FA Cup 2014/15

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Third Round Proper - Results

Friday 2nd January 2015

No. Home Away
15 Cardiff City FC 3 - 1 Colchester United FC

Saturday 3rd January 2015

No. Home Away
4 Charlton Athletic FC 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers FC

8 Rochdale AFC 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest FC

9 West Bromwich Albion FC 7 - 0 Gateshead FC

10 Blyth Spartans AFC 2 - 3 Birmingham City FC

12 Rotherham United FC 1 - 5 AFC Bournemouth

13 Huddersfield Town FC 0 - 1 Reading FC

14 Tranmere Rovers FC 2 - 6 Swansea City FC

16 Bolton Wanderers FC 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic FC

19 Millwall FC 3 - 3 Bradford City FC

20 Derby County FC 1 - 0 Southport FC

21 Brentford FC 0 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

22 Fulham FC 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

23 Leicester City FC 1 - 0 Newcastle United FC

26 Cambridge United FC 2 - 1 Luton Town FC

28 Barnsley FC 0 - 2 Middlesbrough FC

31 Preston North End FC 2 - 0 Norwich City FC

32 Doncaster Rovers FC 1 - 1 Bristol City FC

Sunday 4th January 2015

No. Home Away
5 Dover Athletic FC 0 - 4 Crystal Palace FC

17 Sunderland AFC 1 - 0 Leeds United AFC

29 Queens Park Rangers FC 0 - 3 Sheffield United FC

2 Southampton FC 1 - 1 Ipswich Town FC

3 Stoke City FC 3 - 1 Wrexham FC

7 Manchester City FC 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday FC

11 Aston Villa FC 1 - 0 Blackpool FC

30 Yeovil Town FC 0 - 2 Manchester United FC

27 Chelsea FC 3 - 0 Watford FC

1 Arsenal FC 2 - 0 Hull City


Monday 5th January 2015

No. Home Away
18 Burnley FC 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC

6 AFC Wimbledon 1 - 2 Liverpool FC

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The FA Cup Fourth Round Proper draw was made on Monday evening ahead of AFC Wimbledon's tie with Liverpool and there are a number of eye-catching ties.

Wimbledon's FA Cup matchwinner from the 1988 Final, Lawrie Sanchez, made the draw alongside local Kingstonian U18 Women's coach Stef Loucaides at the Cherry Red Records Stadium. Whilst they didn't see their team cause an upset on the night, with Liverpool winning 2 - 1 after the draw, one of the first ties they pulled out of the hat will see Cambridge United, the lowest ranked club left in the competition, paired with Premier League outfit Manchester United at the Abbey Stadium.

Elsewhere, FA Cup holders Arsenal will travel to the south coast to face Brighton & Hove Albion, now managed by former Tottenham Hotspur player and coach Chris Hughton.

There's also a Midlands derby in store as Championship side Birmingham City will play West Bromwich Albion, after both clubs overcame non-League sides from the North East in their Third Round games.

Fourth Round ties will be scheduled to take place over the weekend of 24th and 25th January.

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Fourth Round Proper

Saturday 24th January 2015

Kick Off No. Home Away
15:00 1 Southampton / Ipswich T VS Crystal Palace
15:00 2 Cambridge United VS Manchester United
15:00 3 Blackburn Rovers VS Swansea City
15:00 4 Chelsea VS Millwall / Bradford C
15:00 5 Derby County VS Scunthorpe U / Chesterf'ld
15:00 6 Preston North End VS Sheffield United
15:00 7 Birmingham City VS West Bromwich Albion
15:00 8 Aston Villa VS AFC Bournemouth
15:00 9 Cardiff City VS Reading
15:00 10 Liverpool VS Bolton Wanderers
15:00 11 Burnley / Spurs VS Leicester City
15:00 12 Brighton & Hove Albion VS Arsenal
15:00 13 Rochdale AFC VS Stoke City
15:00 14 Sunderland AFC VS Fulham / Wolves
15:00 15 Doncaster R / Bristol City VS Everton / West Ham
15:00 16 Manchester City VS Middlesbrough

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Third Round Proper - Results

Tuesday 6th January 2015

No. Home Away
24 Scunthorpe United FC 2 - 2 Chesterfield FC

25 Everton FC 1 - 1 West Ham United FC

Tuesday 13th January 2015

No. Home Away
22R Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 - 3 Fulham FC
AET, Fulham FC won 5 - 3 on kicks from the penalty mark

24R Chesterfield FC 2 - 0 Scunthorpe United FC
AET (0 - 0 at the end of normal time)

25R West Ham United FC 2 - 2 Everton FC
AET, West Ham won 8 - 7 on kicks from penalty mark

32R Bristol City FC 2 - 0 Doncaster Rovers FC

Wednesday 14th January 2015

No. Home Away
19R Bradford City FC 4 - 0 Millwall FC

2R Ipswich Town FC 0 - 1 Southampton FC

18R Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 - 2 Burnley FC

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Fourth Round Proper - Results

Friday 23rd January 2015

No. Home Away
2 Cambridge United FC 0 - 0 Manchester United FC

Saturday 24th January 2015

No. Home Away
3 Blackburn Rovers FC 3 - 1 Swansea City FC

1 Southampton FC 2 - 3 Crystal Palace FC

4 Chelsea FC 2 - 4 Bradford City FC

5 Derby County FC 2 - 0 Chesterfield FC

6 Preston North End FC 1 - 1 Sheffield United FC

7 Birmingham City FC 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion FC

9 Cardiff City FC 1 - 2 Reading FC

11 Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 - 2 Leicester City FC

14 Sunderland AFC 0 - 0 Fulham FC

16 Manchester City FC 0 - 2 Middlesbrough FC

10 Liverpool FC 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers FC

Sunday 25th January 2015

No. Home Away
15 Bristol City FC 0 - 1 West Ham United FC

8 Aston Villa FC 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth

12 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2 - 3 Arsenal FC

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The FA Cup Fifth Round Proper draw was made live on BBC’s The One Show on Monday evening 26th January.

Following an exciting weekend of Cup action, all eyes were on former Cup winner Gary Lineker and One Show presenter Alex Jones as they pulled out the balls in the studio.

After their stunning 4-2 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Bradford City have been rewarded with a home tie against either Sunderland or Fulham, who replay at Craven Cottage next week. For Middlesbrough, who knocked out Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, they will be on the road against another Premier League side and current Cup holders Arsenal. After their draw on Friday evening, Cambridge United or Manchester United will be away against either of the League One teams Preston North End or Sheffield United, with both of those games being replayed next week.
Elsewhere, there's an all-Midlands affair between Aston Villa and Leicester City, another two Premier League teams were paired together in West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United and Championship high-fliers Derby County will play host to their league rivals Reading.

Ties will be played across the weekend of 14th and 15th February 2015.

The Fifth Round Proper draw in full

1 Crystal Palace v Liverpool or Bolton Wanderers
2 Arsenal v Middlesbrough
3 Aston Villa v Leicester City
4 West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United
5 Bradford City v Sunderland or Fulham
6 Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale or Stoke City
7 Derby County v Reading
8 Preston North End or Sheffield United v Cambridge United or Manchester United.

Fifth Round Proper draw
14th/15th February 2015
Winners receive £180,000 from prize fund

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Fourth Round Proper - Results

Tuesday 3rd February 2015

No. Home Away
2R Manchester United FC 3 - 0 Cambridge United FC

6R Sheffield United FC 1 - 3 Preston North End FC

14R Fulham FC 1 - 3 Sunderland AFC

Wednesday 4th February 2015

No. Home Away
10R Bolton Wanderers FC 1 - 2 Liverpool FC

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Fifth Round Proper - Results

Saturday 14th February 2015

No. Home Away
4 West Bromwich Albion FC 4 - 0 West Ham United FC

6 Blackburn Rovers FC 4 - 1 Stoke City FC

7 Derby County FC 1 - 2 Reading FC

1 Crystal Palace FC 1 - 2 Liverpool FC

Sunday 15th February 2015

No. Home Away
3 Aston Villa FC 2 - 1 Leicester City FC

5 Bradford City FC 2 - 0 Sunderland AFC

2 Arsenal FC 2 - 0 Middlesbrough FC

Monday 16th February 2015

No. Home Away
8 Preston North End FC 1 - 3 Manchester United FC

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FA Cup holders Arsenal face a trip to Manchester United in the stand-out tie of this season’s Sixth Round. The Gunners eased past Championship leaders Middlesbrough on Sunday, while United came from 1 - 0 down at Preston to book their place in the last eight. Manchester United last won The Cup in 2004.

Sixth Round draw

Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers
Bradford City v Reading
Manchester United v Arsenal
Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

Meanwhile, Bradford City's reward for their 2-0 win over Sunderland is a quarter final tie against Reading. The League One outfit have shocked two Premier League opponents on their way to the last eight, Chelsea and the Black Cats, and the Royals, who saw off Derby in the last round, stand between Phil Parkinson's side and a place in the Semi-Finals.

There is a Midlands derby in store as West Bromwich Albion travel to Aston Villa, who will be under the stewardship of new boss Tim Sherwood.

The first two teams out of the hat were seven-time winners Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers, who stunned Premier League Stoke City in Round Five.

The Sixth Round draw was conducted by Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson and Brian Finney, son of the legendary former England and Preston winger Tom Finney.

The four quarter final ties will take place over the weekend of Saturday 7th March. Winning clubs will receive £360,000 from The FA prize fund.

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Sixth Round Proper - results

Saturday 7th March 2015

No. Home Away
2 Bradford City FC 0 - 0 Reading FC

4 Aston Villa FC 2 - 0 West Bromwich Albion FC

Sunday 8th March 2015

No. Home Away
1 Liverpool FC 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers FC

Monday 9th March 2015

No. Home Away
3 Manchester United FC 1 - 2 Arsenal FC

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FA Cup holders Arsenal must wait until next Monday to find out who they will meet in this year's semi-finals at Wembley.

Shortly after seeing off Manchester United in an exciting Sixth Round tie at Old Trafford, Arsene Wenger's men were paired with the winners of Bradford City and Reading in the last-four.

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel and Arsenal fan Dermot O'Leary made the draw for the semis, which drew out Aston Villa to face the victors of Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers' replay in early April.

The two ties will be played on the weekend of 18th and 19th April at the national stadium, exact dates and times will be confirmed soon.

If the Gunners are to play the Royals, the Premier League side will certainly start the game as favourites having won all eight head-to-heads this century. Their last three meetings during the 2012/13 season ended 4 - 1, 2 - 5 and 5 - 7 all in Arsenal's favour.

Though Bradford are two divisions below Arsenal, they do have an edge after winning their last meeting - in the League Cup - on penalties two seasons ago.

After a victory over Midlands rivals West Brom on Saturday, Aston Villa can relax knowing their last-four berth is secure.

If Liverpool prevail at Ewood Park next month, they meet the Villans for the first time in The FA Cup since a semi-final tie in 1996, which the Reds won 3 - 0. But this campaign the two League games between them have resulted in a win apiece.

But there could be a tasty reunion on the cards if Rovers come through the replay. Tim Sherwood, who helped the Lancashire outfit to win the Premier League as a player in 1995, is now boss at Villa Park.

The Semi-Final draw

1 Bradford City or Reading v Arsenal
2 Aston Villa v Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers

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Sixth Round Proper - results

Monday 16th March 2015

No. Home Away
2R Reading FC 3 - 0 Bradford City FC

Wednesday 8th April 2015

No. Home Away
1R Blackburn Rovers FC 0 - 1 Liverpool FC

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Semi - Final - results

Saturday 18th April 2015

No. Home Away
1 Reading FC 1 - 2 Arsenal FC

Sunday 19th April 2015

No. Home Away
2 Aston Villa FC 2 - 1 Liverpool FC

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The FA Cup Final - Saturday 30th May 2015

Arsenal are the most-decorated side in FA Cup history after cruising to their 12th title with a 4 - 0 win over Aston Villa. Arsene Wenger’s side barely had to get out of third gear to dispatch Aston Villa, who were a shadow of the team that schooled Liverpool in the semi-final.

At least a packed Wembley Stadium was treated to a goal of startling quality – one of those ‘I was there moments’ – when Alexis Sanchez defied physics to thunder home the second goal of the game. The Chilean’s scorcher was sandwiched by a driven finish from striker-for-the-day Theo Walcott and a header from Per Mertesacker, while substitute Olivier Giroud netted during stoppage time on a day when the Gunners had too much firepower.

Villa’s Cup pedigree should not be overlooked – they have won it seven times – but their last trip to the Royal Box came in 1957 and the wait goes on.
At least they could claim to have fans in high places – with HRH Duke of Cambridge waiting to present the winning side with the trophy.

The question before kick-off was which Villa would turn up – the Jack Grealish-inspired group that flourished as soon as Tim Sherwood took over in January, or the soft-centred group that caved in as soon as Premier League safety was secured. Sadly for the passionate claret and blue throng in the west half of Wembley it was the latter, and Arsenal’s dominance was clear from the start.

Arsenal made continual headway down the flanks, with Sanchez often pulling wide and exchanging passes with the excellent Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil.

Shay Given, playing in his first Cup Final in 17 years, was under constant threat, and had belied his 39 years on 13 minutes with an acrobatic leap to palm away a Sanchez header. Aaron Ramsey then headed over from a Sanchez cross after Fabian Delph was caught with the ball in midfield.

The attacks continued without success until the 39th minute, when Nacho Monreal overlapped on the left and sent a deep cross into the area. Sanchez showed spring and steel to win the ball in the air against Ron Vlaar, and as it landed in the six-yard box, Walcott was on hand to rifle home.

Villa looked a different side shortly after the break, with Grealish finally spending some time on the ball, but their hopes were punctured with a goal of astonishing quality. Sanchez found the ball in the left-hand channel around 25 yards from goal, and under close attention from the Villa defence, stumbled towards the touchline. But the former Barcelona forward somehow twisted his body in the opposite direction to face goal before firing a fearsome shot into the roof of the net.

Tim Sherwood tried to add some impetus to a sleepwalking side by introducing Gabriel Agbonlahor in place of Charles N’zogbia, but the wave of Arsenal attacks continued. Walcott darted through the middle to latch on to a Cazorla through-ball, only denied at the last by Okore, making a passing impression of a wardrobe on rollerskates.

Mertesacker added the third on the hour mark, easily heading home a Cazorla corner, and all but ending Villa’s resistance.

Then deep into added time Giroud turned an easy victory into a drubbing, flicking a Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s near-post cross past the blameless Given with the outside of his boot.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): 1 Wojciech Sczcesny; 39 Hector Bellerin, 4 Per Mertesacker (captain), 6 Laurent Koscielny, 18 Nacho Monreal; 34 Francis Coquelin, 19 Santi Cazorla; 16 Aaron Ramsey, 11 Mesut Ozil, 17 Alexis Sanchez; 14 Theo Walcott.

Substitutes: 10 Jack Wilshere for Ozil 77, 12 Olivier Giroud for Giroud 77, 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Sanchez 90.

Substitutes not used: 13 David Ospina, 3 Kieran Gibbs, 5 Gabriel, 20 Mathieu Flamini.

Goals: Walcott 40, Sanchez 50, Mertesacker 71, Giroud 90.

Manager: Arsene Wenger.

Aston Villa (4-3-2-1): 31 Shay Given; 21 Alan Hutton, 5 Jores Okore, 4 Ron Vlaar, 18 Kieran Richardson; 8 Tom Cleverley, 16 Fabian Delph, 15 Ashley Westwood; 28 Charles N'Zogbia, 40 Jack Grealish; 20 Christian Benteke.

Substitutes:11 Gabriel Agbonlahor for N’Zogbia 52, 7 Leandro Bacuna for Richardson 68, 24 Carlos Sanchez for Westwood 70.

Substitutes not used: 1 Brad Guzan, 2 Nathan Baker, 9 Scott Sinclair, 12 Joe Cole.

Bookings: Hutton, Cleverley, Delph, Westwood, Agbonlahor.

Manager: Tim Sherwood.

Referee: Jon Moss.

Assistant referees: Darren England and Simon Bennett

Fourth official: Craig Pawson.

Reserve assistant referee: Harry Lennard.

Attendance: 89,283

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