1993–94 FA Cup

October 2014 October 2014 1993–94 FA Cup EnglandWales Manchester United 8 Chelsea Gavin Peacock(6 goals) 1992–93 1994–95 The 1993–94 FA Cup was the 113th staging of the world and England's oldest cup competition, the Football Association Cup or FA Cup. The competition overall was won by Manchester United for the first time since 1990, with a 4–0 defeat of Chelsea. Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Premier League or Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 28 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Witton Albion, Macclesfield Town, Accrington Stanley, Gretna, Knowsley United, Telford United, Leek Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Marine, Enfield, Slough Town, Cambridge City, Nuneaton Borough, Kettering Town, VS Rugby, Marlow, Yeading, Bromsgrove Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers, Gravesend & Northfleet, Molesey, Bath City, Metropolitan Police, Carshalton Athletic, Farnborough Town, Crawley Town, Weston-super-Mare and Sutton United. Yeading and Molesey were appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Of the others, Stalybridge Celtic and Metropolitan Police had not featured at this stage since 1984–85, Gravesend & Northfleet had last done so in 1980-81, Knowsley United had last done so in 1969-70 (when the club had been known as Kirkby Town), Cambridge City had last done so in 1966-67 and Weston-super-Mare had last done so in 1961-62. Bromsgrove Rovers competed in seven rounds of this season's tournament, defeating Gresley Rovers, Bedworth United, Solihull Borough and Rushden & Diamonds to qualify for the main draw. They then saw off Northampton Town and Yeovil Town before going out to First Division Barnsley in the third round. all qualifying round results 1993–94 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion from the Football League First Division entered in this round along with the 46 Second and Third Division teams, the 28 non-league clubs from the qualifying rounds and Halifax Town, Runcorn, Woking and Yeovil Town who were given byes. Metropolitan Police, from the Isthmian League Second Division at Step 8 of English football, was the lowest-ranked team in the draw. The first round matches were played on the weekend beginning 13 November 1993. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Enfield (6)0–0Cardiff CityreplayCardiff City1–0Enfield2Chesterfield0–1Rochdale3AFC Bournemouth4–2Brighton & Hove Albion4Barnet2–1Carshalton Athletic (6)5Burnley0–0York CityreplayYork City2–3Burnley6Yeovil Town (5)1–0Fulham7Woking (5)2–2Weston-super-Mare (7)replayWeston-super-Mare0–1Woking8Marlow (6)0–2Plymouth Argyle9Bolton Wanderers3–2Gretna (7)10Macclesfield Town (5)2–0Hartlepool United11Crewe Alexandra4–2Darlington12Scarborough1–0Bury13Shrewsbury Town1–1Doncaster RoversreplayDoncaster Rovers1–2Shrewsbury Town14Wrexham1–1WalsallreplayWalsall2–0Wrexham15Kidderminster Harriers (5)3–0Kettering Town (5)16Bristol Rovers1–2Wycombe Wanderers17Northampton Town1–2Bromsgrove Rovers (5)18Bradford City0–0Chester CityreplayChester City1–0Bradford City19Witton Albion (5)0–2Lincoln City20Mansfield Town1–2Preston North End21Port Vale2–0Blackpool22Halifax Town (5)2–1West Bromwich Albion23Stalybridge Celtic (5)1–1Marine (6)replayMarine4–4Stalybridge CelticStalybridge Celtic won 4–2 on penalties24Runcorn (5)0–2Hull City25Metropolitan Police (8)0–2Crawley Town (6)26Rotherham United1–2Stockport County27Colchester United3–4Sutton United (6)28Leyton Orent2–1Gravesend & Northfleet (7)29Slough Town (5)1–2Torquay United30Cambridge City (6)0–1Hereford United31Cambridge United0–0ReadingreplayReading1–2Cambridge United32Leek Town (6)2–2Wigan AthleticreplayWigan Athletic3–0Leek Town33Molesey (6)0–4Bath City (5)34Telford United (5)1–1Huddersfield TownreplayHuddersfield Town1–0Telford United35Swansea City1–1Nuneaton Borough (6)replayNuneaton Borough2–1Swansea City36Accrington Stanley (6)2–3Scunthorpe United37Farnborough Town (6)1–3Exeter City38VS Rugby (7)0–3Brentford39Yeading (6)0–0GillinghamreplayGillingham3–1Yeading40Knowsley United (6)1–4Carlisle United Second round proper The second round matches were played on the weekend beginning 4 December 1993. The round featured three teams from Step 6 of the football pyramid: Nuneaton Borough and Crawley Town from the Southern League Premier Division, and Sutton United from the Isthmian League Premier Division. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Chester City2–0Hull City2AFC Bournemouth1–1Nuneaton Borough (6)replayNuneaton Borough0–1AFC Bournemouth3Bath City (5)2–1Hereford United4Burnley4–1Rochdale5Yeovil Town (5)0–2Bromsgrove Rovers (5)6Walsall1–1Scunthorpe UnitedreplayScunthorpe United0–0WalsallScunthorpe United won 7–6 on penalties7Crewe Alexandra2–1Macclesfield Town (5)8Lincoln City1–3Bolton Wanderers9Shrewsbury Town0–1Preston North End10Stockport County5–1Halifax Town (5)11Wycombe Wanderers1–0Cambridge United12Kidderminster Harriers (5)1–0Woking (5)13Brentford1–3Cardiff City14Plymouth Argyle2–0Gillingham15Carlisle United3–1Stalybridge Celtic (5)16Port Vale1–0Huddersfield Town17Torquay United0–1Sutton United (6)18Wigan Athletic1–0Scarborough19Leyton Orient1–1Exeter CityreplayExeter City2–2Leyton OrientExeter City won 5–4 on penalties20Crawley Town (6)1–2Barnet Third round proper Teams from the Premier League and First Division (except Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion) entered in this round. Sutton United was again the lowest-ranked team in the draw. The third round matches were played on the weekend beginning 8 January 1994. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Bristol City (2)1–1LiverpoolThis was a rearranged match, played after the original game had been abandoned due to floodlight failure with the score at 1-1. Coincidentally, Wayne Allison equalised after Ian Rush had given Liverpool the lead in both games. (1)replayLiverpool0–1Bristol City2Preston North End (4)2–1AFC Bournemouth (3)3Southampton (1)1–1Port Vale (3)replayPort Vale1–0Southampton4Notts County (2)3–2Sutton United (6)5Blackburn Rovers (1)3–3Portsmouth (2)replayPortsmouth1–3Blackburn Rovers6Sheffield Wednesday (1)1–1Nottingham Forest (2)replayNottingham Forest0–2Sheffield Wednesday7Bolton Wanderers (2)1–1Everton (1)replayEverton2–3Bolton Wanderers8Grimsby Town (2)1–0Wigan Athletic (4)9Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)1–0Crystal Palace (2)10Sunderland (2)1–1Carlisle United (4)replayCarlisle United0–1Sunderland11Luton Town (2)1–0Southend United (2)12Swindon Town (1)1–1Ipswich Town (1)replayIpswich Town2–1Swindon Town13Sheffield United (1)0–1Manchester United (1)14Stockport County (3)2–1Queens Park Rangers (1)15Newcastle United (1)2–0Coventry City (1)16Wycombe Wanderers (4)0–2Norwich City (1)17Manchester City (1)4–1Leicester City (2)18West Ham United (1)2–1Watford (2)19Plymouth Argyle (3)1–0Chester City (4)20Millwall (2)0–1Arsenal (1)21Oldham Athletic (1)2–1Derby County (2)22Barnet (3)0–0Chelsea(Played at Stamford Bridge) (1)replayChelsea4–0Barnet23Wimbledon (1)3–0Scunthorpe United (4)24Exeter City (3)0–1Aston Villa (1)25Cardiff City (3)2–2Middlesbrough (2)replayMiddlesbrough1–2Cardiff City26Bromsgrove Rovers (5)1–2Barnsley (2)27Charlton Athletic (2)3–0Burnley (3)28Leeds United (1)3–1Crewe Alexandra (4)29Stoke City (2)0–0Bath City (5)replayBath City1–4Stoke City30Peterborough United (2)1–1Tottenham Hotspur (1)replayTottenham Hotspur1–1Peterborough UnitedTottenham Hotspur won 5–4 on penalties31Birmingham City (2)1–2Kidderminster Harriers (5)32Oxford United (2)2–0Tranmere Rovers (2) Fourth round proper The fourth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 29 January 1994. Kidderminster Harriers, from the Football Conference (Step 5) was the lowest-ranked team in the draw. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Notts County1–1West Ham UnitedreplayWest Ham United1–0Notts County2Bolton Wanderers2–2ArsenalreplayArsenal1–3Bolton Wanderers3Grimsby Town1–2Aston Villa4Ipswich Town3–0Tottenham Hotspur5Stockport County0–4Bristol City6Newcastle United1–1Luton TownreplayLuton Town2–0Newcastle United7Kidderminster Harriers (5)1–0Preston North End8Norwich City0–2Manchester United9Plymouth Argyle2–2BarnsleyreplayBarnsley1–0Plymouth Argyle10Oldham Athletic0–0Stoke CityreplayStoke City0–1Oldham Athletic11Chelsea1–1Sheffield WednesdayreplaySheffield Wednesday1–3Chelsea12Wimbledon2–1Sunderland13Cardiff City1–0Manchester City14Port Vale0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers15Charlton Athletic0–0Blackburn RoversreplayBlackburn Rovers0–1Charlton Athletic16Oxford United2–2Leeds UnitedreplayLeeds United2–3Oxford United Fifth round proper The fifth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 19 February 1994. Kidderminster Harriers was again the lowest-ranked team in the draw and the last non-league club in the competition. Harriers would go on to win the Football Conference championship, but they were to be controversially denied promotion to the Third Division after the Football League introduced new stadium tenure and capacity regulations in the wake of the demise of Maidstone United during the previous season. Harriers' ground, Aggborough was deemed to be of insufficient capacity to host Football League fixtures. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Bristol City1–1Charlton AthleticreplayCharlton Athletic2–0Bristol City2Bolton Wanderers1–0Aston Villa3Wolverhampton Wanderers1–1Ipswich TownreplayIpswich Town1–2Wolverhampton Wanderers4Kidderminster Harriers (5)0–1West Ham United5Oldham Athletic1–0Barnsley6Wimbledon0–3Manchester United7Cardiff City1–2Luton Town8Oxford United1–2Chelsea Sixth round proper Oldham Athletic reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the second time in five seasons, where they would meet their opponents from 1990 – Manchester United. Luton reached their first semi-final since 1988 at the expense of West Ham United, where they would take on Chelsea. 12 March 1994 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Oldham Athletic Beckford 84 Burnden Park, Bolton 20,321 Kelvin Morton (Bury St. Edmunds) 12 March 1994 15:00 Manchester United 3–1 Charlton Athletic Hughes 46Kanchelskis 72 76 Leaburn 77 Old Trafford, Manchester 44,347 Robbie Hart (Darlington) 13 March 1994 14:00 Chelsea 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Peacock 58 Stamford Bridge, London 29,340 Graham Poll (Tring) 14 March 1994 19:45 West Ham United 0–0 Luton Town Upton Park, West Ham, London 27,331 Brian Hill (Kettering) 23 March 1994 19:45 Luton Town 3–2 West Ham United Oakes 36 48 74 M. Allen 30Bishop 57 Kenilworth Road, Luton 13,166 Semi-finals The semi-final paired Premier League leaders Manchester United with relegation-threatened Oldham Athletic - a repeat of the 1990 semi-final. Wembley Stadium was the venue for this match, which was still goalless after 90 minutes. Oldham took the lead in extra time through Neil Pointon, and held their lead the 119th minute, when a late equaliser by Mark Hughes forced a replay. The two sides met at Maine Road for the replay, which United won 4–1 to end their opposition's hopes of a first-ever FA Cup final, and move closer to winning the double. The other semi-final paired Premier League side Chelsea with Division One side Luton Town, with both sides looking for glory in the cup after disappointing league campaigns. Like the other semi-final the following day, this match was played at Wembley. Chelsea went through with Gavin Peacock scoring twice in a 2–0 win, to reach their first FA Cup final for 24 years. 9 April 1994 Chelsea 2–0 Report Luton Town Peacock 13 48 Wembley Stadium, London Roger Dilkes (Mossley) 10 April 1994 Manchester United 1 – 1(a.e.t) Oldham Athletic Hughes 120 Pointon 106 Wembley Stadium, London Philip Don (Hanworth Park, Middlesex) Replay 13 April 1994 Manchester United 4–1 Report Oldham Athletic Irwin 10Kanchelskis 15Robson 62Giggs 67 Pointon 40 Maine Road, Manchester Martin Bodenham (East Looe, Cornwall) Final 1994 FA Cup final Two penalties by Eric Cantona as well as late goals by Mark Hughes and Brian McClair gave Manchester United a 4–0 triumph over Chelsea after the deadlock was still unbroken at half-time, and saw them become only the sixth club in history to win The Double. 14 May 199415:00 BST Chelsea 0–4 Manchester United Cantona 60 pen. 66 pen.Hughes 69McClair 90 Wembley Stadium, London 79,634 David Elleray (London) _drkredhoop _chelsea9394h _drkredhoop _chelsea9394h 1C2E84 1C2E84 1C2E84 1C2E84 FFFFFF Chelsea _manutd9293h _manu9293h _manutdh9294 F3181E F3181E F3181E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United Media coverage For the sixth consecutive season in the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters.May 2015 The matches shown live on the BBC were: • Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester United (R3) • Norwich City 0-2 Manchester United (R4) • Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa (R5) • Chelsea 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (QF) • Oldham Athletic 1-1 Manchester United (SF) • Chelsea 0-4 Manchester United (Final) The matches shown live on Sky Sports were: • Halifax Town 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (R1) • Yeovil Town 1-0 Fulham (R1) • Walsall 2-0 Wrexham (R1 Replay) • Lincoln City 1-3 Bolton Wanderers (R2) • Bath City 2-1 Hereford United (R2) • Nuneaton Borough 0-1 AFC Bournemouth (R2 Replay) • Millwall 0-1 Arsenal (R3) • Nottingham Forest 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday (R3 Replay) • Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Arsenal (R4) • Luton Town 2-0 Newcastle United (R4 Replay) • Wimbledon 0-3 Manchester United (R5) • Ipswich Town 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R5 Replay) • West Ham United 0-0 Luton Town (QF) • Luton Town 3-2 West Ham United (QF Replay) • Chelsea 2-0 Luton Town (SF) • Manchester United 4-1 Oldham Athletic (SF Replay) Notes and references External links FA Cup 1993–1994 Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup