2016–17 FA Youth Cup explained

FA Youth Cup
Year:	2016–17
Country:	England Wales
Champions:	Chelsea
Runner-Up:	Manchester City
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 FA Youth Cup was the 65th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fourth year in a row after a 6–2 aggregate victory over Manchester City in the final.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Matches played from
Preliminary round	30 August 2016
First round qualifying	14 September 2016
Second round qualifying	3 October 2016
Third round qualifying	17 October 2016
First round	27 October 2016
Second round	14 November 2016
Third round	22 November 2016
Fourth round	6 January 2017
Fifth round	25 January 2017
Quarter-finals	15 February 2017
Semi-finals (two legs)	10 March/18 March 2017
Final (two legs)	18 April/26 April 2017

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1		2–5	Darlington 1883
2	Newcastle Benfield	3–2
3	Blyth Spartans	5–3		302
4		0–4	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	44
5		0–4	Hyde United
6	FC United of Manchester	3–0		391
7		3–4	St Helens Town	55
8		1–2	Clitheroe	142
9	Altrincham	3–2		203
10	Witton Albion	6–0		68
11	Vauxhall	2–1		77
12	Nelson
13	Abbey Hey	3–1
14			West Didsbury & Chorlton
15		1–4	Ashton Athletic	45
16		0–3	Colne	45
17	Sheffield	3–0		114
18	Harrogate Railway Athletic	3–1		33
19	Tadcaster Albion	4–1		88
20	FC Halifax Town	4–0		145
21	Farsley Celtic	3–2
22		5–7	Worksop Town	53
23	Garforth Town	3–2		64
24	Pontefract Collieries	4–2		80
25	Hall Road Rangers	7–4		57
26		1–2	Stocksbridge Park Steels	93
27	Kimberley MW	3–0		68
28	Leicester Nirvana	3–2
29		1–2	Ashby Ivanhoe
30			Loughborough Dynamo
31	Boston United	5–0		131
32		1–2	Bottesford Town	90
33	Leicester Road	3–0		45
34		0–7	Dunkirk
35	Alfreton Town	3–2		79
36		0–3	St Andrews
37	Tamworth	5–3		292
38	Wolverhampton Casuals	3–0		63
39		1–2	Kidsgrove Athletic	91
40	Hereford	8–0
41	Alvechurch	7–1		58
42	Stourbridge	3–1		65
43	Halesowen Town	2–1		62
44	Ellesmere Rangers	4–2
45		1–10	Romulus	85
46		2–5	Nuneaton Town	40
47	Leamington
48	Coleshill Town	2–0		44
49		1–2	Bromsgrove Sporting	56
50	Newcastle Town	6–0		96
51	St Ives Town	2–0		88
52	Desborough Town	4–1
53		1–3	Northampton ON Chenecks	39
54	Corby Town	7–2		54
55	AFC Kempston Rovers	3–0		73
56		1–5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	115
57		0–2	Rushden & Higham United
58		1–2	Peterborough Northern Star
59	Wroxham	4–1		39
60	Needham Market	4–1		45
61	Leiston	5–3		32
62		0–4	Woodbridge Town	63
63		3–5	Newmarket Town	72
64	Cornard United	3–2
65	Cambridge City	2–1		74
66	Bury Town			58
67		1–2	Ely City	61
68		0–8	Sudbury	36
69		1–5	Walsham Le Willows	53
70	Gorleston
71	Chelmsford City	2–1		64
72	Ilford

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
73		3–4	AFC Hornchurch	26
74		2–4	Brentwood Town	51
75	Great Wakering Rovers	2–1		55
76	Saffron Walden Town	2–1		81
77			Bishop's Stortford
78	Thurrock	3–1
79	Ware	6–2
80	Aveley	4–1		48
81	North Greenford United	4–0		34
82		3–6	Tring Athletic	33
83	Potters Bar Town	5–2		46
84	Bedfont Sports	5–1		41
85		1–4	Hitchin Town	39
86	Spelthorne Sports	3–1
87	Beaconsfield SYCOB	3–1		48
88	Buckingham Athletic	4–3		55
89		1–2	Uxbridge
90	Chesham United	5–0		56
91	Hanwell Town
92	St Albans City	4–2
93	Sporting Club Thamesmead
94	Eastbourne Borough	4–1		188
95	Bridon Ropes	1–0		65
96	Tonbridge Angels
97		1–3	Greenwich Borough	24
98			VCD Athletic
99	Meridian	4–1		60
100		3–4	Folkestone Invicta	49
101		0–2	Ebbsfleet United
102		1–2	Phoenix Sports	118
103			Ramsgate
104			Lordswood	37
105	Ashford United	1–0		33
106		2–3	Dartford
107			Mile Oak
108		3–4	Leatherhead
109		1–4	Haywards Heath Town	91
110	Worthing	7–0
111	Dorking Wanderers	3–2
112	Whitehawk	2–1		58
113	Metropolitan Police	3–1
114	Camberley Town
115			Knaphill
116	Lewes	2–1
117	Chertsey Town	10–0		49
118		2–3	Westfield	30
119	Wick
120	Steyning Town	3–1		56
121		2–6	Newhaven	45
122	Ascot United	3–0		44
123	Hungerford Town	5–2		59
124	Wantage Town	4–3
125		0–6	Andover Town
126	Didcot Town	3–2
127		0–3	Oxford City	157
128			Burnham
129		0–2	Windsor	25
130	Alton Town			40
131	Maidenhead United	2–1		76
132		1–6	Marlow	50
133	Salisbury	4–2		104
134	Winchester City	5–3		21
135		1–5	Hamworthy United
136		1–2	Sholing	101
137	Havant & Waterlooville	3–0		97
138	Yate Town	3–2		54
139	Cirencester Town	4–2		39
140	Chippenham Town	4–2		62
141	Bishop Sutton	1–0		45
142		2–4	Weston Super Mare	73
143		1–4	Paulton Rovers	48
144		0–1	Bath City	70
145	Radstock Town	6–2		57

First round qualifying

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1		1–8	Durham City	329
2		1–2	Darlington 1883
3		1–2	Newcastle Benfield	50
4	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion
5		1–4	Altrincham	103
6	St Helens Town	2–1
7	Marine	4–1		117
8	Ashton Athletic	6–1		51
9	Clitheroe	1–0
10		0–5	AFC Fylde	35
11	West Didsbury & Chorlton	3–2
12		2–4	FC United of Manchester	125
13			Irlam
14	Hyde United	1–0		87
15		2–3	Nostell Miners Welfare	68
16		0–3	Garforth Town
17	Handsworth Parramore	4–0		78
18	FC Halifax Town	1–0		159
19		2–4	Sheffield	159
20		0–1	Hall Road Rangers	44
21	Barton Town Old Boys	6–1		80
22	Pontefract Collieries	3–2		107
23	Belper Town	4–3
24	Boston United	1–0		87
25		0–5	Bottesford Town	35
26	Kimberley MW	2–1		58
27		1–3	Dunkirk	119
28	Loughborough Dynamo	6–2
29		1–6	Alfreton Town	110
30		4–5	AFC Telford United	78
31	Kidderminster Harriers	4–0
32	Romulus	8–0
33	Coleshill Town	5–3		33
34		0–1	Newcastle Town	85
35	Rushall Olympic	6–0
36	Ellesmere Rangers
37	Bromsgrove Sporting	2–0		127
38	Nuneaton Town	4–3		40
39		0–2	Hereford	120
40		2–3	Bedworth United	32
41		3–5	Wolverhampton Casuals	131
42		1–2	Biggleswade Town
43		0–3	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	82
44		0–7	Kettering Town	72
45		1–2	AFC Dunstable
46		4–5	Rushden & Higham United	43
47	St Ives Town	3–2		56
48	Framlingham Town	7–3
49		0–1	Ely City	87
50	Bury Town	4–1		47
51		1–2	Gorleston	47
52		1–9	AFC Sudbury	73
53	Needham Market	12–1		42
54	Woodbridge Town	10–0		55
55	Leiston	2–1		45
56	Whitton United	5–3		50
57	Bishop's Stortford	3–2		121
58	AFC Hornchurch	3–1		44
59		1–7	Ware
60		3–4	Concord Rangers	48
61		2–5	Cheshunt	68

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
62	Tilbury	9–1		54
63	Aveley	4–1		38
64	Broxbourne Borough	2–1		15
65	Wadham Lodge	4–2		95
66	Chelmsford City	2–1		99
67		1–3	Beaconsfield SYCOB
68		1–2	Potters Bar Town	50
69	Uxbridge	6–2		127
70	Hanwell Town	5–1
71	Bedfont Sports	3–2
72		0–1	Wealdstone	73
73		1–6	Cockfosters	47
74	North Greenford United	10–1		25
75	Edgware Town			54
76	St Albans City	4–2
77	Wingate & Finchley	5–3
78		1–3	Meridian
79			Bridon Ropes
80	Ebbsfleet United	1–0		181
81		0–4	Hastings United
82	Tonbridge Angels	4–0
83	Ashford United	9–0
84	Corinthian	13–1		66
85	Harefield United	2–0		68
86		0–2	Greenwich Borough	29
87	Lordswood
88		1–3	Folkestone Invicta	121
89	Metropolitan Police	1–0
90	Haywards Heath Town	2–0
91	Molesey	8–2
92		1–4	Westfield	42
93	Worthing	6–1		40
94		1–4	Hampton & Richmond Borough	43
95	Lewes	6–1
96	Merstham	7–1		57
97		0–6	Whitehawk	42
98		1–3	Camberley Town	43
99	Marlow	6–0		54
100		1–4	Hungerford Town	61
101		3–6	Oxford City
102	Ascot United	5–2		98
103	Bracknell Town
104	Andover Town	6–2		55
105	Wantage Town	3–2		32
106		0–1	Team Solent	47
107	Havant & Waterlooville			79
108		0–10	Poole Town	53
109	Salisbury
110	Gosport Borough	2–1		110
111	Sholing	1–0		70
112	Hamworthy United			65
113		0–7	Gloucester City	121
114		1–9	Yate Town	49
115		0–5	Cirencester Town
116	Bitton	3–0
117		0–3	Weston Super Mare
118	Bath City	9–0		76
119	Radstock Town	4–1		50
120	Cullompton Rangers	4–2		36
121	Paulton Rovers	2–0		51

Second round qualifying

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Darlington 1883	2–1
2		2–9	Irlam	71
3		1–2	Newcastle Benfield	48
4		1–5	Altrincham	141
5	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	4–0		101
6	Tranmere Rovers	3–0		118
7	FC United of Manchester	3–0		164
8	AFC Fylde	4–1		69
9	Hyde United	2–1		49
10	Wrexham	2–1		59
11	York City	6–0
12	Pontefract Collieries	4–1
13	Barton Town Old Boys	2–1
14	Nostell MW	2–0		95
15		2–3	FC Halifax Town
16		4–5	Alfreton Town
17		4–5	Dunkirk	71
18	Boston United	3–1		126
19		0–2	Kimberley MW	63
20	Solihull Moors	2–1		70
21	Bedworth United
22	Newcastle Town	3–2		77
23	Hereford	8–1		130
24	Wolverhampton Casuals	3–1
25	Romulus	3–1
26		1–3	Ely City
27	Biggleswade Town	3–0
28	Kettering Town	3–2		23
29			Rushden & Higham United	28
30	Framlingham Town	5–4		55
31		0–1	Leiston	95
32		0–4	AFC Sudbury	54
33		0–5	Woodbridge Town	64
34	Braintree Town
35		1–2	Ware	135
36		1–2	Aveley	64

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
37	Broxbourne Borough	3–2		68
38	AFC Hornchurch	4–0		57
39	Dagenham & Redbridge	4–1
40	Boreham Wood	5–1
41		1–3	Wealdstone	73
42	Bedfont Sports	1–0		41
43		1–3	North Greenford United	75
44		2–3	Beaconsfield SYCOB
45	Uxbridge	3–2		131
46	Maidstone United	6–2		166
47	Tonbridge Angels	3–0
48		2–3	Folkestone Invicta	102
49		1–4	Ashford United
50		2–3	Meridian
51		1–2	Ebbsfleet United
52		2–3	Corinthian
53	Sutton United	5–4
54		0–1	Worthing
55		0–3	Hampton & Richmond Borough	40
56	Merstham	3–0		63
57		2–5	Woking	129
58		1–8	Metropolitan Police	48
59		1–4	Bracknell Town	40
60	Oxford City
61	Hungerford Town	4–2		91
62	Eastleigh	3–1		113
63	Andover Town	2–1		63
64		1–7	Poole Town	112
65		3–4	Gosport Borough	45
66		0–2	Salisbury	88
67	Gloucester City	4–1
68		1–2	Radstock Town	133
69		2–3		Bitton	36
70		0–7	Bath City	86
71	Forest Green Rovers	6–4

Third round qualifying

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1		1–7	Tranmere Rovers	148
2	Hyde United	2–0		100
3	York City	9–0		160
4	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	4–2		162
5		0–8	Chester
6		0–3	Wrexham	146
7	FC Halifax Town	4–1		143
8		2–3	FC United of Manchester	81
9	Romulus	2–1
10		0–9	Boston United	145
11	Dunkirk	2–1
12	Hereford	2–1		43
13	Wolverhampton Casuals	4–3
14		1–2	Bedworth United
15		2–4†	Dagenham & Redbridge
16		0–2	Beaconsfield SYCOB
17		1–2†	AFC Sudbury	130
18		1–3	North Greenford United	139

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
19		0–3	Broxbourne Borough	31
20	AFC Hornchurch	5–0		56
21	Framlingham Town	2–0
22	Boreham Wood	4–0		94
23	Ware	3–0
24		0–1	Metropolitan Police	83
25		0–1	Folkestone Invicta	129
26			Maidstone United	256^[2]
27		0–3	Corinthian	115
28	Worthing	4–0
29	Merstham	4–0		67
30	Eastleigh	2–1		132
31		0–2	Gloucester City	88
32	Poole Town	9–0		83
33		4–5	Radstock Town	134
34	Salisbury	3–1†		98
35		0–3	Andover Town
36		1–2	Oxford City

First round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bradford City	1–0		242
2	Chester	1–0		413
3	Sheffield United	2–1		612
4		0–2	Carlisle United	342
5		1–4	Morecambe	140
6		0–2	Accrington Stanley	140
7	Bolton Wanderers	2–1†		666
8	Scunthorpe United	2–0		310
9	Oldham Athletic	2–0		219
10	Tranmere Rovers	3–0		171
11	FC Halifax Town	2–2 (4–3 p)		236
12	Rochdale	7–0		236
13	Dunkirk	3–2†		315
14		1–3	Romulus	297
15	Peterborough United	2–0		386
16	Shrewsbury Town	5–1		231
17		0–3	Mansfield Town	347
18	Chesterfield	3–1		300
19	Boston United	3–2		175
20	Boreham Wood	1–0		144
21	Cambridge United	4–1		158

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
22		1–3	Luton Town	256
23		0–6	Leyton Orient	298
24	Dagenham & Redbridge	7–3		155
25	AFC Sudbury	2–1		133
26	Milton Keynes Dons	6–1		400
27		2–4†	Stevenage	303
28	Charlton Athletic	1–1 (3–1 p)		250
29	Millwall	6–0		281
30	Gillingham	3–1		275^[3]
31		1–4	Merstham	221
32	AFC Wimbledon	8–1		396
33		0–4	Poole Town
34		0–1	Yeovil Town
35		0–8	Exeter City	330
36		0–2	Bristol City	228
37		2–3	Oxford City	90
38		1–5	Plymouth Argyle	176
39		2–3	Swindon Town	237
40	Portsmouth	5–0		758
41	Broxbourne Borough	–	BYE
42	Metropolitan Police	–	BYE

Second round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1		1–5	Sheffield United	318
2		1–2	Shrewsbury Town	141
3	Chester	2–0		580
4		2–2 (2–4 p)	Accrington Stanley	156
5	Mansfield Town	5–2		506
6		1–2	Carlisle United	250
7	Bradford City	2–1		305
8		2–4	Tranmere Rovers	194
9		0–2	Oldham Athletic	185
10		1–7	Leyton Orient	316
11	Swindon Town	3–2		153

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
12		2–2 (2–4 p)	Gillingham	341
13	Stevenage	2–0		292
14	Luton Town	4–3		408
15	Oxford City	3–1
16		1–2	Broxbourne Borough	157
17	Portsmouth	2–0		573
18	Cambridge United	2–0		164
19	Yeovil Town	2–0		261
20	AFC Wimbledon	3–0		310
21	Exeter City	3–1		173

Third round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Middlesbrough	5–0		207
2	Liverpool	2–2 (5–4 p)
3	Broxbourne Borough	1–0
4	Burnley	2–0		381
5		1–5	Norwich City	550
6	Gillingham	2–0		251
7		1–2	AFC Wimbledon	246
8		0–4	Manchester City	517
9		1–3	Queens Park Rangers	235
10	Shrewsbury Town	2–1		240
11		1–4	Newcastle United	832
12	Leicester City	3–1		359
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0
14		1–2	Wigan Athletic	630^[4]
15		0–1	Blackburn Rovers	327^[5]
16	Preston North End	1–0		345

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
17		1–4	Birmingham City	242
18	Swansea City	2–1		156
19	Sunderland	4–1		206
20	Fulham	3–1		275^[6]
21	Cambridge United	2–1		406
22		0–1	Carlisle United	284
23	Chelsea	5–0		210
24	Everton	2–0		703
25	Stoke City	2–2 (4–2 p)
26	Nottingham Forest	4–2		366
27		2–3	Yeovil Town	218
28	Hull City	3–2		221
29	Tottenham Hotspur	10–1		897
30		0–2	Aston Villa	301
31	Sheffield Wednesday	4–0		315
32		1–2	Southampton	1,943

Fourth round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Preston North End	0–0 (7–6 p)		623
2	AFC Wimbledon	3–0		663
3	Stoke City	4–1		549
4	Middlesbrough	2–1		255
5		0–0 (6–7 p)	Aston Villa	824
6	Newcastle United	3–1		1,307
7		1–4	Tottenham Hotspur	647
8		1–2	Southampton	304

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
9	Manchester City	3–1
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0
11	Leicester City	2–1		386
12		0–5	Chelsea
13	Broxbourne Borough	1–0
14	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0		650
15		0–4	Norwich City	527
16	Sunderland	3–1		235

Fifth round

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Manchester City	4–0
2	Chelsea	4–0		234
3	Aston Villa	7–0		901
4		3–4	Newcastle United	1,009
5	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0		698
6	Stoke City	2–2 (4–2 p)
7		0–1	Leicester City	231
8	Preston North End	3–2		519

Quarter-finals

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1		0–1	Chelsea	449
2		3–5	Tottenham Hotspur	2,847
3		1–3	Stoke City	1,747
4		1–2	Manchester City	964

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Chelsea won 9–2 on Aggregate.----Manchester City won 9–2 on Aggregate.

Final

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Second leg

See also

• 2016–17 Premier League Cup
• 2016–17 FA Cup
• 2016–17 Professional U18 Development League

External links

• The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chelsea 5 Manchester City 1 (6-2 agg) FA Youth Cup Final: Blues win fourth consecutive title . 26 April 2017. The Telegraph. 27 April 2017.
2. maidstoneunited. 788833915641466880. 19 October 2016. Attendance: 256 #FAYouthCup.
3. Web site: FA YOUTH CUP: GILLS 3-1 CORINTHIAN. Gillingham FC.
4. OfficialECFC. 420648254158950400. 7 January 2014. 630 the attendance tonight..
5. Web site: U-18s: Arsenal 0-1 Blackburn - Report. Arsenal FC.
6. Web site: Fulham Under-18s came from behind to earn a 3-1 victory over Mansfield Town in the Third Round of the FA Youth Cup on Friday.. Fulham FC. 2022-11-03. 2017-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828120907/http://www.fulhamfc.com/under-18s/2016_2017/cup/round-three/mansfield-town-u18s. bot: unknown.