2009–10 FA Cup

2009–10 FA Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 762
Defending champions Chelsea
Champions Chelsea (6th title)
Runners-up Portsmouth
Top goal scorer(s) John Carew (6 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 FA Cup was the 129th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. 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
Extra Preliminary Round 762 406 none 406 Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
Preliminary Round 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

First Round Qualifying 392 232 167 65 Northern Premier League Premier Division
Southern Football League Premier Division
Isthmian League Premier Division
Second Round Qualifying 276 160 116 44 Conference North
Conference South
Third Round Qualifying 196 80 80 none none
Fourth Round Qualifying 156 64 40 24 Conference National
First Round Proper 124 80 32 48 Football League One
Football League Two
Second Round Proper 84 40 40 none none
Third Round Proper 64 64 20 44 Premier League
Football League Championship
Fourth Round Proper 32 32 32 none none
Fifth Round Proper 16 16 16 none none
Sixth Round Proper 8 8 8 none none
Semi-Finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 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 Clubs New entries this round Prize money[3] Player of the Round
Extra Preliminary Round 15 August 2009 203 762 → 559 406: 357th–762nd £750
Preliminary Round 29 August 2009 167 559 → 392 131: 226th–356th £1,500
First Round Qualifying 12 September 2009 116 392 → 276 65: 161st–225th £3,000 Bobby Traynor (Kingstonian)[4]
Second Round Qualifying 26 September 2009 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £4,500 Mark Danks (Northwich Victoria)[5]
Third Round Qualifying 10 October 2009 40 196 → 156 none £7,500 Adam Webster (Hinckley United)[6]
Fourth Round Qualifying 24 October 2009 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £12,500 Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon)[7]
First Round Proper 7 November 2009 40 124 → 84 48: 45th–92nd £18,000 Richard Brodie (York City)[8]
Second Round Proper 28 November 2009 20 84 → 64 none £27,000

Leon Legge (Brentford)[9]

Third Round Proper 2 January 2010 32 64 → 32 44: 1st–44th £67,500 Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[10]
Fourth Round Proper 23 January 2010 16 32 → 16 none £90,000 Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)[11]
Fifth Round Proper 13 February 2010 8 16 → 8 none £180,000 Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)[12]
Sixth Round Proper 6 March 2010 4 8 → 4 none £360,000 Frédéric Piquionne (Portsmouth)[13]
Semi-Finals 10–11 April 2010 2 4 → 2 none Winners: £900,000
Losers: £450,000 		Didier Drogba (Chelsea)[14]
Final 15 May 2010 1 2 → 1 none Winner: £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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Gillingham 3–0 Southend United 4,605
2 Grimsby Town 0–2 Bath City 2,103
3 Gateshead 2–2 Brentford 1,150
replay Brentford 5–2 Gateshead 1,960
4 Chesterfield 1–3 AFC Bournemouth 3,277
5 AFC Telford United 1–3 Lincoln City 2,809
6 Stockport County 5–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 3,076
7 Burton Albion 3–2 Oxford City 2,207
8 Barrow 2–1 Eastleigh 1,655
9 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Leeds United 5,552
10 Cambridge United 4–0 Ilkeston Town 2,395
11 York City 3–2 Crewe Alexandra 3,070
12 Wycombe Wanderers 4–4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2,749
replay Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers 3,383
13 Hereford United 2–0 Sutton United 1,713
14 Nuneaton Town 0–4 Exeter City 2,452
15 Bristol Rovers 2–3 Southampton 6,646
16 Carlisle United 2–2 Morecambe 4,181
replay Morecambe 0–1 Carlisle United 3,307
17 Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Mansfield Town 1,149
replay Mansfield Town 1–2 Forest Green Rovers 2,496
18 Oxford United 1–0 Yeovil Town 6,144
19 Paulton Rovers 0–7 Norwich City 2,070
20 Swindon Town 1–0 Woking 4,805
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
21 Port Vale 1–1 Stevenage Borough 3,999
replay Stevenage Borough 0–1 Port Vale 2,894
22 Luton Town 3–3 Rochdale 3,167
replay Rochdale 0–2 Luton Town 1,982
23 Bromley 0–4 Colchester United 4,242
24 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Salisbury City 1,379
25 Millwall 4–1 AFC Wimbledon 9,453
26 Stourbridge 0–1 Walsall 2,014
27 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Staines Town 3,359
28 Wealdstone 2–3 Rotherham United 1,638
29 Torquay United 3–1 Cheltenham Town 2,370
30 Barnet 3–1 Darlington 1,654
31 Notts County 2–1 Bradford City 4,213
32 Huddersfield Town 6–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 5,858
33 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Macclesfield Town 4,868
34 Rushden & Diamonds 3–1 Hinckley United 1,540
35 Northwich Victoria 1–0 Charlton Athletic 2,153
36 Aldershot Town 2–0 Bury 2,519
37 Wrexham 1–0 Lowestoft Town 2,402
38 Hartlepool United 0–1 Kettering Town 2,645
39 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Leyton Orient 3,180
replay Leyton Orient 0–1 Tranmere Rovers 1,518
40 Northampton Town 2–1 Fleetwood Town 3,077

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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Peterborough United 35,862
2 Brentford 0–1 Doncaster Rovers 2,883
3 Middlesbrough 0–1 Manchester City 12,474
4 Stoke City 3–1 York City 15,586
5 Notts County 2–1 Forest Green Rovers 4,389
6 Huddersfield Town 0–2 West Bromwich Albion 13,472
7 Sheffield United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers 11,461
replay Queens Park Rangers 2–3 Sheffield United 5,780
8 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Burnley 11,816
9 Chelsea 5–0 Watford 40,912
10 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Birmingham City 20,975
replay Birmingham City 1–0 Nottingham Forest 9,399
11 Preston North End 7–0 Colchester United 7,621
12 West Ham United 1–2 Arsenal 25,549
13 Aston Villa 3–1 Blackburn Rovers 25,453
14 Portsmouth 1–1 Coventry City 11,214
replay Coventry City 1–2† Portsmouth 7,097
15 Sunderland 3–0 Barrow 25,190
16 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Hull City 5,335
17 Everton 3–1 Carlisle United 31,196
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
18 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Crystal Palace 8,690
19 Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7,476
20 Blackpool 1–2 Ipswich Town 7,332
21 Fulham 1–0 Swindon Town 19,623
22 Torquay United 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 4,028
23 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Barnsley 5,457
24 Southampton 1–0 Luton Town 18,786
25 Bristol City 1–1 Cardiff City 7,289
replay Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City 6,731
26 Reading 1–1 Liverpool 23,656
replay Liverpool 1–2† Reading 31,063
27 Millwall 1–1 Derby County 10,531
replay Derby County 1–1 Millwall 7,183
Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties
28 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Newcastle United 16,451
replay Newcastle United 3–0 Plymouth Argyle 15,805
29 Leicester City 2–1 Swansea City 12,307
30 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Lincoln City 11,193
31 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Gillingham 1,322
32 Manchester United 0–1 Leeds United 74,526

† – 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
16:00
Chelsea 2–0 Stoke City
Lampard  35'
Terry  67'		 Report

7 March 2010
13:45
Reading 2–4 Aston Villa
Long  27', 42' Report A. Young  47'
Carew  51', 57', 90+3' (pen.)
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 23,175
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)

6 March 2010
12:30
Portsmouth 2–0 Birmingham City
Piquionne  67', 70' Report
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 20,456
Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

Replay

24 March 2010
19:45
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Fulham
Bentley  47'
Pavlyuchenko  60'
Guðjohnsen  66'		 Report Zamora  17'

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
17:00
Aston Villa 0–3 Chelsea
Report Drogba  68'
Malouda  89'
Lampard  90+5'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,869
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

11 April 2010
16:00
Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 2
(a.e.t.) 		Portsmouth
Report Piquionne  99'
Boateng  117' (pen.)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 84,602
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

Final

Main article: 2010 FA Cup Final

15 May 2010
15:00
Chelsea 1–0 Portsmouth
Drogba  59' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 88,335
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Top scorers

[20]

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

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, ITV were the live free to air broadcasters for the second consecutive season and were in fact the sole broadcaster for the season with no subscription broadcaster after Setanta Sports went bust.

International broadcasters

Country Broadcaster
 Albania Tring Sport
 Belgium Prime
 Canada Setanta Sports
 France France Télévisions
 Italy SKY Italia

References

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  2. ↑ "FA Cup Round Dates". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "FA Cup – Payments to Clubs". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 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. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Webster's reward". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Kedwell takes the vote". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Brodie bunch". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Wembley beckons for Leon". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  10. ↑ "Jermaine man". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 12 January 2010. 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. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Frederic is Piq of the polls". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 25 March 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.

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