1992–93 FA Cup

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The 1992–93 FA Cup was the 112th season of the FA Cup, also known as The Football Association Challenge Cup. It was won by Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final at the old Wembley Stadium. The goals were scored by Ian Wright and Andy Linighan, who scored in the 119th minute.

1 First round proper
2 Second Round Proper
3 Third round proper
4 Fourth Round Proper
5 Fifth Round Proper
6 Sixth Round Proper
7 Semi-Finals
8 Final
- 8.1 Replay
9 Footnotes
10 External links

First round proper

The first round matches were played on the weekend beginning 14 November 1992.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackpool	1–1	Rochale
replay	Rochdale	1–0	Blackpool
2	Chester City	1–1	Altrincham
replay	Altrincham	2–0	Chester City
3	Darlington	1–2	Hull City
4	Bournemouth	0–0	Barnet
replay	Barnet	1–2	Bournemouth
5	Burnley	2–1	Scarborough
6	Bury	2–0	Witton Albion
7	Sutton United	1–2	Hereford United
8	Marine	4–1	Halifax Town
9	Reading	1–0	Birmingham
10	Woking	3–2	Nuneaton Borough
11	Gillingham	3–2	Kettering Town
12	Marlow	3–3	Salisbury
replay	Salisbury	2–2	Marlow
Marlow won 4–3 on penalties
13	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Sutton Coldfield Town
14	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Chesterfield
replay	Chesterfield	2–2	Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town won 3–2 on penalties
15	Crewe Alexandra	6–1	Wrexham
16	West Brom	8–0	Aylesbury United
17	Lincoln City	0–0	Stafford Rangers
replay	Stafford Rangers	2–1	Lincoln City
18	Shrewsbury	3–1	Mansfield Town
19	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Hartlepool United
20	Wycombe Wanderers	3–1	Merthyr Tydfil
21	Northampton Town	3–1	Fulham
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Hayes
23	Bradford City	1–1	Preston North End
replay	Preston North End	4–5	Bradford City
24	Exeter City	1–0	Kidderminster Harriers
25	St Albans City	1–2	Cheltenham Town
26	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Huddersfield Town
replay	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Scunthorpe United
27	Blyth Spartans	1–2	Southport
28	Cardiff City	2–3	Bath City
29	Kingstonian	1–1	Peterborough United
replay	Peterborough United	9v1	Kingstonian^[1]
replay	Peterborough United	1–0	Kingstonian
30	Torquay United	2–5	Yeovil Town
31	York City	1–3	Stockport County
32	Stoke City	0–0	Port Vale
replay	Port Vale	3–1	Stoke City
33	Rotherham United	4–0	Walsall
34	Wigan Athletic	3–1	Carlisle United
35	Colchester United	4–0	Slough Town
36	Swansea City	w/o	Maidstone United
37	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Gateshead
38	Dorking	2–3	Plymouth Argyle
39	Solihull Borough	2–2	VS Rugby
replay	VS Rugby	2–1	Solihull Borough
40	Dagenham & Redbridge	4–5	Leyton Orient

Second Round Proper

The second round matches were played on the weekend beginning 5 December 1992.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bath City	2–2	Northampton Town
replay	Northampton Town	3–0	Bath City
2	Burnley	1–1	Shrewsbury Town
replay	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Burnley
3	Yeovil Town	0–0	Hereford United
replay	Hereford United	1–2	Yeovil Town
4	Marine	3–2	Stafford Rangers
5	Reading	2–1	Leyton Orient
6	Gillingham	1–1	Colchester United
replay	Colchester United	2–3	Gillingham
7	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Rochdale
8	Macclesfield Town	0–2	Stockport County
9	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	West Bromwich Albion
replay	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Woking
replay	Woking	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion
11	Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Peterborough United
12	Bradford City	0–2	Huddersfield Town
13	Altrincham	1–4	Port Vale
14	Exeter City	2–5	Swansea City
15	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Bournemouth
replay	Bournemouth	3–0	Cheltenham Town
16	Rotherham United	1–0	Hull City
17	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Bury
replay	Bury	1–0	Wigan Athletic
18	Accrington Stanley	1–6	Crewe Alexandra
19	VS Rugby	0–0	Marlow
replay	Marlow	2–0	VS Rugby
20	Hartlepool United	4–0	Southport

Third round proper

The third round matches were played on the weekend beginning 2 January 1993.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Watford	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2	Yeovil Town F.C.	1–3	Arsenal
3	Gillingham	0–0	Huddersfield Town
replay	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Gillingham
4	Leicester City	0–0	Barnsley
replay	Barnsley	1–1	Leicester City
Barnsley won 5–4 on penalties
5	Notts County	0–2	Sunderland
6	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Southampton
7	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Bournemouth
8	Aston Villa	1–1	Bristol Rovers
replay	Bristol Rovers	0–3	Aston Villa
9	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Liverpool
replay	Liverpool	0–2	Bolton Wanderers
10	Crewe Alexendra	3–1	Marine
11	Middlesbrough	2–1	Chelsea
12	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	West Ham United
13	Derby County	2–1	Stockport County
14	Luton Town	2–0	Bristol City
15	Sheffield United	2–2	Burnley
replay	Burnley	2–4	Sheffield United
16	Ipswich Town	3–1	Plymouth Argyle
17	Newcastle United	4–0	Port Vale
18	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Marlow
19	Manchester City	1–1	Reading
replay	Reading	0–4	Manchester City
20	QPR	3–0	Swindon Town
21	Brentford	0–2	Grimsby Town
22	Northampton Town	0–1	Rotherham United
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Portsmouth
24	Manchester United	2–0	Bury
25	Norwich City	1–0	Coventry City
26	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Tranmere Rovers
replay	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Oldham Athletic
27	Wimbledon	0–0	Everton
replay	Everton	1–2	Wimbledon
28	Southend United	1–0	Millwall
29	Leeds United	1–1	Charlton Athletic
replay	Charlton Athletic	1–3	Leeds United
30	Cambridge United	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday
31	Swansea City	1–1	Oxford United
replay	Oxford United	2–2	Swansea City
Swansea City won 5–4 on penalties
32	Hartlepool United	1–0	Crystal Palace

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 23 January 1993.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Middlesbrough
replay	Middlesbrough	0–3	Nottingham Forest
2	Aston Villa	1–1	Wimbledon
replay	Wimbledon	0–0	Aston Villa
Wimbledon won 6–4 on penalties
3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Sunderland
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Bolton Wanderers
5	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Blackburn Rovers
6	Luton Town	1–5	Derby County
7	Sheffield United	1–0	Hartlepool United
8	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Ipswich Town
9	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Manchester City
10	Barnsley	4–1	West Ham United
11	Manchester United	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
12	Norwich City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur
13	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Southend United
14	Arsenal	2–2	Leeds United
replay	Leeds United	2–3	Arsenal
15	Rotherham United	1–1	Newcastle United
replay	Newcastle United	2–0	Rotherham United
16	Swansea City	0–0	Grimsby Town
replay	Grimsby Town	2–0	Swansea City

Fifth Round Proper

The fifth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 13 February 1993.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Newcastle United
2	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Southend United
3	Derby County	3–1	Bolton Wanderers
4	Sheffield United	2–1	Manchester United
5	Ipswich Town	4–0	Grimsby Town
6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Wimbledon
7	Manchester City	2–0	Barnsley
8	Arsenal	2–0	Nottingham Forest

Sixth Round Proper

The sixth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 6 March 1993.

Blackburn Rovers, Premier League title contenders, lost on penalties to Premier League relegation battlers Sheffield United to end their double hopes, while Sheffield Wednesday moved closer to a second domestic cup final in the same season by triumphing at Derby County.

Arsenal defeated Ipswich Town 4-2 at Portman Road to move closer to a second domestic cup final, possibly another one with Sheffield Wednesday, and their first FA Cup triumph since 1979.

Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 4-2 at Maine Road to book a North London derby with Arsenal in the semi-final.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Sheffield United
replay	Sheffield United	2–2	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United won 5–3 on penalties
2	Derby County	3–3	Sheffield Wednesday
replay	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Derby County
3	Ipswich Town	2–4	Arsenal
4	Manchester City	2–4	Tottenham Hotspur

Semi-Finals

The semi-final matches were played on the weekend beginning 3 April 1993.

Both semi-finals were derby matches, with Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United contesting the Steel City derby - which Wednesday won 2-1 - and Arsenal triumphing 1-0 over Tottenham in the North London derby.

1993-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Sheffield United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,364
	Waddle 2' Bright		Cork	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75,364

1993-04-04	Arsenal	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,263
	Adams			Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,263

Final

Main article: 1993 FA Cup Final

The first final was held on the 15th of May at Wembley Stadium and finished 1–1, after extra time, with Arsenal winning the replay on 20 May, 2–1 also after extra-time. This made Arsenal the first side to win the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season, just weeks after they had beaten Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the League Cup final.

1993-05-15 15:00 BST	Arsenal	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday	Wembley, London Attendance: 79,347 Referee: Keren Barratt
	Wright 20'		Hirst 61'	Wembley, London Attendance: 79,347 Referee: Keren Barratt

Arsenal

Sheffield Wednesday

Replay

1993-05-20 20:15 BST	Arsenal	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday	Wembley, London Attendance: 62,267 Referee: Keren Barratt
	Wright 34' Linighan 119'		Waddle 68'	Wembley, London Attendance: 62,267 Referee: Keren Barratt