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FA Cup 1875–76

FA Cup 1875–76
Country England
Teams 32
Defending champions Royal Engineers
Champions Wanderers
Runners-up Old Etonians

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1875–76 was the fifth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Thirty-two teams entered, three more than the previous season, although five of the thirty-two never played a match.

The fifth ever FA Cup would feature a knockout style tournament, similar to the 1934 FIFA World Cup, except with 32 club teams.


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