2006–07 FA Cup

2006–07 FA Cup

Country	England  Wales
Teams	687
Champions	Chelsea (4th title)
Runners-up	Manchester United
Top goal scorer(s)	Frank Lampard (6 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The FA Cup 2006–07 was the 126th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. This season's edition was the first to be entitled "The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON".

The competition started on 18 August 2006 with the first of the record number of 687 teams entering in the Extra Preliminary Round and concluded on 19 May 2007 with the Final, held at the new Wembley Stadium.^[1]

For information on the matches played from the Extra Preliminary Round to the final Qualifying Round, see FA Cup 2006-07 Qualifying Rounds.

Chelsea claimed this season's FA Cup with a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Manchester United, with Didier Drogba scoring the winning goal in the dying minutes of extra-time. Manchester United had played against top-flight opponents in each round, as they had when they won the Cup in 1948.

Calendar

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Byes/Exemptions	Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round	19 August 2006	129	687 → 558	none	£500
Preliminary Round	2 September 2006	166	558 → 392	203: 227th–429th	£1,000
First Round Qualifying	16 September 2006	116	392 → 276	66: 161st–226th	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying	30 September 2006	80	276 → 196	44: 117th–160th	£3,750
Third Round Qualifying	14 October 2006	40	196 → 156	none	£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying	28 October 2006	32	156 → 124	24: 93rd–116th	£10,000
First Round Proper	11 November 2006	40	124 → 840	48: 45th–92nd	£16,000
Second Round Proper	2 December 2006	20	84 → 64	none	£24,000
Third Round Proper	6 January 2007	32	64 → 32	44: 1st–44th	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	27 January 2007	16	32 → 16	none	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	17 February 2007	8	16 → 80	none	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper	10 March 2007	4	8 → 4	none	£300,000
Semi-finals	14 April 2007	2	4 → 2	none	£900,000
Final	19 May 2007	1	2 → 1	none	£1,000,000

The results below detail the results from the First Round Proper onwards.

First round proper

Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 11 November 2006. The draw was made by Will Greenwood and Neil Back, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	A.F.C. Bournemouth	4–0	Boston United	4,263
2	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Oxford United	6,279
3	Peterborough United	3–0	Rotherham United	4,281
4	Torquay United	2–1	Leatherhead	2,218
5	Morecambe	2–1	Kidderminster Harriers	1,673
6	Tranmere Rovers	4–2	Woking	4,591
7	Salisbury City	3–0	Fleetwood Town	2,684
8	Chelmsford City	1–1	Aldershot Town	2,838
replay	Aldershot Town	2–0	Chelmsford City	2,731
9	Weymouth	2–2	Bury	2,503
replay	Bury	4–3	Weymouth	2,231
10	Nottingham Forest	5–0	Yeading	7,704
11	Stafford Rangers	1–1	Maidenhead United	1,526
replay	Maidenhead United	0–2	Stafford Rangers	1,934
12	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Hereford United	5,574
replay	Hereford United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	4,224
13	Northampton Town	0–0	Grimsby Town	4,092
replay	Grimsby Town	0–2	Northampton Town	2,657
14	Wrexham	1–0	Stevenage Borough	2,863
15	Chesterfield	0–1	Basingstoke Town	3,539
16	Gainsborough Trinity	1–3	Barnet	1,914
17	Lewes	1–4	Darlington	2,000
18	Clevedon Town	1–4	Chester City	2,261
19	Barrow	2–3	Bristol Rovers	2,939
20	Rushden & Diamonds	3–1	Yeovil Town	2,530
21	Burton Albion	1–2	Tamworth	4,150
22	Farsley Celtic	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	2,200
replay	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Farsley Celtic	2,676
23	Brentford	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	3,607
24	Gillingham	4–1	Bromley	5,547
25	York City	0–1	Bristol City	3,525
26	Bishop's Stortford	3–5	King's Lynn	1,750
27	Exeter City	1–2	Stockport County	4,454
28	Newport County	1–3	Swansea City	4,660
29	Kettering Town	3–4	Oldham Athletic	3,481
30	Rochdale	1–1	Hartlepool United	2,098
replay	Hartlepool United	0–0	Rochdale	2,788
Hartlepool United won 4–2 on penalties
31	Brighton & Hove Albion	8–0	Northwich Victoria	4,487
32	Mansfield Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	3,909
33	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Scunthorpe United	2,721
replay	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	3,074
34	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Walsall	2,018
replay	Walsall	0–1	Macclesfield Town	3,114
35	Bradford City	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	3,483
36	Leyton Orient	2–1	Notts County	3,011
37	Swindon Town	3–1	Carlisle United	4,938
38	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Blackpool	6,597
39	Havant & Waterlooville	1–2	Millwall	5,793[2]
40	Port Vale	2–1	Lincoln City	3,884

Second round proper

Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 2 December 2006. The draw was made on 12 November by Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One.

As mentioned below, Bury defeated Chester City 3–1 at the Deva Stadium but it was soon revealed that Bury had fielded an ineligible player, resulting in them being expelled from the competition and Chester City being reinstated.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	Blackpool	3,837
2	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Wrexham	5,054
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Stafford Rangers	5,741
4	Bristol City	4–3	Gillingham	5,663
5	Hereford United	4–0	Port Vale	4,076
6	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	1,992
7	Stockport County	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	3,821
8	Bury	2–2	Chester City	3,428
replay	Chester City	3-1	Bury	2,810
Bury expelled for fielding an ineligible player; Chester City progress[3]
9	Barnet	4–1	Northampton Town	2,786
10	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	6,308
11	King's Lynn	0–2	Oldham Athletic	5,444
12	Darlington	1–3	Swansea City	4,183
13	Salisbury City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	3,100
replay	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Salisbury City	6,177
14	Torquay United	1–1	Leyton Orient	2,392
replay	Leyton Orient	1–2	Torquay United	2,384
15	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Bournemouth	6,252
replay	Bournemouth	0–1	Bristol Rovers	4,153
16	Bradford City	0–0	Millwall	4,346
replay	Millwall	0–0	Bradford City	3,220
Millwall win 1 – 0 after extra time
17	Swindon Town	1–0	Morecambe	5,942
18	Mansfield Town	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	4,837
replay	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Mansfield Town	5,338
19	Aldershot Town	1–1	Basingstoke Town	4,525
replay	Basingstoke Town	1–3	Aldershot Town	3,300
20	Rushden & Diamonds	1–2	Tamworth	2,815

Third round proper

This round marks the entry of the top-flight teams to the competition. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 January 2007. The draw was made on 3 December 2006 by Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. Replays were held in the week of 16 and 17 January, with the exception of the Luton – QPR replay, which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Blackpool	4–2	Aldershot Town	6,355
2	Barnet	2–1	Colchester United	3,075
3	Sheffield United	0–3	Swansea City	15,896
4	Reading	3–2	Burnley	11,514
5	Portsmouth	2–1	Wigan Athletic	14,336
6	Doncaster Rovers	0–4	Bolton Wanderers	14,297
7	West Ham United	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32,874
8	Leicester City	2–2	Fulham	15,499
replay	Fulham	4–3	Leicester City	11,222
9	Derby County	3–1	Wrexham	15,609
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Oldham Athletic	14,524
replay	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9,628
11	Chester City	0–0	Ipswich Town	4,330
replay	Ipswich Town	1–0	Chester City	11,732
12	Manchester United	2–1	Aston Villa	74,924
13	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Manchester City	28,487
replay	Manchester City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	25,621
14	Tamworth	1–4	Norwich City	3,165
15	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Charlton Athletic	19,017
16	Cardiff City	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	20,376
replay	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Cardiff City	27,641
17	Preston North End	1–0	Sunderland	10,318
18	Liverpool	1–3	Arsenal	43,619
19	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Hereford United	8,978
20	Watford	4–1	Stockport County	11,745
21	Crystal Palace	2–1	Swindon Town	10,238
22	Bristol City	3–3	Coventry City	13,336
replay	Coventry City	0–2	Bristol City	13,055
23	Peterborough United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	6,255
replay	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Peterborough United	9,973
24	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Luton Town	10,064
replay	Luton Town	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	7,494
25	Southend United	1–1	Barnsley	5,485
replay	Barnsley	0–2	Southend United	4,944
26	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Leeds United	16,957
27	Hull City	1–1	Middlesbrough	17,520
replay	Middlesbrough	4–3	Hull City	16,702
28	Birmingham City	2–2	Newcastle United	16,444
replay	Newcastle United	1–5	Birmingham City	26,099
29	Torquay United	0–2	Southampton	5,396
30	Everton	1–4	Blackburn Rovers	24,426
31	Chelsea	6–1	Macclesfield Town	41,434
32	Stoke City	2–0	Millwall	8,024

Fourth round proper

Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 27 January 2007. The draw was made on 8 January by Hope Powell and Faye White, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Arsenal	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	59,778
replay	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Arsenal	21,088
Arsenal win 3 – 1 after extra time
2	West Ham United	0–1	Watford	31,168
3	Bristol City	2–2	Middlesbrough	19,008
replay	Middlesbrough	1–1	Bristol City	26,328
2 – 2 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties
4	Chelsea	3–0	Nottingham Forest	41,516
5	Ipswich Town	1–0	Swansea City	16,635
6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Southend United	33,406
7	Barnet	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	5,204
8	Birmingham City	2–3	Reading	20,041
9	Derby County	1–0	Bristol Rovers	25,033
10	Manchester City	3–1	Southampton	26,496
11	Crystal Palace	0–2	Preston North End	8,422
12	Manchester United	2–1	Portsmouth	71,137
13	Blackpool	1–1	Norwich City	9,491
replay	Norwich City	1–1	Blackpool	19,120
Norwich City win 3 – 2 after extra time
14	Luton Town	0–4	Blackburn Rovers	5,887
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	West Bromwich Albion	28,107
16	Fulham	3–0	Stoke City	11,059

Fifth round proper

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 17 February 2007. The draw took place on Monday, 29 January 2007 and was made by Darren Campbell and Roger Black, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Chelsea	4–0	Norwich City	41,537
2	Watford	1–0	Ipswich Town	17,016
3	Preston North End	1–3	Manchester City	18,890
4	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Derby County	18,026
5	Manchester United	1–1	Reading	70,608
replay	Reading	2–3	Manchester United	23,821
6	Arsenal	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	56,761
replay	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Arsenal	18,882
7	Middlesbrough	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	31,491
replay	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Middlesbrough	24,925
1 – 1 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties
8	Fulham	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur	18,655

Sixth round proper

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 10 March 2007. The draw for the round, also known as the quarter-finals, took place on Monday, 19 February 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Steve McClaren and Terry Venables, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking and televised live on BBC Two. This was the last round in which matches were held on the home grounds of one of the teams. The only non-Premier League team to reach the quarter-finals this season were Plymouth Argyle.

Replays

Semi-finals

Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on the weekend of Saturday, 14 April 2007. There would be no replays even if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. Only if extra time did not decide the winners, a penalty shootout would decide winners. The draw for the semi-finals took place on Monday, 12 March 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Ray Clemence, and adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.

Final

The 126th FA Cup Final was played at the new Wembley Stadium^[4] and it was the first FA Cup Final to be played in London since 2000. Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties. Chelsea's victory ended Manchester United's hopes of becoming the only English club to win the double four times (having previously won it in 1994, 1996 and 1999), and in doing so, completed their own cup-double.

Chelsea

Manchester United

• Assistant Referees:
  • Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire)
  • Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire)
• Fourth official: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)

Player of the Round

Round	Player	Club
1Q	Matt Lewis	Halesowen Town
2Q	Gary McPhee	Nuneaton Borough
3Q	Byron Bubb	A.F.C. Wimbledon
4Q	Paul Booth	Lewes
1	Kris Commons	Nottingham Forest[6]
2	Phil Jevons	Bristol City[7]
3	Jason Puncheon	Barnet[8]
4	Jamie McAllister	Bristol City[9]
5	Adam Federici	Reading[10]
6	Frank Lampard	Chelsea[11]
Semi-finals	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United[12]

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the six consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the ninetieth consecutive season.

These matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round	Sky Sports	BBC
First round proper
Second round proper
Third round proper
Fourth round proper
Fifth round proper
Sixth round proper
Semi-finals
Final

References

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