Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2005–06 FA Cup


FieldValue
titleFA Cup
year2005–06
imageFA Cup 125 Logo.png
countryEngland
Wales
num_teams674
championsLiverpool
count7
runner-upWest Ham United
top goal scorerNeil Danns
Paul Hayes
Steve Basham
(5 goals each)
prevseason[2004–05](2004-05-fa-cup)
nextseason[2006–07](2006-07-fa-cup)

Wales | runner-up = West Ham United Paul Hayes Steve Basham (5 goals each) The 2005–06 FA Cup was the 125th staging of the world's oldest football competition, the FA Cup.

The competition began on 20 August 2005, with the lowest-ranked of the 674 entrants competing in the Extra preliminary round. For the top 44 clubs, the FA Cup began in the third round in January.

Ties are all single-legged and take place at the stadium of the club drawn first. If scores are level at the end of a match, it is replayed at the away club's stadium, usually 10 days later. If the scores are still level, extra-time and penalties (if necessary) are used to determine a winner. However, from the semi-finals onwards, the ties take place at a neutral stadium, and there are no replays. That is to say, extra-time and penalties are played if necessary to determine a winner in a single match.

At the special request of England national team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, the quarter-finals (i.e., 6th round proper) were held on weeknights (they would normally take place at weekends). This action was made to ensure that the season finishes as early as possible, allowing players a full month's rest before the 2006 World Cup finals.

The semi-finals were staged at neutral venues and, like the final, would not be replayed in the event of a draw.

The Football Association had hoped to stage the final at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium, London on 13 May 2006, but due to the uncertainty of the new stadium being completed in time, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final, which was contested between Liverpool and West Ham United.

Calendar

RoundDateMatchesClubsByesPrize money
Extra preliminary roundSaturday 20 August 200586674 → 588none£500
Preliminary roundSaturday 27 August 2005182588 → 406278: 225th-502nd£1,000
First round qualifyingSaturday 10 September 2005124406 → 28266: 159th-224th£2,250
Second round qualifyingSaturday 24 September 200584282 → 19844: 115th-158th£3,750
Third round qualifyingSaturday 8 October 200542198 → 156none£5,000
Fourth round qualifyingSaturday 22 October 200532156 → 12422: 93rd-114th£10,000
First round properSaturday 5 November 200540124 → 8448: 45th-92nd£16,000
Second round properSaturday 3 December 20052084 → 64none£24,000
Third round properSaturday 7 January 20063264 → 3244: 1st-44th£40,000
Fourth round properSaturday 28 January 20061632 → 16none£60,000
Fifth round properSaturday 18 February 2006816 → 8none£120,000
Sixth round properWednesday 22 March 200648 → 4none£300,000
Semi-finalsSaturday 22 April 200624 → 2none£900,000
FinalSaturday 13 May 200612 → 1none£1,000,000

Qualifying rounds

All participating clubs that were not members of the Premier League or Football League entered the competition in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper.

The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Harrogate Town, Tamworth, Southport, Burscough, Chasetown, Northwich Victoria, York City, Leamington, Worcester City, Hednesford Town, Burton Albion, Halifax Town, Morecambe, Hereford United, Braintree Town, Kettering Town, Burnham, Welling United, Aldershot Town, Histon, Grays Athletic, Nuneaton Borough, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Chippenham Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Cambridge City, Folkestone Invicta, Ramsgate, Dagenham & Redbridge, Weymouth and Eastbourne Borough.

Chasetown, Braintree Town, Burnham, Eastbourne Borough and Folkestone Invicta were appearing in the competition proper for the first time, with Invicta being the first club from Folkestone to feature at this stage since Folkestone F.C. in 1982-83. Of the others, Weymouth had last qualified for the first round in 1985–86, Leamington had last done so in 1983-84 (although the club had been inactive from 1988-2000), Burscough had last done so in 1980-81, Ramsgate had last done so in 1955-56 and Chippenham Town had last done so in 1951-52.

First round proper

All ties took place on the weekend of Saturday 5 November 2005. Replays, played in the week of 14 November 2005, are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Step 9 sides Chasetown and Leamington, from the Midland Alliance, were the lowest-ranked teams in the round.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceWoking won 1–0 after extra time0–0 after extra time — Rushden & Diamonds won 5–4 on penalties0–0 after extra time — Torquay United won 6–5 on penaltiesScunthorpe United won 1–0 after extra time
1Nottingham Forest (3)1–1Weymouth (6)10,305
*replay**Weymouth (6)**0–2****Nottingham Forest (3)****6,500*
2Southport (5)1–1Woking (5)1,417
*replay****Woking (5)****0–0**Southport (5)**2,298*
3Bristol City (3)0–2**Notts County (4)**4,221
4Burnham (8)1–3**Aldershot Town (5)**1,623
5Rochdale (4)0–1**Brentford (3)**2,928
6Eastbourne Borough (6)1–1Oxford United (4)3,770
*replay****Oxford United (4)****3–0**Eastbourne Borough (6)**4,396*
7Merthyr Tydfil (7)1–2**Walsall (3)**3,046
8**Hartlepool United (3)**2–1Dagenham & Redbridge (5)3,655
9**Bradford City (3)**2–1Tranmere Rovers (3)6,116
10Barnet (4)0–1**Southend United (3)**3,545
11Peterborough United (4)0–0Burton Albion (5)3,857
*replay****Burton Albion (5)****1–0**Peterborough United (4)**2,511*
12**Cheltenham Town (4)**1–0Carlisle United (4)2,405
13**Histon (6)**4–0Hednesford Town (6)1,080
14York City (5)0–3**Grays Athletic (5)**3,586
15Swindon Town (3)2–2Boston United (4)3,814
*replay****Boston United (4)****4–1**Swindon Town (3)**2,467*
16Chasetown (9)1–1Oldham Athletic (3)1,997
*replay****Oldham Athletic (3)****4–0**Chasetown (9)**7,235*
17AFC Bournemouth (3)1–2**Tamworth (5)**4,559
18**Chester City (4)**2–1Folkestone Invicta (7)2,503
19Kettering Town (6)1–3**Stevenage Borough (5)**4,548
20**Nuneaton Borough (6)**2–0Ramsgate (8)2,153
21**Huddersfield Town (3)**4–1Welling United (6)5,578
22Cambridge City (6)0–1**Hereford United (5)**1,116
23**Port Vale (3)**2–1Wrexham (4)5,046
24Halifax Town (5)1–1Rushden & Diamonds (4)2,303
*replay****Rushden & Diamonds (4)****0–0**Halifax Town (5)**2,133*
25**Barnsley (3)**1–0Darlington (4)6,059
26Torquay United (4)1–1Harrogate Town (6)2,079
*replay**Harrogate Town (6)**0–0****Torquay United (4)****3,317*
27**Doncaster Rovers (3)**4–1Blackpool (3)4,332
28**Shrewsbury Town (4)**4–1Braintree Town (7)2,969
29Bury (4)2–2Scunthorpe United (3)2,940
*replay****Scunthorpe United (3)****0–0**Bury (4)**4,006*
30Morecambe (5)1–3**Northwich Victoria (6)**2,166
31**Burscough (7)**3–2Gillingham (3)1,927
32**Stockport County (4)**2–0Swansea City (3)2,978
33Macclesfield Town (4)1–1Yeovil Town (3)1,943
*replay****Yeovil Town (3)****4–0**Macclesfield Town (4)**4,456*
34Chippenham Town (7)1–1Worcester City (6)2,815
*replay****Worcester City (6)****1–0**Chippenham Town (7)**4,006*
35Wycombe Wanderers (4)1–3**Northampton Town (4)**3,974
36Grimsby Town (4)1–2**Bristol Rovers (4)**2,680
37Rotherham United (3)3–4**Mansfield Town (4)**4,089
38**Colchester United (3)**9–1Leamington (9)3,513
39Lincoln City (4)1–1Milton Keynes Dons (3)3,508
*replay****Milton Keynes Dons (3)****2–1**Lincoln City (4)**4,029*
40Leyton Orient (4)0–0Chesterfield (3)3,554
*replay**Chesterfield (3)**1–2****Leyton Orient (4)****4,895*

Second round proper

The 40 clubs to have made it through the first round, play off to reduce the number of remaining clubs to 20.

All ties took place between Friday 2 and Sunday 4 December 2005. Replays took place on 13 December. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Burscough, from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, was the lowest-ranked team in the round.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1**Walsall (3)**2 – 0Yeovil Town (3)4,580
2Woking (5)0 – 0Northwich Victoria (6)2,462
*replay****Northwich Victoria (6)****2 – 1**Woking (5)*2,302
3**Burton Albion (5)**4 – 1Burscough (7)4,499
4Aldershot Town (5)0 – 1**Scunthorpe United (3)**3,584
5Shrewsbury Town (4)1 – 2**Colchester United (3)**3,695
6Hartlepool United (3)1 – 2**Tamworth (5)**3,786
7Cheltenham Town (4)1 – 1Oxford United (4)4,592
*replay**Oxford United (4)**1 – 2****Cheltenham Town (4)***3,455
8**Mansfield Town (4)**3 – 0Grays Athletic (5)2,992
9Hereford United (5)0 – 2**Stockport County (4)**3,620
10Stevenage Borough (5)2 – 2Northampton Town (4)3,937
*replay****Northampton Town (4)****2 – 0**Stevenage Borough (5)*4,407
11Port Vale (3)1 – 1Bristol Rovers (4)4,483
*replay**Bristol Rovers (4)**0 – 1****Port Vale (3)***5,623
12Boston United (4)1 – 2**Doncaster Rovers (3)**3,995
13Rushden & Diamonds (4)0 – 1**Leyton Orient (4)**3,245
14Nuneaton Borough (6)2 – 2Histon (6)3,366
*replay**Histon (6)**1 – 2****Nuneaton Borough (6)***3,077
15Oldham Athletic (3)1 – 1Brentford (3)4,365
*replay****Brentford (3)****1 – 0**Oldham Athletic (3)*3,146
16Southend United (3)1 – 2**Milton Keynes Dons (3)**5,267
17Worcester City (6)0 – 1**Huddersfield Town (3)**4,163
18**Torquay United (4)**2 – 1Notts County (4)2,407
19Barnsley (3)1 – 1Bradford City (3)7,051
*replay**Bradford City (3)**3 – 5****Barnsley (3)***4,738
20**Chester City (4)**3 – 0Nottingham Forest (3)4,732

Third round proper

The 20 clubs to have made it through Round Two meet the 24 clubs from the Football League Championship and the 20 Premier League clubs, including holders Arsenal.

All ties took place on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 January 2006. Replays took place on 17 and 18 January, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

One of the most significant games of the round, if not the entire competition, was the goalless draw between Premier League giants Manchester United and Conference National underdogs Burton Albion in the first match at the Pirelli Stadium. However, United were in no mood for unpleasant surprises in the replay at Old Trafford and easily overcame Albion 5-0.

Conference North sides Northwich Victoria and Nuneaton Borough were the lowest-ranked teams in the draw.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceReading win 3–2 after extra time1–1 after extra time, Stoke win 5 – 4 on penalties3–3 after extra time, Wigan win 4 – 2 on penalties
1West Bromwich Albion (1)1–1Reading (2)19,197
*replay****Reading (2)****2–2**West Bromwich Albion (1)**16,737*
2Fulham (1)1–2**Leyton Orient (4)**13,394
3Brighton & Hove Albion (2)0–1**Coventry City (2)**6,734
4**Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)**1–0Plymouth Argyle (2)11,041
5**Port Vale (3)**2–1Doncaster Rovers (3)4,923
6Sheffield Wednesday (2)2–4**Charlton Athletic (1)**14,851
7Torquay United (4)0–0Birmingham City (1)5,974
*replay****Birmingham City (1)****2–0**Torquay United (4)**24,650*
8**Manchester City (1)**3–1Scunthorpe United (3)27,779
9**Newcastle United (1)**1–0Mansfield Town (4)41,459
10Luton Town (2)3–5**Liverpool (1)**10,170
11**Preston North End (2)**2–1Crewe Alexandra (2)8,380
12Stoke City (2)0–0Tamworth (5)9,366
*replay**Tamworth (5)**1–1****Stoke City (2)****3,812*
13**Derby County (2)**2–1Burnley (2)12,713
14**Southampton (2)**4–3Milton Keynes Dons (3)15,908
15**Blackburn Rovers (1)**3–0Queens Park Rangers (2)12,705
16**Arsenal (1)**2–1Cardiff City (2)36,552
17Stockport County (4)2–3**Brentford (3)**4,078
18Norwich City (2)1–2**West Ham United (1)**23,968
19Ipswich Town (2)0–1**Portsmouth (1)**15,593
20Wigan Athletic (1)1–1Leeds United (2)10,980
*replay**Leeds United (2)**2–2****Wigan Athletic (1)****15,243*
21**Sunderland (1)**3–0Northwich Victoria (6)19,329
22**Chelsea (1)**2–1Huddersfield Town (3)41,650
23Cheltenham Town (4)2–2Chester City (4)4,741
*replay**Chester City (4)**0–1****Cheltenham Town (4)****5,096*
24**Leicester City (2)**3–2Tottenham Hotspur (1)19,844
25Watford (2)0–3**Bolton Wanderers (1)**13,239
26Sheffield United (2)1–2**Colchester United (3)**11,820
27Nuneaton Borough (6)1–1Middlesbrough (1)6,000
*replay****Middlesbrough (1)****5–2**Nuneaton Borough (6)**26,255*
28Hull City (2)0–1**Aston Villa (1)**17,051
29Barnsley (3)1–1Walsall (3)6,884
*replay****Walsall (3)****2–0**Barnsley (3)**4,074*
30Burton Albion (5)0–0Manchester United (1)6,191
*replay****Manchester United (1)****5–0**Burton Albion (5)**53,564*
31**Crystal Palace (2)**4–1Northampton Town (4)10,391
32Millwall (2)1–1Everton (1)16,440
*replay****Everton (1)****1–0**Millwall (2)**25,800*

Fourth round proper

This round featured the 32 clubs to have made it through Round Three.

All ties took place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2006. Replays took place on 7 and 8 February, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

League Two sides Cheltenham Town and Leyton Orient were the lowest-ranked teams in the round.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1**Stoke City (2)**2–1Walsall (3)8,834
2Cheltenham Town (4)0–2**Newcastle United (1)**7,022
3Coventry City (2)1–1Middlesbrough (1)28,120
*replay****Middlesbrough (1)****1–0**Coventry City (2)**14,131*
4Reading (2)1–1Birmingham City (1)23,762
*replay****Birmingham City (1)****2–1**Reading (2)**16,644*
5Portsmouth (1)1–2**Liverpool (1)**17,247
6Leicester City (2)0–1**Southampton (2)**20,427
7**Bolton Wanderers (1)**1–0Arsenal (1)13,326
8**Aston Villa (1)**3–1Port Vale (3)30,434
9**Brentford (3)**2–1Sunderland (1)11,698
10**Manchester City (1)**1–0Wigan Athletic (1)30,811
11Everton (1)1–1Chelsea (1)29,742
*replay****Chelsea (1)****4–1**Everton (1)**39,301*
12Preston North End (2)1–1Crystal Palace (2)9,489
*replay**Crystal Palace (2)**1–2****Preston North End (2)****7,356*
13**West Ham United (1)**4–2Blackburn Rovers (1)23,700
14**Colchester United (3)**3–1Derby County (2)5,933
15**Charlton Athletic (1)**2–1Leyton Orient (4)22,029
16Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)0–3**Manchester United (1)**28,333

Fifth round proper

Initial matches were played on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 February 2006. Replays are shown in italics, and took place on 14 and 15 March. Ties are shown in order of the draw. All eight ties were won by Premier League clubs, with League One sides Colchester United and Brentford being the lowest-ranked teams participating.

Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester United ended their arch rivals' hopes of an FA Cup/League Cup double, as well as ending Liverpool's 85-year wait for a win over Manchester United in an FA Cup tie.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Preston North End (2)0–2**Middlesbrough (1)**19,877
2**Newcastle United (1)**1–0Southampton (2)40,975
3Aston Villa (1)1–1Manchester City (1)23,847
*replay****Manchester City (1)****2–1**Aston Villa (1)**33,006*
4**Chelsea (1)**3–1Colchester United (3)41,810
5**Charlton Athletic (1)**3–1Brentford (3)22,098
6**Liverpool (1)**1–0Manchester United (1)44,039
7Bolton Wanderers (1)0–0West Ham United (1)17,120
*replay****West Ham United (1)****2–1**Bolton Wanderers (1)**24,685*
8Stoke City (2)0–1**Birmingham City (1)**18,768

Sixth round proper

The most significant game of the round was undoubtedly Liverpool's 7-0 win at Birmingham City, one of the biggest ever scorelines in an FA Cup quarter-final tie.

This was a rare occurrence in which all eight quarter-finalists were members of the top flight.




Crouch Morientes Riise Tébily Cissé

Replays

Morrison Hasselbaink Viduka Southgate

Semi-finals

Chelsea's hopes of the league title and FA Cup double were ended as they lost 2–1 to Liverpool, while Middlesbrough's defeat to West Ham United ended their hopes of an FA Cup/UEFA Cup double.

West Ham's victory meant that they would be contesting their first FA Cup final for 26 years, with this victory coming just five days after the death of John Lyall, manager of the West Ham side that had won the cup that year. García

Final

Main article: 2006 FA Cup final

In the final, an injury-time equaliser by Liverpool's Steven Gerrard forced a 3–3 draw, and his side went on to win the penalty shoot-out and secure the seventh FA Cup triumph of their history. West Ham's Alan Pardew was the first Englishman to manage an FA Cup finalist side since Aston Villa's John Gregory six years earlier.

Gerrard Ashton Konchesky Hyypiä Gerrard Riise Sheringham Konchesky Ferdinand

{{Football kitpattern_la =pattern_b = _liverpool0405hpattern_ra =pattern_sh =pattern_so =leftarm = FF0000body = FF0000rightarm = FF0000shorts = FF0000socks = FF0000title = Liverpool{{Football kitpattern_la = _navylowerpattern_b =pattern_ra = _navylowerpattern_sh =pattern_so =leftarm = FFFFFFbody = FFFFFFrightarm = FFFFFFshorts = FFFFFFsocks = FFFFFFtitle = West Ham

Top scorers

The matches shown live on the BBC were:

Chasetown 1-1 Oldham Athletic (R1)

Worcester City 0-1 Huddersfield Town (R2)

Hull City 0-1 Aston Villa (R3)

Luton Town 3-5 Liverpool (R3)

Leicester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur (R3)

Manchester United 5-0 Burton Albion (R3 Replay)

Cheltenham Town 0-2 Newcastle United (R4)

Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Arsenal (R4)

Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool (R4)

Chelsea 4-1 Everton (R4 Replay)

Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United (R5)

Newcastle United 1-0 Southampton (R5)

Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City (R5)

West Ham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (R5 Replay)

Manchester City 1-2 West Ham United (QF)

Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United (QF)

Charlton Athletic 0-0 Middlesbrough (QF)

Middlesbrough 4-2 Charlton Athletic (QF Replay)

Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool (SF)

Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United (Final)

The matches shown live on Sky Sports were:

Merthyr Tydfil 1-2 Walsall (R1)

Weymouth 0-2 Nottingham Forest (R1 Replay)

Mansfield Town 3-0 Grays Athletic (R2)

Brentford 1-0 Oldham Athletic (R2 Replay)

Burton Albion 0-0 Manchester United (R3)

Leeds United 3-3 Wigan Athletic (R3 Replay)

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Manchester United (R4)

Birmingham City 2-1 Reading (R4 Replay)

Chelsea 3-1 Colchester United (R5)

Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa (R5 Replay)

Birmingham City 0-7 Liverpool (QF)

Middlesbrough 0-1 West Ham United (SF)

Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United (Final)

References

References

  1. "2005/2006 FA Cup Top Scorers". World Football.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2005–06 FA Cup — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report