1886 FA Cup final

The 1886 FA Cup final was a football match between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, 3 April 1886 at Kennington Oval in south London.

This took place a week later at the Racecourse Ground in Derby, the first venue outside London to stage an FA Cup final match.

They were drawn away to Brentwood at the Essex County Cricket Ground where Blackburn won 3–1 to reach the semi-finals.

The semi-final took place at Aston Lower Grounds and was against one of Albion's local rivals, Small Heath Alliance.

Albion won 4–0—Arthur Loach and George Woodhall each scoring twice—to become the first Midlands club to reach the FA Cup Final.

[3] After the game, Small Heath supporters invaded the pitch and then pelted missiles at vehicles bound for West Bromwich, causing several injuries.

[7] The replay in Derby on 10 April was the first FA Cup final match to be played outside London.

There were fears that the match would have to be postponed when Derby was hit by a blizzard that morning, but it blew over and the snow had thawed before the kick-off was due.

Blackburn's Jimmy Forrest was a five-time winner of the FA Cup.

In the sixth round, Jem Bayliss scored Albion's first FA Cup hat-trick.