2006–07 FA Cup

April 2014 June 2020 FA Cup 2006–07 Cfc fa cup2007.jpg Chelsea celebrating their 4th FA Cup title EnglandWales 687 Chelsea 4 Manchester United Frank Lampard (6 goals) 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 FA Cup (known as the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 126th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup. This season's edition was the first to be sponsored by E.ON. The competition started on 18 August 2006 with the first of the record number of 687 teams entering in the Extra preliminary round and concluded on 19 May 2007 with the final, the first to be held at the new Wembley Stadium.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6500217.stm FA Cup Final will be at Wembley BBC Sport website 27 March 2007 27 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070330120926/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6500217.stm 30 March 2007 live Chelsea defeated Manchester United 1–0 in the final, with Didier Drogba scoring the winning goal in the dying minutes of extra-time. Manchester United had played against top-flight opponents in each round, as they had when they won the Cup in 1948. This was the last FA Cup (to date) at which the semi-finals were played at neutral club venues; since 2008 all FA Cup semi-finals have been played at Wembley Stadium.https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-chief-want-fa-14583932 Villa chief: We want FA Cup semi finals to return to Villa Park 27 April 2018 Calendar Round Date Fixtures Clubs Byes/Exemptions Prize money Extra preliminary round 19 August 2006 129 687 → 558 none £500 Preliminary round 2 September 2006 166 558 → 392 203: 227th–429th £1,000 First round qualifying 16 September 2006 116 392 → 276 66: 161st–226th £2,250 Second round qualifying 30 September 2006 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £3,750 Third round qualifying 14 October 2006 40 196 → 156 none £5,000 Fourth round qualifying 28 October 2006 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £10,000 First round proper 11 November 2006 40 124 → 84 48: 45th–92nd £16,000 Second round proper 2 December 2006 20 84 → 64 none £24,000 Third round proper 6 January 2007 32 64 → 32 44: 1st–44th £40,000 Fourth round proper 27 January 2007 16 32 → 16 none £60,000 Fifth round proper 17 February 2007 8 16 → 8 none £120,000 Sixth round proper 10 March 2007 4 8 → 4 none £300,000 Semi-finals 14 April 2007 2 4 → 2 none £900,000 Final 19 May 2007 1 2 → 1 none £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 Barrow, Stafford Rangers, Tamworth, Gainsborough Trinity, King's Lynn, York City, Fleetwood Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Burton Albion, Northwich Victoria, Farsley Celtic, Kettering Town, Morecambe, Kidderminster Harriers, Basingstoke Town, Lewes, Bishop's Stortford, Weymouth, Maidenhead United, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Clevedon Town, Newport County, Oxford United, Yeading, Aldershot Town, Exeter City, Leatherhead, Chelmsford City, Bromley, Salisbury City and Havant & Waterlooville. Clevedon Town was appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Of the others, Basingstoke Town had last featured at this stage in 1998–99, King's Lynn had last done so in 1997-98, Bromley had last done so in 1996-97, Fleetwood Town in 1990-91, Leatherhead in 1980-81, Farsley Celtic in 1974-75 and Maidenhead United in 1971-72. all qualifying round results 2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper Football League clubs from League One and League Two entered the competition at this stage. The draw was made by Will Greenwood and Neil Back, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking. Step 8 side Leatherhead, of the Isthmian League First Division South, was the lowest-ranked team in the round. Matches were played on weekend of Saturday, 11 November 2006. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1AFC Bournemouth (3)4–0Boston United (4)4,2632Wycombe Wanderers (4)2–1Oxford United (5)6,2793Peterborough United (4)3–0Rotherham United (3)4,2814Torquay United (4)2–1Leatherhead (8)2,2185Morecambe (5)2–1Kidderminster Harriers (5)1,6736Tranmere Rovers (3)4–2Woking (5)4,5917Salisbury City (6)3–0Fleetwood Town (7)2,6848Chelmsford City (7)1–1Aldershot Town (5)2,838replayAldershot Town (5)2–0Chelmsford City (7)2,7319Weymouth (5)2–2Bury (4)2,503replayBury (4)4–3Weymouth (5)2,23110Nottingham Forest (3)5–0Yeading (6)7,70411Stafford Rangers (5)1–1Maidenhead United (7)1,526replayMaidenhead United (7)0–2Stafford Rangers (5)1,93412Shrewsbury Town (4)0–0Hereford United (4)5,574replayHereford United (4)2–0Shrewsbury Town (4)4,22413Northampton Town (3)0–0Grimsby Town (4)4,092replayGrimsby Town (4)0–2Northampton Town (3)2,65714Wrexham (4)1–0Stevenage Borough (5)2,86315Chesterfield (3)0–1Basingstoke Town (6)3,53916Gainsborough Trinity (6)1–3Barnet (4)1,91417Lewes (6)1–4Darlington (4)2,00018Clevedon Town (7)1–4Chester City (4)2,26119Barrow (6)2–3Bristol Rovers (4)2,93920Rushden & Diamonds (5)3–1Yeovil Town (3)2,53021Burton Albion (5)1–2Tamworth (5)4,15022Farsley Celtic (6)0–0Milton Keynes Dons (4)2,200replayMilton Keynes Dons (4)2–0Farsley Celtic (6)2,67623Brentford (3)0–1Doncaster Rovers (3)3,60724Gillingham (3)4–1Bromley (7)5,54725York City (5)0–1Bristol City (3)3,52526Bishop's Stortford (6)3–5King's Lynn (7)1,75027Exeter City (5)1–2Stockport County (4)4,45428Newport County (6)1–3Swansea City (3)4,66029Kettering Town (6)3–4Oldham Athletic (3)3,48130Rochdale (4)1–1Hartlepool United (4)2,098replayHartlepool United (4)0–0Rochdale (4)2,788Hartlepool United won 4–2 on penalties31Brighton & Hove Albion (3)8–0Northwich Victoria (5)4,48732Mansfield Town (4)1–0Accrington Stanley (4)3,90933Cheltenham Town (3)0–0Scunthorpe United (3)2,721replayScunthorpe United (3)2–0Cheltenham Town (3)3,07434Macclesfield Town (4)0–0Walsall (4)2,018replayWalsall (4)0–1Macclesfield Town (4)3,11435Bradford City (3)4–0Crewe Alexandra (3)3,48336Leyton Orient (3)2–1Notts County (4)3,01137Swindon Town (4)3–1Carlisle United (3)4,93838Huddersfield Town (3)0–1Blackpool (3)6,59739Havant & Waterlooville (6)1–2Millwall (3)5,793(played at Portsmouth)40Port Vale (3)2–1Lincoln City (4)3,884 Second round proper Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 2 December 2006. The draw was made on 12 November by Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. King's Lynn, from the Southern League Premier Division at Step 7, was the lowest-ranked team in the round. As mentioned below, Bury defeated Chester City 3–1 at the Deva Stadium but it was soon revealed that Bury had fielded an ineligible player, resulting in them being expelled from the competition and Chester City being reinstated. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Milton Keynes Dons (4)0–2Blackpool (3)3,8372Scunthorpe United (3)0–2Wrexham (4)5,0543Brighton & Hove Albion (3)3–0Stafford Rangers (5)5,7414Bristol City (3)4–3Gillingham (3)5,6635Hereford United (4)4–0Port Vale (3)4,0766Macclesfield Town (4)2–1Hartlepool United (4)1,9927Stockport County (4)2–1Wycombe Wanderers (4)3,8218Bury (4)2–2Chester City (4)3,428replayChester City (4)1–3Bury (4)2,810Bury expelled for fielding an ineligible player; Chester City progresshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6186407.stm BBC News Chester take Bury's FA Cup place 20 December 2006 22 April 20109Barnet (4)4–1Northampton Town (3)2,78610Tranmere Rovers (3)1–2Peterborough United (4)6,30811King's Lynn (7)0–2Oldham Athletic (3)5,44412Darlington (4)1–3Swansea City (3)4,18313Salisbury City (6)1–1Nottingham Forest (3)3,100replayNottingham Forest (3)2–0Salisbury City (6)6,17714Torquay United (4)1–1Leyton Orient (3)2,392replayLeyton Orient (3)1–2Torquay United (4)2,38415Bristol Rovers (4)1–1AFC Bournemouth (3)6,252replayAFC Bournemouth (3)0–1Bristol Rovers (4)4,15316Bradford City (3)0–0Millwall (3)4,346replayMillwall (3)0–0Bradford City (3)3,220Millwall win 1 – 0 after extra time17Swindon Town (4)1–0Morecambe (5)5,94218Mansfield Town (4)1–1Doncaster Rovers (3)4,837replayDoncaster Rovers (3)2–0Mansfield Town (4)5,33819Aldershot Town (5)1–1Basingstoke Town (6)4,525replayBasingstoke Town (6)1–3Aldershot Town (5)3,30020Rushden & Diamonds (5)1–2Tamworth (5)2,815 Third round proper This round marks the point at which the Premier League and Football League Championship teams entered the competition. The draw was made on 3 December 2006 by Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. Conference National (Step 5) sides Aldershot Town and Tamworth were the lowest-ranked teams in the round and the last non-league clubs left in the competition. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 January 2007 with replays taking place during the week of 16 and 17 January (with the exception of the Luton – QPR replay, which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch). Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Blackpool (3)4–2Aldershot Town (5)6,3552Barnet (4)2–1Colchester United (2)3,0753Sheffield United (1)0–3Swansea City (3)15,8964Reading (1)3–2Burnley (2)11,5145Portsmouth (1)2–1Wigan Athletic (1)14,3366Doncaster Rovers (3)0–4Bolton Wanderers (1)14,2977West Ham United (1)3–0Brighton & Hove Albion (3)32,8748Leicester City (2)2–2Fulham (1)15,499replayFulham (1)4–3Leicester City (2)11,2229Derby County (2)3–1Wrexham (4)15,60910Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)2–2Oldham Athletic (3)14,524replayOldham Athletic (3)0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)9,62811Chester City (4)0–0Ipswich Town (2)4,330replayIpswich Town (2)1–0Chester City (4)11,73212Manchester United (1)2–1Aston Villa (1)74,92413Sheffield Wednesday (2)1–1Manchester City (1)28,487replayManchester City (1)2–1Sheffield Wednesday (2)25,62114Tamworth (5)1–4Norwich City (2)3,16515Nottingham Forest (3)2–0Charlton Athletic (1)19,01716Cardiff City (2)0–0Tottenham Hotspur (1)20,376replayTottenham Hotspur (1)4–0Cardiff City (2)27,64117Preston North End (2)1–0Sunderland (2)10,31818Liverpool (1)1–3Arsenal (1)43,61919Bristol Rovers (4)1–0Hereford United (4)8,97820Watford (1)4–1Stockport County (4)11,74521Crystal Palace (2)2–1Swindon Town (4)10,23822Bristol City (3)3–3Coventry City (2)13,336replayCoventry City (2)0–2Bristol City (3)13,05523Peterborough United (4)1–1Plymouth Argyle (2)6,255replayPlymouth Argyle (2)2–1Peterborough United (4)9,97324Queens Park Rangers (2)2–2Luton Town (2)10,064replayLuton Town (2)1–0Queens Park Rangers (2)7,49425Southend United (2)1–1Barnsley (2)5,485replayBarnsley (2)0–2Southend United (2)4,94426West Bromwich Albion (2)3–1Leeds United (2)16,95727Hull City (2)1–1Middlesbrough (1)17,520replayMiddlesbrough (1)4–3Hull City (2)16,70228Birmingham City (2)2–2Newcastle United (1)16,444replayNewcastle United (1)1–5Birmingham City (2)26,09929Torquay United (4)0–2Southampton (2)5,39630Everton (1)1–4Blackburn Rovers (1)24,42631Chelsea (1)6–1Macclesfield Town (4)41,43432Stoke City (2)2–0Millwall (3)8,024 Fourth round proper Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 27 January 2007. The draw was made on 8 January by Hope Powell and Faye White, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News. League Two sides Barnet and Bristol Rovers were the lowest-ranked teams in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Arsenal (1)1–1Bolton Wanderers (1)59,778replayBolton Wanderers (1)1–1Arsenal (1)21,088Arsenal win 3 – 1 after extra time2West Ham United (1)0–1Watford (1)31,1683Bristol City (3)2–2Middlesbrough (1)19,008replayMiddlesbrough (1)1–1Bristol City (3)26,3282 – 2 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties4Chelsea (1)3–0Nottingham Forest (3)41,5165Ipswich Town (2)1–0Swansea City (3)16,6356Tottenham Hotspur (1)3–1Southend United (2)33,4067Barnet (4)0–2Plymouth Argyle (2)5,2048Birmingham City (2)2–3Reading (1)20,0419Derby County (2)1–0Bristol Rovers (4)25,03310Manchester City (1)3–1Southampton (2)26,49611Crystal Palace (2)0–2Preston North End (2)8,42212Manchester United (1)2–1Portsmouth (1)71,13713Blackpool (3)1–1Norwich City (2)9,491replayNorwich City (2)1–1Blackpool (3)19,120Norwich City win 3 – 2 after extra time14Luton Town (2)0–4Blackburn Rovers (1)5,88715Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)0–3West Bromwich Albion (2)28,10716Fulham (1)3–0Stoke City (2)11,059 Fifth round proper Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 17 February 2007. The draw took place on Monday, 29 January 2007 and was made by Darren Campbell and Roger Black, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News. The round featured ten clubs from the Premier League and six from the Football League Championship. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Chelsea (1)4–0Norwich City (2)41,5372Watford (1)1–0Ipswich Town (2)17,0163Preston North End (2)1–3Manchester City (1)18,8904Plymouth Argyle (2)2–0Derby County (2)18,0265Manchester United (1)1–1Reading (1)70,608replayReading (1)2–3Manchester United (1)23,8216Arsenal (1)0–0Blackburn Rovers (1)56,761replayBlackburn Rovers (1)1–0Arsenal (1)18,8827Middlesbrough (1)2–2West Bromwich Albion (2)31,491replayWest Bromwich Albion (2)1–1Middlesbrough (1)24,9251 – 1 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties8Fulham (1)0–4Tottenham Hotspur (1)18,655 Sixth round proper Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 10 March 2007. The draw for the round, also known as the quarter-finals, took place on Monday, 19 February 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Steve McClaren and Terry Venables, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking and televised live on BBC Two. This was the last round in which matches were held on the home grounds of one of the teams. The only non-Premier League team to reach the quarter-finals this season were Plymouth Argyle. 10 March 2007 17:30 Middlesbrough (1) 2–2 (Report) Manchester United (1) Cattermole 44Boateng 47 Rooney 23Ronaldo 68 pen. Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 33,308 Rob Styles (Hampshire) 11 March 2007 12:45 Chelsea (1) 3–3 (Report) Tottenham Hotspur (1) Lampard 22 71Kalou 86 Berbatov 5Essien 28 o.g.Ghaly 36 Stamford Bridge, London 41,517 Mike Riley (West Yorkshire) 11 March 2007 16:00 Blackburn Rovers (1) 2–0 (Report) Manchester City (1) Mokoena 28Derbyshire 90 Ewood Park, Blackburn 27,743 Mike Dean (Cheshire) 11 March 2007 18:00 Plymouth Argyle (2) 0–1 (Report) Watford (1) Bouazza 21 Home Park, Plymouth 20,652 Chris Foy (Merseyside) Replays 19 March 2007 20:00 Manchester United (1) 1–0 (Report) Middlesbrough (1) Ronaldo 76 pen. Old Trafford, Manchester 71,325 Mike Dean (Cheshire) 19 March 2007 20:05 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1–2 (Report) Chelsea (1) Keane 76 pen. Shevchenko 54 Wright-Phillips 61 White Hart Lane, London 35,519 Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire) Semi-finals thumb|Kick off at Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on the weekend of Saturday, 14 April 2007. There would be no replays even if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. Only if extra time did not decide the winners, a penalty shootout would decide winners. The draw for the semi-finals took place on Monday, 12 March 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Ray Clemence, and adjudicated by Trevor Brooking. 14 April 2007 17:30 Watford (1) 1–4 (Report) Manchester United (1) Bouazza 26 Rooney 7 66Ronaldo 28Richardson 82 Villa Park, Birmingham 37,425 Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire) 15 April 2007 16:00 Blackburn Rovers (1) 1–2 y (Report) Chelsea (1) Roberts 64 Lampard 16 Ballack 109 Old Trafford, Manchester 50,559 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) Final thumb|left|Chelsea and Manchester United line up before the 2006-07 FA Cup Final - the first at the new Wembley Stadium. 2007 FA Cup final The 126th FA Cup final was played at the new Wembley Stadiumhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/10/16/sfnbos16.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20080408234736/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2006%2F10%2F16%2Fsfnbos16.xml dead 8 April 2008 Wembley to host 2007 FA Cup final The Daily Telegraph London Mihir Bose 16 October 2006 22 April 2010 and it was the first FA Cup Final to be played in London since 2000. Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties. Chelsea's victory ended Manchester United's hopes of becoming the only English club to win the double four times (having previously won it in 1994, 1996 and 1999), and in doing so, completed their own cup-double. 19 May 2007 15:00 Chelsea 1–0 y Manchester United (Report) Drogba 116 Wembley Stadium, London 89,826 Steve Bennett (Kent)https://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/04/CupFinalReferee.htm https://archive.today/20080409162711/https://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/04/CupFinalReferee.htm dead 9 April 2008 Bennett chosen for Final 19 April 2007 TheFA.com Assistant Referees: Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire) Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire) Fourth official: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire) Top scorers 15 April 2007 https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co41/se4594/statistics-goals/ 2006/2007 FA Cup Top Scorers World Football 24 February 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1ENG Frank LampardChelsea62ENG Andy BishopBury5ENG Darren HuckerbyNorwich CityIRL Robbie KeaneTottenham HotspurENG Wayne RooneyManchester UnitedAUS Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough7NGA YakubuMiddlesbrough4ENG Matt DerbyshireBlackburn RoversENG Phil JevonsBristol CityENG Leroy LitaReadingENG Jake RobinsonBrighton & Hove AlbionENG Richard WalkerBristol Rovers Player of the Round RoundPlayerClub1QMatt LewisHalesowen Town2QGary McPheeNuneaton Borough3QByron BubbA.F.C. Wimbledon4QPaul BoothLewes1Kris CommonsNottingham ForestCommons lands FA Cup player award2Phil JevonsBristol CityJevons claims FA Cup player award3Jason PuncheonBarnetPuncheon nets FA Cup player award4Jamie McAllisterBristol CityMcAllister secures FA Cup award5Adam FedericiReadingFederici is handed FA Cup award6Frank LampardChelseaLampard triumphs in FA Cup awardSemi-finalsWayne RooneyManchester UnitedRooney takes the vote Media coverage In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the sixth consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the nineteenth consecutive season.May 2015 The matches shown live on the BBC were: Weymouth 2-2 Bury (R1) Salisbury City 1-1 Nottingham Forest (R2) Tamworth 1-4 Norwich City (R3) Liverpool 1-3 Arsenal (R3) Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa (R3) Newcastle United 1-5 Birmingham City (R3 Replay) Luton Town 0-4 Blackburn Rovers (R4) Manchester United 2-1 Portsmouth (R4) Chelsea 3-0 Nottingham Forest (R4) Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Arsenal (R4 Replay) Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn Rovers (R5) Manchester United 1-1 Reading (R5) Preston North End 1-3 Manchester City (R5) Reading 2-3 Manchester United (R5 Replay) Middlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United (QF) Chelsea 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur (QF) Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Watford (QF) Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Chelsea (QF Replay) Watford 1-4 Manchester United (SF) Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United (Final) The matches shown live on Sky Sports were: Macclesfield Town 0-0 Walsall (R1) Hartlepool United 0-0 Rochdale (R1 Replay) King's Lynn 0-2 Oldham Athletic (R2) Nottingham Forest 2-0 Salisbury City (R2 Replay) Cardiff City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur (R3) Manchester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday (R3 Replay) Arsenal 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (R4) Middlesbrough 2-2 Bristol City (R4 Replay) Fulham 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur (R5) Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Arsenal (R5 Replay) Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Manchester City (QF) Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough (QF Replay) Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea (SF) Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United (Final) References Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup