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.

The Second Division featured 15 clubs this season following Bootle's resignation from the Football League after the Annual General Meeting.

Stockport County and Leicester Fosse were appearing at this stage for the first time while Accrington received a bye to the first round despite the club also having resigned from the Football League during the 1893 close-season.

The final was contested by Notts County and Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park, Liverpool.

Notts County won 4–1 with Jimmy Logan becoming the second player to ever score a hat-trick at an FA Cup Final This article about an English association football competition is a stub.