2008–09 FA Youth Cup

2008–09 FA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Dates	08 Sep 2008 – 26 May 2009
Teams	474
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal / Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played	474

The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2008–09 is the 57th edition of the FA Youth Cup. A record 474 clubs participated in the competition. The competition started in September 2008 with the preliminary round and will conclude in May 2009 with the final.

Arsenal were through to the final after beating holders Manchester City 6–2 overall in the semi-finals. They will face 2006 and 2007 winners Liverpool who won over Birmingham City 6–1 on aggregate.

Calendar

Qualifying ties played in the week commencing; proper ties played by the closing date.

Round	Date	Fixture(s)	Clubs	New entries
Preliminary round	2008-09-08	119	474 → 355	238
1st round qualifying	2008-09-15	132	355 → 223	145
2nd round qualifying	2008-10-06	66	223 → 157
3rd round qualifying	2008-10-20	33	157 → 124
1st round	2008-11-11	40	124 → 84	47
2nd round	2008-11-26	20	84 → 64
3rd round	2008-12-15	32	64 → 32	44
4th round	2009-01-20	16	32 → 16
5th round	2009-03-07	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	2009-03-16	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals 1st leg	2009-04-16	2	4
Semi-finals 2nd leg	2009-04-22	2	4 → 2
Final 1st leg	2009-05-22	1	2
Final 2nd leg	2009-05-26	1	2 → 1

First round

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.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Grimsby Town	0 – 1	Lincoln City
2	Bradford City	1 – 0	Scunthorpe United
3	Rochdale	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town
4	Hartlepool United	1 – 4	Carlisle United
5	Bury	0 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
6	Worksop Town	0 – 3	Rotherham United
7	Darlington	2 – 3(AET)	Tranmere Rovers
8	Nantwich Town	5 – 0	Curzon Ashton
9	York City	2 – 3	Stockport County
10	Chester City	0 – 2	Leeds United
11	Macclesfield Town	4 – 1	Morecambe
12	Accrington Stanley	3 – 1	Wakefield
13	Fleetwood Town	0 – 3	Oldham Athletic
14	Shrewsbury Town	2 – 0	Chesterfield
15	Leicester City	2 – 1	Port Vale
16	Coventry Sphinx	2 – 3	Milton Keynes Dons
17	Solihull Moors	2 – 0	FCV Reds
18	Oadby Town	2 – 1	Hinckley United
19	Mansfield Town	3 – 2	Peterborough United
20	Rushden & Diamonds	1 – 2	Northampton Town

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
21	Walsall	5 – 3	Hednesford Town
22	Millwall	2 – 0	Luton Town
23	Gillingham	3 – 0	Eastbourne Borough
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 – 1	Dover Athletic
25	Southend United	3 – 3(P8–9)	Brentford
26	Stevenage Borough	2 – 3	Thurrock
27	Banbury United	1 – 2	Dagenham & Redbridge
28	Cambridge United	4 – 1	Colchester United
29	Lewes	2 – 0	Histon
30	Boreham Wood	0 – 5	Leyton Orient
31	Hayes & Yeading United	1 – 2	Croydon Athletic
32	Burgess Hill Town	0 – 2	Wycombe Wanderers
33	Basingstoke Town	0 – 2	Barnet
34	Aldershot Town	1 – 4	Havant & Waterlooville
35	Didcot Town	2 – 2(P1–4)	Cirencester Town
36	Cheltenham Town	5 – 1	Newport County
37	AFC Bournemouth	0 – 1	Bristol Rovers
38	Swindon Town	4 – 1	Eastleigh
39	Yeovil Town	4 – 1	Hereford United
40	Woking	1 – 2(AET)	Exeter City

Second round

The winners from the first round matches will progress to second round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Accrington Stanley	0 – 3	Carlisle United
2	Oldham Athletic	2 – 0	Rotherham United
3	Walsall	4 – 3(AET)	Rochdale
4	Solihull Moors	0 – 2	Tranmere Rovers
5	Nantwich Town	2 – 1	Macclesfield Town
6	Stockport County	3 – 3(P2–4)	Crewe Alexandra
7	Lincoln City	3 – 1	Mansfield Town
8	Shrewsbury Town	2 – 0	Bradford City
9	Oadby Town	0 – 3	Leeds United
10	Leicester City	3 – 1	Milton Keynes Dons

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
11	Swindon Town	3 – 0	Exeter City
12	Yeovil Town	1 – 2	Cirencester Town
13	Cambridge United	0 – 2	Northampton Town
14	Lewes	3 – 0	Croydon Athletic
15	Barnet	3 – 1	Havant & Waterlooville
16	Brentford	6 – 2	Thurrock
17	Bristol Rovers	3 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion
18	Millwall	5 – 1	Dagenham & Redbridge
19	Cheltenham Town	0 – 1	Gillingham
20	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 2	Leyton Orient

Third round

The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the winners of the second round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Swansea City	0 – 3	Manchester City
2	Brentford	1 – 2	Middlesbrough
3	Manchester United	2 – 3	Chelsea
4	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Blackpool
5	Swindon Town	1 – 5	Crystal Palace
6	Reading	0 – 1	Preston North End
7	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 0	Sheffield United
8	Portsmouth	2 – 1	Gillingham
9	Leyton Orient	0 – 4	Watford
10	Barnsley	2 – 3	Walsall
11	Norwich City	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic
12	Sunderland	2 – 1	Cirencester Town
13	Leeds United	1 – 2	Liverpool
14	Carlisle United	1 – 3	Crewe Alexandra
15	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 3	Millwall
16	Coventry City	2 – 3(AET)	Stoke City

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
17	Ipswich Town	1 – 0	Shrewsbury Town
18	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Doncaster Rovers
19	Burnley	3 – 1	West Bromwich Albion
20	Northampton Town	0 – 3	Tranmere Rovers
21	Aston Villa	2 – 3	Arsenal
22	Southampton	3 – 1(AET)	Derby County
23	Barnet	1 – 2	Bristol Rovers
24	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 1	Fulham
25	Newcastle United	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic
26	Lewes	1 – 2	Hull City
27	Queens Park Rangers	5 – 3(AET)	Bristol City
28	Everton	2 – 0	Nantwich Town
29	Birmingham City	2 – 1(AET)	Lincoln City
30	Leicester City	2 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
31	Charlton Athletic	2 – 1(AET)	Blackburn Rovers
32	Nottingham Forest	3 – 1	West Ham United

Fourth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Ipswich Town	4 – 2(AET)	Crystal Palace
2	Arsenal	3 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
3	Preston North End	0 – 1(AET)	Sunderland
4	Chelsea	5 – 1	Walsall
5	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 3	Newcastle United
6	Norwich City	1 – 1(P4–2)	Stoke City
7	Southampton	0 – 1	Watford
8	Plymouth Argyle	3 – 2	Millwall
9	Bristol Rovers	2 – 2(P2–4)	Liverpool
10	Bolton Wanderers	4 – 0	Hull City
11	Burnley	1 – 3	Everton
12	Middlesbrough	1 – 2	Nottingham Forest
13	Charlton Athletic	0 – 3	Tottenham Hotspur
14	Birmingham City	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
15	Portsmouth	0 – 1	Manchester City
16	Cardiff City	0 – 0(P5–4)	Tranmere Rovers

Fifth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Ipswich Town	2 – 3(AET)	Watford
2	Liverpool	1 – 0	Chelsea
3	Sunderland	0 – 4	Arsenal
4	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 3	Tottenham Hotspur
5	Everton	1 – 1(P1–3)	Norwich City
6	Manchester City	4 – 2	Newcastle United
7	Nottingham Forest	0 – 2	Bolton Wanderers
8	Cardiff City	0 – 2	Birmingham City

Quarter-finals

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Report
1	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Watford	Report
2	Manchester City	1 – 0	Norwich City	Report
3	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 3	Arsenal	Report
4	Liverpool	4 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Report

Semi-finals

First leg

2009-03-18

19:00 GMT

Manchester City	1 – 2	Arsenal
Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni 41'	Report	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 71' Gilles Sunu 82'

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 2,615

Referee: Andy Penn (West Midlands)

2009-04-16

19:00 BST

Birmingham City	0 – 3	Liverpool
	Report	Lauri Dalla Valle 12' 28' David Amoo 24'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Attendance: 4,238

Referee: Mark Haywood (West Yorkshire)

Second leg

2009-04-22

19:00 BST

Arsenal	4 – 1	Manchester City
Sanchez Watt 1' 31' Jack Wilshere 20' (pen.) Kyle Bartley 29'	Report	Ahmad Benali 45'

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 9,266^[1]

Referee: Keith Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

2009-04-24

19:45 BST

Liverpool	3 – 1	Birmingham City
Lauri Dalla Valle 17' 58' Alexander Kacaniklic 53'	Report	Ashley Sammons 44'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: TBA

Referee: Clive W. Oliver (Northumberland)

Live on Setanta Sports. Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

Route to the final

Liverpool		Round	Arsenal
Leeds United A 2–1	Thomas Ince 14' Lauri Dalla Valle 59'	3rd round	Aston Villa A 3–2	Rhys Murphy 14' 74' Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 79'
Bristol Rovers A 1–1 AET 2–2 Pen 4–2	Lauri Dalla Valle 54' 92' Steven Irwin Lauri Dalla Valle Nathan Eccleston Joe Kennedy	4th round	Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–1	Gilles Sunu 41' 58' 74'
Chelsea H 1–0	David Amoo 17'	5th round	Sunderland A 4–0	Henri Lansbury 5' (pen.) 38' (pen.) Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 65' Benik Afobe 79'
Bolton Wanderers H 4–2	Nathan Eccleston 25' David Amoo 31' Steven Irwin 42' 78'	6th round	Tottenham Hotspur A 3–1	Kyle Bartley 54' Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 90' Rhys Murphy 90+1'
Birmingham City A 3–0	Lauri Dalla Valle 12' 28' David Amoo 24'	Semi-finals 1st leg	Manchester City A 2–1	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 71' Gilles Sunu 82'
Birmingham City H 3–1 (Agg 6–1)	Lauri Dalla Valle 17' 58' Alexander Kacaniklic 53'	2nd leg	Manchester City H 4–1 (Agg 6–2)	Sanchez Watt 1' 31' Jack Wilshere 20' (pen.) Kyle Bartley 29'

First leg

Live on Setanta Sports.

2009-05-22

20:00 BST

Arsenal	4 – 1	Liverpool
Gilles Sunu 21' Jack Wilshere 35' (pen.) Sanchez Watt 57' Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 66'	Report	Alexander Kacaniklic 37'

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 33,662

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Arsenal

Liverpool


Line-up:
	1	James Shea
	2	Craig Eastman
	3	Thomas Cruise
	4	Kyle Bartley
	5	Emmanuel Frimpong
	6	Luke Ayling
	7	Henri Lansbury
	8	Francis Coquelin
	9	Gilles Sunu
	10	Jack Wilshere
	11	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (C)
Substitutes:
	12	Rhys Murphy
	13	Charlie Mann
	14	Sanchez Watt
	15	Conor Henderson /
	16	Cedric Evina
Manager:
Steve Bould


Line-up:
	1	Dean Bouzanis
	2	Karl Clair
	3	Chris Buchtmann
	4	Daniel Ayala
	5	Joe Kennedy
	6	Andre Wisdom
	7	David Amoo
	8	Steven Irwin
	9	Lauri Dalla Valle
	10	Thomas Ince
	11	Alex Kacaniklic
Substitutes:
	12	Nathan Eccleston
	13	Deale Chamberlain
	14	Michael Roberts
	15	Alex Cooper
	16	Jack Robinson
Manager:
Hughie McAuley