2009–10 FA Cup

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.

2009–10 FA Cup
Country England
 Wales
Teams762
Defending championsChelsea
ChampionsChelsea (6th title)
Runners-upPortsmouth
Top goal scorer(s)John Carew (6 goals)

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
RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Extra Preliminary Round762406none406Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
Preliminary Round559334203131Northern 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

First Round Qualifying39223216765Northern Premier League Premier Division
Southern Football League Premier Division
Isthmian League Premier Division
Second Round Qualifying27616011644Conference North
Conference South
Third Round Qualifying1968080nonenone
Fourth Round Qualifying156644024Conference National
First Round Proper124803248Football League One
Football League Two
Second Round Proper844040nonenone
Third Round Proper64642044Premier League
Football League Championship
Fourth Round Proper323232nonenone
Fifth Round Proper161616nonenone
Sixth Round Proper888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar

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

RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew entries this roundPrize money[3]Player of the Round
Extra Preliminary Round15 August 2009203762 → 559406: 357th–762nd£750
Preliminary Round29 August 2009167559 → 392131: 226th–356th£1,500
First Round Qualifying12 September 2009116392 → 27665: 161st–225th£3,000Bobby Traynor (Kingstonian)[4]
Second Round Qualifying26 September 200980276 → 19644: 117th–160th£4,500Mark Danks (Northwich Victoria)[5]
Third Round Qualifying10 October 200940196 → 156none£7,500Adam Webster (Hinckley United)[6]
Fourth Round Qualifying24 October 200932156 → 12424: 93rd–116th£12,500Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon)[7]
First Round Proper7 November 200940124 → 8448: 45th–92nd£18,000Richard Brodie (York City)[8]
Second Round Proper28 November 20092084 → 64none£27,000

Leon Legge (Brentford)[9]

Third Round Proper2 January 20103264 → 3244: 1st–44th£67,500Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[10]
Fourth Round Proper23 January 20101632 → 16none£90,000Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[11]
Fifth Round Proper13 February 2010816 → 8none£180,000Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)[12]
Sixth Round Proper6 March 201048 → 4none£360,000Frédéric Piquionne (Portsmouth)[13]
Semi-Finals10–11 April 201024 → 2noneWinners: £900,000
Losers: £450,000		Didier Drogba (Chelsea)[14]
Final15 May 201012 → 1noneWinner: £1,800,000
Loser: £900,000

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.

Second Round Proper

Matches in the Second Round Proper took place on 28 and 29 November 2009 and involved the 40 winning teams from the First Round Proper.

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.

† – After extra time

Third Round Proper

The draw for the Third Round took place on Sunday 29 November 2009 at Wembley Stadium. Premier League and Football League Championship teams entered at this stage, joining the winners from the Second 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 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.

† – After extra time

Fourth Round Proper

The draw for the Fourth Round took place 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 no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Southampton 2–1 Ipswich Town 20,446
2 Reading 1–0 Burnley 12,910
3 Derby County 1–0 Doncaster Rovers 11,316
4 Cardiff City 4–2 Leicester City 10,961
5 Stoke City 3–1 Arsenal 19,735
6 Notts County 2–2 Wigan Athletic 9,073
replay Wigan Athletic 0–2 Notts County 5,519
7 Scunthorpe United 2–4 Manchester City 8,861
8 West Bromwich Albion 4–2 Newcastle United 16,102
9 Everton 1–2 Birmingham City 30,875
10 Accrington Stanley 1–3 Fulham 3,712
11 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Sheffield United 14,572
12 Portsmouth 2–1 Sunderland 10,315
13 Preston North End 0–2 Chelsea 23,119
14 Aston Villa 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 39,725
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Crystal Palace 14,449
replay Crystal Palace 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10,282
16 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Leeds United 35,750
replay Leeds United 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur 37,704

Fifth Round Proper

The draw for the Fifth Round, conducted by Geoff Thomas and Stephanie Moore MBE, took place 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 no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Crystal Palace 2–2 Aston Villa 20,486
replay Aston Villa 3–1 Crystal Palace 31,874
2 Manchester City 1–1 Stoke City 28,019
replay Stoke City 3–1† Manchester City 21,813
3 Derby County 1–2 Birmingham City 21,043
4 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur 13,596
replay Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Bolton Wanderers 31,436
5 Chelsea 4–1 Cardiff City 40,827
6 Fulham 4–0 Notts County 16,132
7 Reading 2–2 West Bromwich Albion 18,008
replay West Bromwich Albion 2–3† Reading 13,985
8 Southampton 1–4 Portsmouth 31,385

† – After extra time

Sixth Round Proper

The draw for the Sixth Round, conducted by former England striker Luther Blissett and TV presenter Tim Lovejoy, took place 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.

7 March 2010 Chelsea (1)2–0Stoke City (1)Stamford Bridge, London
16:00 Lampard  35'
Terry  67'		 Report Attendance: 41,322
Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)
6 March 2010 Fulham (1)0–0Tottenham Hotspur (1)Craven Cottage, London
17:20 Report Attendance: 24,533
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)
24 March 2010 ReplayTottenham Hotspur (1)3–1Fulham (1)White Hart Lane, London
19:45 Bentley  47'
Pavlyuchenko  60'
Guðjohnsen  66'		 Report Zamora  17' Attendance: 35,432
Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)
7 March 2010 Reading (2)2–4Aston Villa (1)Madejski Stadium, Reading
13:45 Long  27', 42' Report A. Young  47'
Carew  51', 57', 90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 23,175
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
6 March 2010 Portsmouth (1)2–0Birmingham City (1)Fratton Park, Portsmouth
12:30 Piquionne  67', 70' Report Attendance: 20,456
Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals 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]

10 April 2010 Aston Villa (1)0–3Chelsea (1)Wembley Stadium, London
17:00 Report Drogba  68'
Malouda  89'
Lampard  90+5'		 Attendance: 81,869
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)
11 April 2010 Tottenham Hotspur (1)0–2
(a.e.t.)		Portsmouth (1)Wembley Stadium, London
16:00 Report Piquionne  99'
Boateng  117' (pen.)		 Attendance: 84,602
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

Final
Main article: 2010 FA Cup Final

The final was played on 15 May 2010 at Wembley Stadium, London

Chelsea1–0Portsmouth
Drogba  59' Report
Attendance: 88,335

Top scorers

[20]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 John Carew Aston Villa 6
2 Jermaine Beckford Leeds United 5
Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur
4 Ricardo Fuller Stoke City 4
Chris Martin Norwich City
Roman Pavlyuchenko Tottenham Hotspur
Daniel Sturridge Chelsea

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. The Football Association streamed select games live on its website for free.

International broadcasters

Country Broadcaster
 Albania Tring Sport
 Belgium Prime
 Canada Setanta Sports
 France France Télévisions
 Italy SKY Italia
gollark: What is this actually code *for*?
gollark: Hmm, yes, I thought it was higher. Oh well.
gollark: Ah, so like my projects, except with one person understanding it and not zero.
gollark: Isn't that slightly below minimum wage?
gollark: I don't want to imagine this, so I'm offloading it to you, see.

References
  1. "FA Cup Entries – accepted" (PDF). TheFA.com. The Football Association. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  2. "FA Cup Round Dates". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  3. "FA Cup – Payments to Clubs". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  4. "Traynor tops FA Cup poll". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  5. "Five-goal Danks tops Cup poll". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  6. "Webster's reward". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  7. "Kedwell takes the vote". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  8. "Brodie bunch". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  9. "Wembley beckons for Leon". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  10. "Jermaine man". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  11. "It's Beckford again". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  12. "Bale claims public vote". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  13. "Frederic is Piq of the polls". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  14. "Didier do well". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  15. "Leeds to face Tottenham after FA Cup fourth-round draw". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  16. "Cardiff take on Chelsea in FA Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  17. "Holders Chelsea to face Man City or Stoke in FA Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  18. "Chelsea to face Villa in FA Cup". BBC Sport. 7 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  19. "FA reveals Cup semi-final dates". BBC Sport. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  20. "2009/2010 FA Cup Top Scorers". World Football. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.