1914–15 FA Cup
Tie no Home team Score Away team Date
1 Birmingham 2-2 Crystal Palace 9 January 1915
Replay Birmingham 3-0 Crystal Palace 13 January 1915
2 Blackpool 1-2 Sheffield United 9 January 1915
3 Darlington 0-1 Bradford City 9 January 1915
4 Bristol City 2-0 Cardiff City 9 January 1915
5 Burnley 3-1 Huddersfield Town 9 January 1915
6 Bury 1-1 Plymouth Argyle 9 January 1915
Replay Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Bury 13 January 1915
7 Liverpool 3-0 Stockport County 9 January 1915
8 Preston North End 0-0 Manchester City 9 January 1915
Replay Manchester City 3-0 Preston North End 13 January 1915
9 Rochdale 2-0 Gillingham 9 January 1915
10 South Shields 1-2 Fulham 9 January 1915
11 Southampton 3-0 Luton Town 9 January 1915
12 Reading 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 January 1915
13 Nottingham Forest 1-4 Norwich City 9 January 1915
14 Aston Villa 2-0 Exeter City 9 January 1915
15 The Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United 9 January 1915
16 Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Notts County 9 January 1915
17 Grimsby Town 0-3 Northampton Town 9 January 1915
First round proper
36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds . Four sides , Lincoln City , Nottingham Forest , Leicester Fosse and Glossop were entered instead at the Sixth Qualifying Round . Of these , only Leicester went out at the qualifying stages , while the other three and nine non-league clubs won through . Sixteen non-league sides were given byes to the First Round to bring the total number of teams up to 64 . These were : Southampton Millwall Queens Park Rangers Crystal Palace Swindon Town Plymouth Argyle Reading Portsmouth Gillingham Cardiff City Norwich City Exeter City Northampton Town Southend United West Ham United Brighton & Hove Albion 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday , 9 January 1915 . Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture .
The 1914-15 FA Cup was the 44th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup), and the last to be held before the cancellation of all football competitions since due to World War I. Sheffield United won the competition for the third time, beating Chelsea 3-0 in the final at Old Trafford, Manchester. 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.