The 1910 FA Cup Final was the 39th FA Cup final. It was contested by Barnsley and Newcastle United. It took two matches to determine a winner. The first took place at Crystal Palace in south London on 23 April 1910 and the second on 28 April at Goodison Park in Liverpool.

Home teams listed first.

Round 1: Blackpool 1–1 Barnsley

Replay: Barnsley 6–0 Blackpool

Round 2: Bristol Rovers 0–4 Barnsley

Round 3: Barnsley 1–0 West Bromwich Albion

Round 4: Barnsley 1–0 Queens Park Rangers

Semi-final: Barnsley 0–0 Everton

Replay: Barnsley 3–0 Everton

Home teams listed first.

Round 1: Stoke City 1–1 Newcastle United

Replay: Newcastle United 2–1 Stoke City

Round 2: Newcastle United 4–0 Fulham

Round 3: Newcastle United 3–1 Blackburn Rovers

Round 4: Newcastle United 3–0 Leicester Fosse

Semi-final: Newcastle United 2–0 Swindon

The match was a hard fought affair, the Manchester Guardian commenting that Barnsley played "one man for the man, another for the ball". Barnsley had the better of the play through the first half. Barnsley played a simple game based on long, low passes into space combined with dribbling individual runs which Newcastle found difficult to counter. Barnsley scored 10 minutes before half time. Bartrop picked up a pass from the Barnsley backs and ran up the pitch, passed McWilliam and kicked the ball across the Newcastle goal mouth. Lillycrop rushing forward tried to score, but missed the ball. It appeared Barnsley had missed their chance, but Tufnell, the left inside forward, managed to get a toe to the ball and put it in the net. After half time Barnsley sat back and defended but it was not until the final 15 minutes that Newcastle were able to mount an effective attack. They abandoned what the Guardian correspondent characterised as their "clever" football and took on Barnsley by running at them. Shepherd had a goal disallowed apparently for offside. Rutherford eventually scored for Newcastle with a header 8 minutes before full-time. Veitch led more attacks but the Barnsley backs held them off. Downs in particular was very effective with his head and feet.

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