FA Cup 2005-06

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 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 football 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 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

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 and January 18, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.

ixth Round Proper

Ties are shown in order of the draw.footballbox
date=2006-03-23
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team1=Charlton Athletic
score=0 – 0
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team2=Middlesbrough
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stadium=The Valley, London
attendance=24,187
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date=2006-03-20
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team1=Manchester City
score=1 – 2
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team2=West Ham United
goals1=Musampagoal|84
goals2=Ashtongoal|40goal|68
stadium=City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
attendance=39,357
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date=2006-03-22
time=
team1=Chelsea
score=1 – 0
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team2=Newcastle United
goals1=Terrygoal|3
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=42,279
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date=2006-03-21
time=
team1=Birmingham City
score=0 – 7
report=
team2=Liverpool
goals1=
goals2=Hyypiagoal|1
Crouchgoal|4goal|37
Morientesgoal|59
Riisegoal|69
Tébilygoal|76|og
Cisségoal|88
stadium=St Andrews, Birmingham
attendance=27,378
referee=

Replays

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date=2006-04-12
time=
team1=Middlesbrough
score=4 – 2
report=
team2=Charlton Athletic
goals1=Rochembackgoal|10
Morrisongoal|25
Hasselbainkgoal|72
Vidukagoal|76
goals2=Hughesgoal|12
Southgategoal|75|o.g.
stadium=Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
attendance=30,248
referee=

emi-finals

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date=2006-04-22
team1=Chelsea
score=1 – 2|
team2=Liverpool
goals1=Drogba goal|69
goals2=Riise goal|20 Luis García goal|52
stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester
attendance=64,575----footballbox
date=2006-04-23
team1=Middlesbrough
score=0 – 1|
team2=West Ham United|
goals2=Harewood goal|77
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=39,148

Final

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date=2006-05-13
time=15:00 BST
team1=Liverpool
score=3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
report= [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/05/FACF06_MatchReport.htm (Report)]
team2=West Ham United
goals1=Cissé goal|34
Gerrard goal|54 goal|90+1
goals2=Carragher goal|21|o.g.
Ashton goal|28
Konchesky goal|64
stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance=71,140
referee=Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

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penalties1=Hamann pengoal
Hyypiä penmiss
Gerrard pengoal
Riise pengoal
penaltyscore=3 – 1
penalties2=penmiss Zamora
pengoal Sheringham
penmiss Konchesky
penmiss Ferdinand

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.

No vote was made for the final tie.

ee also

*2006 FA Cup Final

ources / External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/ Official site; fixtures and results service] at TheFA.com
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/default.stm News and stories] at BBC.co.uk
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58 Results service] at SoccerBase.com