FA Cup 2010-11

The 2010–11 FA Cup is the 130th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. A total of 806 clubs applied to enter of which 759 were accepted, a slight drop compared to the 762 clubs accepted into the 2009-10 FA Cup.
The competition commencened on 14 August 2010 with the Extra Preliminary Round and conclude on 14 May 2011 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. The defending champions were Chelsea, who retained their title in the 2010 final against Portsmouth. The tournament winners will qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
==Teams==
Round 	Clubsremaining	Clubsinvolved	Winners fromprevious round	New entriesthis round	Leagues entering at this round
Extra Preliminary Round	759 	402 	none 	402 	Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
Preliminary Round 	558 	332 	201 	131 	Northern Premier League Division One NorthNorthern Premier League Division One South
Southern Football League Division One CentralSouthern Football League Division One South & WestIsthmian League Division One NorthIsthmian League Division One South
First Round Qualifying 	392 	232 	166 	66 	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
Sixth Round Proper 	8 	8 	8 	none 	none
Semi-Finals 	4 	4 	4 	none 	none
Final 	2 	2 	2 	none 	none
==Calendar==
The calendar for the 2010–11 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	14 August 2010 	201 	759 → 558	402: 358th–759th 	 	n/a
Preliminary Round 	28 August 2010 	166 	558 → 392	131: 227th–357th 	 	n/a
First Round Qualifying 	11 September 2010	116 	392 → 276	66: 161st–226th 	 	
Second Round Qualifying	25 September 2010	80 	276 → 196	44: 117th–160th 	 	
Third Round Qualifying 	9 October 2010 	40 	196 → 156	none 	 	
Fourth Round Qualifying	23 October 2010 	32 	156 → 124	24: 93rd–116th 	 	
First Round Proper 	6 November 2010 	40 	124 → 84 	48: 45th–92nd 	 	
Second Round Proper 	27 November 2010 	20 	84 → 64 	none 	 	
Third Round Proper 	8 January 2011 	32 	64 → 32 	44: 1st–44th 	 	
Fourth Round Proper 	29 January 2011 	16 	32 → 16 	none 	 	
Fifth Round Proper 	19 February 2011 	8 	16 → 8 	none 	 	
Sixth Round Proper 	12 March 2011 	4 	8 → 4 	none 	 	
Semi-Finals 	16–17 April 2011 	2 	4 → 2 	none 	 	
Final 	14 May 2011 	1 	2 → 1 	none 	 	Manchester City won. Later knovked out of Europa League. Will host MU in 3d round 2012.
==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.
==External links and references==
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