2012–13 FA Cup

Teams

Schedule

The schedule for the 2012–13 FA Cup, as announced by the Football Association, is as follows:

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 Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town, Barrow, Guiseley, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Bradford Park Avenue, Wrexham, AFC Fylde, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Altrincham, Stockport County, Nuneaton Town, Mansfield Town, Arlesey Town, Forest Green Rovers, Metropolitan Police, Yate Town, Slough Town, Hastings United, Bromley, Chelmsford City, Luton Town, Boreham Wood, Cambridge City, Dorchester Town, Bishop's Stortford, Gloucester City, Hendon, Ebbsfleet United and Braintree Town.

AFC Fylde and Yate Town were appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Of the others, Slough Town had last featured in the first round in 2004–05, Boreham Wood had last done so in 2003-04, Hastings United had last done so in 2002-03, Metropolitan Police in 1993-94 and Gloucester City in 1989-90.

First round proper

Teams from League One and League Two entered at this stage, along with the winners from the fourth round qualifying.

The draw was made on 21 October 2012 with ties to be played on 2–4 November 2012. Yate Town and Slough Town were the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition, both competing in level 8 of the English football league system. O'Shea Bowditch Alli Chicksen Bowman Forrester Baxter Slabber Clarke Arquin Attwood Parkin Oshodi McDonald Williamson Pugh Fogden Thompson Mohamed Zebroski Christie Jennings Harrison Midson Reed Randall Clay Forbes Lester Westcarr Hume Brown Burton Kedwell Birchall Paterson Oliver Wright Bradley Tomlinson Laird Eastwood Ellis Aneke Murphy Porter Burgess Sonner Briscoe Rhead Speight Rigg Frecklington Morais Boshell Hunter ||stadium= Nethermoor Park, Guiseley Wells McHugh Platt Langmead Atkinson Darby Ravenhill East Langmead Hornby Amoo Robertson Noble Berrett Garner Howe Maghoma Zola Stanton McCrory Zola Stockton Power Cox

Second round proper

The draw for this round was made on 4 November 2012 with the ties played on the weekend of 1–2 December 2012.

Hastings United, from the seventh tier of English football, were the lowest-ranked team in the second round proper.

Bradford City accidentally fielded Curtis Good, who was ineligible to play, in a 1–1 draw against Brentford. The team was initially disqualified, and Brentford declared the winners by walkover, but Bradford eventually made a successful appeal to the FA against expulsion and were fined £1,000 instead allowing the replay to go ahead. Brentford would eventually dump Bradford City out of the cup after winning that replay.

Donaldson Forrester Connell Beavon Clohessy Hurst Tomlin Doherty Worrall Hewitt Hughes O'Kane Pugh Lawless Derbyshire McGurk Bradley Nardiello Holroyd Barnes-Homer Holroyd Beattie Molyneux Constable Raynes Leven Taylor Briscoe Rhead Briscoe Whitehead Carey Attwood Ellis Okojie Platt Allan Hardy Dean Elam Baker Clarke Alexander Ball Vincenti Otsemobor Tomlinson Mooney Mohamed

Third round proper

Teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entered at this stage, along with the winners from the second round.

The draw for the third round was made on 2 December 2012, with the ties played on the weekend of 5–6 January 2013.

Luton Town's Alex Lawless won the player of the round award. The results were as follows:

1. Alex Lawless, Luton Town
2. Danny Hylton, Aldershot Town
3. Matthew Barnes-Homer, Macclesfield Town
4. Liam Bridcutt, Brighton & Hove Albion
5. Andrea Orlandi, Brighton & Hove Albion

Hastings United remained the lowest-ranked football team in the third round proper, competing in level 7 of the English football league system.

Walters Jerome Hoskins Bale Hangeland Weimann Barry Lopes Graham Gibbs De Laet Baines Osman Coleman Fellaini Sammon Brayford Hendrick Bennett Hunt Halliday Miller Kitson Blackman Moses Ivanović Lampard Jackson Snodgrass Suárez Sordell Gardner Sharp Baxter Van Persie Cairney G. Hanley Diouf Cresswell Donaldson Bowditch

Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round took place on 6 January 2013, with Macclesfield Town and Luton Town, both from the Conference National (Step 5), remaining as the lowest-placed teams still in the competition.

Marquis Dann Rhodes Ulloa Walcott Leigertwood McCleary Scannell Fábio Lowe Harley Potter Heitinga Rooney Hernández Forrester Torres Oscar Lampard Terry McCormack Wabara Allen

Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round took place on 27 January 2013, with Luton Town from the Conference National (5) remaining as the lowest-ranked team still in the Cup.

Hulse N'Guessan Harewood Smith Jagielka Baines Osman Agüero Tevez Koné McArthur Hernández Moses

Sixth round proper

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 February 2013, with Barnsley, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers all from the Championship remaining as the lowest-ranked teams.

McManaman Gómez Kolarov Silva Rooney Ramires

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 March 2013, with Millwall from the Championship (2) remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup. The draw was carried out by Edgar Davids and Graeme Le Saux at Wembley Stadium in London.

McManaman Agüero

Final

Main article: 2013 FA Cup final

Manchester City had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League based on their league position, therefore Wigan Athletic had already secured a place in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, regardless of whether they won or lost.

Top scorers

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Notes

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