The 1906–07 FA Cup was the 36th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). The Wednesday won the competition for the second time, beating holders Everton 2–1 in the final at Crystal Palace.
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.
Calendar
The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, and six proper rounds, including the semi-finals and final.
Round
Date
Preliminary round
22 September 1906
First round qualifying
6 October 1906
Second round qualifying
20 October 1906
Third round qualifying
3 November 1906
Fourth round qualifying
24 November 1906
Fifth round qualifying
8 December 1906
First round proper
12 January 1907
Second round proper
2 February 1907
Third round proper
23 February 1907
Fourth round proper
9 March 1907
Semi-finals
23 March 1907
Final
20 April 1907
First round proper
36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of the League sides not given byes to this round, Burslem Port Vale, Glossop and Burton United were put into the fifth qualifying round, and each one won. Clapton Orient were placed in the preliminary round, but their opponents, Grays United, were given a walkover. Nine non-league clubs joined the three League sides in winning through to the first round proper.
Sixteen non-league sides were given byes to the first round to bring the total number of teams up to 64. These were:
32 matches were scheduled to be played on 12 January 1907. Thirteen matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which four went to a second replay the following week.
The 16 second-round matches were played on 2 February 1907. Five matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these, the match between Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, went to a second replay the following week.