Final Football Association Challenge Cup Old Etonians Beaten by Blackburn Olympic CDN$ 172.64

The Final Football Association Challenge Cup The Old Etonians Beaten by Blackburn Olympic CDN$ 172.64

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 The Final of the Football Association Challenge Cup: The Old Etonians Beaten by Blackburn Olympic

Blackburn Olympic were a football team which existed for about a decade in the 19th Century. They were based in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Blackburn Olympic were founded in August 1877 from the merger of two smaller clubs, Black Star and James Street. The name was thought of by James Edmondson, the club's first treasurer. The first match under the new name was played on February 9, 1878: a 2-0 win against local team St. John's.

Blackburn Olympic greatest success came when they overcame the dominance of local rivals, Blackburn Rovers, and the amateur teams of southern England to win the FA Cup in 1883. Well organised and trained, their ability to switch play from wing to wing, stretched an Old Etonians team reduced to ten men due to injury. A long pass to the left gave Jimmy Costley the opportunity to score the winner in extra time.

As a result of this victory, Olympic became the first team from North of the capital city to win the FA Cup, thus bringing to an end the Southern domination of the competition.

The Football Association Challenge Cup 1882-83 was the twelveth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Eighty-four teams entered, eleven more than last season, although five of the eighty-four never actually played a match.