2008–09 FA Youth Cup

Tournament details
Dates	08 Sep 2008 – 26 May 2009
Teams	474
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (7th title)
Runner-up	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 knocked out holders Manchester City on route to the final, where they beat 2006 and 2007 winners Liverpool 6–2 on aggregate to lift the FA Youth Cup for the 7th time.

Contents 1 Calendar 2 First round 3 Second round 4 Third round 5 Fourth round 6 Fifth round 7 Quarter-finals 8 Semi-finals 8.1 First leg 8.2 Second leg 9 Final 9.1 Route to the final 9.2 First leg 9.3 Second leg 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] First leg

2009-03-18 19:00 GMT	Manchester City	1 – 2	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Andy Penn (West Midlands)
	Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni  41'	Report	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas  71' Gilles Sunu  82'

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2009-04-16 19:00 BST	Birmingham City	0 – 3	Liverpool	St Andrew's, Birmingham Attendance: 4,238 Referee: Mark Haywood (West Yorkshire)
		Report	Lauri Dalla Valle  12'  28' David Amoo  24'

[edit] Second leg

2009-04-22 19:00 BST	Arsenal	4 – 1	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 9,266[1] Referee: Keith Woolmer (Northamptonshire)
	Sanchez Watt  1'  31' Jack Wilshere  20' (pen.) Kyle Bartley  29'	Report	Ahmad Benali  45'

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

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2009-04-24 19:45 BST	Liverpool	3 – 1	Birmingham City	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: TBA Referee: Clive W. Oliver (Northumberland)
	Lauri Dalla Valle  17'  58' Alexander Kacaniklic  53'	Report	Ashley Sammons  44'

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

[edit] Final

[edit] 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'

[edit] First leg

Live on Setanta Sports.

2009-05-22 20:00 BST	Arsenal	4 – 1	Liverpool	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 33,662 Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
	Gilles Sunu  21' Jack Wilshere  35' (pen.) Sanchez Watt  57' Jay Emmanuel-Thomas  66'	Report	Alexander Kacaniklic  37'

Arsenal

Liverpool

Line-up: 1 James Shea 2 Craig Eastmond 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 (C) 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

[edit] Second leg

Live on Setanta Sports.

2009-05-26 19:45 BST	Liverpool	1 – 2	Arsenal	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 7,792 Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
	Lauri Dalla Valle  52'	Report	Sanchez Watt  25' Daniel Sanchez Ayala  70' (o.g.)

Liverpool

Arsenal

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

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

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

FA Youth Cup 2008–09 winners
Arsenal 7th title

[edit] See also

• Premier Academy League 2008–09
• Premier Reserve League 2008–09
• FA Cup 2008–09
• 2008–09 in English football

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website

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