2009–10 FA Cup | Country | England | | Teams | 762 | | Defending champions | Chelsea | | | The FA Cup 2009–10 is 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.[2] The competition commenced on 15 August 2009 with the Extra Preliminary Round and will conclude on 15 May 2010 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. The cup winners will qualify for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. [edit] Calendar The calendar for the 2009–10 FA Cup, as announced by The Football Association:[3] | Round | Main date | Number of fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money[4] | 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)[5] | | Second Round Qualifying | 26 September 2009 | 80 | 276 → 196 | 44: 117th–160th | £4,500 | Mark Danks (Northwich Victoria)[6] | | Third Round Qualifying | 10 October 2009 | 40 | 196 → 156 | none | £7,500 | Adam Webster (Hinckley United)[7] | | Fourth Round Qualifying | 24 October 2009 | 32 | 156 → 124 | 24: 93rd–116th | £12,500 | Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon)[8] | | First Round Proper | 7 November 2009 | 40 | 124 → 84 | 48: 45th–92nd | £18,000 | Richard Brodie (York City)[9] | | Second Round Proper | 28 November 2009 | 20 | 84 → 64 | none | £27,000 | Leon Legge (Brentford)[10] | | Third Round Proper | 2 January 2010 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 44: 1st–44th | £67,500 | | | Fourth Round Proper | 23 January 2010 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £90,000 | | | Fifth Round Proper | 13 February 2010 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £180,000 | | | Sixth Round Proper | 6 March 2010 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £360,000 | | | Semi-Finals | 10 April 2010
11 April 2010 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | Winners: £900,000
Losers: £450,000 | | | Final | 15 May 2010 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Winner: £1,800,000
Loser: £900,000 | | [edit] Qualifying Rounds All of the teams that will enter the competition, but are not members of the Premier League or The Football League, have to compete in the qualifying rounds. [edit] First Round Proper Teams from Leagues One and Two enter 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. Paulton Rovers of the Southern Football League Division One South & West (eighth tier) are the lowest ranked team left in the competition at this 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 | | [edit] Second Round Proper The draw for 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 F.C. and Staines Town F.C. from the Conference South, and Northwich Victoria from the Conference North (6th Tier) are the lowest ranked teams left at this round. | Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | | 1 | Northwich Victoria | 1–3 | Lincoln City | 3,544 | | 2 | Northampton Town | 2–3 | Southampton | 4,858 | | 3 | Hereford United | 0–1 | Colchester United | 2,225 | | 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 0–0 | Aldershot Town | 3,742 | | replay | Aldershot Town | 1–2 | Tranmere Rovers | 4,060 | | 5 | Kettering Town | 1–1 | Leeds United | 4,837 | | replay | Leeds United | 5–1
(a.e.t.) | Kettering Town | 10,670 | | 6 | Gillingham | 1–0 | Burton Albion | 4,996 | | 7 | Wrexham | 0–1 | Swindon Town | 3,011 | | 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–2 | Rushden & Diamonds | 3,638 | | 9 | Rotherham United | 2–2 | Luton Town | 3,210 | | replay | Luton Town | 3–0 | Rotherham United | 2,518 | | 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4–3 | Exeter City | 4,867 | | | Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | | 11 | Brentford | 1–0 | Walsall | 2,611 | | 12 | Carlisle United | 3–1 | Norwich City | 3,946 | | 13 | Accrington Stanley | 2–2 | Barnet | 1,501 | | replay | Barnet | 0–1 | Accrington Stanley | 1,288 | | 14 | Oxford United | 1–1 | Barrow | 6,082 | | replay | Barrow | 3–1 | Oxford United | 2,754 | | 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 1–2 | Notts County | 6,082 | | 16 | Stockport County | 0–4 | Torquay United | 1,690 | | 17 | Cambridge United | 1–2 | York City | 3,505 | | 18 | Bath City | 1–2 | Forest Green Rovers | 3,325 | | 19 | Port Vale | 0–1 | Huddersfield Town | 5,311 | | 20 | Staines Town | 1–1 | Millwall | 2,753 | | replay | Millwall | 4–0 | Staines Town | 3,452 | | [edit] Third Round Proper The Draw for the Third round took place on Sunday 29 November 2009 at Wembley Stadium. It will take place from 2 January 2010 to 3 January 2010. Barrow, Forest Green Rovers, Luton Town and York City from the Conference National (5th Tier) are the lowest ranked teams left at this round. Source: FA
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties. [edit] References [edit] External links | | | | | 2009–10 in European Football (UEFA) | | | Domestic leagues | | | | Domestic cups | | | | League Cups | | | | UEFA competitions | | | |
