2011–12 FA Cup

Teams

Calendar

The calendar for the 2011–12 FA Cup, as announced by The Football Association:

Qualifying rounds

All teams that entered the competition, but were not members of the Premier League or The Football League, competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper.

The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Tamworth, Blyth Spartans, Stourbridge, Bradford Park Avenue, Gateshead, Wrexham, Fleetwood Town, Grimsby Town, Nantwich Town, Alfreton Town, Southport, Corby Town, AFC Telford United, Hinckley United, Barrow, FC Halifax Town, East Thurrock United, Salisbury City, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Maidenhead United, Sutton United, Cambridge United, Oxford City, AFC Totton, Basingstoke Town, Luton Town, Arlesey Town, Bromley, Kettering Town, Redbridge and Newport County.

Nantwich Town, East Thurrock United, AFC Totton and Arlesey Town were appearing in the competition proper for the first time. FC Halifax Town was also appearing at this stage for the first time in their own right, only three seasons after the winding up of the original Halifax Town AFC. Of the others, Bradford Park Avenue and Redbridge were the only clubs not to have featured in the first round of the FA Cup at least once in the previous five seasons, having last done so back in 2003-04.

First round proper

Teams from Leagues One and Two entered at this stage, along with the winners from the fourth round qualifying. The draw was made on 30 October 2011 and ties were played on the weekend of 12–13 November 2011. Redbridge, from the 8th tier of English football, were the lowest ranked football team to make it through to the first round proper.

• Player of the round: Stefan Brown (AFC Totton, 38% of the vote). The other nominees were: Adam Watkins (Luton Town, 24%), Nahki Wells (Bradford City, 21%), Jamie Vardy (Fleetwood Town, 14%) and George Williams (MK Dons, 3%). Wright Hamshaw Donnelly A. Williams Blizzard Doughty De Vita Kerrouche Ferry Bradbury Carayol Zebroski Simpson Furman Nurse Cummins Loy Berrett Noble Howe Nicholson Bond Coker Parker Rainford Kerry Patterson Nicholls
  Bowerman Frear Judge Sheehan Flynn Zubar Malone Jackman Kedwell Richards
  S. Payne Arter Bowditch Powell O'Shea G. Williams Gosney Charles Brown Porter Smith Read Kelly Guttridge Vardy Taylor Fletcher Bhasera Rowe Gebbis Evans Jackson Hollands Pritchard O'Grady

Second round proper

The winners of the first round matches advanced to this stage. The draw was made on 13 November 2011 with the ties played on the weekend of 3–4 December 2011.

Redbridge, from the 8th tier of English football, were the lowest ranked football team to make it to the second round proper.

• Player of the Round: Stuart Nelson (Notts County, 43% of the vote). The other nominees were: Matt Tubbs (Crawley Town, 24%), Jamie Tolley (Wrexham, 17%), Matt Ritchie (Swindon Town, 13%) and Jon Nurse (Dagenham & Redbridge, 3%). Milligan Clifford Vardy Dutton
  Anderson Shroot Evans Stevens Drury McFadzean Pack Summerfield Penn Bush Fagan Wroe Nicholls
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  Bowerman
  Beevers Rose
  Elito
  Woodall MacDonald Powell Patterson Euell Carayol Woodards Anthony Richards

Third round proper

The winners of the second round matches played alongside all twenty teams from the Barclays Premier League and all twenty four teams from the Championship. The draw was made on 4 December 2011, with the ties scheduled to be played on 6, 7, 8, and 9 January 2012. Salisbury City, from the sixth tier, were the lowest ranked club in the third round proper.

• Player of the Round: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United, 43% of the vote). The other nominees were: Adrian Cieslewicz (Wrexham, 24%), Matt Phillips (Blackpool, 19%), Matt Ritchie (Swindon Town, 12%) and Arnaud Mendy (Macclesfield Town, 3%). Gerrard Shelvey Carroll Downing Kane Beckford Pavlyuchenko Dos Santos Cairney Stewart Martin Clarke Hunt Ashton Little Sparrow Bridcutt Calderón Mackail-Smith Duff Jackson
  Surman
  Morison M. Phillips
  Ince Benson Graham
  Dyer Mendy Wheater Petrov Gutiérrez Baines Evans Webb Jerome Huth Sordell
  Forsyth Wells Cox Mason Agbonlahor Clark Agüero Welbeck Ramires Lampard McClean

Fourth round proper

The winners of the third round played in this round. The draw was made on 8 January 2012, with the ties scheduled to be played on the weekend of 28–29 January 2012. The lowest ranked clubs that participated in this round were Crawley Town and Swindon Town, from the fourth tier.

• Player of the Round: Will Buckley (Brighton & Hove Albion, 44% of the vote). The other nominees were: Jed Steer (Norwich City, 24%), Jermaine Beckford (Leicester City, 24%), Robin van Persie (Arsenal, 4%) and Matt Tubbs (Crawley Town, 3%). Fellaini Kuyt Huth LuaLua Sylvestre Jackson Rooney Elliott Lambert N'Guessan Feeney Eagles Sessègnon Walcott Bent

Fifth round proper

The winners of the fourth-round matches progressed to this round. The draw was made live on ITV1 and ESPN on 29 January 2012, with the ties scheduled to be played on the weekend of 18–19 February 2012. Crawley Town were the lowest-ranked team in the fifth round for the second season running and the only club remaining from the fourth tier of the English league system.

• Player of the Round: Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, 60% of the vote). The other nominees were: Colin Doyle (Birmingham City, 19%), Mark Roberts (Stevenage, 10%), Curtis Davies (Birmingham City, 9%) and David Nugent (Leicester City, 1%). Meireles Stracqualursi Nugent Ngog Oxlade-Chamberlain Crouch Adebayor Bridcutt Carroll Gerrard Dunk Suárez

Sixth round proper

The draw for the sixth round took place on 19 February 2012 following the match between Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur. Ties were played on the weekend of 17–18 March. Leicester City were the lowest-ranked team in the sixth round, and were the only club remaining from the second tier of the English league system.

• Player of the Round: Nikica Jelavić (Everton, 63% of the votes). The other nominees were: Tim Cahill (Everton 15%), Stewart Downing (Liverpool, 12%), Fernando Torres (Chelsea, 6%) and Ádám Bogdán (Bolton Wanderers, 5%) Vaughan (Abandoned) Bale
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Semi-finals

Ties were played on the weekend of 14–15 April. All four semi-final teams were from the Premier League, and both semi-finals were local derbies, with a London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, and a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton both played at Wembley Stadium.

• Player of the Round: Didier Drogba (Chelsea, 39% of the votes). The other nominees were: Luis Suárez, Liverpool, 33%), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, 16%), Ramires (Chelsea, 6%) and Brad Jones (Liverpool, 6%). Carroll Mata Ramires Lampard Malouda

Final

Main article: 2012 FA Cup final

Top scorers

Correct as of 5 May 2012.

Media coverage

From the first round proper onwards, selected matches from the FA Cup are broadcast live both in the UK and Ireland by ESPN and ITV, while S4C broadcast in Wales. ESPN broadcast 25 live games including the final while ITV broadcast 17 live games also including the final and the draws for the next round. S4C, in Welsh.

These matches were broadcast live on television in the UK.

Welsh language channel S4C broadcast live coverage of selected matches involving a Welsh club, which were two Wrexham matches. Their first round proper match at Cambridge United and their third round proper replay at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. Those were the only FA Cup matches that S4C broadcast.

International broadcasters

Notes

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