2008–09 FA Youth Cup

2008–09 FA Youth Cup

Teams	474
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Liverpool
← 2009–10 →

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.

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
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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Grimsby Town 0–1 Lincoln City 2 Bradford City 1–0 Scunthorpe United 3 Rochdale 1–0 Huddersfield Town 4 Hartlepool United 1–4 Carlisle United 5 Bury 0–2 Crewe Alexandra 6 Worksop Town 0–3 Rotherham United 7 Darlington 2 – 3(aet) Tranmere Rovers 8 Nantwich Town 5–0 Curzon Ashton 9 York City 2–3 Stockport County 10 Chester City 0–2 Leeds United 11 Macclesfield Town 4–1 Morecambe 12 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Wakefield 13 Fleetwood Town 0–3 Oldham Athletic 14 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Chesterfield 15 Leicester City 2–1 Port Vale 16 Coventry Sphinx 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons 17 Solihull Moors 2–0 18 Oadby Town 2–1 Hinckley United 19 Mansfield Town 3–2 Peterborough United 20 Rushden & Diamonds 1–2 Northampton Town

Tie no Home team Score Away team 21 Walsall 5–3 Hednesford Town 22 Millwall 2–0 Luton Town 23 Gillingham 3–0 Eastbourne Borough 24 Brighton & Hove Albion 5–1 Dover Athletic 25 Southend United 3 – 3(8–9p) Brentford 26 Stevenage Borough 2–3 Thurrock 27 Banbury United 1–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 28 Cambridge United 4–1 Colchester United 29 Lewes 2–0 Histon 30 Boreham Wood 0–5 Leyton Orient 31 Hayes & Yeading United 1–2 Croydon Athletic 32 Burgess Hill Town 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers 33 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Barnet 34 Aldershot Town 1–4 Havant & Waterlooville 35 Didcot Town 2 – 2(1–4p) Cirencester Town 36 Cheltenham Town 5–1 Newport County 37 AFC Bournemouth 0–1 Bristol Rovers 38 Swindon Town 4–1 Eastleigh 39 Yeovil Town 4–1 Hereford United 40 Woking 1 – 2(aet) Exeter City

Second round[]

The winners from the first round matches will progress to second round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Carlisle United 2 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Rotherham United 3 Walsall 4 – 3(aet) Rochdale 4 Solihull Moors 0–2 Tranmere Rovers 5 Nantwich Town 2–1 Macclesfield Town 6 Stockport County 3 – 3(2–4p) Crewe Alexandra 7 Lincoln City 3–1 Mansfield Town 8 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Bradford City 9 Oadby Town 0–3 Leeds United 10 Leicester City 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons

Tie no Home team Score Away team 11 Swindon Town 3–0 Exeter City 12 Yeovil Town 1–2 Cirencester Town 13 Cambridge United 0–2 Northampton Town 14 Lewes 3–0 Croydon Athletic 15 Barnet 3–1 Havant & Waterlooville 16 Brentford 6–2 Thurrock 17 Bristol Rovers 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 Millwall 5–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 19 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Gillingham 20 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Leyton Orient

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 1 Swansea City 0–3 Manchester City 2 Brentford 1–2 Middlesbrough 3 Manchester United 2–3 Chelsea 4 Cardiff City 3–0 Blackpool 5 Swindon Town 1–5 Crystal Palace 6 Reading 0–1 Preston North End 7 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Sheffield United 8 Portsmouth 2–1 Gillingham 9 Leyton Orient 0–4 Watford 10 Barnsley 2–3 Walsall 11 Norwich City 1–0 Wigan Athletic 12 Sunderland 2–1 Cirencester Town 13 Leeds United 1–2 Liverpool 14 Carlisle United 1–3 Crewe Alexandra 15 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Millwall 16 Coventry City 2 – 3(aet) Stoke City

Tie no Home team Score Away team 17 Ipswich Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town 18 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Doncaster Rovers 19 Burnley 3–1 West Bromwich Albion 20 Northampton Town 0–3 Tranmere Rovers 21 Aston Villa 2–3 Arsenal 22 Southampton 3 – 1(aet) Derby County 23 Barnet 1–2 Bristol Rovers 24 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Fulham 25 Newcastle United 2–1 Oldham Athletic 26 Lewes 1–2 Hull City 27 Queens Park Rangers 5 – 3(aet) Bristol City 28 Everton 2–0 Nantwich Town 29 Birmingham City 2 – 1(aet) Lincoln City 30 Leicester City 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 Charlton Athletic 2 – 1(aet) Blackburn Rovers 32 Nottingham Forest 3–1 West Ham United

Fourth round[]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
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
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
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[]

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Second leg[]

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

First leg[]

Arsenal

Liverpool

ARSENAL: 1 James Shea 2 Craig Eastmond 3 Thomas Cruise 4 Kyle Bartley 5 Emmanuel Frimpong 6 Luke Ayling 7 Henri Lansbury 8 Francis Coquelin 9 Gilles Sunu 10 Jack Wilshere 11 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (c) Substitutes: 12 Rhys Murphy 13 Charlie Mann 14 Sanchez Watt 15 Conor Henderson 16 Cedric Evina Manager: Steve Bould

LIVERPOOL: 1 Dean Bouzanis 2 Karl Clair 3 Christopher Buchtmann 4 Daniel Ayala 5 Joe Kennedy (c) 6 Andre Wisdom 7 David Amoo 8 Steven Irwin 9 Lauri Dalla Valle 10 Tom Ince 11 Alexander Kačaniklić Substitutes: 12 Nathan Eccleston 13 Deale Chamberlain 14 Michael Roberts 15 Alex Cooper 16 Jack Robinson Manager: Hughie McAuley

Second leg[]

Liverpool

Arsenal

LIVERPOOL: 1 Dean Bouzanis 2 Steven Irwin 3 Jack Robinson 4 Daniel Ayala 5 Joe Kennedy (c) 6 Andre Wisdom 7 David Amoo 8 Christopher Buchtmann 9 Lauri Dalla Valle 10 Tom Ince 11 Alexander Kačaniklić Substitutes: 12 Nathan Eccleston 13 Deale Chamberlain 14 Alex Cooper 15 Michael Roberts 16 Karl Clair Manager: Hughie McAuley

ARSENAL: 1 James Shea 2 Craig Eastmond 3 Thomas Cruise 4 Kyle Bartley 5 Francis Coquelin 6 Luke Ayling 7 Henri Lansbury 8 Jack Wilshere 9 Gilles Sunu 10 Sanchez Watt 11 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (c) Substitutes: 12 Rhys Murphy 13 Charlie Mann 14 Conor Henderson 15 Oğuzhan Özyakup 16 Cedric Evina Manager: Steve Bould

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

See also[]

• 2008–09 Premier Academy League
• 2008–09 Premier Reserve League
• 2008–09 FA Cup
• 2008–09 in English football

References[]

External links[]

• The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website