1873–74 FA Cup
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The 1873–74 Football Association Challenge Cup was the third edition of the annual FA Cup, the oldest national football tournament in the world. Entrants increased to 28 teams, 12 more than the previo
Oxford University's F.A. Cup winning side of 1874.
William Merriman
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Colonel William Merriman was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played as a goalkeeper in three FA Cup Finals, winning the cup in 1875.
The Royal Engineers team of 1872. Eight of these players played in the first FA Cup Final. Merriman is standing first on the left