 January 1925
14Bradford Park Avenue1–1Blackpool31 January 1925
ReplayBlackpool2–1Bradford Park Avenue4 February 1925
15Cardiff City1–0Fulham31 January 1925
16Swansea Town1–3Aston Villa31 January 1925

Third round proper

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 noHome teamScoreAway teamDate
1Liverpool2–1Birmingham21 February 1925
2Southampton2–0Bradford City21 February 1925
3Notts County0–2Cardiff City21 February 1925
4West Bromwich Albion1–1Aston Villa21 February 1925
ReplayAston Villa1–2West Bromwich Albion25 February 1925
5Sheffield United1–0Everton21 February 1925
6Tottenham Hotspur2–2Blackburn Rovers21 February 1925
ReplayBlackburn Rovers3–1Tottenham Hotspur25 February 1925
7West Ham United1–1Blackpool21 February 1925
ReplayBlackpool3–0West Ham United25 February 1925
8Hull City1–1Leicester City21 February 1925
ReplayLeicester City3–1Hull City25 February 1925

Fourth round proper

The four Fourth Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 March 1925. There were no replays.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate
1Southampton1–0Liverpool7 March 1925
2Blackburn Rovers1–0Blackpool7 March 1925
3Sheffield United2–0West Bromwich Albion7 March 1925
4Cardiff City2–1Leicester City7 March 1925

Semi-Finals

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.
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Final

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.

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