1871–72 FA Cup

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• New details about officiating, round-by-round scheduling, a defined semi-final rule, and trophy presentation were added, expanding historical context.

Add: the competition were officiated by two umpires one provided by each team for the semi finals and final the umpires were appointed by the FA as was an additional referee At the time the umpires had the primary responsibility Add: FA Cup at least once but never played an actual match The first two games in the round took place on 16 December Cuthbert Ottaway who had. Add: without having played a match The match between Wanderers and Crystal Palace took place on 20 January at Clapham Rovers ground Wanderers dominated the early stages and Alcock had a shot which went over the tape which at the time was used to mark the top of the goal Crystal Palace made several attacks but after 45 minutes the match was scoreless In the second half C W Stephenson appeared to have scored a Add: The rules of the competition specified that all matches from the semi finals onwards were to be played in. Add: The trophy was presented by the President of the Football Association Ebenezer Morley at the annual dinner of the.

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