# 2011–12 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup 2011–12 was the 60th edition of the FA Youth Cup.
The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with the preliminary round which was followed by four qualifying rounds for non-League teams. Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entering at the first round, and Premier League and Championship teams entering in the third round. The competition was won by Chelsea.

## Calendar

| Round | matches played from | matches | Clubs |
| First round | 5 November 2011 | 40 | 124 → 84 |
| Second round | 19 November 2011 | 20 | 84 → 64 |
| Third round | 17 December 2011 | 32 | 64 → 32 |
| Fourth round | 21 January 2012 | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Fifth round | 11 February 2012 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Sixth round | 25 February 2012 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals (two legs) | 17 March & 31 March 2012 | 4 | 4 → 2 |
| Final (two legs) | TBC | 2 | 2 → 1 |

## Fixtures and results
### First round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Farnborough | 1–3 | Yeovil Town | 114 |
| 2 | Soham Town Rangers | 0–9 | Charlton Athletic | 509 |
| 3 | Stratford Town | 2–3 | Port Vale | 260 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Sheffield United | 237 |
| 5 | Hereford United | 5–3 | Halesowen Town | 130 |
| 6 | Aldershot Town | 3–2 | Kingstonian | 102 |
| 7 | Tilbury | 0–3 | Stevenage | 299 |
| 8 | Darlington | 7–1 | Sheffield | 85 |
| 9 | Kidderminster Harriers | 4–2 | Brighouse Town | 128 |
| 10 | Ebbsfleet United | 1–2 | Dulwich Hamlet | 133 |
| 11 | Uxbridge | 1–3 | AFC Wimbledon | 160 |
| 12 | Cirencester Town | 3–1 | Camberley Town | 75 |
| 13 | York City | 1–3 | Macclesfield Town | 231 |
| 14 | Brentford | 3–0 | Lewes | 265 |
| 15 | Thurrock | 2–0 | Boreham Wood | 80 |
| 16 | AFC Totton | 3–2 | Exeter City | 111 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 0–1 | Accrington Stanley | 154 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 0–3 | Preston North End | 210 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 5–1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 254 |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 1–3 | Oxford United | 246 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 21 | Southend United | 4–0 | Corinthian | 271 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 3–2 | Marine | 236 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 0–1 | Hayes & Yeading United | 380 |
| 24 | Swindon Town | 2–0 | Newport County | 304 |
| 25 | Bristol Rovers | 4–1 | Maidenhead United | 210 |
| 26 | North Ferriby United | 0–4 | Crewe Alexandra | 278 |
| 27 | Hartlepool United | 1–3 | Bury | 144 |
| 28 | Rochdale | 2–3 | Oldham Athletic | 505 |
| 29 | Carlisle United | 4–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 182 |
| 30 | Shrewsbury Town | 2–0 | Notts County | 197 |
| 31 | Northampton Town | 2–3 | Cambridge United | 332 |
| 32 | Leyton Orient | 4–3 | Dereham Town | 366 |
| 33 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3–2 | Barnet | 329 |
| 34 | AFC Bournemouth | 4–2 | Plymouth Argyle | 348 |
| 35 | Burton Albion | 1–3 | Boston United | 199 |
| 36 | Corby Town | 2–0 | Colchester United | 100 |
| 37 | Bishop's Cleeve | 1–3 | Torquay United | 84 |
| 38 | Scunthorpe United | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town | 237 |
| 39 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0–1 | Walsall | 556 |
| 40 | Chesterfield | 7–0 | Tamworth | 170 |

### Second round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Aldershot Town | 3–1 | AFC Totton | 79 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 1–1 | Walsall | 308 |
| Preston North End advance 5–4 on penalties |||||
| 3 | Thurrock | 2–0 | Hayes & Yeading United | 104 |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | Crewe Alexandra | 248 |
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | Macclesfield Town | 190 |
| Oldham Athletic advance 6–5 on penalties |||||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 3–0 | Yeovil Town | 230 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 2–2 | Port Vale | 575 |
| Sheffield United advance 8–7 on penalties |||||
| 8 | Dulwich Hamlet | 0–2 | Oxford United | 138 |
| 9 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0–1 | Carlisle United | 264 |
| 10 | Stevenage | 1–0 | Leyton Orient | 306 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 11 | Boston United | 2–1 | Bradford City | 437 |
| 12 | Hereford United | 2–0 | Chesterfield | 160 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 1–2 | Bristol Rovers | 214 |
| 14 | Southend United | 1–2 | Brentford | 230 |
| 15 | Bury | 2–1 | Accrington Stanley | 100 |
| 16 | Darlington | 2–0 | Shrewsbury Town | 290 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 1–3 | Swindon Town | 385 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 3–1 | Crawley Town | 166 |
| 19 | Torquay United | 1–1 | Cirencester Town | 154 |
| Torquay United advance 3–1 on penalties |||||
| 20 | Corby Town | 2–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 142 |
| Corby Town advance 3–2 on penalties |||||

### Third round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Stevenage | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 865 |
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 2–3 | Coventry City | 235 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 5–0 | Aldershot Town | 287 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 1–2 | Reading | 387 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 2–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 482 |
| 6 | Hull City | 1–2 | Brentford | |
| 7 | Arsenal | 0–1 | Derby County | 393 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | Aston Villa | 1,868 |
| 9 | Norwich City | 5–0 | Oldham Athletic | 340 |
| 10 | Millwall | 1–2 | Watford | 570 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 1–2 | Stoke City | 374 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 1–2 | Everton | 1,085 |
| 13 | Fulham | 3–1 | Carlisle United | 176 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 3–2 | Birmingham City | 236 |
| 15 | Southampton | 7–0 | Sheffield United | 432 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 3–0 | Darlington | 1,137 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 17 | Oxford United | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 451 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 7–0 | Cambridge United | 211 |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 5–1 | Bristol City | 500 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 3–1 | Blackpool | 608 |
| 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–3 | West Ham United | 569 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Huddersfield Town | 639 |
| 23 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Leeds United | 696 |
| 24 | Bury | 2–3 | Cardiff City | 252 |
| 25 | Swansea City | 3–1 | Liverpool | 819 |
| 26 | Boston United | 0–7 | Burnley | 492 |
| 27 | Blackburn Rovers | 8–0 | Thurrock | 391 |
| 28 | Manchester United | 4–0 | Torquay United | 503 |
| 29 | Wigan Athletic | 4–0 | Hereford United | 128 |
| 30 | Manchester City | 4–1 | Corby Town | 240 |
| 31 | Sunderland | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest | 215 |
| 32 | West Bromwich Albion | 3–0 | Barnsley | 341 |

### Fourth round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 9–1 | Wigan Athletic | 676 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 2–1 | Watford | 889 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 2–1 | Leicester City | 346 |
| 4 | Reading | 1–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 1,402 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 1–2 | Swansea City | |
| 6 | Manchester United | 2–1 | Derby County | 993 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | Coventry City | 511 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 1–4 | Manchester City | 1,601 |
| 9 | Burnley | 3–1 | Ipswich Town | 620 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 1–0 | Everton | 803 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 2–1 | Brentford | 2,650 |
| 12 | Peterborough United | 1–5 | Fulham | 1,245 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | Southampton | 953 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1,309 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 0–0 | Chelsea | 1,099 |
| Chelsea advance 4–2 on penalties |||||
| 16 | West Ham United | 4–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1,603 |

### Fifth round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1,371 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 1–2 | Fulham | 490 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 3–3 | West Ham United | 1,588 |
| Chelsea advance 5–4 on penalties |||||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 2–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 1,196 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–2 | Burnley | 434 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 4–0 | Stoke City | 474 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 1–5 | Manchester United | 4,080 |
| 8 | Southampton | 1–5 | Nottingham Forest | 814 |

### Quarter-finals

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Fulham | 1–3 | Burnley | 1,047 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 3–2 | Charlton Athletic | 4,461 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 2–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 2,026 |
| Blackburn Rovers advance 3–0 on penalties |||||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 3–4 | Chelsea | 1,263 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Manchester United | 2–3 | Chelsea | 1–2 | 1 – 1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3–1 | Burnley | 1–0 | 2 – 1 |