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1877–78 in English football

7th season of competitive football in England

Field	Value
country	England
season	1877–78
domestic	[FA Cup](1877-78-fa-cup)
dchampions	Wanderers
prevseason	1876–77
nextseason	1878–79
flagicon	yes

The 1877–78 English football season was the seventh season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Wanderers became the first club to win the FA Cup three times in a row after beating Royal Engineers 3–1 in this season's final. It was the fifth time they had won the competition overall. They never won it again.

International match

A disastrous day for England saw them trounced by Scotland seven goals to two.

National team

Date	Venue	Score	England scorers	Scotland scorers
2 March 1878	Hampden Park, Glasgow	2–7	John Wylie (Wanderers) (65 mins) & Arthur Cursham (Notts County) (75 mins)	John McDougall(3), John McGregor, William Muir MacKinnon, Henry McNeil (2)

Honours

Competition	Winner
FA Cup	Wanderers (5*)
Birmingham Senior Cup	Shrewsbury (1)
Sheffield Challenge Cup	The Wednesday (2*)
Staffordshire Senior Cup	Stoke (1)

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition. The Shrewsbury club is not associated with Shrewsbury Town F.C. but an earlier club defunct by 1881.

References

[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18780302.html Report on Scotland v England match]. ''London Hearts Supporters Club''. Retrieved 19 June 2013
[http://www.11v11.com/matches/scotland-v-england-02-march-1878-222494/ Scotland v England, 2 March 1878]. ''11v11.com''. Retrieved 28 June 2013}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131215225815/http://www.11v11.com/matches/scotland-v-england-02-march-1878-222494/ Archived] 30 June 2013.

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