2008–09 FA Cup

The 2008–09 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 128th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup. A record 762 clubs were accepted for the competition; one club, South Normanton Athletic, folded before the fixtures were released, leaving 761 clubs to appear in the draw.[1] Two more clubs, Brierley Hill & Withymoor and Stapenhill, folded after the draws for the early rounds were made, giving their opponents a walkover.

2008–09 FA Cup
Chelsea celebrating their 5th title
Country England
 Wales
Teams762
ChampionsChelsea (5th title)
Runners-upEverton
Top goal scorer(s)Nicolas Anelka
Matty Fryatt
Gary Hooper
Robin van Persie
Craig Westcarr
(4 goals each)

The competition started on 16 August 2008 with the Extra preliminary round and concluded on 30 May 2009 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. Because winners Chelsea qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League by finishing 3rd in the 2008–09 Premier League, losing finalists Everton qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Because Everton also happened to qualify for a Europa League berth by finishing 5th in the Premier League, that berth was awarded to the 6th place team (Aston Villa), whose berth (which was available because 2009–10 Football League Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League as Premier League winners) was in turn awarded to the 7th place team (Fulham).

This season's competition saw the beginning of a new television contract for the tournament, with ITV and Setanta Sports taking over the domestic rights from the BBC and Sky Sports, however this would prove to be the only season in which Setanta broadcast the competition, as it went into administration and closed down a few weeks after the final.

Calendar
RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew entries this roundPrize moneyPlayer of the Round
Extra preliminary round16 August 2008203761 → 558406: 356th–761st£750n/a
Preliminary round30 August 2008166558 → 392129: 227th–355th£1,500n/a
First round qualifying13 September 2008116392 → 27666: 161st–226th£3,000Derren Ibrahim (Dartford)[2]
Second round qualifying27 September 200880276 → 19644: 117th–160th£4,500Dean Lodge (Kingstonian)[3]
Third round qualifying11 October 200840196 → 156none£7,500Craig Davis (AFC Totton)[4]
Fourth round qualifying25 October 200832156 → 12424: 93rd–116th£12,500Sam Hatton (AFC Wimbledon)[5]
First round proper8 November 200840124 → 8448: 45th–92nd£20,000Jon Adams (AFC Telford United)[6]
Second round proper29 November 20082084 → 64none£30,000Lindon Meikle (Eastwood Town)[7]
Third round proper3 January 20093264 → 3244: 1st–44th£75,000Nathan Tyson (Nottingham Forest)[8]
Fourth round proper24 January 20091632 → 16none£100,000Scott Parker (West Ham United)[9]
Fifth round proper14 February 2009816 → 8none£200,000Mikel Arteta (Everton)[10]
Sixth round proper7 March 200948 → 4none£400,000Robin van Persie (Arsenal)[11]
Semi-finals18 April 2009
19 April 2009		24 → 2noneWinners: £1,000,000
Losers: £500,000		Phil Jagielka (Everton)[12]
Final30 May 200912 → 1noneWinner: £2,000,000
Loser: £1,000,000

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup qualifying rounds

All of the teams that entered the competition, but were not members of the Premier League or The Football League, had to compete in the qualifying rounds.

First round proper

All of the 24 League One and 24 League Two teams entered at this round, along with the winners of the previous round, the fourth qualifying round. These 32 winners came from the following levels:

The draw took place on 26 October 2008. The matches were played between 7 and 9 November 2008.[13]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Colchester United 0 – 1 Leyton Orient 4,600
2 Havant & Waterlooville 1 – 3 Brentford 1,631
3 Blyth Spartans 3 – 1 Shrewsbury Town 2,742
4 Sutton United 0 – 1 Notts County 2,041
5 Torquay United 2 – 0 Evesham United 2,275
6 Oxford United 0 – 0 Dorchester Town 3,196
replay Dorchester Town 1 – 3† Oxford United 1,474
7 Bury 0 – 1 Gillingham 2,161
8 AFC Wimbledon 1 – 4 Wycombe Wanderers 4,528
9 Chester City 0 – 3 Millwall 1,932
10 Carlisle United 1 – 1 Grays Athletic 3,921
replay‡ Grays Athletic 0 – 2 Carlisle United 1,217
11 Team Bath 0 – 1 Forest Green Rovers 906
12 Eastbourne Borough 0 – 0 Barrow 1,216
replay Barrow 4 – 0 Eastbourne Borough 2,131
13 AFC Hornchurch 0 – 1 Peterborough United 3,000
14 Yeovil Town 1 – 1 Stockport County 3,582
replay Stockport County 5 – 0 Yeovil Town 3,260
15 Leiston 0 – 0 Fleetwood Town 1,250
replay Fleetwood Town 2 – 0 Leiston 2,010
16 Accrington Stanley 0 – 0 Tranmere Rovers 2,126
replay Tranmere Rovers 1 – 0 Accrington Stanley 2,560
17 Walsall 1 – 3 Scunthorpe United 2,318
18 AFC Bournemouth 1 – 0 Bristol Rovers 3,935
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 – 3 Hartlepool United 2,545
replay Hartlepool United 2 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3,288
20 Aldershot Town 1 – 1 Rotherham United 2,632
replay Rotherham United 0 – 3 Aldershot Town 2,431
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
21 Morecambe 2 – 1 Grimsby Town 1,713
22 Huddersfield Town 3 – 4 Port Vale 6,942
23 Alfreton Town 4 – 2 Bury Town 1,060
24 Kidderminster Harriers 1 – 0 Cambridge United 1,717
25 Leicester City 3 – 0 Stevenage Borough 7,586
26 Milton Keynes Dons 1 – 2 Bradford City 5,542
27 Darlington 0 – 0 Droylsden 2,479
replay Droylsden 1 – 0 Darlington 1,672
28 Chesterfield 3 – 1 Mansfield Town 6,612
29 AFC Telford United 2 – 2 Southend United 3,631
replay Southend United 2 – 0 AFC Telford United 4,415
30 Curzon Ashton 3 – 2 Exeter City 1,259
31 Histon 1 – 0 Swindon Town 1,541
32 Kettering Town 1 – 1 Lincoln City 3,314
replay Lincoln City 1 – 2 Kettering Town 3,953
33 Barnet 1 – 1 Rochdale 1,782
replay Rochdale 3 – 2† Barnet 2,339
34 Hereford United 0 – 0 Dagenham & Redbridge 1,825
replay Dagenham & Redbridge 2 – 1 Hereford United 1,409
35 Cheltenham Town 2 – 2 Oldham Athletic 2,585
replay Oldham Athletic 0 – 1 Cheltenham Town 2,552
36 Luton Town 0 – 0 Altrincham 3,200
replay Altrincham 0 – 0 Luton Town 2,397
Luton Town won 4–2 on penalties
37 Crewe Alexandra 1 – 0 Ebbsfleet United 2,593
38 Eastwood Town 2 – 1 Brackley Town 960
39 Leeds United 1 – 1 Northampton Town 9,531
replay Northampton Town 2 – 5 Leeds United 3,960
40 Harlow Town 0 – 2 Macclesfield Town 2,149

† – After extra time

‡ – Grays' replay with Carlisle was abandoned the first time it was played after 20 minutes because of floodlight failure with Grays leading 1–0.[14]

Blyth Spartans, Droylsden and Histon beat teams from two levels higher. Kettering Town were the fourth non-league team to beat a league club. Curzon Ashton were the only club to beat a team from four levels higher, beating Exeter City.

Second round proper

The draw was held on 9 November 2008 and involved the 40 winning teams from the previous round. These were from the following levels:

The draw was conducted by Lawrie Sanchez and Ray Parlour.[15] Matches in the second round proper were played over the weekend of 29 November 2008, with the exception of the match between Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United, which was played on 2 December, due to the abandonment of the first-round game between Carlisle United and Grays Athletic.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1‡ Chesterfield 2 – 2 Droylsden 5,698
replay‡ Droylsden 2 – 1 Chesterfield 2,824
Droylsden expelled for fielding an ineligible player; Chesterfield progress[16]
2 Peterborough United 0 – 0 Tranmere Rovers 5,980
replay Tranmere Rovers 1 – 2† Peterborough United 3,139
3 Eastwood Town 2 – 0 Wycombe Wanderers 1,955
4 Notts County 1 – 1 Kettering Town 4,451
replay Kettering Town 2 – 1 Notts County 3,019
5 Leicester City 3 – 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 7,791
6 Barrow 2 – 1 Brentford 3,532
7 Bradford City 1 – 2 Leyton Orient 5,065
8 Southend United 3 – 1 Luton Town 4,111
9 Forest Green Rovers 2 – 0 Rochdale 1,715
10 Histon 1 – 0 Leeds United 4,103
11 Scunthorpe United 4 – 0 Alfreton Town 4,249
12 Torquay United 2 – 0 Oxford United 2,647
13 Fleetwood Town 2 – 3 Hartlepool United 3,280
14 Morecambe 2 – 3 Cheltenham Town 1,758
15 Gillingham 0 – 0 Stockport County 4,419
replay Stockport County 1 – 2 Gillingham 3,329
16 Millwall 3 – 0 Aldershot Town 6,159
17 Carlisle United 0 – 2 Crewe Alexandra 2,755
18 AFC Bournemouth 0 – 0 Blyth Spartans 4,165
replay Blyth Spartans 1 – 0 AFC Bournemouth 4,040
19 Kidderminster Harriers 2 – 0 Curzon Ashton 2,070
20 Port Vale 1 – 3 Macclesfield Town 4,684

† – After extra time

‡ – Droylsden's first visit to Chesterfield was abandoned at half time due to fog.[17] The first replay, two weeks later, was then abandoned after 70 minutes due to floodlight failure.[18]

6 non-league clubs beat league clubs: Leeds United lost to Histon, while League Two clubs lost to Eastwood Town, Blyth Spartans, Barrow, Forest Green Rovers and Kettering Town.

Third round proper

The draw was held on 30 November 2008. The draw was carried out by Sir Trevor Brooking and Ray Clemence at Soho Square. The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the 20 winners from the previous round. These 20 teams came from the following levels:

The matches were played between 2 and 5 January 2009, with the exception of the ties between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Histon and Swansea City, Cheltenham Town and Doncaster Rovers, and Leyton Orient and Sheffield United, which were postponed until 13 January 2009.[19][20][21]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Portsmouth 0 – 0 Bristol City 14,446
replay Bristol City 0 – 2 Portsmouth 14,302
2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 2 Fulham 18,377
3 Preston North End 0 – 2 Liverpool 23,046
4 Birmingham City 0 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22,232
5 West Ham United 3 – 0 Barnsley 28,869
6 Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Barrow 25,132
7 Hull City 0 – 0 Newcastle United 20,557
replay Newcastle United 0 – 1 Hull City 31,380
8 Hartlepool United 2 – 0 Stoke City 5,367
9 Chelsea 1 – 1 Southend United 41,090
replay Southend United 1 – 4 Chelsea 11,314
10 Manchester City 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest 31,869
11 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Reading 12,448
12 Ipswich Town 3 – 0 Chesterfield 12,524
13 Charlton Athletic 1 – 1 Norwich City 12,615
replay Norwich City 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic 13,997
14 West Bromwich Albion 1 – 1 Peterborough United 18,659
replay Peterborough United 0 – 2 West Bromwich Albion 10,735
15 Torquay United 1 – 0 Blackpool 3,654
16 Leyton Orient 1 – 4 Sheffield United 4,527
17 Southampton 0 – 3 Manchester United 31,901
18 Millwall 2 – 2 Crewe Alexandra 5,754
replay Crewe Alexandra 2 – 3 Millwall 3,060
19 Histon 1 – 2 Swansea City 2,821
20 Forest Green Rovers 3 – 4 Derby County 4,836
21 Queens Park Rangers 0 – 0 Burnley 8,896
replay Burnley 2 – 1† Queens Park Rangers 3,760
22 Leicester City 0 – 0 Crystal Palace 15,976
replay Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Leicester City 6,023
23 Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 1 Wigan Athletic 34,040
24 Cheltenham Town 0 – 0 Doncaster Rovers 4,417
replay Doncaster Rovers 3 – 0 Cheltenham Town 5,345
25 Arsenal 3 – 1 Plymouth Argyle 59,424
26 Kettering Town 2 – 1 Eastwood Town 5,090
27 Blyth Spartans 0 – 1 Blackburn Rovers 3,445
28 Macclesfield Town 0 – 1 Everton 6,008
29 Watford 1 – 0 Scunthorpe United 8,690
30 Sunderland 2 – 1 Bolton Wanderers 20,685
31 Coventry City 2 – 0 Kidderminster Harriers 13,652
32 Gillingham 1 – 2 Aston Villa 10,107

† – After extra time

Torquay United were the only team to beat a team from three levels higher, while Hartlepool United were the only team to beat a team from two levels higher.

Fourth round proper

The draw was held on 4 January 2009. It comprised teams from the following levels:

The draw was conducted by Roberto Di Matteo and Dave Beasant.[22] Most of the matches were played on the weekend of 24 January 2009.[23]

A technical error during ITV's broadcast of the Everton–Liverpool replay meant that millions of viewers missed Dan Gosling's winner for Everton late in extra time. Coverage of the match was temporarily interrupted by advertisements, only for viewers to see Everton's players celebrating upon the restoration of the feed. ITV received thousands of complaints about the mistake, with many viewers questioning ITV's ability to broadcast live football, especially given their £275 million contract with The Football Association. ITV has subsequently apologised for the error.[24][25][26][27]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Liverpool 1 – 1 Everton 43,524
replay Everton 1 – 0† Liverpool 37,918
2 Manchester United 2 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur 75,014
3 Hull City 2 – 0 Millwall 18,639
4 Sunderland 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers 22,634
replay Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1† Sunderland 10,112
5 Hartlepool United 0 – 2 West Ham United 6,849
6 Sheffield United 2 – 1 Charlton Athletic 15,957
7 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Arsenal 20,079
replay Arsenal 4 – 0 Cardiff City 57,237
8 Portsmouth 0 – 2 Swansea City 17,357
9 Chelsea 3 – 1 Ipswich Town 41,137
10 Doncaster Rovers 0 – 0 Aston Villa 13,517
replay Aston Villa 3 – 1 Doncaster Rovers 24,203
11 West Bromwich Albion 2 – 2 Burnley 18,294
replay Burnley 3 – 1 West Bromwich Albion 6,635
12 Torquay United 0 – 1 Coventry City 6,018
13 Kettering Town 2 – 4 Fulham 5,406
14 Watford 4 – 3 Crystal Palace 10,006
15 Derby County 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest 32,035
replay Nottingham Forest 2 – 3 Derby County 29,001
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 2 Middlesbrough 18,013

† – After extra time

Fifth round proper

The draw was held on 25 January 2009. It comprised ten teams from the Premier League and six from the Championship, and was conducted by Gary Mabbutt and Gary Pallister.[28] The fifth-round matches were played on the weekend of 14 February 2009, with the exception of the tie between Arsenal and Burnley, after Arsenal's fourth round replay with Cardiff City was postponed due to snow. The match was played on 8 March 2009.[29]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Sheffield United 1 – 1 Hull City 22,283
replay Hull City 2 – 1 Sheffield United 17,239
2 Watford 1 – 3 Chelsea 16,851
3 West Ham United 1 – 1 Middlesbrough 33,658
replay Middlesbrough 2 – 0 West Ham United 15,602
4 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Coventry City 15,053
replay Coventry City 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers 22,793
5 Derby County 1 – 4 Manchester United 32,103
6 Swansea City 1 – 1 Fulham 16,573
replay Fulham 2 – 1 Swansea City 12,316
7 Everton 3 – 1 Aston Villa 35,439
8 Arsenal 3 – 0 Burnley 57,454

Sixth round proper

The draw was held on 15 February 2009. It comprised seven teams from the Premier League and Coventry City from the Championship. It was conducted by Frank McLintock and Graeme Souness. The matches were played on the weekend of 7 March 2009,[30] with the exception of the tie between Arsenal and Hull City, which was played on 17 March.[31]

Coventry City0–2Chelsea
Report Drogba 15'
Alex 72'
Attendance: 31,407
Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)
Fulham0–4Manchester United
Report Tevez 20', 35'
Rooney 50'
Park 81'
Attendance: 24,662
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
Arsenal2–1Hull City
Van Persie 74'
Gallas 84'		 Report Barmby 13'
Attendance: 55,641
Everton2–1Middlesbrough
Fellaini 50'
Saha 56'		 Report Wheater 44'
Attendance: 37,856

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 8 March 2009, and was conducted by Bob Wilson and Joe Royle. The semi-final matches were played at Wembley Stadium, on the weekend of 18 April 2009.[32] Unlike the previous rounds, replays were not held if a match ended as a draw; if necessary, extra time was added and a penalty shoot-out was held immediately after the match.

Arsenal1–2Chelsea
Walcott 18' Report Malouda 33'
Drogba 84'
Attendance: 88,103
Manchester United0–0 (a.e.t.)Everton
Report
Penalties
Berbatov soccer ball with red X
Ferdinand soccer ball with red X
Vidić soccer ball with check mark
Anderson soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with red X Cahill
soccer ball with check mark Baines
soccer ball with check mark Neville
soccer ball with check mark Vaughan
soccer ball with check mark Jagielka
Attendance: 88,141

Final
Main article: 2009 FA Cup Final
Chelsea2–1Everton
Drogba 21'
Lampard 72'		 Report Saha 1'
Attendance: 89,391

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[34]
1 France Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 4
Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal
3 Brazil Afonso Alves Middlesbrough 3
Germany Michael Ballack Chelsea
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Chelsea
Croatia Eduardo Arsenal
England Greg Halford Sheffield United
England Rob Hulse Derby County
Barbados Paul Ifill Crystal Palace
England Andy Johnson Fulham
England Frank Lampard Chelsea
England James Milner Aston Villa
Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Tottenham Hotspur
Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland Swansea City
Scotland Steven Thomson Burnley
England Craig Westcarr Kettering Town

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, ITV regained the free to air broadcasting rights from the BBC who held on to it after seven seasons while Setanta Sports took over the subscription broadcasting rights from Sky Sports who held on to it for 20 seasons.

International broadcasters

Country Broadcaster
 Belgium Prime
 Canada Setanta Sports
 France France Télévisions
 Italy SKY Italia

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