2008–09 FA Youth Cup
The 2008–09 FA Youth Cup was the 57th FA Youth Cup. A record 474 clubs participated in the competition. The competition started in September 2008 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 22 and 26 May 2009.
| Teams | 474 |
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| Champions | Arsenal |
| Runners-up | Liverpool |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → | |
Arsenal knocked out holders Manchester City en 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.
Calendar
Qualifying ties played in the week commencing; proper ties played by the closing date.
| Round | Date | Fixture(s) | Clubs | New entries |
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| Preliminary Round | 8 September 2008 | 119 | 474 → 355 | 238 |
| First Round Qualifying | 15 September 2008 | 132 | 355 → 223 | 145 |
| Second Round Qualifying | 6 October 2008 | 66 | 223 → 157 | |
| Third Round Qualifying | 20 October 2008 | 33 | 157 → 124 | |
| First Round | 11 November 2008 | 40 | 124 → 84 | 47 |
| Second Round | 26 November 2008 | 20 | 84 → 64 | |
| Third Round | 15 December 2008 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 44 |
| Fourth Round | 20 January 2009 | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fifth Round | 7 March 2009 | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Sixth Round | 16 March 2009 | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semi-finals | First leg: 16 April 2009 Second leg: 22 April 2009 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | First leg: 22 May 2009 Second leg: 26 May 2009 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
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.
Second round
The winners from the first round matches will progress to second round.
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Third round
The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the winners of the second round.
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Fourth round
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| 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(4–2p) | Stoke City |
| 7 | Southampton | 0–1 | Watford |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 3–2 | Millwall |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 2 – 2(2–4p) | 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(5–4p) | Tranmere Rovers |
Fifth round
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| 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(1–3p) | Norwich City |
| 6 | Manchester City | 4–2 | Newcastle United |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 0–2 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 0–2 | Birmingham City |
Quarter-finals
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Report |
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| 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 |
Semi-finals
First leg
| Manchester City | 1–2 | Arsenal |
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Nimely-Tchuimeni  41' |
Report | Emmanuel-Thomas 71' Sunu 82' |
| Birmingham City | 0–3 | Liverpool |
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| Report | Dalla Valle 12', 28' Amoo 24' |
Second leg
Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 3–1 | Birmingham City |
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| Dalla Valle 17', 58' Kačaniklić 53' |
Report | Sammons 44' |
Referee: Clive W. Oliver (Northumberland)
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
| Arsenal | 4–1 | Liverpool |
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| Sunu 21' Wilshere 35' (pen.)Watt 57'Emmanuel-Thomas 66' |
Report | Kačaniklić 37' |
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Second leg
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Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
See also
References
External links
- The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website
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