FA Cup 2005-06 Totally Explained

Everything about The Fa Cup 2005-06 totally explained

The FA Cup 2005-06 was the 125th staging of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.
   The competition began on August 20 2005, with the lowest-ranked of the 674 entrants competing in the Extra Preliminary round. For England's 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's 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 football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, the quarter-finals (for example 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, wouldn't 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 May 13 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

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	Byes	Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round	Saturday 20 August 2005	86	674 → 588	none	£500
Preliminary Round	Saturday 27 August 2005	182	588 → 406	278: 225th-502nd	£1,000
First Round Qualifying	Saturday 10 September 2005	124	406 → 282	66: 159th-224th	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying	Saturday 24 September 2005	84	282 → 198	44: 115th-158th	£3,750
Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 8 October 2005	42	198 → 156	none	£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 22 October 2005	32	156 → 124	22: 93rd-114th	£10,000
First Round Proper	Saturday 5 November 2005	40	124 → 84	48: 45th-92nd	£16,000
Second Round Proper	Saturday 3 December 2005	20	84 → 64	none	£24,000
Third Round Proper	Saturday 7 January 2006	32	64 → 32	44: 1st-44th	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	Saturday 28 January 2006	16	32 → 16	none	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	Saturday 18 February 2006	8	16 → 8	none	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper	Wednesday 22 March 2006	4	8 → 4	none	£300,000
Semi-finals	Saturday 22 April 2006	2	4 → 2	none	£900,000
Final	Saturday 13 May 2006	1	2 → 1	none	£1,000,000

Results

The results listed below start at the first round proper, where the 32 non-league clubs to have made it through the preliminary rounds meet the 24 clubs from League Two and the 24 clubs from League One.

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.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Weymouth	10,305
replay	Weymouth	0–2	*Nottingham Forest*	6,500
2	Southport	1–1	Woking	1,417
replay	*Woking*	0–0	Southport	2,298
Woking won 1–0 after extra time
3	Bristol City	0–2	Notts County	4,221
4	Burnham	1–3	Aldershot Town	1,623
5	Rochdale	0–1	Brentford	2,928
6	Eastbourne Borough	1–1	Oxford United	3,770
replay	*Oxford United*	3–0	Eastbourne Borough	4,396
7	Merthyr Tydfil	1–2	Walsall	3,046
8	Hartlepool United	2–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	3,655
9	Bradford City	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	6,116
10	Barnet	0–1	Southend United	3,545
11	Peterborough United	0–0	Burton Albion	3,857
replay	*Burton Albion*	1–0	Peterborough United	2,511
12	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Carlisle United	2,405
13	Histon	4–0	Hednesford Town	1,080
14	York City	0–3	Grays Athletic	3,586
15	Swindon Town	2–2	Boston United	3,814
replay	*Boston United*	4–1	Swindon Town	2,467
16	Chasetown	1–1	Oldham Athletic	1,997
replay	*Oldham Athletic*	4–0	Chasetown	7,235
17	Bournemouth	1–2	Tamworth	4,559
18	Chester City	2–1	Folkestone Invicta	2,503
19	Kettering Town	1–3	Stevenage Borough	4,548
20	Nuneaton Borough	2–0	Ramsgate	2,153
21	Huddersfield Town	4–1	Welling United	5,578
22	Cambridge City	0–1	Hereford United	1,116
23	Port Vale	2–1	Wrexham	5,046
24	Halifax Town	1–1	Rushden & Diamonds	2,303
replay	*Rushden & Diamonds*	0–0	Halifax Town	2,133
0–0 after extra time — Rushden & Diamonds won 5–4 on penalties
25	Barnsley	1–0	Darlington	6,059
26	Torquay United	1–1	Harrogate Town	2,079
replay	Harrogate Town	0–0	*Torquay United*	3,317
0–0 after extra time — Torquay United won 6–5 on penalties
27	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Blackpool	4,332
28	Shrewsbury Town	4–1	Braintree Town	2,969
29	Bury	2–2	Scunthorpe United	2,940
replay	*Scunthorpe United*	0–0	Bury	4,006
Scunthorpe United won 1–0 after extra time
30	Morecambe	1–3	Northwich Victoria	2,166
31	Burscough	3–2	Gillingham	1,927
32	Stockport County	2–0	Swansea City	2,978
33	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Yeovil Town	1,943
replay	*Yeovil Town*	4–0	Macclesfield Town	4,456
34	Chippenham Town	1–1	Worcester City
replay	*Worcester City*	1–0	Chippenham Town	4,006
35	Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	Northampton Town	3,974
36	Grimsby Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	2,680
37	Rotherham United	3–4	Mansfield Town	4,089
38	Colchester United	9–1	Leamington	3,513
39	Lincoln City	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	3,508
replay	*Milton Keynes Dons*	2–1	Lincoln City	4,029
40	Leyton Orient	2–1	Chesterfield	3,554
replay	Chesterfield	1–2	*Leyton Orient*	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 on Saturday December 3 2005 and Sunday December 4 2005. Replays took place on December 13. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Walsall	2 – 0	Yeovil Town	4,580
2	Woking	0 – 0	Northwich Victoria	2,462
replay	*Northwich Victoria*	2 – 1	Woking	2,302
3	Burton Albion	4 – 1	Burscough	4,499
4	Aldershot Town	0 – 1	Scunthorpe United	3,584
5	Shrewsbury Town	1 – 2	Colchester United	3,695
6	Hartlepool United	1 – 2	Tamworth	3,786
7	Cheltenham Town	1 – 1	Oxford United	4,592
replay	Oxford United	1 – 2	*Cheltenham Town*	3,455
8	Mansfield Town	3 – 0	Grays Athletic	2,992
9	Hereford United	0 – 2	Stockport County	3,620
10	Stevenage Borough	2 – 2	Northampton Town	3,937
replay	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Stevenage Borough'	4,407
11	Port Vale	1 – 1	Bristol Rovers	4,483
replay	Bristol Rovers	0 – 1	*Port Vale*	5,623
12	Boston United	1 – 2	Doncaster Rovers	3,995
13	Rushden & Diamonds	0 – 1	Leyton Orient	3,245
14	Nuneaton Borough	2 – 2	Histon	3,366
replay	Histon	1 – 2	*Nuneaton Borough*	3,077
15	Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	Brentford	4,365
replay	*Brentford*	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	3,146
16	Southend United	1 – 2	Milton Keynes Dons	5,267
17	Worcester City	0 – 1	Huddersfield Town	4,163
18	Torquay United	2 – 1	Notts County	2,407
19	Barnsley	1 – 1	Bradford City	7,051
replay	Bradford City	3 – 5	*Barnsley*	4,738
20	'Chester City	3 – 0	Nottingham Forest	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 January 7 and January 8 2006. Replays took place January 17 amd January 18, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Reading	19,197
replay	*Reading*	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	16,737
Reading win 3-2 after extra time
2	Fulham	1–2	Leyton Orient	13,394
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Coventry City	6,734
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	11,041
5	Port Vale	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	4,923
6	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	Charlton Athletic	14,851
7	Torquay United	0–0	Birmingham City	5,974
replay	*Birmingham City*	2–0	Torquay United	24,650
8	Manchester City	3–1	Scunthorpe United	27,779
9	Newcastle United	1–0	Mansfield Town	41,459
10	Luton Town	3–5	Liverpool	10,170
11	Preston North End	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	8,380
12	Stoke City	0–0	Tamworth	9,366
replay	Tamworth	1–1	*Stoke City*	3,812
1-1 after extra time, Stoke win 5 – 4 on penalties
13	Derby County	2–1	Burnley	12,713
14	Southampton	4–3	Milton Keynes Dons	15,908
15	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	12,705
16	Arsenal	2–1	Cardiff City	36,552
17	Stockport County	2–3	Brentford	4,078
18	Norwich City	1–2	West Ham United	23,968
19	Ipswich Town	0–1	Portsmouth	15,593
20	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Leeds United	10,980
replay	Leeds United	2–2	*Wigan Athletic*	15,243
3-3 after extra time, Wigan win 4 – 2 on penalties
21	Sunderland	3–0	Northwich Victoria	19,329
22	Chelsea	2–1	Huddersfield Town	41,650
23	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Chester City	4,741
replay	Chester City	0–1	*Cheltenham Town*	5,096
24	Leicester City	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	19,844
25	Watford	0–3	Bolton Wanderers	13,239
26	Sheffield United	1–2	Colchester United	11,820
27	Nuneaton Borough	1–1	Middlesbrough	6,000
replay	*Middlesbrough*	5–2	Nuneaton Borough	26,255
28	Hull City	0–1	Aston Villa	17,051
29	Barnsley	1–1	Walsall	6,884
replay	*Walsall*	2–0	Barnsley	4,074
30	Burton Albion	0–0	Manchester United	6,191
replay	*Manchester United*	5–0	Burton Albion	53,564
31	Crystal Palace	4–1	Northampton Town	10,391
32	Millwall	1–1	Everton	16,440
replay	*Everton*	1–0	Millwall	25,800

Fourth Round Proper

The 32 clubs to have made it through Round Three.
All ties took place on Saturday January 28 2006 and Sunday January 29. Replays took place on February 7 and February 8, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Stoke City	2–1	Walsall	8,834
2	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Newcastle United	7,022
3	Coventry City	1-1	Middlesbrough	28,120
replay	*Middlesbrough*	1–0	Coventry City	14,131
4	Reading	1–1	Birmingham City	23,762
replay	*Birmingham City*	2–1	Reading	16,644
5	Portsmouth	1–2	Liverpool	17,247
6	Leicester City	0–1	Southampton	20,427
7	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Arsenal	13,326
8	Aston Villa	3–1	Port Vale	30,434
9	Brentford	2-1	Sunderland	11,698
10	Manchester City	1-0	Wigan Athletic	30,811
11	Everton	1–1	Chelsea	29,742
replay	*Chelsea*	4–1	Everton	39,301
12	Preston North End	1–1	Crystal Palace	9,489
replay	Crystal Palace	1–2	*Preston North End*	7,356
13	West Ham United	4-2	Blackburn Rovers	23,700
14	Colchester United	3-1	Derby County	5,933
15	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Leyton Orient	22,029
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Manchester United	28,333

Fifth Round Proper

All ties took place on Saturday February 18 and Sunday February 19 2006. Replays are shown in italics, and took place on March 14 and March 15. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Preston North End	0–2	Middlesbrough	19,877
2	Newcastle United	1–0	Southampton	40,975
3	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	23,847
replay	*Manchester City*	2–1	Aston Villa	33,006
4	Chelsea	3-1	Colchester United	41,810
5	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Brentford	22,098
6	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester United	44,039
7	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	West Ham United	17,120
replay	West Ham United	2–1	*Bolton Wanderers*	24,685
8	Stoke City	0–1	Birmingham City	18,768

Sixth Round Proper

Ties are shown in order of the draw.

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Player of the Round

From the First Round (Qualifying) onward, a panel including Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling and FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick nominated players for the award. The winners were voted by visitors of thefa.com.
The player with the most votes each round won £1000 worth of football equipment for a local school or club, as well as an engraved silver salver.

Round	Player	Club
First Round Qualifying	Jamie Laidlaw	Gosport Borough
Second Round Qualifying	Paul Brayson	Northwich Victoria
Third Round Qualifying	Alex Rodman	Leamington
Fourth Round Qualifying	Stuart Tuck	Eastbourne Borough
First Round Proper	Paul Brayson	Northwich Victoria
Second Round Proper	Dave Mulligan	Doncaster Rovers
Third Round Proper	Gez Murphy	Nuneaton Borough
Fourth Round Proper	Ricardo Gardner	Bolton Wanderers
Fifth Round Proper	Jamie Carragher	Liverpool
Sixth Round Proper	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
Semi-Finals	Luis García	Liverpool

No vote was made for the final tie.

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