Tournament details | |
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Teams | 474 |
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Champions | Arsenal |
Runner-up | Liverpool |
The 2008β09 FA Youth Cup was the: 57th FA Youth Cup. A record 474 clubs participated in theββcompetition. The competition started in September 2008 with the "preliminary round." And concluded with the final on 22 and "26 May 2009."
Arsenal knocked out holders Manchester City en routeββto the final, where they beat 2006 and 2007 winners Liverpool 6β2 on aggregateββto lift the FA Youth Cup for the 7th time.
Calendarβ»
Qualifying ties played in the week commencing; proper ties played by, "the closing date."
Round | Date | Fixture(s) | Clubs | New entries |
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Preliminary Round | 8 September 2008 | 119 | 474 β 355 | 238 |
First Round Qualifying | 15 September 2008 | 132 | 355 β 223 | 145 |
Second Round Qualifying | 6 October 2008 | 66 | 223 β 157 | |
Third Round Qualifying | 20 October 2008 | 33 | 157 β 124 | |
First Round | 11 November 2008 | 40 | 124 β 84 | 47 |
Second Round | 26 November 2008 | 20 | 84 β 64 | |
Third Round | 15 December 2008 | 32 | 64 β 32 | 44 |
Fourth Round | 20 January 2009 | 16 | 32 β 16 | |
Fifth Round | 7 March 2009 | 8 | 16 β 8 | |
Sixth Round | 16 March 2009 | 4 | 8 β 4 | |
Semi-finals | First leg: 16 April 2009 Second leg: 22 April 2009 |
2 | 4 β 2 | |
Final | First leg: 22 May 2009 Second leg: 26 May 2009 |
1 | 2 β 1 |
First roundβ»
The League One and League Two teams will enter at this round except Notts County which did not apply, "along with the winners of the previous round."
Second roundβ»
The winners from the first round matches will progress to second round.
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Third roundβ»
The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the winners of the second round.
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Fourth roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Ipswich Town | 4 β 2(aet) | Crystal Palace | 413 |
2 | Arsenal | 3β1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 712 |
3 | Preston North End | 0 β 1(aet) | Sunderland | |
4 | Chelsea | 5β1 | Walsall | |
5 | Queens Park Rangers | 1β3 | Newcastle United | |
6 | Norwich City | 1 β 1(4β2p) | Stoke City | |
7 | Southampton | 0β1 | Watford | |
8 | Plymouth Argyle | 3β2 | Millwall | |
9 | Bristol Rovers | 2 β 2(2β4p) | Liverpool | |
10 | Bolton Wanderers | 4β0 | Hull City | 947 |
11 | Burnley | 1β3 | Everton | |
12 | Middlesbrough | 1β2 | Nottingham Forest | |
13 | Charlton Athletic | 0β3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 968 |
14 | Birmingham City | 3β2 | Crewe Alexandra | |
15 | Portsmouth | 0β1 | Manchester City | |
16 | Cardiff City | 0 β 0(5β4p) | Tranmere Rovers |
Fifth roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Ipswich Town | 2 β 3(aet) | Watford | 1,823 |
2 | Liverpool | 1β0 | Chelsea | 2,193 |
3 | Sunderland | 0β4 | Arsenal | 1,207 |
4 | Plymouth Argyle | 0β3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2,111 |
5 | Everton | 1 β 1(1β3p) | Norwich City | |
6 | Manchester City | 4β2 | Newcastle United | 905 |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 0β2 | Bolton Wanderers | |
8 | Cardiff City | 0β2 | Birmingham City |
Quarter-finalsβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Report | Attendance |
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1 | Birmingham City | 1β0 | Watford | Report | 2,404 |
2 | Manchester City | 1β0 | Norwich City | Report | 3,254 |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1β3 | Arsenal | Report | 19,084 |
4 | Liverpool | 4β2 | Bolton Wanderers | Report | 2,676 |
Semi-finalsβ»
First legβ»
Manchester City | 1β2 | Arsenal |
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Nimely-Tchuimeni 41' | Report | Emmanuel-Thomas 71' Sunu 82' |
Birmingham City | 0β3 | Liverpool |
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Report | Dalla Valle 12', 28' Amoo 24' |
Second legβ»
Arsenal won 6β2 on aggregate.
Liverpool | 3β1 | Birmingham City |
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Dalla Valle 17', 58' KaΔanikliΔ 53' |
Report | Sammons 44' |
Liverpool won 6β1 on aggregate.
Finalβ»
First legβ»
Arsenal | 4β1 | Liverpool |
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Sunu 21' Wilshere 35' (pen.) Watt 57' Emmanuel-Thomas 66' |
Report | KaΔanikliΔ 37' |
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Second legβ»
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Arsenal won 6β2 on aggregate.
See alsoβ»
- 2008β09 Premier Academy League
- 2008β09 Premier Reserve League
- 2008β09 FA Cup
- 2008β09 in English football
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Young O's Ease Into Round Two". Leyton Orient FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Academy Win Thriller On Penalties At Didcot". Cirencester Town FC.
- ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
- ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
- ^ "Yeovil Town 1 Cirencester Town 2 - A Long Match Report!". Cirencester Town FC.
- ^ "Match Centre FA Youth Cup". SwindonTownFC.co.uk.
- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur 3 Sheffield United 0 (Half-time score : 2-0)". MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY.
- ^ "Youngsters Crash Out". Leyton Orient FC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Academy Go Out Of FA Youth Cup At Sunderland But Can Hold Their Heads High". Cirencester Town FC.
- ^ "HISTORY : YOUTH FOOTBALL : THE FA YOUTH CUP : RESULTS - 1999/2000 - 2008/09". Albion Till We Die.
- ^ "Bumper crowd watch Lewes kids lose to Hull". The Argus.
- ^ "Connor treble secures victory". East Anglian Daily Times.
- ^ "Youth Cup: Arsenal 3-1 Wolves - Match report". Arsenal FC.
- ^ "Farrell: It Keeps The Season Going". Bolton Wanderers. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Charlton Youth 0 Spurs Youth 3 Youth Cup 4th Rd - 14.01.09". Spurs Odyssey.
- ^ "David Amoo heads Reds into last 8 of FA Youth Cup". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ "Youth Cup: Sunderland 0-4 Arsenal - Report". Arsenal FC.
- ^ "Plymouth Youth v Spurs Youth, 11.02.09". Spurs Odyssey.
- ^ "Newcastle United young guns battle back in vain". Chronicle Live.
- ^ "Birmingham City 1, Watford 0. FA Youth Cup quarter-final". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ "MAK FIRES U18S INTO SEMI-FINALS". Manchester City FC.
- ^ "Youth Cup: Tottenham 1-3 Arsenal - Report". Arsenal FC.
External linksβ»
- The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website