2010–11 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2010–11 was the 59th edition of the FA Youth Cup. 460 clubs were initially accepted, with 53 teams being new entries.

2010–11 FA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Teams460
Final positions
ChampionsManchester United
Runner-upSheffield United

The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with the preliminary round, which was followed by four qualifying rounds for non-League teams. Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entering at the first round, and Premier League and Championship teams entering in the third round.

Calendar edit

Round Matches played from Matches Clubs
First round 6 November 2010 40 124 → 84
Second round 20 November 2010 20 84 → 64
Third round 11 December 2010 32 64 → 32
Fourth round 15 January 2011 16 32 → 16
Fifth round 29 January 2011 8 16 → 8
Sixth round 12 February 2011 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals (two legs) 5 March & 19 March 2011 4 4 → 2
Final (two legs) 17 May & 23 May 2011 2 2 → 1

Fixtures and results edit

First round edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Crewe Alexandra 4–0 AFC Fylde
2 Bradford City 4–2 Rochdale
3 Hartlepool United 3–1 Whitley Bay
4 Carlisle United 3–1 † Wrexham
5 Stockport County 1–4 † Tranmere Rovers
6 Macclesfield Town 4–1 Fleetwood Town
7 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Darlington
8 Bury 2–5 Oldham Athletic
9 Rotherham United 2–3 † Sheffield Wednesday
10 Huddersfield Town 5–1 Morecambe
11 Histon 0–3 Notts County
12 Bolehall Swifts 1–0 Northampton Town
13 Chesterfield 1–3 Port Vale
14 Grimsby Town 3–0 Stourbridge
15 Burton Albion 0–2 Stratford Town
16 Lincoln City 2–4 Peterborough United
17 Shrewsbury Town 5–1 Boston United
18 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall
19 Coventry Sphinx 2–1 Hereford United
20 Thurrock 1–0 Leyton Orient
21 Barnet 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers
22 Northwood 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
23 Bury Town 5–4 Bromley
24 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Ebbsfleet United
25 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Stevenage
Dagenham & Redbridge advance 3–2 on penalties
26 Colchester United 3–5 Woking
27 Southend United 3–1 † Luton Town
28 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crawley Town
29 Concord Rangers 0–5 Brentford
30 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Carshalton Athletic
31 Gillingham 1–2 † Cambridge United
32 Dartford 1–2 AFC Wimbledon
33 Newport County 1–2 † Bristol Rovers
34 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 † Swindon Town
35 Torquay United 4–0 Bracknell Town
36 Havant & Waterlooville 0–2 Yeovil Town
37 Cheltenham Town 2–2 † Oxford United
Cheltenham Town advance 4–1 on penalties
38 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Southampton
39 Cirencester Town 2–3 Aldershot Town
40 AFC Bournemouth 1–1 † Exeter City 269[1]
Exeter City advance 3–2 on penalties

† After extra time

Second round edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Huddersfield Town 0–4 Darlington
2 Peterborough United 5–0 Stratford Town
3 Notts County 2–0 Shrewsbury Town
4 Port Vale 1–1 † Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town advance 5–4 on penalties
5 Carlisle United 0–2 Walsall
6 Bolehall Swifts 0–4 Bradford City
7 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday
8 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Hartlepool United
9 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers advance 4–2 on penalties
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
11 AFC Wimbledon 0–3 Aldershot Town
12 Woking 2–4 Cheltenham Town
13 Dulwich Hamlet 3–2 † Yeovil Town
14 Southampton 2–0 Thurrock
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–0 Torquay United
16 Cambridge United 1–2 Exeter City 119[2]
17 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers
18 Southend United 3–0 Brentford
19 Swindon Town 6–1 Coventry Sphinx
20 Charlton Athletic 4–0 Bury Town

† After extra time

Third round edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 West Ham United 5–0 Aldershot Town
2 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 † Reading
3 Doncaster Rovers 2–4 Middlesbrough
4 Dulwich Hamlet 2–6 Newcastle United
5 Grimsby Town 3–2 Burnley
6 Watford 2–0 Swindon Town
7 Leicester City 2–1 Hartlepool United
8 Sunderland 0–2 Chelsea
9 Arsenal 6–1 Darlington
10 Oldham Athletic 5–6 Manchester City
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 Derby County
12 Notts County 0–4 Liverpool
13 Barnsley 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur 810[3]
14 Bristol City 0–2 Birmingham City
15 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Aston Villa
16 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Stoke City
17 Millwall 3–1 Walsall
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
18 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 † Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest advance 5–3 on penalties
19 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra
20 Fulham 6–4 † West Bromwich Albion 254[4]
21 Leeds United 3–0 Scunthorpe United
22 Norwich City 1–0 Charlton Athletic
23 Hull City 2–3 Rushden & Diamonds
24 Southend United 3–1 Coventry City
25 Everton 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 482
26 Blackpool 5–1 Exeter City 204[5]
27 Preston North End 2–1 Swansea City
28 Cardiff City 0–3 Crystal Palace
29 Cheltenham Town 1–4 Sheffield United
30 Bradford City 1–1 † Southampton
Bradford City advance 9–8 on penalties
31 Manchester United 3–2 Portsmouth
32 Ipswich Town 2–3 Peterborough United 287[6]

† After extra time

Fourth round edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Barnsley 4–0 Rushden & Diamonds
2 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Manchester City
3 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Leeds United 1,031[7]
Leeds United advance 3–2 on penalties
4 Watford 3–2 Wigan Athletic
5 Peterborough United 1–3 † Aston Villa
6 Middlesbrough 1–0 Everton 529
7 Leicester City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers
8 West Ham United 0–1 Manchester United
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
9 Blackpool 4–3 Birmingham City
10 Sheffield United 3–0 Millwall
11 Derby County 1–3 Southend United
12 Newcastle United 2–1 † Grimsby Town 1,043[8]
13 Liverpool 3–1 † Crystal Palace
14 Fulham 3–0 Norwich City
15 Preston North End 1–1 Bradford City
Preston North End advance 4–2 on penalties
16 Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal 7,200

† After extra time

Fifth round edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Leicester City 4–3 † Preston North End
2 Leeds United 0–2 Aston Villa
3 Manchester United 1–0 Newcastle United 657[9]
4 Fulham 0–2 Watford
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
5 Liverpool 9–0 Southend United
6 Sheffield United 3–1 † Blackpool
7 Chelsea 2–1 Barnsley 2,282[10]
8 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Middlesbrough

† After extra time

Quarter-finals edit

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Liverpool 2–3 Manchester United 10,199[11]
2 Aston Villa 3–1 Middlesbrough
3 Leicester City 1–2 Sheffield United
4 Chelsea 2–1 Watford 2,160[12]

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 3–6 Manchester United 3–2 0-4
Aston Villa 0–3 Sheffield United 0–1 0-2

First leg edit

Chelsea3–2Manchester United
Chalobah   30', 42'
Devyne   72'
Report Lingard   56'
Pogba   77'
Attendance: 5,518

Aston Villa0–1Sheffield United
Report Ironside   44'
Referee: Paul Tierney

Second leg edit

Manchester United4–0Chelsea
Morrison   38'
Keane   42', 76', 87' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,124

Sheffield United2–0Aston Villa
Whitehouse   45', 73' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,016

Final edit

First leg edit

Sheffield United2–2Manchester United
McFadzean   45'
Slew   73'
Report Lingard   14'
Keane   70'
Attendance: 29,977

Second leg edit

Manchester United4–1Sheffield United
Morrison   37', 70'
Keane   45' (pen.), 82'
Report Ironside   73'
Attendance: 24,916[13]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
  2. ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
  3. ^ "Barnsley v Spurs – FA Youth Cup – 14.12.10". Spurs Odyssey.
  4. ^ "HISTORY : YOUTH FOOTBALL : THE FA YOUTH CUP : RESULTS – 2009/10 – DATE". Albion Till We Die.
  5. ^ "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
  6. ^ "Town crash out of FA Youth Cup". East Anglian Daily Times.
  7. ^ "FA Youth Cup: Crewe 0 Leeds 0 (aet, Leeds win 3-2 on pens)". Chesire Live.
  8. ^ "Sayer's late goal gives NUFC Youth Cup win". Chronicle Live.
  9. ^ "United Youth 1 Newcastle Youth 0". Manchester Evening News.
  10. ^ @chelseayouth (12 February 2011). "Just seen last night's attendance confirmed as 2,282. Not too bad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Liverpool U18 2 Man United U18 3 – harsh lesson for youngsters". Liverpool Echo.
  12. ^ "Blue night". The FA. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ "'A scabby looking bunch, but we can surprise a lot of people' – Sheffield United's FA Youth Cup final 10 years on". The Athletic.

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