2005–06 FA Cup

FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup 125 Logo.png EnglandWales 674 Liverpool 7 West Ham United Neil DannsPaul HayesSteve Basham(5 goals each) 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 FA Cup was the 125th staging of the world's oldest football competition, the FA Cup. The competition began on 20 August 2005, with the lowest-ranked of the 674 entrants competing in the Extra preliminary round. For the 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 is 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 team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, the quarter-finals (i.e., 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, would not 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 13 May 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 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 Harrogate Town, Tamworth, Southport, Burscough, Chasetown, Northwich Victoria, York City, Leamington, Worcester City, Hednesford Town, Burton Albion, Halifax Town, Morecambe, Hereford United, Braintree Town, Kettering Town, Burnham, Welling United, Aldershot Town, Histon, Grays Athletic, Nuneaton Borough, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Chippenham Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Cambridge City, Folkestone Invicta, Ramsgate, Dagenham & Redbridge, Weymouth and Eastbourne Borough. Chasetown, Braintree Town, Burnham, Eastbourne Borough and Folkestone Invicta were appearing in the competition proper for the first time, with Invicta being the first club from Folkestone to feature at this stage since Folkestone F.C. in 1982-83. Of the others, Weymouth had last qualified for the first round in 1985–86, Leamington had last done so in 1983-84 (although the club had been inactive from 1988-2000), Burscough had last done so in 1980-81, Ramsgate had last done so in 1955-56 and Chippenham Town had last done so in 1951-52. all qualifying round results 2005–06 FA Cup qualifying rounds 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. Step 9 sides Chasetown and Leamington, from the Midland Alliance, were the lowest-ranked teams in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Nottingham Forest (3)1–1Weymouth (6)10,305replayWeymouth (6)0–2Nottingham Forest (3)6,5002Southport (5)1–1Woking (5)1,417replayWoking (5)0–0Southport (5)2,298Woking won 1–0 after extra time3Bristol City (3)0–2Notts County (4)4,2214Burnham (8)1–3Aldershot Town (5)1,6235Rochdale (4)0–1Brentford (3)2,9286Eastbourne Borough (6)1–1Oxford United (4)3,770replayOxford United (4)3–0Eastbourne Borough (6)4,3967Merthyr Tydfil (7)1–2Walsall (3)3,0468Hartlepool United (3)2–1Dagenham & Redbridge (5)3,6559Bradford City (3)2–1Tranmere Rovers (3)6,11610Barnet (4)0–1Southend United (3)3,54511Peterborough United (4)0–0Burton Albion (5)3,857replayBurton Albion (5)1–0Peterborough United (4)2,51112Cheltenham Town (4)1–0Carlisle United (4)2,40513Histon (6)4–0Hednesford Town (6)1,08014York City (5)0–3Grays Athletic (5)3,58615Swindon Town (3)2–2Boston United (4)3,814replayBoston United (4)4–1Swindon Town (3)2,46716Chasetown (9)1–1Oldham Athletic (3)1,997replayOldham Athletic (3)4–0Chasetown (9)7,23517AFC Bournemouth (3)1–2Tamworth (5)4,55918Chester City (4)2–1Folkestone Invicta (7)2,50319Kettering Town (6)1–3Stevenage Borough (5)4,54820Nuneaton Borough (6)2–0Ramsgate (8)2,15321Huddersfield Town (3)4–1Welling United (6)5,57822Cambridge City (6)0–1Hereford United (5)1,11623Port Vale (3)2–1Wrexham (4)5,04624Halifax Town (5)1–1Rushden & Diamonds (4)2,303replayRushden & Diamonds (4)0–0Halifax Town (5)2,1330–0 after extra time — Rushden & Diamonds won 5–4 on penalties25Barnsley (3)1–0Darlington (4)6,05926Torquay United (4)1–1Harrogate Town (6)2,079replayHarrogate Town (6)0–0Torquay United (4)3,3170–0 after extra time — Torquay United won 6–5 on penalties27Doncaster Rovers (3)4–1Blackpool (3)4,33228Shrewsbury Town (4)4–1Braintree Town (7)2,96929Bury (4)2–2Scunthorpe United (3)2,940replayScunthorpe United (3)0–0Bury (4)4,006Scunthorpe United won 1–0 after extra time30Morecambe (5)1–3Northwich Victoria (6)2,16631Burscough (7)3–2Gillingham (3)1,92732Stockport County (4)2–0Swansea City (3)2,97833Macclesfield Town (4)1–1Yeovil Town (3)1,943replayYeovil Town (3)4–0Macclesfield Town (4)4,45634Chippenham Town (7)1–1Worcester City (6)replayWorcester City (6)1–0Chippenham Town (7)4,00635Wycombe Wanderers (4)1–3Northampton Town (4)3,97436Grimsby Town (4)1–2Bristol Rovers (4)2,68037Rotherham United (3)3–4Mansfield Town (4)4,08938Colchester United (3)9–1Leamington (9)3,51339Lincoln City (4)1–1Milton Keynes Dons (3)3,508replayMilton Keynes Dons (3)2–1Lincoln City (4)4,02940Leyton Orient (4)0–0Chesterfield (3)3,554replayChesterfield (3)1–2Leyton Orient (4)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 between Friday 2 and Sunday 4 December 2005. Replays took place on 13 December. Ties are shown in order of the draw. Burscough, from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, was the lowest-ranked team in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Walsall (3)2 – 0Yeovil Town (3)4,5802Woking (5)0 – 0Northwich Victoria (6)2,462replayNorthwich Victoria (6)2 – 1Woking (5)2,3023Burton Albion (5)4 – 1Burscough (7)4,4994Aldershot Town (5)0 – 1Scunthorpe United (3)3,5845Shrewsbury Town (4)1 – 2Colchester United (3)3,6956Hartlepool United (3)1 – 2Tamworth (5)3,7867Cheltenham Town (4)1 – 1Oxford United (4)4,592replayOxford United (4)1 – 2Cheltenham Town (4)3,4558Mansfield Town (4)3 – 0Grays Athletic (5)2,9929Hereford United (5)0 – 2Stockport County (4)3,62010Stevenage Borough (5)2 – 2Northampton Town (4)3,937replayNorthampton Town (4)2 – 0Stevenage Borough (5)4,40711Port Vale (3)1 – 1Bristol Rovers (4)4,483 replayBristol Rovers (4)0 – 1Port Vale (3)5,62312Boston United (4)1 – 2Doncaster Rovers (3)3,99513Rushden & Diamonds (4)0 – 1Leyton Orient (4)3,24514Nuneaton Borough (6)2 – 2Histon (6)3,366replayHiston (6)1 – 2Nuneaton Borough (6)3,07715Oldham Athletic (3)1 – 1Brentford (3)4,365replayBrentford (3)1 – 0Oldham Athletic (3)3,14616Southend United (3)1 – 2Milton Keynes Dons (3)5,26717Worcester City (6)0 – 1Huddersfield Town (3)4,16318Torquay United (4)2 – 1Notts County (4)2,40719Barnsley (3)1 – 1Bradford City (3)7,051replayBradford City (3)3 – 5Barnsley (3)4,73820Chester City (4)3 – 0Nottingham Forest (3)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 7 and Sunday 8 January 2006. Replays took place on 17 and 18 January, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw. One of the most significant games of the round, if not the entire competition, was the goalless draw between Premier League giants Manchester United and Conference National underdogs Burton Albion in the first match at the Pirelli Stadium. However, United were in no mood for unpleasant surprises in the replay at Old Trafford and easily overcame Albion 5-0. Conference North sides Northwich Victoria and Nuneaton Borough were the lowest-ranked teams in the draw. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1West Bromwich Albion (1)1–1Reading (2)19,197replayReading (2)2–2West Bromwich Albion (1)16,737Reading win 3–2 after extra time2Fulham (1)1–2Leyton Orient (4)13,3943Brighton & Hove Albion (2)0–1Coventry City (2)6,7344Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)1–0Plymouth Argyle (2)11,0415Port Vale (3)2–1Doncaster Rovers (3)4,9236Sheffield Wednesday (2)2–4Charlton Athletic (1)14,8517Torquay United (4)0–0Birmingham City (1)5,974replayBirmingham City (1)2–0Torquay United (4)24,6508Manchester City (1)3–1Scunthorpe United (3)27,7799Newcastle United (1)1–0Mansfield Town (4)41,45910Luton Town (2)3–5Liverpool (1)10,17011Preston North End (2)2–1Crewe Alexandra (2)8,38012Stoke City (2)0–0Tamworth (5)9,366replayTamworth (5)1–1Stoke City (2)3,8121–1 after extra time, Stoke win 5 – 4 on penalties13Derby County (2)2–1Burnley (2)12,71314Southampton (2)4–3Milton Keynes Dons (3)15,90815Blackburn Rovers (1)3–0Queens Park Rangers (2)12,70516Arsenal (1)2–1Cardiff City (2)36,55217Stockport County (4)2–3Brentford (3)4,07818Norwich City (2)1–2West Ham United (1)23,96819Ipswich Town (2)0–1Portsmouth (1)15,59320Wigan Athletic (1)1–1Leeds United (2)10,980replayLeeds United (2)2–2Wigan Athletic (1)15,2433–3 after extra time, Wigan win 4 – 2 on penalties21Sunderland (1)3–0Northwich Victoria (6)19,32922Chelsea (1)2–1Huddersfield Town (3)41,65023Cheltenham Town (4)2–2Chester City (4)4,741replayChester City (4)0–1Cheltenham Town (4)5,09624Leicester City (2)3–2Tottenham Hotspur (1)19,84425Watford (2)0–3Bolton Wanderers (1)13,23926Sheffield United (2)1–2Colchester United (3)11,82027Nuneaton Borough (6)1–1Middlesbrough (1)6,000replayMiddlesbrough (1)5–2Nuneaton Borough (6)26,25528Hull City (2)0–1Aston Villa (1)17,05129Barnsley (3)1–1Walsall (3)6,884replayWalsall (3)2–0Barnsley (3)4,07430Burton Albion (5)0–0Manchester United (1)6,191replayManchester United (1)5–0Burton Albion (5)53,56431Crystal Palace (2)4–1Northampton Town (4)10,39132Millwall (2)1–1Everton (1)16,440replayEverton (1)1–0Millwall (2)25,800 Fourth round proper This round featured the 32 clubs to have made it through Round Three. All ties took place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2006. Replays took place on 7 and 8 February, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw. League Two sides Cheltenham Town and Leyton Orient were the lowest-ranked teams in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Stoke City (2)2–1Walsall (3)8,8342Cheltenham Town (4)0–2Newcastle United (1)7,0223Coventry City (2)1–1Middlesbrough (1)28,120replayMiddlesbrough (1)1–0Coventry City (2)14,1314Reading (2)1–1Birmingham City (1)23,762replayBirmingham City (1)2–1Reading (2)16,6445Portsmouth (1)1–2Liverpool (1)17,2476Leicester City (2)0–1Southampton (2)20,4277Bolton Wanderers (1)1–0Arsenal (1)13,3268Aston Villa (1)3–1Port Vale (3)30,4349Brentford (3)2–1Sunderland (1)11,69810Manchester City (1)1–0Wigan Athletic (1)30,81111Everton (1)1–1Chelsea (1)29,742replayChelsea (1)4–1Everton (1)39,30112Preston North End (2)1–1Crystal Palace (2)9,489replayCrystal Palace (2)1–2Preston North End (2)7,35613West Ham United (1)4–2Blackburn Rovers (1)23,70014Colchester United (3)3–1Derby County (2)5,93315Charlton Athletic (1)2–1Leyton Orient (4)22,02916Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)0–3Manchester United (1)28,333 Fifth round proper Initial matches were played on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 February 2006. Replays are shown in italics, and took place on 14 and 15 March. Ties are shown in order of the draw. All eight ties were won by Premier League clubs, with League One sides Colchester United and Brentford being the lowest-ranked teams participating. Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester United ended their arch rivals' hopes of an FA Cup/League Cup double, as well as ending Liverpool's 85-year wait for a win over Manchester United in an FA Cup tie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/4720494.stm Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd 19 February 2006 BBC Sport 19 February 2026 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Preston North End (2)0–2Middlesbrough (1)19,8772Newcastle United (1)1–0Southampton (2)40,9753Aston Villa (1)1–1Manchester City (1)23,847replayManchester City (1)2–1Aston Villa (1)33,0064Chelsea (1)3–1Colchester United (3)41,8105Charlton Athletic (1)3–1Brentford (3)22,0986Liverpool (1)1–0Manchester United (1)44,039 7Bolton Wanderers (1)0–0West Ham United (1)17,120replayWest Ham United (1)2–1Bolton Wanderers (1)24,6858Stoke City (2)0–1Birmingham City (1)18,768 Sixth round proper The most significant game of the round was undoubtedly Liverpool's 7-0 win at Birmingham City, one of the biggest ever scorelines in an FA Cup quarter-final tie.March 2020 This was a rare occurrence in which all eight quarter-finalists were members of the top flight. 23 March 2006 Charlton Athletic (1) Report Middlesbrough (1) The Valley, London 24,187 Mike Dean (Wirral) 0 0 20 March 2006 Manchester City (1) Report West Ham United (1) Musampa 84 Ashton 40 68 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester 39,357 Howard Webb (South Yorkshire) 1 2 22 March 2006 Chelsea (1) Report Newcastle United (1) Terry 3 Stamford Bridge, London 42,279 Steve Bennett (Kent) 1 0 21 March 2006 Birmingham City (1) Report Liverpool (1) Hyypiä 1Crouch 4 37Morientes 59Riise 69Tébily 76 o.g.Cissé 88 St Andrew's, Birmingham 27,378 Rob Styles (Hampshire) 0 7 Replays 12 April 2006 Middlesbrough (1) Report Charlton Athletic (1) Rochemback 10Morrison 25Hasselbaink 72Viduka 76 Hughes 12Southgate 75 o.g. Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 30,248 Phil Dowd (Staffordshire) 4 2 Semi-finals Chelsea's hopes of the league title and FA Cup double were ended as they lost 2–1 to Liverpool, while Middlesbrough's defeat to West Ham United ended their hopes of an FA Cup/UEFA Cup double. West Ham's victory meant that they would be contesting their first FA Cup final for 26 years, with this victory coming just five days after the death of John Lyall, manager of the West Ham side that had won the cup that year. 22 April 2006 Chelsea (1) Report Liverpool (1) Drogba 69 Riise 20García 52 Old Trafford, Manchester 64,575 1 2 23 April 2006 Middlesbrough (1) Report West Ham United (1) Harewood 77 Villa Park, Birmingham 39,148 0 1 Final thumb|left|Liverpool vs West Ham United before the FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium. 2006 FA Cup final In the final, an injury-time equaliser by Liverpool's Steven Gerrard forced a 3–3 draw, and his side went on to win the penalty shoot-out and secure the seventh FA Cup triumph of their history. West Ham's Alan Pardew was the first Englishman to manage an FA Cup finalist side since Aston Villa's John Gregory six years earlier. 13 May 2006 15:00 BST Liverpool (Report) West Ham United Cissé 34Gerrard 54 90+1 Carragher 21 o.g.Ashton 28Konchesky 64 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 71,140 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) Hamann Hyypiä Gerrard Riise 3–1 Zamora Sheringham Konchesky Ferdinand 3 3 yes _liverpool0405h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Liverpool _navylower _navylower FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF West Ham Top scorers 13 May 2006 https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co41/se4194/statistics-goals/ 2005/2006 FA Cup Top Scorers World Football 28 March 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1NGA YakubuMiddlesbrough4ENG Steven GerrardLiverpool3ENG Dean AshtonWest Ham United3CZE Milan BarošAston VillaENG Dudley CampbellBrentfordENG Peter CrouchLiverpoolGUY Neil DannsColchester UnitedFIN Mikael ForssellBirmingham CityENG Robbie FowlerManchester CityNED Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkMiddlesbroughENG Kevin JamesWalsallENG Leroy LitaReadingENG Gez MurphyNuneaton TownENG Kieran RichardsonManchester UnitedNOR John Arne RiiseLiverpool 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. See also 2006 FA Cup Final Media coverage In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the fifth consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the eighteenth consecutive season.May 2015 The matches shown live on the BBC were: Chasetown 1-1 Oldham Athletic (R1) Worcester City 0-1 Huddersfield Town (R2) Hull City 0-1 Aston Villa (R3) Luton Town 3-5 Liverpool (R3) Leicester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur (R3) Manchester United 5-0 Burton Albion (R3 Replay) Cheltenham Town 0-2 Newcastle United (R4) Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Arsenal (R4) Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool (R4) Chelsea 4-1 Everton (R4 Replay) Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United (R5) Newcastle United 1-0 Southampton (R5) Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City (R5) West Ham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (R5 Replay) Manchester City 1-2 West Ham United (QF) Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United (QF) Charlton Athletic 0-0 Middlesbrough (QF) Middlesbrough 4-2 Charlton Athletic (QF Replay) Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool (SF) Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United (Final) The matches shown live on Sky Sports were: Merthyr Tydfil 1-2 Walsall (R1) Weymouth 0-2 Nottingham Forest (R1 Replay) Mansfield Town 3-0 Grays Athletic (R2) Brentford 1-0 Oldham Athletic (R2 Replay) Burton Albion 0-0 Manchester United (R3) Leeds United 3-3 Wigan Athletic (R3 Replay) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Manchester United (R4) Birmingham City 2-1 Reading (R4 Replay) Chelsea 3-1 Colchester United (R5) Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa (R5 Replay) Birmingham City 0-7 Liverpool (QF) Middlesbrough 0-1 West Ham United (SF) Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United (Final) Sources and external links Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com News and stories at BBC.co.uk Results service at SoccerBase.com References Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup