2015-2016 FA Cup

[Famine]

Last year I said:

So starting today I'll be covering the FA Cup as I have done in previous years, but right from the start rather than merely from the 1st round (where league clubs join the fray) or 3rd round (where Premier League and Championship clubs join) - support your local non-league team!

But then I realised that:

Let me tell you that keeping track of the preliminary and qualifying rounds is a 'mare. Smaller teams get hoyed out of the competition on the eve of their next match for some tiny infraction left, right and centre.

So this year I'm only going from Round 1. Maybe I'll backfill in the Qualifying, Preliminary and Extra-Preliminary rounds later...

First Round​

League clubs from Divisions One and Two (Tier 3, Tier 4) join the remaining 32 non-League sides who've qualified for this stage.

The lowest-ranked remaining teams are Didcot Town (Tier 8), Northwich Victoria (Tier 8), Barwell (Tier 7), Chesham United (Tier 7), Salford City (Tier 7), Staines Town (Tier 7) & Stourbridge (Tier 7).

November 6th 2015
Salford City 2-0 Notts County

November 7th 2015
Accrington Stanley 3-2 York City
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Forest Green Rovers
Altrincham 1-0 Barnsley
Barnet 2-0 Blackpool
Barwell 0-2 Welling
Burton Albion 0-3 Peterborough United
Bury 4-0 Wigan Athletic
Cambridge United 1-0 Basingstoke Town
Coventry City 1-2 Northampton Town
Crawley Town 1-2 Luton Town
Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Eastleigh
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-0 Morecambe
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Stalybridge
Dover Athletic 1-2 Stourbridge
Grimsby Town 5-1 St Albans City
Hartlepool United 1-0 Cheltenham Town
Leyton Orient 6-1 Staines Town
Mansfield Town 0-0 Oldham Athletic
Millwall 3-1 AFC Fylde
Northwich Victoria 1-1 Boreham Wood
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Carlisle United
Portsmouth 2-1 Macclesfield Town
Rochdale 3-1 Swindon Town
Scunthorpe United 2-1 Southend United
Sheffield United 3-0 Worcester City
Stevenage 3-0 Gillingham
Walsall 2-0 Fleetwood Town
Wealdstone 2-6 Colchester United

November 8th 2015
Aldershot Town 0-0 Bradford City
Brackley Town 2-2 Newport County
Braintree Town 1-1 Oxford United
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Chesham United
Didcot Town 0-3 Exeter City
Gainsborough Trinity 0-1 Shrewsbury Town
Halifax Town 0-4 Wycombe Wanderers
Maidstone United 0-1 Yeovil Town
Port Vale 1-1 Maidenhead United
Whitehawk 5-3 Lincoln City

November 9th 2015
FC United of Manchester 1-4 Chesterfield

First Round Replays​

16th November 2015
Boreham Wood 1-2 Northwich Victoria

17th November 2015
Morecambe 2-4 Dagenham & Redbridge
Newport County 4-1 Brackley Town
Oldham Athletic 2-0 Mansfield Town
Oxford United 3-1 Braintree Town

18th November 2015
Bradford City 2-0 Aldershot Town

19th November 2015
Maidenhead United 1-3 Port Vale

Second Round​

4th December 2015
Salford City 1-1 Hartlepool United

5th December 2015
Barnet 0-1 Newport County
Chesterfield 1-1 Walsall
Leyton Orient 0-0 Scunthorpe United
Millwall 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Northampton Town 3-2 Northwich Victoria
Portsmouth 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Sheffield United 1-0 Oldham Athletic
Stourbridge 0-2 Eastleigh
Yeovil Town 1-0 Stevenage

6th December 2015
Bradford City 4-0 Chesham United
Cambridge United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers
Colchester United 3-2 Altrincham
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-1 Whitehawk
Exeter City 2-0 Port Vale
Oxford United 1-0 Forest Green Rovers
Peterborough United 2-0 Luton Town
Rochdale 0-1 Bury
Welling United 0-5 Carlisle United

7th December 2015
Grimsby Town 0-0 Shrewsbury Town

Second Round Replays​

15th December 2015
Hartlepool United 2-0 Salford City
Scunthorpe United 3-0 Leyton Orient
Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Grimsby Town
Walsall 0-0 Chesterfield - After Extra Time; Walsall win 5-3 on penalties

16th December 2015
Whitehawk 2-3 Dagenham & Redbridge - After Extra Time; 2-2 after 90 minutes

Third Round​

The 44 clubs from the top 2 tiers join the 20 surviving teams for the final run to Wembley.

Only one team survives from outside the Football League, Tier 5's Eastleigh.

8th January 2016
Exeter City 2-2 Liverpool

9th January 2016
Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland
Birmingham City 1-2 Bournemouth
Brentford 0-1 Walsall
Bury 0-0 Bradford City
Colchester United 2-1 Charlton Athletic
Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Stoke City
Eastleigh 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Everton 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Hartlepool United 1-2 Derby County
Huddersfield Town 2-2 Reading
Hull City 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Ipswich Town 2-2 Portsmouth
Leeds United 2-0 Rotherham United
Manchester United 1-0 Sheffield United
Middlesbrough 1-2 Burnley
Newport County P-P Blackburn Rovers
Northampton Town 2-2 MK Dons
Norwich City 0-3 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 1-0 QPR
Peterborough United 2-0 Preston North End
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Fulham
Southampton 1-2 Crystal Palace
Watford 1-0 Newcastle United
West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Bristol City
West Ham United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa

10th January 2016
Cardiff City 0-1 Shrewsbury Town
Carlisle United 2-2 Yeovil Town
Chelsea 2-0 Scunthorpe United
Oxford United 3-2 Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Leicester City

18th January 2016
Newport County 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Third Round Replays​

19th January 2016
Aston Villa 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Eastleigh
Bradford City 0-0 Bury - After Extra Time; Bury win 4-2 on penalties
Bristol City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
MK Dons 3-0 Northampton Town
Portsmouth 2-1 Ipswich Town
Reading 5-2 Huddersfield Town
Yeovil Town 1-1 Carlisle United - After Extra Time; Carlisle United win 5-4 on penalties

20th January 2016
Leicester City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City

Fourth Round​

29th January 2016
Derby County 1-3 Manchester United

30th January 2016
Arsenal 2-1 Burnley
Aston Villa 0-4 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Leeds United
Bury 1-3 Hull City
Colchester United 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace 1-0 Stoke City
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United
Portsmouth 1-2 Bournemouth
Reading 4-0 Walsall
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Watford
Oxford United 0-3 Blackburn Rovers
Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Peterborough United

31st January 2016
Carlisle United 0-3 Everton
MK Dons 1-5 Chelsea

Fourth Round Replays​

9th February 2016
West Ham United 2-1 Liverpool

10th February 2016
Peterborough United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion - After Extra Time; West Bromwich Albion win 4-3 on penalties

Fifth Round​

20th February 2016
Arsenal 0-0 Hull City
Bournemouth 0-2 Everton
Reading 3-1 West Bromwich Albion
Watford 1-0 Leeds United

21st February 2016
Blackburn Rovers 1-5 West Ham United
Chelsea 5-1 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Crystal Palace

22nd February 2016
Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Manchester United

Fifth Round Replays​

8th March 2016
Hull City 0-4 Arsenal

Sixth Round​

11th March 2016
Reading 0-2 Crystal Palace

12th March 2016
Everton 2-0 Chelsea

13th March 2016
Arsenal 1-2 Watford
Manchester United 1-1 West Ham United

Sixth Round Replays​

13th April 2016
West Ham United 1-2 Manchester United

Semi-Finals​

23rd April 2016
Everton 1-2 Manchester United

24th April 2016
Crystal Palace 2-1 Watford

Final
21st May 2016
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
(After Extra Time; 1-1 after 90')​

 

[lxmmy]

Big trip for the glass boys towards Dover. Hopefully they can pull a win off.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

All TV coverage on BT and ITV same as last year...

 

[Liquid]

Wrexham are out. FA Cup is already over.

 

[lxmmy]

Wrexham are out. FA Cup is already over.

Colwyn Bay are out as well.

 

[Liquid]

We only had one qualifying round to overcome to get into the main draw. And we bloody lost! Against Gainsborough Trinity. A team in the division below. At home. Ugh. At least we can focus on the league now.

Trivium: The 2008 and 2013 winners of the FA Cup are entering at the first round this year. Portsmouth and Wigan. Just 7 years, and two years after their triumphs.

 

[lxmmy]

I need to keep an eye out on Colwyn Bay now as they are in the same division which two of my local team plays in now. They play Halesowen next in the league.

 

[ASH32]

All TV coverage on BT and ITV same as last year...

I think you meant BBC there.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Salford City v Notts County live on BBC2 tonight...

 

[Liquid]

Hate all this luvvy duvvy attention they're getting just because some big names are attached but fair play, Salford. Great win, great goal.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

It was a great win for Salford and an fantastic goal 👍

Well done to Altrincham, Forest Green and Eastleigh on knocking out FL teams, Stourbridge knocked out Dover, a team one division above them and Northwitch earn a replay against Boreham Wood

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Chesham United of the Southern League Premier Division knocked out League Two Bristol Rovers earlier, National League North Brackley get a replay against Newport, National League South Maidenhead earn a replay against Port Vale and Whitehawk beat Lincoln 5-3.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Second round on this weekend starting with Salford v Hartlepool live on BBC 2 from 7.30, Gary Neville will be there and then fly out to see his Valencia team play tomorrow..

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Third round draw on from 7pm tonight.

 

[Famine]

Third round draw on from 7pm tonight.

And a largely dreary draw it was too.

 

[Furinkazen]

Newport County away. I'll take that.

 

[lxmmy]

Home to Sunderland. Not bad but not the best.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Home to Sheffield United and away to Oxford for my teams, some intriguing ties including Exeter v Liverpool and five all Premier League ties including Spurs v Leicester, which should be good...

 

[MUSC4EVER]

FA Cup third round this weekend, here's the TV schedule for it

Friday Night

Exeter v Liverpool (7.55pm,BBC One)

Saturday

Wycombe v Aston Villa (12.45pm BT Sport 2)
Man United v Sheffield United (5.30pm BT Sport 2)

Sunday

Oxford v Swansea (12pm BBC)
Chelsea v Scunthorpe (2pm BT Sport 1)
Tottenham v Leicester (4pm BBC)

All the games that aren't televised on Saturday are 3pm Kick-offs, three games not on TV on Sunday are Carlisle v Yeovil at 2pm and Cardiff v Shrewsbury at 6pm, no game on Monday night as there is a full programme of PL games in midweek next week

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Well not too much in the way of Big shock thus far, of course there is Exeter 2-2 Liverpool last night, Wycombe drew 1-1 with Villa earlier, Eastleigh were 1-0 up v Bolton but that goes to a replay too, West Brom were 1-2 down to Bristol City but Morrison equalised in the dying moments to take that to a replay, a few League One and Two teams knocked out Championship teams but thats it really, Arsenal and Man City both won comfortably.

Man United v Sheffield United on now in the pouring rain, Van Gaal's named a strong team....

 

[lxmmy]

Man Utd having most of the possession but with no end product and the goalkeeper of the Blades looked untroubled so far. If they can get a replay at Bramall Lane then this can get interesting........

 

[MUSC4EVER]

*sigh* same old story, we are at home to a League One team.....

 

[lxmmy]

*sigh* same old story, we are at home to a League One team.....

3 attempts on goal in the first half. And its not like they are playing the reserve team as well.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Well that was a let off, Rooney penalty in the 93rd minute, 1-0

 

[Saidur_Ali]

Find it funny watching the BT Sport coverage knowing that Paul Scholes scored a more recent goal in first half as home team at Old Trafford than current Man Utd team...

 

[m8h3r]

Well that was a let off, Rooney penalty in the 93rd minute, 1-0

At home to Sheffield United, 58 places below I believe it was, and 2 shots on target in around 100 minutes. I'd say THAT is more embarrassing than having 20 shots on target and losing 1 nil like a usual "Giant Killing".

 

[Famine]

Oxford just took a 2-1 lead at home to Swansea...

For my own amusement:
1 Arsenal - through
2 Leicester - replay
3 Man City - through
4 Tottenham - replay
5 Man Utd - through
6 West Ham - through
7 Crystal Palace - through
8 Liverpool - replay
9 Watford - through
10 Stoke - through
11 Everton - through
12 West Brom - replay
13 Southampton - out
14 Chelsea - through
15 Norwich - out
16 Bournemouth - through
17 Swansea - out
18 Newcastle - out
19 Sunderland - out
20 Aston Villa - replay

We can probably agree that Chelsea's position is a bit false due to the players rebelling against Mourinho after the Eva Carneiro thing, but Oxford probably fancied their chances going into this one!

Edit: And Swansea are out, 3-2

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Swansea terrible, Curtis should've named a stronger team, well done to Oxford...

Chelsea 2-0 Scunthorpe, goals from Costa and Loftus-Cheek, fairly routine and comfortable for Chelsea but Scunthorpe did well.

Spurs-Leicester last game of the weekend, 15 changes between them, Gray makes debut for Leicester

 

[Jimlaad43]

OXFORD
YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Roofe's 1st goal was awesome, and it was nice to see a few Shelvey sky shots flying into the car park

 

[lxmmy]

Good debut for Gray. But Leicester were robbed of a win, poor decision by the ref to give the penalty.

Spurs 2 - Leicester 2.