2006–07 FA Cup

The FA Cup 2006-07 is the 126th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. This season's edition will be 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 will conclude on 19 May 2007 with the Final. As with the previous year's competition, this is scheduled to be at the new Wembley Stadium; however it is possible that the stadium will not be completed in time. In this event the final will once more be staged at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

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

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	Byes/Exemptions	Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round	Saturday 19 August 2006	129	687 → 558	none	£500
Preliminary Round	Saturday 2 September 2006	166	558 → 392	203: 227th-429th	£1,000
First Round Qualifying	Saturday 16 September 2006	116	392 → 276	66: 161st-226th	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying	Saturday 30 September 2006	80	276 → 196	44: 117th-160th	£3,750
Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 14 October 2006	40	196 → 156	none	£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 28 October 2006	32	156 → 124	24: 93rd-116th	£10,000
First Round Proper	Saturday 11 November 2006	40	124 → 840	48: 45th-92nd	£16,000
Second Round Proper	Saturday 2 December 2006	20	84 → 64	none	£24,000
Third Round Proper	Saturday 6 January 2007	32	64 → 32	44: 1st-44th	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	Saturday 27 January 2007	16	32 → 16	none	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	Saturday 17 February 2007	8	16 → 80	none	£120,000
Quarter-finals	Saturday 10 March 2007	4	8 → 4	none	£300,000
Semi-finals	Saturday 14 April 2007	2	4 → 2	none	£900,000
Final	Saturday 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, November 11, 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 (21 November)
9	Weymouth	2-2	Bury	2,503
replay	Bury	4-3	Weymouth	2,231 (21 November)
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 (21 November)
12	Shrewsbury Town	0-0	Hereford United	5,574
replay	Hereford United	2-0	Shrewsbury Town	4,224 (21 November)
13	Northampton Town	0-0	Grimsby Town	4,092
replay	Grimsby Town	0-2	Northampton Town	2,657 (21 November)
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 (21 November)
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 (20 November)
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 (21 November)
34	Macclesfield Town	0-0	Walsall	2,018
replay	Walsall	0-1	Macclesfield Town	3,114 (21 November)
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 (played at Portsmouth)
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 BBC1.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Milton Keynes Dons	0-2	Blackpool	3,837
2	Scunthorpe United	0-2	Template:Afc	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	1-3	Bury[1]	2,810 (12 December)
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 (12 December)
14	Torquay United	1-1	Leyton Orient	2,392
replay	Leyton Orient	1-2	Torquay United	2,384 (12 December)
15	Bristol Rovers	1-1	AFC Bournemouth	6,252
replay	AFC Bournemouth	0-1	Bristol Rovers	4,153 (12 December)
16	Bradford City	0-0	Millwall	4,346
replay	Millwall	1-0 (aet)	Bradford City	3,220 (12 December)
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 (12 December)
19	Aldershot Town	1-1	Basingstoke Town	4,525
replay	Basingstoke Town	1-3	Aldershot Town	3,300 (12 December)
20	Rushden & Diamonds	1-2	Tamworth	2,815

Third Round Proper

Matches played on 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 BBC1. Replays will be held the week of January 16 and 17.

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	Template:Afc	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 (17 January)
9	Derby County	3-1	Template:Afc	15,609
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Template:Afc	14,524
replay	Template:Afc	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9,628 (16 January)
11	Chester City	0-0	Ipswich Town	4,330
replay	Ipswich Town	1-0	Chester City	11,732 (16 January)
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 (16 January)
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 January)
17	Preston North End	1-0	Template:Afc	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 (16 January)
23	Peterborough United	1-1	Plymouth Argyle	6,255
replay	Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Peterborough United	9,973 (16 January)
24	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Luton Town	10,064
replay	Luton Town	1-0	Queens Park Rangers	(23 January)
25	Southend United	1-1	Barnsley	5,485
replay	Barnsley	0-2	Southend United	4,944 (16 January)
26	West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Template:Afc	16,957
27	Template:Afc	1-1	Middlesbrough	17,520
replay	Middlesbrough	4-3	Hull City	16,702 (16 January)
28	Birmingham City	2-2	Newcastle United	16,444
replay	Newcastle United	1-5	Birmingham City	26,099 (17 January)
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 to be 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.

The draw is as follows:

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Arsenal	v	Bolton Wanderers
2	West Ham United	0-1	Watford	0-1
3	Bristol City	2-2	Middlesbrough
replay	Middlesbrough	v	Bristol City
4	Chelsea	v	Nottingham Forest
5	Ipswich Town	1-0	Swansea City	1-0
6	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Southend United	3-1
7	Barnet	0-2	Plymouth Argyle	0-2
8	Birmingham City	v	Reading
9	Derby County	v	Bristol Rovers
10	Manchester City	v	Southampton
11	Crystal Palace	v	Preston North End
12	Manchester United	v	Portsmouth
13	Blackpool	v	Norwich City
14	Luton Town	0-4	Blackburn Rovers	5,887
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	West Bromwich Albion
16	Fulham	v	Stoke City

Notes

1. Bury were thrown out of the competition on 20 December after they selected an ineligible player during their Second Round replay victory at Chester City. Chester took their place in the Third Round. Bury had up until 28 December to appeal, BBC but their appeal was rejected by the FA on 28 December. Chester took their place in the Third Round. [1]

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