FA Cup 2009-10

The 2009–10 FA Cup was 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. 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.
The competition commenced on 15 August 2009 with the Extra Preliminary Round and concluded on 15 May 2010 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. The final was contested by 2009 winners Chelsea and 2008 winners Portsmouth. Originally, the winners were to qualify for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. However, as Chelsea won the 2009–10 Premier League (and did not need the FA Cup winners' berth), and Portsmouth failed to apply for a UEFA license for the 2010–11 season in time (making them ineligible to compete in UEFA competitions), the berth was given to Liverpool, the seventh-placed team in the Premier League. Chelsea won 1-0 in the final to retain the trophy.
==Teams==
Round 	Clubsremaining	Clubsinvolved	Winners fromprevious round	New entriesthis round	Leagues entering at this round
Extra Preliminary Round	762 	406 	none 	406 	Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
Preliminary Round 	559 	334 	203 	131 	Northern Premier League Division One NorthNorthern Premier League Division One South
Southern Football League Division One MidlandsSouthern Football League Division One South & WestIsthmian League Division One NorthIsthmian League Division One South
First Round Qualifying 	392 	232 	167 	65 	Northern Premier League Premier DivisionSouthern Football League Premier DivisionIsthmian League Premier Division
Second Round Qualifying	276 	160 	116 	44 	Conference NorthConference South
Third Round Qualifying 	196 	80 	80 	none 	none
Fourth Round Qualifying	156 	64 	40 	24 	Conference National
First Round Proper 	124 	80 	32 	48 	Football League OneFootball League Two
Second Round Proper 	84 	40 	40 	none 	none
Third Round Proper 	64 	64 	20 	44 	Premier LeagueFootball League Championship
Fourth Round Proper 	32 	32 	32 	none 	none
Fifth Round Proper 	16 	16 	16 	none 	none
Quarter-Finals 	8 	8 	8 	none 	none
Semi-Finals 	4 	4 	4 	none 	none
Final 	2 	2 	2 	none 	none
==Calendar==
The calendar for the 2009–10 FA Cup, as announced by The Football Association:
Round 	Main date 	Number of fixtures	Clubs 	New entries this round	Prize money 	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)
Second Round Qualifying	26 September 2009 	80 	276 → 196	44: 117th–160th 	£4,500 	Mark Danks (Northwich Victoria)
Third Round Qualifying 	10 October 2009 	40 	196 → 156	none 	£7,500 	Adam Webster (Hinckley United)
Fourth Round Qualifying	24 October 2009 	32 	156 → 124	24: 93rd–116th 	£12,500 	Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon)
First Round Proper 	7 November 2009 	40 	124 → 84 	48: 45th–92nd 	£18,000 	Richard Brodie (York City)
Second Round Proper 	28 November 2009 	20 	84 → 64 	none 	£27,000 	
Leon Legge (Brentford)
Third Round Proper 	2 January 2010 	32 	64 → 32 	44: 1st–44th 	£67,500 	Jermaine Beckford (Leeds United)
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 201011 April 2010	2 	4 → 2 	none 	Winners: £900,000Losers: £450,000	-
Final 	15 May 2010 	1 	2 → 1 	none 	Winner: £1,800,000Loser: £900,000	-
==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.
==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) were the lowest ranked team left in the competition at this stage, but they failed to make it through to the second round, after suffering a heavy defeat at home to League One side Norwich City.
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
== 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) were the lowest ranked teams left at this stage, but none made it through to the third 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
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"
|-
!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
==Third Round Proper==
The draw for the Third Round took place on Sunday 29 November 2009 at Wembley Stadium. Premier League and Football League Championship teams enter at this stage, joining the winners from the Second Round and completing the entrants. The majority of fixtures took place from 2-3 January 2010, with snow postponing several matches until mid-January.
Barrow, Forest Green Rovers, Luton Town and York City from the Conference National (5th Tier) were the only non-league teams left at this stage, but none made it through to the fourth round.
Tie no	Home team 	Score 	Away team 	Attendance
1 	Tottenham Hotspur 	4–0 	Peterborough United 	35,862
2 	Brentford 	0–1 	Doncaster Rovers 	2,883
3 	Middlesbrough 	0–1 	Manchester City 	12,474
4 	Stoke City 	3–1 	York City 	15,586
5 	Notts County 	2–1 	Forest Green Rovers 	4,389
6 	Huddersfield Town 	0–2 	West Bromwich Albion	13,472
7 	Sheffield United 	1–1 	Queens Park Rangers 	11,461
replay	Queens Park Rangers	2–3 	Sheffield United 	5,780
8 	Milton Keynes Dons 	1–2 	Burnley 	11,816
9 	Chelsea 	5–0 	Watford 	40,912
10 	Nottingham Forest 	0–0 	Birmingham City 	20,975
replay	Birmingham City 	Nottingham Forest	9,399 	
11 	Preston North End 	7–0 	Colchester United 	7,621
12 	West Ham United 	1–2 	Arsenal 	25,549
13 	Aston Villa 	3–1 	Blackburn Rovers 	25,453
14 	Portsmouth 	1–1 	Coventry City 	11,214
replay	Coventry City 	1–2† 	Portsmouth 	7,097
15 	Sunderland 	3–0 	Barrow 	25,190
16 	Wigan Athletic 	4–1 	Hull City 	5,335
17 	Everton 	3–1 	Carlisle United 	31,196
Tie no 	Home team 	Score 	Away team 	Attendance
18 	Sheffield Wednesday 	1–2 	Crystal Palace 	8,690
19 	Tranmere Rovers 	0–1 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	7,476
20 	Blackpool 	1–2 	Ipswich Town 	7,332
21 	Fulham 	1–0 	Swindon Town 	19,623
22 	Torquay United 	0–1 	Brighton & Hove Albion 	4,028
23 	Scunthorpe United 	1–0 	Barnsley 	5,457
24 	Southampton 	1–0 	Luton Town 	18,786
25 	Bristol City 	1–1 	Cardiff City 	7,289
replay 	Cardiff City 	1–0 	Bristol City 	6,731
26 	Reading 	1–1 	Liverpool 	23,656
replay 	Liverpool 	1–2† 	Reading 	31,063
27 	Millwall 	1–1 	Derby County 	10,531
replay 	Derby County 	1–1 	Millwall 	7,183
Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties	Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties	Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties	Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties	Derby County won 5 – 3 on penalties
28 	Plymouth Argyle 	0–0 	Newcastle United 	16,451
replay 	Newcastle United 	3–0 	Plymouth Argyle 	15,805
29 	Leicester City 	2–1 	Swansea City 	12,307
30 	Bolton Wanderers 	4–0 	Lincoln City 	11,193
31 	Accrington Stanley 	1–0 	Gillingham 	1,322
32 	Manchester United 	0–1 	Leeds United 	74,526
† – After extra time
==Fourth Round Proper==
The draw for the Fourth Round took place on Sunday 3 January 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures will take place over the weekend of 23 and 24 January 2010.
Accrington Stanley and Notts County from the Football League Two (4th Tier) are the lowest ranked teams left at this stage.
Tie no	Home team 	Score 	Away team 	Attendance
1 	Southampton 	2–1	Ipswich Town 	20,446
2 	Reading 	1–0	Burnley 	12,910
3 	Derby County 	1–0	Doncaster Rovers 	11,316
4 	Cardiff City 	4–2	Leicester City 	10,961
5 	Stoke City 	3–1	Arsenal 	19,735
6 	Notts County 	2–2	Wigan Athletic 	9,073
replay	Wigan Athletic 	0–2	Notts County 	5,519
7 	Scunthorpe United 	2–4	Manchester City 	8,861
8 	West Bromwich Albion 	4–2	Newcastle United 	16,102
9 	Everton 	1–2	Birmingham City 	30,875
10 	Accrington Stanley 	1–3	Fulham 	3,712
11 	Bolton Wanderers 	2–0	Sheffield United 	14,572
12 	Portsmouth 	2–1	Sunderland 	10,315
13 	Preston North End 	0–2	Chelsea 	23,119
14 	Aston Villa 	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion 	39,725
15 	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Crystal Palace 	14,449
replay	Crystal Palace 	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10,282
16 	Tottenham Hotspur 	2–2	Leeds United 	35,750
replay	Leeds United 	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur 	37,704
==Fifth Round Proper==
The draw for the Fifth Round, conducted by Geoff Thomas and Stephanie Moore MBE, took place on Sunday 24 January 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures will take place over the weekend of 13 and 14 February 2010. Notts County from the Football League Two (4th Tier) is the lowest ranked team left at this stage.
Tie no	Home team 	Score 	Away team 	Attendance
1 	Crystal Palace 	2–2	Aston Villa 	20,486
replay	Aston Villa 	3–1	Crystal Palace 	31,874
2 	Manchester City 	1–1	Stoke City 	28,019
replay	Stoke City 	3–1	Manchester City 	21,813
3 	Derby County 	1–2	Birmingham City 	21,043
4 	Bolton Wanderers 	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur 	13,596
replay	Tottenham Hotspur 	4–0	Bolton Wanderers 	31,436
5 	Chelsea 	4–1	Cardiff City 	40,827
6 	Fulham 	4–0	Notts County 	16,132
7 	Reading 	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	18,008
replay	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Reading 	13,985
8 	Southampton 	1–4	Portsmouth 	31,385
==Sixth Round Proper==
The draw for the Sixth Round is scheduled to take place on 14 February 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures will take place over the weekend of 6 and 7 March 2010.
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==Sixth Round Proper Replay==
==Semi-Finals==
The draw for the Semi final is scheduled to take place on 7 March 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Fixtures will take place over the weekend of 10, 11 April 2010
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==Final==
== Top scorers ==
Scorer 	Goals	Team
John Carew 	6 	Aston Villa
Jermain Defoe 	5 	Tottenham Hotspur
Jermain Beckford 	5 	Leeds Utd
Ricardo Fuller 	4 	Stoke City
Roman Pavlyuchenko	4 	Tottenham Hotspur
Daniel Sturridge 	4 	Chelsea
==External links and references==
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