# 2009–10 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2009–10 was the 58th edition of the FA Youth Cup.
467 clubs were initially accepted, although there was one withdrawal, Worcester City 53 of the remaining 466 teams were new entries.
Holders Arsenal were knocked out in the fourth Round at home to Ipswich Town 0–2.
Chelsea won the competition by beating Aston Villa 3–2 on aggregate to win the competition for only their third time in their history and for the first time since 1961.

## First round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 4 – 1 | Stalybridge Celtic | 279 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 1 – 1(P8–9) | Carlisle United | 103 |
| 3 | Darlington | 1 – 2 | Huddersfield Town | 120 |
| 4 | Maidstone United | 3 – 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 246 |
| 5 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 – 1 | Sutton United | 209 |
| 6 | Malvern Town | 0 – 1 | Notts County | 140 |
| 7 | Bury Town | 3 – 2 | Walsall | 141 |
| 8 | Woking | 3 – 1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 187 |
| 9 | Bishop's Stortford | 7 – 1 | Marlow | 121 |
| 10 | Ebbsfleet United | 2 – 1 | Brentford | 180 |
| 11 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1 – 1(P2–4) | Norwich City | 112 |
| 12 | Congleton Town | 0 – 3 | Rochdale | 201 |
| 13 | Carlton Town | 2 – 1 | Burton Albion | 108 |
| 14 | Atherstone Town | 2 – 0 | Highgate United | 90 |
| 15 | VT | 2 – 3 | Torquay United | 138 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 3 – 1 | Southport | 184 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 – 1 | Dunstable Town | 609 |
| 18 | Barnet | 0 – 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 352 |
| 19 | Aldershot Town | 0 – 4 | Southampton | 179 |
| 20 | Histon | 0 – 4 | Cambridge United | 313 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 – 0 | Farsley Celtic | 271 |
| 22 | St Albans City | 1 – 0 | Colchester United | 133 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 5 – 2 | Gloucester City | 135 |
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 2 – 0 | Bury | 160 |
| 25 | Hartlepool United | 3 – 1 | Lincoln City | 95 |
| 26 | Grimsby Town | 1 – 2 | York City | 125 |
| 27 | Leeds United | 0 – 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 241 |
| 28 | Chester City | 0 – 4 | Morecambe | 87 |
| 29 | Rotherham United | 3 – 3(P3–4) | Stockport County | 144 |
| 30 | Charlton Athletic | 3 – 0 | Gillingham | 846 |
| 31 | Leyton Orient | 2 – 1 | Bromley | 196 |
| 32 | Millwall | 3 – 1 | Southend United | 352 |
| 33 | Bristol Rovers | 1 – 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 238 |
| 34 | Basingstoke Town | 3 – 4 | Hereford United | 138 |
| 35 | Swindon Town | 6 – 0 | Yeovil Town | 223 |
| 36 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 – 2 | Farnborough | 96 |
| 37 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1 – 2 | Northampton Town | 432 |
| 38 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 – 1 | Port Vale | 197 |
| 39 | Exeter City | 0 – 4 | Cheltenham Town | 461 |
| 40 | Chesterfield | 4 – 1 | Mansfield Town | 341 |

## Second round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 1 | Stockport County | 2 – 0 | Carlton Town | 116 |
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 5 – 0 | Atherstone Town | 189 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 1 – 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 293 |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 3 – 5 | Rochdale | 312 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 – 0 | Ebbsfleet United | 94 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 2 – 1 | Chesterfield | 203 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 0 – 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 210 |
| 8 | Torquay United | 1 – 0 | Norwich City | 546 |
| 9 | York City | 1 – 2 | Carlisle United | 264 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 – 1 | Cambridge United | 242 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 11 | Southampton | 6 – 0 | Hereford United | 345 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 1 – 2 | Leyton Orient | 337 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 3 – 1 | Woking | 553 |
| 14 | Bury Town | 1 – 1(P4–3) | Macclesfield Town | 258 |
| 15 | St Albans City | 2 – 2(P2–4) | Wycombe Wanderers | 217 |
| 16 | Notts County | 0 – 2 | Hartlepool United | 341 |
| 17 | Millwall | 1 – 0 | Oxford United | 233 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 – 1 | Bishop's Stortford | 317 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 5 – 2 | Morecambe | 187 |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 3 – 2 | Farnborough | 213 |

## 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 | Attendance |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 – 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 530 |
| 2 | Torquay United | 1 – 3 | Millwall | 564 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 0 – 3 | Fulham | 101 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 3 – 3(P5–4) | Crewe Alexandra | 335 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 1 – 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 174 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 1 – 2 | Chelsea | 1,033 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 2 – 0 | Birmingham City | 635 |
| 8 | Derby County | 6 – 1 | Peterborough United | 303 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 0 – 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 721 |
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 1 – 2 | Reading | 310 |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 5 – 2 | Bury Town | 384 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 3 – 2 | Bristol City | 567 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 – 1 | West Ham United | 1,500 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 1 – 0 | Huddersfield Town | 350 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 4 – 0 | Rochdale | 723 |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 0 | Blackpool | 452 |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 0 – 1 | Everton | 100 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 1 – 4 | Burnley | 273 |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 – 7 | Sunderland | 190 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 0 – 1 | Stoke City | 204 |
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 – 1 | Southampton | 414 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 – 2 | Hull City | 245 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 – 3 | Leyton Orient | 240 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 2 – 1 | Sheffield United | 143 |
| 25 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 – 3 | Newcastle United | 525 |
| 26 | Cardiff City | 1 – 2 | Barnsley | 475 |
| 27 | Swansea City | 0 – 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 139 |
| 28 | Preston North End | 2 – 1 | Manchester City | 590 |
| 29 | Coventry City | 2 – 3 | Leicester City | 356 |
| 30 | Liverpool | 2 – 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1,141 |
| 31 | Watford | 3 – 0 | Wycombe Wanderers | 686 |
| 32 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 – 2 | Ipswich Town | 247 |

## Fourth round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Stoke City | 1 – 2 | Hull City |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 2 – 0 | Derby County |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 – 2 | Everton |
| 4 | Millwall | 5 – 4(AET) | Barnsley |
| 5 | Sunderland | 2 – 2(P0–3) | Preston North End |
| 6 | West Ham United | 3 – 0 | Queens Park Rangers |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 0 – 2 | Watford |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 – 2(P3–5) | Fulham |
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 9 | Arsenal | 0 – 2 | Ipswich Town |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 – 0 | Leyton Orient |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 – 2 | Aston Villa |
| 12 | Reading | 1 – 3 | Newcastle United |
| 13 | Burnley | 1 – 5 | Manchester United |
| 14 | Leicester City | 1 – 5 | Liverpool |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 0 – 4 | Chelsea |
| 16 | Tottenham Hoptsur | 0 – 1 | Portsmouth |

## Fifth round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Liverpool | 0 – 1 | Watford |
| 2 | Preston North End | 0 – 3 | Everton |
| 3 | West Ham United | 0 – 3 | Newcastle United |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 1 – 3 | Fulham |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 0 | Manchester United |
| 6 | Chelsea | 1 – 0 | Portsmouth |
| 7 | Hull City | 1 – 4 | Crystal Palace |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 4 – 1 | Millwall |

## Quarter-finals

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Report |
| 1 | Watford | 0 – 4 | Chelsea | Report |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 4 – 2 | Crystal Palace | Report |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 – 1 (AET) | Everton | Report |
| 4 | Fulham | 2 – 2 (P1–3) | Aston Villa | Report |

## Semi-finals
### Second leg

Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### Route to the final

| Chelsea | Chelsea | Round | Aston Villa | Aston Villa |
| Charlton Athletic A 2–1 | Jeffrey Bruma 27' Marko Mitrović 80' | Third round | Rochdale H 4–0 | Gary Gardner 18', 31', 69' Ryan Simmonds 59' |
| Nottingham Forest A 4–0 | Danny Mills Pappoe 8' Marko Mitrović 74', 88' Conor Clifford 83' | Fourth round | West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 | Gary Gardner 58' Arsenio Halfhuid 70' |
| Portsmouth H 1–0 | Conor Clifford 10' | 5th round | Millwall H 4–1 | Ryan Simmonds 41' Arsenio Halfhuid 44', 45', 80' |
| Watford A 4–0 | Aliu Djaló 29' Marko Mitrović 45' (pen.) Jeffrey Bruma 60' Josh McEachran 85' | Sixth round | Fulham A 2– 2 (a.e.t.) 3–1(pen.) | Kofi Poyser 55' Daniel Devine 120+2' Ryan Simmonds Kofi Poyser Ellis Deeney |
| Blackburn Rovers A 1–0 | Tom Hitchcock 23' (o.g.) | Semi-finals First leg | Newcastle United H 1–1 | Kofi Poyser 60' |
| Blackburn Rovers H 4–0 (Agg 5–0) | Marko Mitrović 30' Jacopo Sala 34', 78' Gökhan Töre 70' | Second leg | Newcastle United A 1–0 (Agg 2–1) | Connor Taylor 34' |

### First leg

| Aston Villa | Chelsea |
Line-up: :
| GK | 1 | Benjamin Siegrist |
| RB | 2 | Durrell Berry |
| CB | 3 | Daniel Devine |
| CB | 4 | Derrick Williams |
| LB | 5 | Ellis Deeney (c) |
| RM | 6 | Ebby Nelson-Addy |
| CM | 7 | Richard Blythe |
| LM | 8 | Samir Carruthers |
| FW | 9 | Ryan Simmonds | 82' |
| FW | 10 | Tomos Roberts |
| CF | 11 | Kofi Poyser | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| CB | 12 | Arsenio Halfhuid | 82' |
| GK | 13 | Callum Barratt |
| CB | 14 | James Clifton |
| CM | 15 | Daniel Johnson |
| AM | 16 | Darious Darkin | 79' |
| Manager: ||||
| Tony McAndrew ||||
Line-up: :
| GK | 1 | Sam Walker |
| RB | 2 | Billy Clifford |
| CB | 3 | Rohan Ince |
| CB | 4 | Jeffrey Bruma |
| LB | 5 | Aziz Deen-Conteh | 90' |
| CM | 6 | Conor Clifford (c) | 71' |
| RM | 7 | Jacopo Sala |
| CM | 8 | Aliu Djaló |
| LM | 9 | Gökhan Töre |
| AM | 10 | Josh McEachran |
| CF | 11 | Marko Mitrović |
| Substitutes: ||||
| RM | 12 | Milan Lalkovič | 71' |
| GK | 13 | Aldi Haxhia |
| CM | 14 | George Saville |
| LB | 15 | Ben Sampayo |
| LB | 16 | Anton Rodgers | 90' |
| Manager: ||||
| Dermot Drummy ||||

### Second leg

| Chelsea | Aston Villa |
Line-up: :
| GK | 1 | Sam Walker |
| RB | 2 | Billy Clifford |
| CB | 3 | Rohan Ince |
| CB | 4 | Jeffrey Bruma |
| LB | 5 | Aziz Deen-Conteh |
| CM | 6 | Conor Clifford (c) |
| RM | 7 | Jacopo Sala |
| CM | 8 | Aliu Djaló | 90' |
| LM | 9 | Gökhan Töre | 88' |
| AM | 10 | Josh McEachran |
| CF | 11 | Marko Mitrović |
| Substitutes: ||||
| RM | 12 | Milan Lalkovič | 88' |
| GK | 13 | Aldi Haxhia |
| CM | 14 | George Saville | 90' |
| LB | 15 | Ben Sampayo |
| LB | 16 | Anton Rodgers |
| Manager: ||||
| Dermot Drummy ||||
Line-up: :
| GK | 1 | Benjamin Siegrist |
| RB | 2 | Durrell Berry |
| CB | 3 | Daniel Devine |
| CB | 4 | Derrick Williams | 72' |
| LB | 5 | Ellis Deeney (c) |
| RM | 6 | Ebby Nelson-Addy |
| CM | 7 | Richard Blythe | 89' |
| LM | 8 | Samir Carruthers |
| FW | 9 | Ryan Simmonds |
| FW | 10 | Tomos Roberts |
| CF | 11 | Kofi Poyser |
| Substitutes: ||||
| CB | 12 | Arsenio Halfhuid | 89' |
| GK | 13 | Callum Barratt |
| CM | 14 | Jack Dyer |
| CM | 15 | Daniel Johnson |
| AM | 16 | Darious Darkin | 72' |
| Manager: ||||
| Tony McAndrew ||||
Chelsea won 3 – 2 on aggregate
* FA Youth Cup 2009–10 winners
* Chelsea 3rd title