1913–14 FA Cup
| Country | England | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Burnley | ||
| Runners-up | Liverpool | ||
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The 1913–14 FA Cup was the 43rd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Burnley won the competition for the first and (as of 2017) only time, beating Liverpool 1–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, London.
Queens Park Rangers, then of the Southern League, reached the last eight. They were the last non-league team to reach the quarter-finals until Lincoln City in 2017.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.
The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi finals and final.
38 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Two sides, and Glossop were entered instead at the Fourth Qualifying Round. Stockport went out at that stage, while Glossop and eleven non-league clubs won through to the First Round Proper.
Fourteen non-league sides were given byes to the First Round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were:
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