1878 FA Cup Final
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| GK |  James KirkpatrickJames Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet Sir James Kirkpatrick was the 8th Kirkpatrick Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. In his youth he was a keen sportsman, and helped organise the Scottish football team in the representative matches between March 1870 and February 1872... |
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| FB | Alfred Stratford Alfred Stratford Alfred Hugh Stratford was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and represented the England national football team.... |
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| FB | William Lindsay William Lindsay (footballer) William Lindsay was an English amateur footballer who, generally playing as a full back, helped the Wanderers win the FA Cup in 1876, 1877 and 1878 and made one appearance for England in 1877... |
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| HB |  Hon. Arthur KinnairdArthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird KT was a principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer.... (Captain) |
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| HB | Frederick Green Frederick Green (footballer) Frederick Thomas Green was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 1877 and 1878. He also made one appearance for England in 1876.-Honours:Oxford University... |
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| FW | Charles Wollaston Charles Wollaston Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston was an English footballer for Wanderers F.C. and England.Wollaston played for Wanderers in the first FA Cup Final in 1872 and scored in the second final of 1873. In all he won five winner's medals, the first player to achieve this feat.He earned four caps for... |
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| FW | Hubert Heron Hubert Heron George Hubert Hugh Heron was an English footballer who made five appearances as a forward for England in the 1870s and won three FA Cup winners' medals.-Playing career:... |
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| FW | John Wylie John Wylie (footballer) John George Wylie was an English amateur footballer who played as a forward. He won the FA Cup with Wanderers in 1878 and played once for England in 1878.-Career:... |
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| FW | Henry Wace Henry Wace (footballer) Henry Wace was an English amateur footballer who made three appearances for England and played for Wanderers, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1877 and 1878. By profession he was a lawyer who specialised in bankruptcy law.... |
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| FW | Charles Denton Charles Ashpitel Denton Charles Ashpitel Denton was an English amateur footballer who twice won the FA Cup with Wanderers. In his professional life, he was a solicitor.-Family and education:... |
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| FW | Jarvis Kenrick Jarvis Kenrick Jarvis Kenrick was an English association football player.... |
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Lieut. Lovick FriendLovick Friend
Major General Sir Lovick Bransby Friend KBE, CB, PC was a British Army major general and cricketer.-Military career:Friend was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1873....
Lieut. James Cowan Lieut. William Morris Lieut. Charles Mayne Lieut. Frederick Heath Lieut. Charles Haynes Lieut. Morgan Lindsay Lieut. Robert HedleyRobert Hedley
Lieut. Robert Shafto Hedley was the captain of the Royal Engineers team that reached the final of the FA Cup in 1878, where they were defeated 3–1 by the Wanderers.-Early life and education:...
(Captain)
Lieut. Francis Bond Lieut. Horace BarnetHorace Barnet
Horace Hutton Barnet was an English football player who played for the Royal Engineers, as well as the English national side.-External links:** When the Sappers won the FA Cup...
Lieut. Oliver Ruck90 minutes normal time.
30 minutes extra-time if scores are level, at captains' discretion.
Replay if scores still level.
No substitutes.
Post-match
As was the norm until 1882, the winning team did not receive the trophy at the stadium on the day of the match, but later in the year at their annual dinner. Under the original rules of the competition, if a team won the Cup three times in succession, it would be retired and become their "absolute property". Wanderers secretary C. W. AlcockC. W. Alcock
Charles William Alcock was an influential English sportsman and administrator. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of the FA Cup....
, however, returned the Cup to The Football Association
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
on the condition that the rule be removed and no other team permitted to win the Cup outright. The only other team to win the Cup in three successive seasons to date is Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, who won it three times in a row in the 1880s. On this occasion the club was presented with a commemorative shield.
Three weeks after the Cup final, Wanderers played Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
winners Vale of Leven
Vale of Leven F.C.
Vale of Leven Football Club are an association club based in the town of Alexandria, Scotland, in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed the Vale and formed in 1939, they play at Millburn Park...
at Kennington Oval in a match for the unofficial "championship of Britain". In front of a crowd of around 2,000 spectators, Wanderers turned in what was regarded by the press as a sub-standard performance and were defeated 3–1.