2017–18 FA Youth Cup

The 2017–18 FA Youth Cup was the 66th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fifth year in a row after a 7–1 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the final.[1][2][3]

2017–18 FA Youth Cup
Football Association Youth Cup
Country England
 Wales
Teams507 (overall)
ChampionsChelsea
Runners-upArsenal

Calendar
RoundMatches played from
Preliminary round4 September 2017
First round qualifying18 September 2017
Second round qualifying2 October 2017
Third round qualifying16 October 2017
First round4 November 2017
Second round18 November 2017
Third round16 December 2017
Fourth round20 January 2018
Fifth round10 February 2018
Quarter-finals3 March 2018
Semi-finals (two legs)24 March/7 April 2018
Final (two legs)27 April/30 April 2018

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

272 teams took part in the Preliminary round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system.[4] The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

First round qualifying

260 teams took part in the first qualifying round, with 136 teams having progressed from the previous round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system. The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

Second round qualifying

152 teams took part in the second qualifying round, with 65 teams having progressed from the previous round.

Third round qualifying

76 teams took part in the third qualifying round, with 38 teams having progressed from the previous round.

First round

84 teams took part in the first round, with 19 teams having progressed from the previous round.

† Despite winning the match, Shrewsbury Town were subsequently disqualified after it was found that they had fielded an ineligible player. Evesham United were therefore permitted to advance to the next round instead.[11]

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round
  • Tie awarded to Colchester United - Reading removed after fielding an ‘under-age’ player inadvertently.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blackpool 2–7 Arsenal 2–2 0-5
Birmingham City 0–7 Chelsea 0–3 0–4

First leg
Blackpool2-2Arsenal
Sumner 43'
Jacobson 74'		 Report John-Jules 31'
Amaechi 64'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Tim Robinson
Birmingham0-3Chelsea
Tariq Uwakwe 15'
Hudson-Odoi 35'
Brown 76'

Second leg
Chelsea4-0Birmingham City
Hudson-Odoi 31', 41'
Brown 38'
Uwakwe 63'
Arsenal5-0Blackpool
Balogun 18'
Ballard 20'
Burton 23'
Smith-Rowe 34' (pen.)
Smith 90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,083[16]
Referee: Craig Hicks

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 7–1 Arsenal 3–1 4–0

First leg
Chelsea3–1Arsenal
Redan 67', 86'
Guehi 78'		 Report Amaechi 36'
Attendance: 4,878
Referee: Tim Robinson

Second leg
Arsenal0–4Chelsea
Report Gilmour 10'
Hudson-Odoi 55', 76'
Anjorin 67'
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Tim Robinson

See also

References
  1. "Arsenal 0-4 Chelsea (agg: 1-7): Blues cruise to fifth straight FA Youth Cup success". Sky Sports. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. "Chelsea claim fifth consecutive FA Youth Cup with easy win over Arsenal". Guardian. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "Chelsea beat Arsenal to secure fifth straight title". BBC Sport. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. "FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round Results". The FA.com. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "Aaron Haswell brace helps York City to 4-0 FA Youth Cup triumph against Tadcaster". York Press.
  6. @OxCityFC (4 September 2017). "Tonight's attendance for this FA Youth Cup game is 64. Many Thanks for your support" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. @Shildon_AFC (11 October 2017). "Tonight's attendance v @GuiseleyAFC in the fa youth cup 121" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. @HitchinTownFC (19 October 2017). "ATTENDANCE at #TopField v @hoddesdon__18s #FAYouthCup is 184. Thanks for supporting our youth team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. @TheGillsFC (1 November 2017). "The official attendance from last night's #FAYouthCup tie against @officialpompey is 217. #Gills" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. "FA Youth Cup: Argyle xx Eastleigh xx". Plymouth Argyle FC.
  11. "Shrewsbury Town's under-18s disqualified from FA Youth Cup". shropshirestar.com. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  12. "FA YOUTH CUP REPORT CAMBRIDGE UNITED U18S 0 SCUNTHORPE UNITED U18S 1". Cambridge United FC.
  13. @OfficialECFC (14 November 2017). "👥 A total of 463 through the turnstiles for tonight's fixture. Thank you for your support!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. "Oxford United knocked out of FA Youth Cup by Dagenham & Redbridge". Oxford Mail.
  15. "Norwich City U18s 1 Birmingham City U18s 3 – Canaries miss out on Youth Cup semi-final against Chelsea". Eastern Daily Press.
  16. "Blackpool's fairytale FA Youth Cup dream ended by Arsenal". Blackpool Gazette.
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