Arsenal's first FA Cup match

Arsenal's first FA Cup match was played at The Manor Ground, Plumstead on 05.10.1889.
The club were at this time still known as Royal Arsenal.

The opponents wre Lyndhurst, who played at Denmark Hill (Surrey). Lyndhurst were members of the Surrey FA and featured in the semi finals of the 1888-89 Surrey Cup.They also comperted in the London Senior Cup. (There is a town in the New Forest called Lyndhurst but the two are not connected). 

GK	Fred Beardsley	England
	A Nottingham Forest player who moved to London to work at the Arsenal (munitions factory). He played in Arsenal’s first ever match and was responsible for the use of the red kit, a set of hand me downs from Forest.
FB	Peter Connolly	Scotland
	An early star of the side. He died of TB aged 28.
FB	‘Jack’ or ‘Jamie’ McBean	Scotland
HB	Morris Bates	England
	A relocated team mate of Beardsley’s at Nottingham Forest. Known as Iron head- he was an early practitioner of the booming headed clearance.
HB	David Howat	England
	Played 300 games for the club and was in the first league match.
HB	Bill Julian *	England
	Julian, who later played for Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed a long career as a coach in The Netherlands.
F	William Scott	Scotland
	Previously played for Forfar Athletic.
F	Richard Horsington	England
	Another import from Swindon Town.
F	Humphrey Barbour	Scotland
	Played for Third Lanark.
F	Hope Robertson	Scotland
F	Jimmy Meggs	?