THE F.A. CUP 1923-4

 

Today we see the F.A. Cup Fourth Round played. In 1923-4 this equivalent weekend hosted the FA Cup First Rd proper. 

40 of the 44 clubs from the Football League First Division (the top one at the time) and the Second Division joined the 12 lower-league clubs who had come through the previous qualifying rounds. 

Four Second Division sides; Port Vale, Stockport County, Nelson and Coventry City, were entered at the fifth qualifying round, with the Third Division North and South teams. The Amateur side, Corinthian were given a free entry to the first round, following their status as the "founders of modern football!". To make the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides and only two Third Division North sides were given byes to this round. (don't know why there was a numerical difference??...Southern FA SNOBS??)

These were:

• Watford
• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Luton Town
• Swindon Town
• Queens Park Rangers
• Charlton Athletic
• Millwall
• Swansea Town
• Plymouth Argyle and from the North....
• Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Bradford Park Avenue

32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 12 January 1924. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which two went to another replay.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Ashington	1–5	Aston Villa	12 January 1924
2	Blackpool	1–0	Sheffield United	12 January 1924
3	Burnley	3–2	South Shields	12 January 1924
4	Liverpool	2–1	Bradford City	12 January 1924
5	The Wednesday	4–1	Leicester City	12 January 1924
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Darlington	12 January 1924
7	Middlesbrough	0–1	Watford	12 January 1924
8	Derby County	2–1	Bury	12 January 1924
9	Everton	3–1	Preston North End	12 January 1924
10	Swindon Town	4–0	Bradford Park Avenue	12 January 1924
11	Manchester City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	12 January 1924
12	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Notts County	12 January 1924
13	Fulham	2–0	Llanelli	12 January 1924
14	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Charlton Athletic	12 January 1924
Replay	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Accrington Stanley	17 January 1924
15	Barnsley	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12 January 1924
Replay	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Barnsley	16 January 1924
16	Northampton Town	1–1	Halifax Town	12 January 1924
Replay	Halifax Town	1–1	Northampton Town	16 January 1924
Replay	Halifax Town	4–2	Northampton Town	21 January 1924
17	Portsmouth	2–4	Newcastle United	12 January 1924
18	West Ham United	5–0	Aberdare Athletic	12 January 1924
19	Manchester United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	12 January 1924
20	Norwich City	0–1	Bristol City	12 January 1924
21	Millwall	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	12 January 1924
22	Hull City	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	12 January 1924
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Hull City	16 January 1924
23	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Sunderland	12 January 1924
24	Crystal Palace	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	12 January 1924
25	Chelsea	1–1	Southampton	12 January 1924
Replay	Southampton	2–0	Chelsea	16 January 1924
26	Exeter City	1–0	Grimsby Town	12 January 1924
27	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Birmingham	12 January 1924
28	Cardiff City	0–0	Gillingham	12 January 1924
Replay	Gillingham	0–2	Cardiff City	16 January 1924
29	Swansea Town	1–1	Clapton Orient	12 January 1924
Replay	Clapton Orient	1–1	Swansea Town	16 January 1924
Replay	Swansea Town	2–1	Clapton Orient	21 January 1924
30	Arsenal	4–1	Luton Town	12 January 1924
31	Leeds United	1–0	Stoke	12 January 1924
32	Corinthian	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	12 January 1924

Newcastle Utd won the Final beating Aston Villa 2-0

as I write Luton Town have beaten Everton 1-2, in the 90' + 6 min...the other goal was an own goal by Mykolenko.