1921–22 FA Cup
Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Blackpool 1-2 Watford 7 January 1922
2 Bristol City 0-0 Nottingham Forest 7 January 1922
Replay Nottingham Forest 3-1 Bristol City 11 January 1922
3 Burnley 2-2 Huddersfield Town 7 January 1922
Replay Huddersfield Town 3-2 Burnley 11 January 1922
4 Preston North End 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 January 1922
5 Southampton 3-1 South Shields 7 January 1922
6 Walsall 3-3 Bradford City 7 January 1922
Replay Bradford City 4-0 Walsall 11 January 1922
7 Gillingham 1-3 Oldham Athletic 7 January 1922
8 Leicester City 2-0 Clapton Orient 7 January 1922
9 Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Southport 7 January 1922
Replay Southport 0-2 Blackburn Rovers 11 January 1922
10 Aston Villa 6-1 Derby County 7 January 1922
11 Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Bury 7 January 1922
12 Grimsby Town 1-1 Notts County 7 January 1922
Replay Notts County 3-0 Grimsby Town 12 January 1922
13 Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool 7 January 1922
Replay Liverpool 5-0 Sunderland 11 January 1922
14 Everton 0-6 Crystal Palace 7 January 1922
First round proper
12 qualifiers and 41 ( out of 44 ) Division 1 & 2 clubs joined this round . Coventry City and Rotherham County of Division 2 were entered in the fifth qualifying round . First Division side Birmingham had their entry rejected after they failed to submit the relevant paperwork . [ 1 ] Of the Division 3S sides , Aberdare Athletic and Charlton Athletic were entered in the extra preliminary round ( though the latter did not play ) , while nine sides entered the fifth qualifying round ( Brentford . Bristol Rovers , Exeter City , Gllingham , Merthyr Town , Newport County , Northampton Town , Norwich City and Swansea Town ) . The eleven others were given byes to the first round proper . These were : Watford Brighton & Hove Albion Luton Town Swindon Town Queens Park Rangers Millwall Plymouth Argyle Southampton Portsmouth Southend United Reading Of the Division 3N sides , Halifax Town and Wigan Borough took no part in the competition . Nine sides were entered in the fourth qualifying round ( Darlington , Durham City , Grimsby Town , Hartlepools United , Lincoln City , Rochdale , Southport , Stockport County and Wrexham ) and the rest in the fifth qualifying round . 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday , 7 January 1922 . Eleven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture , of which one went to another replay .
The 1921-22 FA Cup was the 47th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Huddersfield Town won the competition, beating Preston North End 1-0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, London. 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.