Football tournament season
2017–18 FA Youth CupFootball Association Youth Cup |
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Tournament details |
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Country | England Wales |
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Teams | 507 (overall) |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Chelsea |
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Runner-up | Arsenal |
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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]
Calendar
Round | Matches played from |
Preliminary round | 4 September 2017 |
First round qualifying | 18 September 2017 |
Second round qualifying | 2 October 2017 |
Third round qualifying | 16 October 2017 |
First round | 4 November 2017 |
Second round | 18 November 2017 |
Third round | 16 December 2017 |
Fourth round | 20 January 2018 |
Fifth round | 10 February 2018 |
Quarter-finals | 3 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
First leg
Attendance: 894
Referee: Tim Robinson
Second leg
Final
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Chelsea | 7–1 | Arsenal | 3–1 | 4–0 |
First leg
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 4,878
Referee: Tim Robinson
Second leg
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Tim Robinson
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chelsea claim fifth consecutive FA Youth Cup with easy win over Arsenal". Guardian. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Chelsea beat Arsenal to secure fifth straight title". BBC Sport. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round Results". The FA.com. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Aaron Haswell brace helps York City to 4-0 FA Youth Cup triumph against Tadcaster". York Press.
- ^ @OxCityFC (September 4, 2017). "Tonight's attendance for this FA Youth Cup game is 64. Many Thanks for your support" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Shildon_AFC (October 11, 2017). "Tonight's attendance v @GuiseleyAFC in the fa youth cup 121" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @HitchinTownFC (October 19, 2017). "ATTENDANCE at #TopField v @hoddesdon__18s #FAYouthCup is 184. Thanks for supporting our youth team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @TheGillsFC (November 1, 2017). "The official attendance from last night's #FAYouthCup tie against @officialpompey is 217. #Gills" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "FA Youth Cup: Argyle xx Eastleigh xx". Plymouth Argyle FC.
- ^ "Shrewsbury Town's under-18s disqualified from FA Youth Cup". shropshirestar.com. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "FA YOUTH CUP REPORT CAMBRIDGE UNITED U18S 0 SCUNTHORPE UNITED U18S 1". Cambridge United FC.
- ^ @OfficialECFC (November 14, 2017). "👥 A total of 463 through the turnstiles for tonight's fixture. Thank you for your support!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Oxford United knocked out of FA Youth Cup by Dagenham & Redbridge". Oxford Mail.
- ^ "Norwich City U18s 1 Birmingham City U18s 3 – Canaries miss out on Youth Cup semi-final against Chelsea". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ "Blackpool's fairytale FA Youth Cup dream ended by Arsenal". Blackpool Gazette.
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