Country | England | ||
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Teams | 43 | ||
Defending champions | Wanderers | ||
Champions | Old Etonians | ||
Runners-up | Clapham Rovers | ||
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The Football Association Challenge Cup 1878–79 was the eighth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, although six of the forty-three never played a match.