WON BY THE TOSS OF A COIN

On November 17th 1873, in an FA Cup 1st Round tie, Shropshire Wanderers met Sheffield FC at Bramall Lane Cricket Ground and drew 0-0.
In the replay at the Race Course Ground, Shrewsbury, another draw of 0-0 was played out and all the players went to The Raven Hotel for an after match dinner, which was common place in those days.
During the evening, rather than play another match, the teams decided to resolve the tie by the "toss of a coin". Up went the sovereign and........No rock, paper, scissors here.......
Sheffield FC called correctly moving on to beat the Pilgrims 1-0 in Round 2, losing in Round 3 (the quarter-final) to Clapham Rovers 2-1 on a neutral ground at Peterborough.

Here they are 14th March 1874.

The FA Cup was in its infancy first being competed for in 1871-2 with only 15 teams starting.

In 1872-3, 16 teams started with Wanderers and Queen's Park of Glasgow both given a bye.
Nine teams entered Round 2 in which three teams including Wanderers, Royal Engineers and Queen's Park had byes.
In Round 3 with six teams, Queen's Park and Wanderers were given byes....
In the semi-final Queen's Park couldn't travel from Scotland and Oxford University got a walk over. The Wanderers got a bye and went on to win the Final!

In 1873-74, 28 teams entered Round 1.
14 teams had made their way into Round 2, so an odd 7 teams found themselves in Round 3. The Swifts were lucky to be given a "bye" into the semi-finals.
Here they met the Royal Engineers losing 2-0 and Oxford University beat Clapham Rovers 1-0. In the Final Oxford Uni won 2-0.

In the 1874-5 FA Cup 1st Rd, Sheffield scratched having been drawn to play Shropshire Wanderers, who won through, eventually getting to the Semis, losing to the Old Etonians.
In 1875-6 it was Sheffield's turn to scratch against the Wanderers in Round 1 and the Wanderers went on.

The Wanderers last FA Cup tie was in 1877-8, losing to The Druids 0-1.
Sheffield FC, of course, carries on.