Football Association Challenge Cup 1895–96 var den 25. udgave af Football Association Challenge Cup, nu til dags bedre kendt som FA Cup. Turneringen blev afviklet som en cupturnering med deltagelse af 228 klubber. De første kampe blev spillet den 5. oktober 1895, og finalen blev afviklet den 18. april 1896 på Crystal Palace i London, hvor The Wednesday FC besejrede Wolverhampton Wanderers FC med 2-1. Det var første gang, at The Wednesday FC vandt FA Cup'en. Holdet havde tidligere været i finalen én gang – i sæsonen 1889-90.
Resultater
The Wednesday FC's vej til sejren
RundeDatoKampRes.Første runde 1.2.Southampton St. Mary's FC – The Wednesday FC 2–3Anden runde 15.2.The Wednesday FC – Sunderland AFC 2–1Kvartfinale 29.2.The Wednesday FC – Everton FC 4–0Semifinale 21.3.Bolton Wanderers FC – The Wednesday FC 1–1 28.3.The Wednesday FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 3–1Finale 18.4.The Wednesday FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–1
Indledende runde
Den indledende runde havde deltagelse af 56 hold, der spillede om 28 ledige pladser i første kvalifikationsrunde.
DatoKampRes.5.10.Bristol South End FC – Slough FC 5–1Chesham Generals FC – Vampires FC 1–1Chorley FC – FC Nelson 3–1City Ramblers FC – Chesham FC 7–2Clitheroe FC – Rossendale FC 1–2Crewe Alexandra FC – Tranmere Rovers FC 2–1Eastville Rovers FC – Warmley FC 0–2Gateshead NER FC – Blyth FC 4–1Howden-le-Wear FC – Bishop Auckland FC 0–2Jarrow FC – Shankhouse FC 1–0Kimberley FC – Newark FC 2–1Marlow FC – Cowes FC 3–3Notts Wanderers FC – Coalville Town FC 1–4Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC – Carlisle City FC 9–0Oxford City FC – Uxbridge FC 2–5Port Sunlight FC – Warrington St. Elphin's FC 2–0Rushden FC – Hucknall St. John's FC 2–4DatoKampRes.5.10.South Bank FC – Hebburn Argyle FC 3–1Staple Hill FC – Bristol St. George FC 0–4Stockton FC – Saltburn Swifts FC 3–1Sutton Town AFC – Notts Olympic FC 6–1Swallwell Axwell Rovers FC – Newcastle East End FC 1–2Swanscombe FC – Royal Engineers Training Battalion FC 1–2Tow Law FC – Darlington FC 3–1West Manchester FC – Accrington FC 5–1Willington Athletic FC – Brandon Rovers FC 7–2–Newcastle United FC – Leadgate Exiles FC w.o.Newtown FC – Barnton Rovers FC w.o.Omkampe 9.10.Cowes FC – Marlow FC 0–2 –Vampires FC – Chesham Generals FC w.o.
Første kvalifikationsrunde
Første kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 156 hold, der spillede om 78 ledige pladser i anden kvalifikationsrunde. 28 af holdene var vindere fra den indledende runde, mens de resterende 128 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første kvalifikationsrunde.
DatoKampRes.12.10.Ashby Albion FC – Hucknall St. John's FC 1–2Ashford United FC – Sittingbourne FC 0–4Attercliffe FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 0–3Bacup FC – West Manchester FC 6–1Barking Woodville FC – St. Albans FC 2–0Bedminster FC – Weymouth FC 2–2Belper Town FC – Langley Mill Rangers FC 1–0Bishop Auckland FC – Stockton FC 4–3Black Diamonds FC – Moss Bay Exchange FC 0–1Blackpool FC – Ashton North End FC 7–1Bristol South End FC – Marlow FC 0–1Buxton FC – Long Eaton Rangers FC 1–2Chesterfield FC – Eckington Works FC 1–0Chorley FC – Southport Central FC 2–2City Ramblers FC – Maidenhead FC 0–1Clapton FC – Ilford FC 0–2Clay Cross Town FC – Gresley FC 1–5Crewe Alexandra FC – Stalybridge Rovers FC 3–1Darlington St. Augustine's FC – Willington Athletic FC 1–5Druids FC – Middleton FC 1–2Eastleigh LSWR FC – Clifton FC 9–0Fairfield FC – Birkenhead LNWR FC 0–0Faversham FC – Sheppey United FC 0–4Fleetwood Rangers FC – Rossendale FC 2–3Freemantle FC – Southampton St. Mary's FC 1–5Glossop North End FC – Macclesfield Town FC 5–1Hucknall Portland FC – Sutton Town AFC 4–5Jarrow FC – Middlesbrough FC 0–3Kettering FC – Gedling Grove FC 4–0Kidderminster Harriers FC – Stourbridge FC 0–0Kilnhurst FC – Sheffield FC 3–0Kimberley FC – Mansfield FC 4–0Leeds FC – Grantham Rovers FC 1–1Leicester Fosse FC – Hinckley Town FC 4–0Leicester YMCA FC – Coalville Town FC 1–3Loughborough FC – Bulwell United FC 5–2Luton Town FC – Tottenham Hotspur FC 1–2Mexborough FC – Doncaster Rovers FC 1–1New Brompton FC – Millwall Athletic FC 0–1Newcastle East End FC – Leadgate Park FC 2–1Newstead Byron FC – Stapleford Town FC 3–1Nomads FC – Vampires FC 1–4Northfleet FC – Dartford FC 3–3Northwich Victoria FC – Liverpool Stanley FC 2–1Peterborough FC – Lincoln City FC 0–13Port Sunlight FC – Chester FC 1–5DatoKampRes.12.10.Queens Park Rangers FC – Old St. Stephen's FC 1–1Reading FC – Bristol St. George FC 7–2Redditch Town FC – Stafford Rangers FC 3–3Rendel FC – Gateshead NER FC 3–2Riddings FC – Derby Junction FC 1–2Romford FC – Royal Engineers Training Battalion FC 0–2Rotherham Town FC – Barnsley St. Peter's FC 1–1Royal Scots FC – Royal Ordnance FC 1–3Sheepbridge Works FC – Heanor Town FC 0–6Singer's FC – Hereford FC 6–1South Bank FC – Hexham Excelsior FC 5–1South Shore FC – Horwich FC 3–0Staveley FC – Grimsby Town FC 1–5Stockport County FC – Liverpool South End FC 2–0Swadlincote FC – Ilkeston Town FC 0–2Thames Ironworks FC – Chatham FC 0–5Tow Law FC – Mickley FC 1–0Trowbridge Town FC – Swindon Town FC 1–3Uxbridge FC – Newbury FC 8–1Walsall FC – Dresden United FC 1–0Warmley FC – Windsor & Eton FC 4–2Wellington St. George's FC – Burton Swifts FC 1–6West Harlepool NER FC – Newcastle United FC 0–8West Herts FC – Norwich CEYMS FC 2–1Worksop Town FC – Wath-upon-Dearne FC 1–1Wrexham AFC – Newtown FC 3–1Wrockwardine Wood FC – Brierley Hill Alliance FC 3–1Wycombe Wanderers FC – Wolverton LNWR FC 2–3–Burslem Port Vale FC – Hereford Thistle FC w.o.Folkestone FC – Royal Scots Fusiliers FC w.o.Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC – Manchester City FC w.o.Workington FC – Halliwell Rovers FC w.o.Omkampe 14.10.Birkenhead LNWR FC – Fairfield FC 1–316.10.Barnsley St. Peter's FC – Rotherham Town FC 3–7Dartford FC – Northfleet FC 2–3Grantham Rovers FC – Leeds FC 3–0Old St. Stephen's FC – Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0Southport Central FC – Chorley FC 4–0Stafford Rangers FC – Redditch Town FC 1–3Stourbridge FC – Kidderminster Harriers FC 1–2Wath-upon-Dearne FC – Worksop Town FC 0–5Weymouth FC – Bedminster FC 3–1 17.10.Doncaster Rovers FC – Mexborough FC 4–1
Anden kvalifikationsrunde
Anden kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af 80 hold, der spillede om 40 ledige pladser i tredje kvalifikationsrunde. 78 af holdene var vindere fra første kvalifikationsrunde, mens de resterende to hold først trådte ind i turneringen i anden kvalifikationsrunde.
DatoKampRes.2.11.Bacup FC – Blackpool FC 1–2Barking Woodville FC – Ilford FC 1–2Belper Town FC – Derby Junction FC 1–0Burslem Port Vale FC – Burton Swifts FC 1–1Chatham FC – Sittingbourne FC 8–0Chester FC – Middleton FC 0–3Chesterfield FC – Long Eaton Rangers FC 2–0Coalville Town FC – Kettering FC 0–4Doncaster Rovers FC – Rotherham Town FC 0–7Fairfield FC – Stockport County FC 5–1Grantham Rovers FC – Gainsborough Trinity FC 1–3Gresley FC – Heanor Town FC 0–4Ilkeston Town FC – Matlock Town FC 6–0Kidderminster Harriers FC – Singer's FC 0–0Kilnhurst FC – Grimsby Town FC 1–4Kimberley FC – Sutton Town AFC 2–1Leicester Fosse FC – Hucknall St. John's FC 3–1Millwall Athletic FC – Folkestone FC 5–0Newcastle United FC – Middlesbrough FC 4–1Newstead Byron FC – Loughborough FC 0–0Northwich Victoria FC – Glossop North End FC 1–4Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC – Moss Bay Exchange FC 4–2Reading FC – Eastleigh LSWR FC 2–1Rendel FC – Bishop Auckland FC 2–1Rossendale FC – Workington FC 4–1DatoKampRes.2.11.Royal Engineers Training Battalion FC – Royal Ordnance FC 0–4Sheppey United FC – Northfleet FC 4–1South Bank FC – Willington Athletic FC 2–0Southampton St. Mary's FC – Marlow FC 5–0Southport Central FC – South Shore FC 2–4Swindon Town FC – Warmley FC 2–1Tow Law FC – Newcastle East End FC 5–1Uxbridge FC – Weymouth FC 2–1Vampires FC – Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–2Kampen blev beordret spillet om.Walsall FC – Redditch Town FC 4–0Wellington AFC – Wrockwardine Wood FC 1–1West Herts FC – Old St. Stephen's FC 0–1Wolverton LNWR FC – Maidenhead FC 1–1Worksop Town FC – Lincoln City FC 0–3Wrexham AFC – Crewe Alexandra FC 3–3Omkampe 4.11.Wrockwardine Wood FC – Wellington AFC 4–06.11.Burton Swifts FC – Burslem Port Vale FC 1–0Crewe Alexandra FC – Wrexham AFC 5–2Loughborough FC – Newstead Byron FC 1–0Maidenhead FC – Wolverton LNWR FC 0–0Singer's FC – Kidderminster Harriers FC 2–1 16.11.Tottenham Hotspur FC – Vampires FC 2–1Anden omkamp 13.11.Maidenhead FC – Wolverton LNWR FC 1–0
Tredje kvalifikationsrunde
Tredje kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 40 vinderhold fra anden kvalifikationsrunde, der spillede om 20 ledige pladser i fjerde kvalifikationsrunde.
DatoKampRes.23.11.Belper Town FC – Ilkeston Town FC 0–0Chesterfield FC – Heanor Town FC 3–0Gainsborough Trinity FC – Rotherham Town FC 0–2Glossop North End FC – Fairfield FC 0–2Ilford FC – Tottenham Hotspur FC 1–5Kettering FC – Loughborough FC 2–1Kimberley FC – Leicester Fosse FC 1–3Lincoln City FC – Grimsby Town FC 2–4Middleton FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 0–4Millwall Athletic FC – Sheppey United FC 4–0Newcastle United FC – Rendel FC 5–0DatoKampRes.23.11.Old St. Stephen's FC – Maidenhead FC 4–3Rossendale FC – Oswaldtwistle Rovers FC 3–2Royal Ordnance FC – Chatham FC 1–0Singer's FC – Burton Swifts FC 0–2South Shore FC – Blackpool FC 1–2Southampton St. Mary's FC – Reading FC 3–0Tow Law FC – South Bank FC 4–2Uxbridge FC – Swindon Town FC 5–0Wrockwardine Wood FC – Walsall FC 3–1Omkamp 27.11.Ilkeston Town FC – Belper Town FC 5–1
Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde
Fjerde kvalifikationsrunde havde deltagelse af de 20 vinderhold fra tredje kvalifikationsrunde, der spillede om 10 ledige pladser i første runde.
DatoKampRes.14.12.Burton Swifts FC – Wrockwardine Wood FC 3–1Chesterfield FC – Ilkeston Town FC 2–0Fairfield FC – Crewe Alexandra FC 2–2Grimsby Town FC – Rotherham Town FC 4–0Leicester Fosse FC – Kettering FC 1–2Newcastle United FC – Tow Law FC 4–0Rossendale FC – Blackpool FC 2–4Royal Ordnance FC – Millwall Athletic FC 1–2Southampton St. Mary's FC – Uxbridge FC 3–0Tottenham Hotspur FC – Old St. Stephen's FC 2–1Omkamp 18.12.Crewe Alexandra FC – Fairfield FC 4–3
Første runde
Første runde havde deltagelse 32 hold. 10 af holdene havde spillet sig igennem kvalifikationsrunderne, mens 22 hold først trådte ind i turneringen i første runde.
DatoKampRes.1.2.Blackburn Rovers FC – West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2Blackpool FC – Burton Swifts FC 4–1Burnley FC – Woolwich Arsenal FC 6–1Burton Wanderers FC – Sheffield United FC 1–1Chesterfield FC – Newcastle United FC 0–4Crewe Alexandra FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 0–4Darwen FC – Grimsby Town FC 0–2Derby County FC – Aston Villa FC 4–2Liverpool FC – Millwall Athletic FC 4–1Newton Heath FC – Kettering FC 2–1Nottingham Forest FC – Everton FC 0–2Small Heath FC – Bury FC 1–4Southampton St. Mary's FC – The Wednesday FC 2–3Stoke FC – Tottenham Hotspur FC 5–0Sunderland AFC – Preston North End FC 4–1Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – Notts County FC 2–2Omkampe 5.2.Notts County FC – Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3–4 6.2.Sheffield United FC – Burton Wanderers FC 1–0
Anden runde
Anden runde havde deltagelse af de 16 hold, der gik videre fra første runde, og holdene spillede om otte ledige pladser i kvartfinalerne.
DatoKampRes.15.2.Blackpool FC – Bolton Wanderers FC 0–2Burnley FC – Stoke FC 1–1Everton FC – Sheffield United FC 3–0Grimsby Town FC – West Bromwich Albion FC 1–1Newcastle United FC – Bury FC 1–3Newton Heath FC – Derby County FC 1–1The Wednesday FC – Sunderland AFC 2–1Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – Liverpool FC 2–0Omkampe 19.2.Derby County FC – Newton Heath FC 5–120.2.Stoke FC – Burnley FC 7–1West Bromwich Albion FC – Grimsby Town FC 3–0
Kvartfinaler
Kvartfinalerne havde deltagelse af de otte hold, der gik videre fra anden runde, og holdene spillede om fire ledige pladser i semifinalerne.
DatoKampRes.29.2.Bolton Wanderers FC – Bury FC 2–0Derby County FC – West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0The Wednesday FC – Everton FC 4–0Wolverhampton Wanderers FC – Stoke FC 3–0
Semifinaler
Semifinalerne havde deltagelse af de fire hold, der gik videre fra kvartfinalerne.