1927–28 FA Cup
| Country | England | ||
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| Champions | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Runners-up | Huddersfield Town | ||
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The 1927–28 FA Cup was the 53rd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Blackburn Rovers won the competition for the sixth and (as of 2008) final time, beating Huddersfield Town 3–1 in the final at Wembley.
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. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. 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 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.
At this stage 40 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of those Third Division sides not playing in the First Round Proper, Millwall and Brentford were given a bye to the Third Round, Barrow were entered into the Fourth Qualifying Round (losing 3–1 to Workington), and Torquay United were not involved at any stage of the competition. To make the number of matches up, non-league Northfleet United, Aberdare Athletic and Leyton were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 26 November 1927. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.
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