2006–07 FA Cup

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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.

2006–07 FA Cup
Chelsea celebrating their 4th FA Cup title
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams687
Final positions
ChampionsChelsea (4th title)
Runner-upManchester United
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Frank Lampard (6 goals)

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, held at the new Wembley Stadium.[1]

For information on the matches played from the Extra preliminary round to the final qualifying round, see FA Cup 2006-07 qualifying rounds.

Chelsea claimed this season's FA Cup with a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Manchester United, 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.[2]

Calendar

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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 → 840 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 → 80 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

The results below detail the results from the first round proper onwards.

First round proper

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Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 11 November 2006. The draw was made by Will Greenwood and Neil Back, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 AFC Bournemouth (3) 4–0 Boston United (4) 4,263
2 Wycombe Wanderers (4) 2–1 Oxford United (5) 6,279
3 Peterborough United (4) 3–0 Rotherham United (3) 4,281
4 Torquay United (4) 2–1 Leatherhead (8) 2,218
5 Morecambe (5) 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers (5) 1,673
6 Tranmere Rovers (3) 4–2 Woking (5) 4,591
7 Salisbury City (6) 3–0 Fleetwood Town (7) 2,684
8 Chelmsford City (7) 1–1 Aldershot Town (5) 2,838
replay Aldershot Town (5) 2–0 Chelmsford City (7) 2,731
9 Weymouth (5) 2–2 Bury (4) 2,503
replay Bury (4) 4–3 Weymouth (5) 2,231
10 Nottingham Forest (3) 5–0 Yeading (6) 7,704
11 Stafford Rangers (5) 1–1 Maidenhead United (7) 1,526
replay Maidenhead United (7) 0–2 Stafford Rangers (5) 1,934
12 Shrewsbury Town (4) 0–0 Hereford United (4) 5,574
replay Hereford United (4) 2–0 Shrewsbury Town (4) 4,224
13 Northampton Town (3) 0–0 Grimsby Town (4) 4,092
replay Grimsby Town (4) 0–2 Northampton Town (3) 2,657
14 Wrexham (4) 1–0 Stevenage Borough (5) 2,863
15 Chesterfield (3) 0–1 Basingstoke Town (6) 3,539
16 Gainsborough Trinity (6) 1–3 Barnet (4) 1,914
17 Lewes (6) 1–4 Darlington (4) 2,000
18 Clevedon Town (7) 1–4 Chester City (4) 2,261
19 Barrow (6) 2–3 Bristol Rovers (4) 2,939
20 Rushden & Diamonds (5) 3–1 Yeovil Town (3) 2,530
21 Burton Albion (5) 1–2 Tamworth (5) 4,150
22 Farsley Celtic (6) 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 2,200
replay Milton Keynes Dons (4) 2–0 Farsley Celtic (6) 2,676
23 Brentford (3) 0–1 Doncaster Rovers (3) 3,607
24 Gillingham (3) 4–1 Bromley (7) 5,547
25 York City (5) 0–1 Bristol City (3) 3,525
26 Bishop's Stortford (6) 3–5 King's Lynn (7) 1,750
27 Exeter City (5) 1–2 Stockport County (4) 4,454
28 Newport County (6) 1–3 Swansea City (3) 4,660
29 Kettering Town (6) 3–4 Oldham Athletic (3) 3,481
30 Rochdale (4) 1–1 Hartlepool United (4) 2,098
replay Hartlepool United (4) 0–0 Rochdale (4) 2,788
Hartlepool United won 4–2 on penalties
31 Brighton & Hove Albion (3) 8–0 Northwich Victoria (5) 4,487
32 Mansfield Town (4) 1–0 Accrington Stanley (4) 3,909
33 Cheltenham Town (3) 0–0 Scunthorpe United (3) 2,721
replay Scunthorpe United (3) 2–0 Cheltenham Town (3) 3,074
34 Macclesfield Town (4) 0–0 Walsall (4) 2,018
replay Walsall (4) 0–1 Macclesfield Town (4) 3,114
35 Bradford City (3) 4–0 Crewe Alexandra (3) 3,483
36 Leyton Orient (3) 2–1 Notts County (4) 3,011
37 Swindon Town (4) 3–1 Carlisle United (3) 4,938
38 Huddersfield Town (3) 0–1 Blackpool (3) 6,597
39 Havant & Waterlooville (6) 1–2 Millwall (3) 5,793[3]
40 Port Vale (3) 2–1 Lincoln City (4) 3,884

Second round proper

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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.

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 no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 0–2 Blackpool (3) 3,837
2 Scunthorpe United (3) 0–2 Wrexham (4) 5,054
3 Brighton & Hove Albion (3) 3–0 Stafford Rangers (5) 5,741
4 Bristol City (3) 4–3 Gillingham (3) 5,663
5 Hereford United (4) 4–0 Port Vale (3) 4,076
6 Macclesfield Town (4) 2–1 Hartlepool United (4) 1,992
7 Stockport County (4) 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers (4) 3,821
8 Bury (4) 2–2 Chester City (4) 3,428
replay Chester City (4) 1–3 Bury (4) 2,810
Bury expelled for fielding an ineligible player; Chester City progress[4]
9 Barnet (4) 4–1 Northampton Town (3) 2,786
10 Tranmere Rovers (3) 1–2 Peterborough United (4) 6,308
11 King's Lynn (7) 0–2 Oldham Athletic (3) 5,444
12 Darlington (4) 1–3 Swansea City (3) 4,183
13 Salisbury City (6) 1–1 Nottingham Forest (3) 3,100
replay Nottingham Forest (3) 2–0 Salisbury City (6) 6,177
14 Torquay United (4) 1–1 Leyton Orient (3) 2,392
replay Leyton Orient (3) 1–2 Torquay United (4) 2,384
15 Bristol Rovers (4) 1–1 AFC Bournemouth (3) 6,252
replay AFC Bournemouth (3) 0–1 Bristol Rovers (4) 4,153
16 Bradford City (3) 0–0 Millwall (3) 4,346
replay Millwall (3) 0–0 Bradford City (3) 3,220
Millwall win 1 – 0 after extra time
17 Swindon Town (4) 1–0 Morecambe (5) 5,942
18 Mansfield Town (4) 1–1 Doncaster Rovers (3) 4,837
replay Doncaster Rovers (3) 2–0 Mansfield Town (4) 5,338
19 Aldershot Town (5) 1–1 Basingstoke Town (6) 4,525
replay Basingstoke Town (6) 1–3 Aldershot Town (5) 3,300
20 Rushden & Diamonds (5) 1–2 Tamworth (5) 2,815

Third round proper

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This round marks the entry of the top-flight teams to the competition. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 January 2007. The draw was made on 3 December 2006 by Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. Replays were held in the week of 16 and 17 January, with the exception of the Luton – QPR replay, which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Blackpool (3) 4–2 Aldershot Town (5) 6,355
2 Barnet (4) 2–1 Colchester United (2) 3,075
3 Sheffield United (1) 0–3 Swansea City (3) 15,896
4 Reading (1) 3–2 Burnley (2) 11,514
5 Portsmouth (1) 2–1 Wigan Athletic (1) 14,336
6 Doncaster Rovers (3) 0–4 Bolton Wanderers (1) 14,297
7 West Ham United (1) 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion (3) 32,874
8 Leicester City (2) 2–2 Fulham (1) 15,499
replay Fulham (1) 4–3 Leicester City (2) 11,222
9 Derby County (2) 3–1 Wrexham (4) 15,609
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 2–2 Oldham Athletic (3) 14,524
replay Oldham Athletic (3) 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 9,628
11 Chester City (4) 0–0 Ipswich Town (2) 4,330
replay Ipswich Town (2) 1–0 Chester City (4) 11,732
12 Manchester United (1) 2–1 Aston Villa (1) 74,924
13 Sheffield Wednesday (2) 1–1 Manchester City (1) 28,487
replay Manchester City (1) 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday (2) 25,621
14 Tamworth (5) 1–4 Norwich City (2) 3,165
15 Nottingham Forest (3) 2–0 Charlton Athletic (1) 19,017
16 Cardiff City (2) 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 20,376
replay Tottenham Hotspur (1) 4–0 Cardiff City (2) 27,641
17 Preston North End (2) 1–0 Sunderland (2) 10,318
18 Liverpool (1) 1–3 Arsenal (1) 43,619
19 Bristol Rovers (4) 1–0 Hereford United (4) 8,978
20 Watford (1) 4–1 Stockport County (4) 11,745
21 Crystal Palace (2) 2–1 Swindon Town (4) 10,238
22 Bristol City (3) 3–3 Coventry City (2) 13,336
replay Coventry City (2) 0–2 Bristol City (3) 13,055
23 Peterborough United (4) 1–1 Plymouth Argyle (2) 6,255
replay Plymouth Argyle (2) 2–1 Peterborough United (4) 9,973
24 Queens Park Rangers (2) 2–2 Luton Town (2) 10,064
replay Luton Town (2) 1–0 Queens Park Rangers (2) 7,494
25 Southend United (2) 1–1 Barnsley (2) 5,485
replay Barnsley (2) 0–2 Southend United (2) 4,944
26 West Bromwich Albion (2) 3–1 Leeds United (2) 16,957
27 Hull City (2) 1–1 Middlesbrough (1) 17,520
replay Middlesbrough (1) 4–3 Hull City (2) 16,702
28 Birmingham City (2) 2–2 Newcastle United (1) 16,444
replay Newcastle United (1) 1–5 Birmingham City (2) 26,099
29 Torquay United (4) 0–2 Southampton (2) 5,396
30 Everton (1) 1–4 Blackburn Rovers (1) 24,426
31 Chelsea (1) 6–1 Macclesfield Town (4) 41,434
32 Stoke City (2) 2–0 Millwall (3) 8,024

Fourth round proper

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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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Arsenal (1) 1–1 Bolton Wanderers (1) 59,778
replay Bolton Wanderers (1) 1–1 Arsenal (1) 21,088
Arsenal win 3 – 1 after extra time
2 West Ham United (1) 0–1 Watford (1) 31,168
3 Bristol City (3) 2–2 Middlesbrough (1) 19,008
replay Middlesbrough (1) 1–1 Bristol City (3) 26,328
2 – 2 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties
4 Chelsea (1) 3–0 Nottingham Forest (3) 41,516
5 Ipswich Town (2) 1–0 Swansea City (3) 16,635
6 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 3–1 Southend United (2) 33,406
7 Barnet (4) 0–2 Plymouth Argyle (2) 5,204
8 Birmingham City (2) 2–3 Reading (1) 20,041
9 Derby County (2) 1–0 Bristol Rovers (4) 25,033
10 Manchester City (1) 3–1 Southampton (2) 26,496
11 Crystal Palace (2) 0–2 Preston North End (2) 8,422
12 Manchester United (1) 2–1 Portsmouth (1) 71,137
13 Blackpool (3) 1–1 Norwich City (2) 9,491
replay Norwich City (2) 1–1 Blackpool (3) 19,120
Norwich City win 3 – 2 after extra time
14 Luton Town (2) 0–4 Blackburn Rovers (1) 5,887
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 0–3 West Bromwich Albion (2) 28,107
16 Fulham (1) 3–0 Stoke City (2) 11,059

Fifth round proper

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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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Chelsea (1) 4–0 Norwich City (2) 41,537
2 Watford (1) 1–0 Ipswich Town (2) 17,016
3 Preston North End (2) 1–3 Manchester City (1) 18,890
4 Plymouth Argyle (2) 2–0 Derby County (2) 18,026
5 Manchester United (1) 1–1 Reading (1) 70,608
replay Reading (1) 2–3 Manchester United (1) 23,821
6 Arsenal (1) 0–0 Blackburn Rovers (1) 56,761
replay Blackburn Rovers (1) 1–0 Arsenal (1) 18,882
7 Middlesbrough (1) 2–2 West Bromwich Albion (2) 31,491
replay West Bromwich Albion (2) 1–1 Middlesbrough (1) 24,925
1 – 1 after extra time – Middlesbrough win 5 – 4 on penalties
8 Fulham (1) 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 18,655

Sixth round proper

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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.

Middlesbrough (1)2–2Manchester United (1)
Cattermole   44'
Boateng   47'
(Report) Rooney   23'
Ronaldo   68' (pen.)
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 33,308
Chelsea (1)3–3Tottenham Hotspur (1)
Lampard   22', 71'
Kalou   86'
(Report) Berbatov   5'
Essien   28' (o.g.)
Ghaly   36'
Attendance: 41,517
Blackburn Rovers (1)2–0Manchester City (1)
Mokoena   28'
Derbyshire   90'
(Report)
Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 27,743
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
Plymouth Argyle (2)0–1Watford (1)
(Report) Bouazza   21'
Home Park, Plymouth
Attendance: 20,652

Replays

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Manchester United (1)1–0Middlesbrough (1)
Ronaldo   76' (pen.) (Report)
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 71,325
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
Tottenham Hotspur (1)1–2Chelsea (1)
Keane   76' (pen.) (Report) Shevchenko   54'
Wright-Phillips   61'
Attendance: 35,519

Semi-finals

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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.

Watford (1)1–4Manchester United (1)
Bouazza   26' (Report) Rooney   7', 66'
Ronaldo   28'
Richardson   82'
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 37,425
Blackburn Rovers (1)1–2
(a.e.t.)
Chelsea (1)
Roberts   64' (Report) Lampard   16'
Ballack   109'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,559

Final

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Chelsea and Manchester United line up before the 2006-07 FA Cup Final - the first at the new Wembley Stadium.

The 126th FA Cup final was played at the new Wembley Stadium[5] 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.

Chelsea1–0 (a.e.t.)Manchester United
Drogba   116' (Report)
Attendance: 89,826

Top scorers

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As of 15 April 2007 [7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Frank Lampard Chelsea 6
2   Andy Bishop Bury 5
  Darren Huckerby Norwich City
  Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur
  Wayne Rooney Manchester United
  Mark Viduka Middlesbrough
7   Yakubu Middlesbrough 4
  Matt Derbyshire Blackburn Rovers
  Phil Jevons Bristol City
  Leroy Lita Reading
  Jake Robinson Brighton & Hove Albion
  Richard Walker Bristol Rovers

Player of the Round

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Round Player Club
1Q Matt Lewis Halesowen Town
2Q Gary McPhee Nuneaton Borough
3Q Byron Bubb A.F.C. Wimbledon
4Q Paul Booth Lewes
1 Kris Commons Nottingham Forest[8]
2 Phil Jevons Bristol City[9]
3 Jason Puncheon Barnet[10]
4 Jamie McAllister Bristol City[11]
5 Adam Federici Reading[12]
6 Frank Lampard Chelsea[13]
Semi-finals Wayne Rooney Manchester United[14]

Media coverage

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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.[citation needed]


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

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  1. ^ "FA Cup Final will be at Wembley". BBC Sport website. 27 March 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
  2. ^ "Villa chief: We want FA Cup semi finals to return to Villa Park". 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ (played at Portsmouth)
  4. ^ "Chester take Bury's FA Cup place". BBC News. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ Bose, Mihir (16 October 2006). "Wembley to host 2007 FA Cup final". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Bennett chosen for Final". TheFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
  7. ^ "2006/2007 FA Cup Top Scorers". World Football. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  8. ^ Commons lands FA Cup player award
  9. ^ Jevons claims FA Cup player award
  10. ^ Puncheon nets FA Cup player award
  11. ^ McAllister secures FA Cup award
  12. ^ Federici is handed FA Cup award
  13. ^ Lampard triumphs in FA Cup award
  14. ^ Rooney takes the vote