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2008–09 FA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Teams474
Final positions
ChampionsArsenal
Runner-upLiverpool

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

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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

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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 Attendance
1 Grimsby Town 0–1 Lincoln City
2 Bradford City 1–0 Scunthorpe United 172
3 Rochdale 1–0 Huddersfield Town 302
4 Hartlepool United 1–4 Carlisle United 116
5 Bury 0–2 Crewe Alexandra 237
6 Worksop Town 0–3 Rotherham United 91
7 Darlington 2 – 3(aet) Tranmere Rovers 210
8 Nantwich Town 5–0 Curzon Ashton 157
9 York City 2–3 Stockport County 155
10 Chester City 0–2 Leeds United 247
11 Macclesfield Town 4–1 Morecambe 89
12 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Wakefield 275
13 Fleetwood Town 0–3 Oldham Athletic 120
14 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Chesterfield 110
15 Leicester City 2–1 Port Vale 330
16 Coventry Sphinx 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons 196
17 Solihull Moors 2–0 FCV Reds 95
18 Oadby Town 2–1 Hinckley United 110
19 Mansfield Town 3–2 Peterborough United 124
20 Rushden & Diamonds 1–2 Northampton Town 215
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
21 Walsall 5–3 Hednesford Town 299
22 Millwall 2–0 Luton Town
23 Gillingham 3–0 Eastbourne Borough 425
24 Brighton & Hove Albion 5–1 Dover Athletic 88
25 Southend United 3 – 3(8–9p) Brentford 252
26 Stevenage Borough 2–3 Thurrock 122
27 Banbury United 1–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 203
28 Cambridge United 4–1 Colchester United 171
29 Lewes 2–0 Histon 187
30 Boreham Wood 0–5 Leyton Orient 151[1]
31 Hayes & Yeading United 1–2 Croydon Athletic 96
32 Burgess Hill Town 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers 205
33 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Barnet 172
34 Aldershot Town 1–4 Havant & Waterlooville 169
35 Didcot Town 2 – 2(1–4p) Cirencester Town 126[2]
36 Cheltenham Town 5–1 Newport County 232
37 AFC Bournemouth 0–1 Bristol Rovers
38 Swindon Town 4–1 Eastleigh 229
39 Yeovil Town 4–1 Hereford United 147
40 Woking 1 – 2(aet) Exeter City 147[3]

Second round

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

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Carlisle United 245
2 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Rotherham United 152
3 Walsall 4 – 3(aet) Rochdale 155
4 Solihull Moors 0–2 Tranmere Rovers 167
5 Nantwich Town 2–1 Macclesfield Town 478
6 Stockport County 3 – 3(2–4p) Crewe Alexandra 236
7 Lincoln City 3–1 Mansfield Town 105
8 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Bradford City 135
9 Oadby Town 0–3 Leeds United 521
10 Leicester City 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons 292
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
11 Swindon Town 3–0 Exeter City 175[4] or 350
12 Yeovil Town 1–2 Cirencester Town 144[5]
13 Cambridge United 0–2 Northampton Town 252
14 Lewes 3–0 Croydon Athletic 195
15 Barnet 3–1 Havant & Waterlooville 92
16 Brentford 6–2 Thurrock 253
17 Bristol Rovers 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 140
18 Millwall 5–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 372
19 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Gillingham 240
20 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Leyton Orient 215

Third round

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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 Swansea City 0–3 Manchester City 945
2 Brentford 1–2 Middlesbrough 356
3 Manchester United 2–3 Chelsea 1,246
4 Cardiff City 3–0 Blackpool 325
5 Swindon Town 1–5 Crystal Palace 388[6]
6 Reading 0–1 Preston North End 303
7 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Sheffield United 2,662[7]
8 Portsmouth 2–1 Gillingham 166
9 Leyton Orient 0–4 Watford 328[8]
10 Barnsley 2–3 Walsall 130
11 Norwich City 1–0 Wigan Athletic 405
12 Sunderland 2–1 Cirencester Town 253[9]
13 Leeds United 1–2 Liverpool 908
14 Carlisle United 1–3 Crewe Alexandra 267
15 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Millwall 329
16 Coventry City 2 – 3(aet) Stoke City 335
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
17 Ipswich Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town 411
18 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Doncaster Rovers 876
19 Burnley 3–1 West Bromwich Albion 470[10]
20 Northampton Town 0–3 Tranmere Rovers 212
21 Aston Villa 2–3 Arsenal 1,060
22 Southampton 3 – 1(aet) Derby County 327
23 Barnet 1–2 Bristol Rovers 72
24 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Fulham 355
25 Newcastle United 2–1 Oldham Athletic 1,171
26 Lewes 1–2 Hull City 529[11]
27 Queens Park Rangers 5 – 3(aet) Bristol City 239
28 Everton 2–0 Nantwich Town 798
29 Birmingham City 2 – 1(aet) Lincoln City 136
30 Leicester City 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 448
31 Charlton Athletic 2 – 1(aet) Blackburn Rovers 807
32 Nottingham Forest 3–1 West Ham United 472

Fourth round

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Ipswich Town 4 – 2(aet) Crystal Palace 413[12]
2 Arsenal 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 712[13]
3 Preston North End 0 – 1(aet) Sunderland 565
4 Chelsea 5–1 Walsall 217
5 Queens Park Rangers 1–3 Newcastle United 517
6 Norwich City 1 – 1(4–2p) Stoke City 817
7 Southampton 0–1 Watford 586
8 Plymouth Argyle 3–2 Millwall 443
9 Bristol Rovers 2 – 2(2–4p) Liverpool 2,459
10 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Hull City 947[14]
11 Burnley 1–3 Everton 478
12 Middlesbrough 1–2 Nottingham Forest 686
13 Charlton Athletic 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur 968[15]
14 Birmingham City 3–2 Crewe Alexandra 171
15 Portsmouth 0–1 Manchester City 276
16 Cardiff City 0 – 0(5–4p) Tranmere Rovers 485

Fifth round

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Ipswich Town 2 – 3(aet) Watford 1,823
2 Liverpool 1–0 Chelsea 2,193[16]
3 Sunderland 0–4 Arsenal 1,207[17]
4 Plymouth Argyle 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur 2,111[18]
5 Everton 1 – 1(1–3p) Norwich City 249
6 Manchester City 4–2 Newcastle United 905[19]
7 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Bolton Wanderers 450
8 Cardiff City 0–2 Birmingham City 499

Quarter-finals

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Report Attendance
1 Birmingham City 1–0 Watford Report 2,404[20]
2 Manchester City 1–0 Norwich City Report 3,254[21]
3 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Arsenal Report 19,084[22]
4 Liverpool 4–2 Bolton Wanderers Report 2,676

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Manchester City1–2Arsenal
Nimely-Tchuimeni 41' Report Emmanuel-Thomas 71'
Sunu 82'
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Andy Penn (West Midlands)
Birmingham City0–3Liverpool
Report Dalla Valle 12', 28'
Amoo 24'
Attendance: 4,238
Referee: Mark Haywood (West Yorkshire)

Second leg

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Arsenal4–1Manchester City
Watt 1', 31'
Wilshere 20' (pen.)
Bartley 29'		 Report Benali 45'
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Keith Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

Liverpool3–1Birmingham City
Dalla Valle 17', 58'
Kačaniklić 53'		 Report Sammons 44'
Attendance: 4,449
Referee: Clive W. Oliver (Northumberland)

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

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First leg

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Arsenal4–1Liverpool
Sunu 21'
Wilshere 35' (pen.)
Watt 57'
Emmanuel-Thomas 66'		 Report Kačaniklić 37'
Attendance: 33,662
Arsenal
Liverpool
ARSENAL:
1 England James Shea
2 England Craig Eastmond
3 England Thomas Cruise
4 England Kyle Bartley
5 England Emmanuel Frimpong
6 England Luke Ayling
7 England Henri Lansbury
8 France Francis Coquelin
9 France Gilles Sunu
10 England Jack Wilshere
11 England Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (c)
Substitutes:
12 England Rhys Murphy
13 England Charlie Mann
14 England Sanchez Watt
15 Republic of Ireland Conor Henderson
16 Cameroon Cedric Evina
Manager:
England Steve Bould
LIVERPOOL:
1 Australia Dean Bouzanis
2 England Karl Clair
3 Germany Christopher Buchtmann
4 Spain Daniel Ayala
5 England Joe Kennedy (c)
6 England Andre Wisdom
7 England David Amoo
8 England Steven Irwin
9 Finland Lauri Dalla Valle
10 England Tom Ince
11 Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić
Substitutes:
12 England Nathan Eccleston
13 England Deale Chamberlain
14 England Michael Roberts
15 Scotland Alex Cooper
16 England Jack Robinson
Manager:
England Hughie McAuley

Second leg

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Liverpool1–2Arsenal
Dalla Valle 52' Report Watt 25'
Ayala 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,792
Liverpool
Arsenal
LIVERPOOL:
1 Australia Dean Bouzanis
2 England Steven Irwin
3 England Jack Robinson
4 Spain Daniel Ayala
5 England Joe Kennedy (c)
6 England Andre Wisdom
7 England David Amoo
8 Germany Christopher Buchtmann
9 Finland Lauri Dalla Valle
10 England Tom Ince
11 Sweden Alexander Kačaniklić
Substitutes:
12 England Nathan Eccleston
13 England Deale Chamberlain
14 Scotland Alex Cooper
15 England Michael Roberts
16 England Karl Clair
Manager:
England Hughie McAuley
ARSENAL:
1 England James Shea
2 England Craig Eastmond
3 England Thomas Cruise
4 England Kyle Bartley
5 France Francis Coquelin
6 England Luke Ayling
7 England Henri Lansbury
8 England Jack Wilshere
9 France Gilles Sunu
10 England Sanchez Watt
11 England Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (c)
Substitutes:
12 England Rhys Murphy
13 England Charlie Mann
14 Republic of Ireland Conor Henderson
15 Netherlands Oğuzhan Özyakup
16 Cameroon Cedric Evina
Manager:
England Steve Bould

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Young O's Ease Into Round Two". Leyton Orient FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Academy Win Thriller On Penalties At Didcot". Cirencester Town FC.
  3. ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
  4. ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
  5. ^ "Yeovil Town 1 Cirencester Town 2 - A Long Match Report!". Cirencester Town FC.
  6. ^ "Match Centre FA Youth Cup". SwindonTownFC.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur 3 Sheffield United 0 (Half-time score : 2-0)". MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY.
  8. ^ "Youngsters Crash Out". Leyton Orient FC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "Academy Go Out Of FA Youth Cup At Sunderland But Can Hold Their Heads High". Cirencester Town FC.
  10. ^ "HISTORY : YOUTH FOOTBALL : THE FA YOUTH CUP : RESULTS - 1999/2000 - 2008/09". Albion Till We Die.
  11. ^ "Bumper crowd watch Lewes kids lose to Hull". The Argus.
  12. ^ "Connor treble secures victory". East Anglian Daily Times.
  13. ^ "Youth Cup: Arsenal 3-1 Wolves - Match report". Arsenal FC.
  14. ^ "Farrell: It Keeps The Season Going". Bolton Wanderers. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Charlton Youth 0 Spurs Youth 3 Youth Cup 4th Rd - 14.01.09". Spurs Odyssey.
  16. ^ "David Amoo heads Reds into last 8 of FA Youth Cup". Liverpool Echo.
  17. ^ "Youth Cup: Sunderland 0-4 Arsenal - Report". Arsenal FC.
  18. ^ "Plymouth Youth v Spurs Youth, 11.02.09". Spurs Odyssey.
  19. ^ "Newcastle United young guns battle back in vain". Chronicle Live.
  20. ^ "Birmingham City 1, Watford 0. FA Youth Cup quarter-final". Birmingham Mail.
  21. ^ "MAK FIRES U18S INTO SEMI-FINALS". Manchester City FC.
  22. ^ "Youth Cup: Tottenham 1-3 Arsenal - Report". Arsenal FC.
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