2009–10 FA Cup explained

FA Cup
Year:2009–10
Country:England
Wales
Num Teams:762
Champions:Chelsea F.C.
Count:6
Runner-Up:Portsmouth
Top Goal Scorer:John Carew (6 goals)
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2009–10 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 129th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup. As in the previous year, 762 clubs were accepted for the competition.[1] One club, Newcastle Blue Star, folded before the fixtures were released. As they were scheduled to enter the competition in the first round qualifying, their opponents in this round received a walkover.

The competition commenced on 15 August 2009 with the Extra preliminary round and concluded on 15 May 2010 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. The final was contested by 2009 winners Chelsea and 2008 winners Portsmouth. Originally, the winners were to qualify for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. However, as Chelsea won the 2009–10 Premier League (and did not need the FA Cup winners' berth), and Portsmouth failed to apply for a UEFA licence for the 2010–11 season in time (making them ineligible to compete in UEFA competitions), the berth was given to Liverpool, the seventh-placed team in the Premier League. Chelsea won 1–0 in the final to retain the trophy.

Teams

Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round
762 406 none 406 Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
559 334 203 131 Northern Premier League Division One North
Northern Premier League Division One South
Southern Football League Division One Midlands
Southern Football League Division One South & West
Isthmian League Division One North
Isthmian League Division One South
392 232 167 65 Northern Premier League Premier Division
Southern Football League Premier Division
Isthmian League Premier Division
Second round qualifying276 160 116 44 Conference North
Conference South
Third round qualifying196 80 80 none none
Fourth round qualifying156 64 40 24 Conference National
First round proper124 80 32 48 Football League One
Football League Two
Second round proper84 40 40 none none
64 64 20 44 Premier League
Football League Championship
32 32 32 none none
16 16 16 none none
8 8 8 none none
4 4 4 none none
2 2 2 none none

Calendar

The calendar for the 2009–10 FA Cup, as announced by The Football Association:[2]

Round Main date Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Prize money[3] Player of the Round
15 August 2009 203 762 → 559 406: 357th–762nd £750
29 August 2009 167 559 → 392 131: 226th–356th £1,500
12 September 2009 116 392 → 276 65: 161st–225th £3,000 Bobby Traynor (Kingstonian)[4]
26 September 2009 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £4,500 Mark Danks (Northwich Victoria)[5]
10 October 2009 40 196 → 156 none £7,500 Adam Webster (Hinckley United)[6]
24 October 2009 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £12,500 Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon)[7]
7 November 2009 40 124 → 84 48: 45th–92nd £18,000 Richard Brodie (York City)[8]
28 November 2009 20 84 → 64 none £27,000 Leon Legge (Brentford)[9]
2 January 2010 32 64 → 32 44: 1st–44th £67,500 Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[10]
23 January 2010 16 32 → 16 none £90,000 Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[11]
13 February 2010 8 16 → 8 none £180,000 Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)[12]
6 March 2010 4 8 → 4 none £360,000 Frédéric Piquionne (Portsmouth)[13]
10–11 April 2010 2 4 → 2 none Winners: £900,000
Losers: £450,000
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)[14]
15 May 2010 1 2 → 1 none Winner: £1,800,000
Loser: £900,000

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2009–10 FA Cup qualifying rounds.

All of the teams that entered the competition, but were not members of the Premier League or The Football League, had to compete in the qualifying rounds.

First round proper

Teams from Leagues One and Two entered at this stage, along with the winners from the Fourth round qualifying. The draw was made on 25 October 2009 with ties played in the week beginning 6 November 2009.

Lowestoft Town and Paulton Rovers of the eighth tier were the lowest ranked teams left in the competition at this stage, but both failed to make it through to the second round.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Gillingham3–0Southend United4,605
2Grimsby Town0–2Bath City2,103
3Gateshead2–2Brentford1,150
replayBrentford5–2Gateshead1,960
4Chesterfield1–3AFC Bournemouth3,277
5AFC Telford United1–3Lincoln City2,809
6Stockport County5–0Tooting & Mitcham United3,076
7Burton Albion3–2Oxford City2,207
8Barrow2–1Eastleigh1,655
9Oldham Athletic0–2Leeds United5,552
10Cambridge United4–0Ilkeston Town2,395
11York City3–2Crewe Alexandra3,070
12Wycombe Wanderers4–4Brighton & Hove Albion2,749
replayBrighton & Hove Albion2–0Wycombe Wanderers3,383
13Hereford United2–0Sutton United1,713
14Nuneaton Town0–4Exeter City2,452
15Bristol Rovers2–3Southampton6,646
16Carlisle United2–2Morecambe4,181
replayMorecambe0–1Carlisle United3,307
17Forest Green Rovers1–1Mansfield Town1,149
replayMansfield Town1–2Forest Green Rovers2,496
18Oxford United1–0Yeovil Town6,144
19Paulton Rovers0–7Norwich City2,070
20Swindon Town1–0Woking4,805
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
21Port Vale1–1Stevenage Borough3,999
replayStevenage Borough0–1Port Vale2,894
22Luton Town3–3Rochdale3,167
replayRochdale0–2Luton Town1,982
23Bromley0–4Colchester United4,242
24Accrington Stanley2–1Salisbury City1,379
25Millwall4–1AFC Wimbledon9,453
26Stourbridge0–1Walsall2,014
27Shrewsbury Town0–1Staines Town3,359
28Wealdstone2–3Rotherham United1,638
29Torquay United3–1Cheltenham Town2,370
30Barnet3–1Darlington1,654
31Notts County2–1Bradford City4,213
32Huddersfield Town6–1Dagenham & Redbridge5,858
33Milton Keynes Dons1–0Macclesfield Town4,868
34Rushden & Diamonds3–1Hinckley United1,540
35Northwich Victoria1–0Charlton Athletic2,153
36Aldershot Town2–0Bury2,519
37Wrexham1–0Lowestoft Town2,402
38Hartlepool United0–1Kettering Town2,645
39Tranmere Rovers1–1Leyton Orient3,180
replayLeyton Orient0–1Tranmere Rovers1,518
40Northampton Town2–1Fleetwood Town3,077

Second round proper

The matches took place on 28 and 29 November 2009 and involved the 40 winning teams from the previous round.

Bath City and Staines Town from the Conference South, and Northwich Victoria from the Conference North (6th tier) were the lowest ranked teams left at this stage, but none made it through to the third round.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Northwich Victoria1–3Lincoln City3,544
2Northampton Town2–3Southampton4,858
3Hereford United0–1Colchester United2,225
4Tranmere Rovers0–0Aldershot Town3,742
replayAldershot Town1–2Tranmere Rovers4,060
5Kettering Town1–1Leeds United4,837
replayLeeds United5–1Kettering Town10,670
6Gillingham1–0Burton Albion4,996
7Wrexham0–1Swindon Town3,011
8Brighton & Hove Albion3–2Rushden & Diamonds3,638
9Rotherham United2–2Luton Town3,210
replayLuton Town3–0Rotherham United2,518
10Milton Keynes Dons4–3Exeter City4,867
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
11Brentford1–0Walsall2,611
12Carlisle United3–1Norwich City3,946
13Accrington Stanley2–2Barnet1,501
replayBarnet0–1Accrington Stanley1,288
14Oxford United1–1Barrow6,082
replayBarrow3–1Oxford United2,754
15AFC Bournemouth1–2Notts County6,082
16Stockport County0–4Torquay United1,690
17Cambridge United1–2York City3,505
18Bath City1–2Forest Green Rovers3,325
19Port Vale0–1Huddersfield Town5,311
20Staines Town1–1Millwall2,753
replayMillwall4–0Staines Town3,452

† – After extra time

Third round proper

The draw was held on Sunday 29 November 2009 at Wembley Stadium. Premier League and Football League Championship teams entered at this stage, joining the winners from the previous round and completing the entrants. The majority of fixtures took place on 2 and 3 January 2010, with snow postponing several matches until mid-January.

Barrow, Forest Green Rovers, Luton Town and York City from the Conference National (5th tier) were the only non-league teams left at this stage, but none made it through to the fourth round.

Manchester United were knocked out in the third round for the first time since they lost to AFC Bournemouth in 1984, when they lost to third-tier rivals Leeds United. It was also Manchester United's first defeat to a lower league side since defeat at Bournemouth. They were joined by rivals and fellow 'Big Four' club Liverpool, who lost at home to second-flight Reading in a replay.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Tottenham Hotspur4–0Peterborough United35,862
2Brentford0–1Doncaster Rovers2,883
3Middlesbrough0–1Manchester City12,474
4Stoke City3–1York City15,586
5Notts County2–1Forest Green Rovers4,389
6Huddersfield Town0–2West Bromwich Albion13,472
7Sheffield United1–1Queens Park Rangers11,461
replayQueens Park Rangers2–3Sheffield United5,780
8Milton Keynes Dons1–2Burnley11,816
9Chelsea5–0Watford40,912
10Nottingham Forest0–0Birmingham City20,975
replayBirmingham City1–0Nottingham Forest9,399
11Preston North End7–0Colchester United7,621
12West Ham United1–2Arsenal25,549
13Aston Villa3–1Blackburn Rovers25,453
14Portsmouth1–1Coventry City11,214
replayCoventry City1–2Portsmouth7,097
15Sunderland3–0Barrow25,190
16Wigan Athletic4–1Hull City5,335
17Everton3–1Carlisle United31,196
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
18Sheffield Wednesday1–2Crystal Palace8,690
19Tranmere Rovers0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers7,476
20Blackpool1–2Ipswich Town7,332
21Fulham1–0Swindon Town19,623
22Torquay United0–1Brighton & Hove Albion4,028
23Scunthorpe United1–0Barnsley5,457
24Southampton1–0Luton Town18,786
25Bristol City1–1Cardiff City7,289
replayCardiff City1–0Bristol City6,731
26Reading1–1Liverpool23,656
replayLiverpool1–2Reading31,063
27Millwall1–1Derby County10,531
replayDerby County1–1Millwall7,183
Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties
28Plymouth Argyle0–0Newcastle United16,451
replayNewcastle United3–0Plymouth Argyle15,805
29Leicester City2–1Swansea City12,307
30Bolton Wanderers4–0Lincoln City11,193
31Accrington Stanley1–0Gillingham1,322
32Manchester United 0–1Leeds United74,526

† – After extra time

Fourth round proper

The draw was held on Sunday 3 January 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures took place over the weekend of 23 and 24 January 2010.[15]

Accrington Stanley and Notts County from League Two (4th tier) were the lowest ranked teams left at this stage; Accrington Stanley did not proceed further, whilst Notts County defeated Wigan Athletic in a replay at the DW Stadium.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Southampton2–1Ipswich Town20,446
2Reading1–0Burnley12,910
3Derby County1–0Doncaster Rovers11,316
4Cardiff City4–2Leicester City10,961
5Stoke City3–1Arsenal19,735
6Notts County2–2Wigan Athletic9,073
replayWigan Athletic0–2Notts County5,519
7Scunthorpe United2–4Manchester City8,861
8West Bromwich Albion4–2Newcastle United16,102
9Everton1–2Birmingham City30,875
10Accrington Stanley1–3Fulham3,712
11Bolton Wanderers2–0Sheffield United14,572
12Portsmouth2–1Sunderland10,315
13Preston North End0–2Chelsea23,119
14Aston Villa3–2Brighton & Hove Albion39,725
15Wolverhampton Wanderers2–2Crystal Palace14,449
replayCrystal Palace3–1Wolverhampton Wanderers10,282
16Tottenham Hotspur2–2Leeds United35,750
replayLeeds United1–3Tottenham Hotspur37,704

Fifth round proper

The draw was conducted by Geoff Thomas and Stephanie Moore MBE on Sunday 24 January 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures took place over the weekend of 13 and 14 February 2010.[16] Notts County from the Football League Two (4th tier) were the lowest-ranked team left at this stage, but they went out 4–0 to Premier League side Fulham.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Crystal Palace2–2Aston Villa20,486
replayAston Villa3–1Crystal Palace31,874
2Manchester City1–1Stoke City28,019
replayStoke City3–1Manchester City21,813
3Derby County1–2Birmingham City21,043
4Bolton Wanderers1–1Tottenham Hotspur13,596
replayTottenham Hotspur4–0Bolton Wanderers31,436
5Chelsea4–1Cardiff City40,827
6Fulham4–0Notts County16,132
7Reading2–2West Bromwich Albion18,008
replayWest Bromwich Albion2–3Reading13,985
8Southampton1–4Portsmouth31,385

† – After extra time

Sixth round proper

The draw was conducted by former England striker Luther Blissett and TV presenter Tim Lovejoy on 14 February 2010 at Football Association headquarters at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures took place over the weekend of 6 and 7 March 2010.[17] Reading from the Championship (2nd tier) were the lowest ranked team left at this stage.

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted by David Ginola and Jason Cundy at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, 7 March 2010.[18] Both matches took place at Wembley Stadium over the weekend of 10 and 11 April.[19]

Final

See main article: 2010 FA Cup final. The final was played on 15 May 2010 at Wembley Stadium, London

Top scorers

[20]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 John CarewAston Villa6
2 Jermaine BeckfordLeeds United5
Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
4 Ricardo FullerStoke City4
Chris MartinNorwich City
Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur
Daniel SturridgeChelsea

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, ITV were the sole network broadcasters for the season as subscription broadcasters Setanta Sports entered administration and ceased operations before the start of the season. S4C broadcast in Wales, The Football Association streamed select games live on its website for free.

The matches shown live on ITV were:

Paulton Rovers 0–7 Norwich City (R1)

Northwich Victoria 1–0 Charlton Athletic (R1)

Rochdale 0–2 Luton Town (R1 Replay)

Northwich Victoria 1–3 Lincoln City (R2)

Kettering Town 1–1 Leeds United (R2)

Leeds United 5–1 Kettering Town (R2 Replay)

Reading 1–1 Liverpool (R3)

Manchester United 0–1 Leeds United (R3)

West Ham United 1–2 Arsenal (R3)

Coventry City 1–2 Portsmouth (R3 Replay)

Liverpool 1–2 Reading (R3 Replay)

Preston North End 0–2 Chelsea (R4)

Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Leeds United (R4)

Stoke City 3–1 Arsenal (R4)

Scunthorpe United 2–4 Manchester City (R4)

Crystal Palace 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R4 Replay)

Leeds United 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur (R4 Replay)

Southampton 1–4 Portsmouth (R5)

Manchester City 1–1 Stoke City (R5)

Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur (R5)

Crystal Palace 2–2 Aston Villa (R5)

Stoke City 3–1 Manchester City (R5 Replay)

Portsmouth 2–0 Birmingham City (QF)

Fulham 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur (QF)

Reading 2–4 Aston Villa (QF)

Chelsea 2–0 Stoke City (QF)

Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Fulham (QF Replay)

Aston Villa 0–3 Chelsea (SF)

Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Portsmouth (SF)

Chelsea 1–0 Portsmouth (Final)

The matches shown live on S4C were:

Bristol City 1–1 Cardiff City (R3)

Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City (R3 Replay)

Chelsea 4–1 Cardiff City (R5)

The matches shown live on the website of The Football Association were:

Oldham Athletic 0–2 Leeds United (R1)

Millwall 4–1 AFC Wimbledon (R1)

Stevenage 0–1 Port Vale (R1 Replay)

Carlisle United 3–1 Norwich City (R2)

Millwall 4–0 Staines Town (R2 Replay)

Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R3)

Bristol City 1–1 Cardiff City (R3)

Reading 1–0 Burnley (R4)

Chelsea 4–1 Cardiff City (R5)

Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Bolton Wanderers (R5 Replay)

International broadcasters

CountryBroadcaster
Tring Sport
Prime
Setanta Sports
France Télévisions
SKY Italia

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: FA Cup Entries – accepted . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 1 July 2009 . 1 July 2009 .
  2. News: FA Cup Round Dates . https://archive.today/20090618141451/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/FACupRoundDates0910.aspx . dead . 18 June 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 6 June 2009 . 3 July 2009 .
  3. News: FA Cup – Payments to Clubs . https://web.archive.org/web/20090406082624/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/FACupPages/FACupPrizeFund20082009.aspx . dead . 6 April 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 10 October 2009.
  4. News: Traynor tops FA Cup poll . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 23 September 2009 . 27 September 2009 .
  5. News: Five-goal Danks tops Cup poll . https://archive.today/20091121065752/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/2RQ_POTR_Danks.aspx . dead . 21 November 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 6 October 2009 . 28 October 2009 .
  6. News: Webster's reward . https://archive.today/20091121070444/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/Webster_reward.aspx . dead . 21 November 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 20 October 2009 . 8 November 2009 .
  7. News: Kedwell takes the vote . https://archive.today/20091121065809/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/KedwellPOTR4RQ.aspx . dead . 21 November 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 4 November 2009 . 8 November 2009 .
  8. News: Brodie bunch . https://archive.today/20091128235653/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/POTR-1RP-251109.aspx . dead . 28 November 2009 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 25 November 2009 . 25 November 2009 .
  9. News: Wembley beckons for Leon . https://archive.today/20100113190002/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/LeggePOTR2RP.aspx . dead . 13 January 2010 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 16 December 2009 . 19 December 2009 .
  10. News: Jermaine man. https://archive.today/20110606032053/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/BeckfordPOTR3RP.aspx . dead . 6 June 2011 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 12 January 2010 . 13 January 2010 .
  11. News: It's Beckford again . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 4 February 2010 . 14 February 2010 .
  12. News: Bale claims public vote . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 1 March 2010 . 1 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310055245/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/BalePOTR5RP.aspx . 10 March 2010 . dead .
  13. News: Frederic is Piq of the polls . https://archive.today/20100417150351/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/PiquionnePOTR6RP . dead . 17 April 2010 . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 25 March 2010 . 25 March 2010 .
  14. News: Didier do well . TheFA.com . The Football Association . 28 April 2010 . 15 May 2010 .
  15. News: Leeds to face Tottenham after FA Cup fourth-round draw . BBC Sport . BBC . 3 January 2010 . 4 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104052533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8438681.stm. 4 January 2010 . live.
  16. News: Cardiff take on Chelsea in FA Cup . BBC Sport . BBC . 24 January 2010 . 14 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100127203629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8477608.stm. 27 January 2010 . live.
  17. News: Holders Chelsea to face Man City or Stoke in FA Cup . BBC Sport . BBC . 14 February 2010 . 14 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100218052433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8515386.stm. 18 February 2010 . live.
  18. Web site: Chelsea to face Villa in FA Cup . 7 March 2009 . BBC Sport . 24 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100309053253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8554580.stm. 9 March 2010 . live.
  19. Web site: FA reveals Cup semi-final dates . 10 March 2009 . BBC Sport . 24 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100325055544/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8560307.stm. 25 March 2010 . live.
  20. Web site: 2009/2010 FA Cup Top Scorers . World Football . 23 February 2016 .