2009–10 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2009–10 was the 58th edition of the FA Youth Cup.

2009–10 FA Youth Cup

Tournament details
Teams	466
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea
Runners-up	Aston Villa
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

467 clubs were initially accepted, although there was one withdrawal, Worcester City 53 of the remaining 466 teams were new entries.

Holders Arsenal were knocked out in the fourth Round at home to Ipswich Town 0–2.

Chelsea won the competition by beating Aston Villa 3–2 on aggregate to win the competition for only their third time in their history and for the first time since 1961.

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Oldham Athletic 4 – 1 Stalybridge Celtic 279 2 Accrington Stanley 1 – 1(P8–9) Carlisle United 103 3 Darlington 1 – 2 Huddersfield Town 120 4 Maidstone United 3 – 5 Wycombe Wanderers 246 5 AFC Wimbledon 2 – 1 Sutton United 209 6 Malvern Town 0 – 1 Notts County 140 7 Bury Town 3 – 2 Walsall 141 8 Woking 3 – 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 187 9 Bishop's Stortford 7 – 1 Marlow 121 10 Ebbsfleet United 2 – 1 Brentford 180 11 Dulwich Hamlet 1 – 1(P2–4) Norwich City 112 12 Congleton Town 0 – 3 Rochdale 201 13 Carlton Town 2 – 1 Burton Albion 108 14 Atherstone Town 2 – 0 Highgate United 90 15 VT 2 – 3 Torquay United 138 16 Bradford City 3 – 1 Southport 184 17 Milton Keynes Dons 2 – 1 Dunstable Town 609 18 Barnet 0 – 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 352 19 Aldershot Town 0 – 4 Southampton 179 20 Histon 0 – 4 Cambridge United 313

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 21 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 0 Farsley Celtic 271 22 St Albans City 1 – 0 Colchester United 133 23 Oxford United 5 – 2 Gloucester City 135 24 Macclesfield Town 2 – 0 Bury 160 25 Hartlepool United 3 – 1 Lincoln City 95 26 Grimsby Town 1 – 2 York City 125 27 Leeds United 0 – 1 Crewe Alexandra 241 28 Chester City 0 – 4 Morecambe 87 29 Rotherham United 3 – 3(P3–4) Stockport County 144 30 Charlton Athletic 3 – 0 Gillingham 846 31 Leyton Orient 2 – 1 Bromley 196 32 Millwall 3 – 1 Southend United 352 33 Bristol Rovers 1 – 3 AFC Bournemouth 238 34 Basingstoke Town 3 – 4 Hereford United 138 35 Swindon Town 6 – 0 Yeovil Town 223 36 Forest Green Rovers 1 – 2 Farnborough 96 37 Rushden & Diamonds 1 – 2 Northampton Town 432 38 Shrewsbury Town 2 – 1 Port Vale 197 39 Exeter City 0 – 4 Cheltenham Town 461[1] 40 Chesterfield 4 – 1 Mansfield Town 341

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Stockport County 2 – 0 Carlton Town 116 2 Huddersfield Town 5 – 0 Atherstone Town 189 3 Bradford City 1 – 2 Crewe Alexandra 293 4 Oldham Athletic 3 – 5 Rochdale 312 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 0 Ebbsfleet United 94 6 Northampton Town 2 – 1 Chesterfield 203[2] 7 AFC Wimbledon 0 – 5 AFC Bournemouth 210 8 Torquay United 1 – 0 Norwich City 546 9 York City 1 – 2 Carlisle United 264 10 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 1 Cambridge United 242

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 11 Southampton 6 – 0 Hereford United 345 12 Swindon Town 1 – 2 Leyton Orient 337 13 Charlton Athletic 3 – 1 Woking 553[3] 14 Bury Town 1 – 1(P4–3) Macclesfield Town 258 15 St Albans City 2 – 2(P2–4) Wycombe Wanderers 217 16 Notts County 0 – 2 Hartlepool United 341 17 Millwall 1 – 0 Oxford United 233 18 Milton Keynes Dons 2 – 1 Bishop's Stortford 317 19 Shrewsbury Town 5 – 2 Morecambe 187 20 Cheltenham Town 3 – 2 Farnborough 213

Third round

The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the winners of the second round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Bolton Wanderers 3 – 1 AFC Bournemouth 530 2 Torquay United 1 – 3 Millwall 564 3 Stockport County 0 – 3 Fulham 101 4 Arsenal 3 – 3(P5–4) Crewe Alexandra 335 5 Northampton Town 1 – 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 174[4] 6 Charlton Athletic 1 – 2 Chelsea 1,033[5] 7 Manchester United 2 – 0 Birmingham City 635 8 Derby County 6 – 1 Peterborough United 303 9 Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur 721 10 Cheltenham Town 1 – 2 Reading 310 11 Nottingham Forest 5 – 2 Bury Town 384 12 Crystal Palace 3 – 2 Bristol City 567 13 Plymouth Argyle 0 – 1 West Ham United 1,500 14 Portsmouth 1 – 0 Huddersfield Town 350 15 Aston Villa 4 – 0 Rochdale 723 16 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 0 Blackpool 452

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 17 Middlesbrough 0 – 1 Everton 100 18 Scunthorpe United 1 – 4 Burnley 273 19 Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 7 Sunderland 190 20 Carlisle United 0 – 1 Stoke City 204 21 Queens Park Rangers 3 – 1 Southampton 414 22 Shrewsbury Town 1 – 2 Hull City 245 23 Milton Keynes Dons 1 – 3 Leyton Orient 240 24 Hartlepool United 2 – 1 Sheffield United 143 25 Doncaster Rovers 0 – 3 Newcastle United 525[6] 26 Cardiff City 1 – 2 Barnsley 475[7] 27 Swansea City 0 – 3 West Bromwich Albion 139[8] 28 Preston North End 2 – 1 Manchester City 590 29 Coventry City 2 – 3 Leicester City 356 30 Liverpool 2 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1,141 31 Watford 3 – 0 Wycombe Wanderers 686 32 Tranmere Rovers 0 – 2 Ipswich Town 247

Fourth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Stoke City 1 – 2 Hull City 2 Crystal Palace 2 – 0 Derby County 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 – 2 Everton 4 Millwall 5 – 4(AET) Barnsley 5 Sunderland 2 – 2(P0–3) Preston North End 6 West Ham United 3 – 0 Queens Park Rangers 7 Hartlepool United 0 – 2 Watford 8 Bolton Wanderers 2 – 2(P3–5) Fulham

Tie no Home team Score Away team 9 Arsenal 0 – 2 Ipswich Town 10 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Leyton Orient 11 West Bromwich Albion 0 – 2 Aston Villa 12 Reading 1 – 3 Newcastle United 13 Burnley 1 – 5 Manchester United 14 Leicester City 1 – 5 Liverpool 15 Nottingham Forest 0 – 4 Chelsea 16 Tottenham Hoptsur 0 – 1 Portsmouth

Tottenham v Portsmouth

11 January 2010	Tottenham	0 – 1	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane, London
			Çiftçi 60'

Nottingham Forest v Chelsea

12 January 2010	Nottingham Forest	0 – 4	Chelsea	City Ground, Nottingham
			Mills Pappoe 8' Mitrović 74', 88' Clifford 83'	Attendance: 786[9]

Leicester City v Liverpool

12 January 2010	Leicester City	1 – 5	Liverpool	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
	Yussuf 68'		Dalla Valle 5', 7', 33' Ince 30' Ngoo 85'

Burnley v Manchester United

13 January 2010	Burnley	1 – 5	Manchester United	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Anderson  70' McKee 84'		Petrucci 22' King 28', 51' Keane 34', 88'	Attendance: 1,036

Reading v Newcastle United

13 January 2010	Reading	1 – 3	Newcastle United	Madejski Stadium, Reading
	Walcott 47' (pen.)		Inman 10' Airey 44' (pen.)

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

15 January 2010	West Bromwich Albion	0 – 2	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns, Birmingham
			Gardner 58' Halfhuid 70'	Attendance: 515[10]

Bolton Wanderers v Fulham

15 January 2010	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Fulham	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
	McGeechan 30' Irwin 97'		Trotta 10' Harris 92'
	Penalties
	Campbell		Harris

Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient

18 January 2010	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Leyton Orient	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Banton 71' (pen.)

West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers

19 January 2010	West Ham United	3 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Upton Park, London
	Montano 20', 76' Hall 43'			Attendance: 972

Arsenal v Ipswich Town

19 January 2010	Arsenal	0 – 2	Ipswich Town	Underhill, Barnet
			Murray 10' Wickham 11'

Millwall v Barnsley

20 January 2010	Millwall	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Barnsley	The New Den, London
	Ludford 49' Marquis 66' Hughes-Mason 101', 120' Fitzsimons 111'		O'Neill 23' Dean  33' Teiman 45+2' Fearnehough 92' Crapper 105'

Sunderland v Preston North End

20 January 2010	Sunderland	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (0 – 3 p)	Preston North End	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
	Noble 5' Lynch 93'		Proctor 89' Dougan 119'
	Penalties
	Armstrong Adams Lynch		Owens Proctor Hart

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton

21 January 2010	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 2	Everton	Withdean Stadium, Brighton
			Duffy 13' Forshaw 88'	Attendance: 915

Hartlepool United v Watford

22 January 2010	Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Watford	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
			Murray 13', 45'

Crystal Palace v Derby County

25 January 2010	Crystal Palace	2 – 0	Derby County	Selhurst Park, London
	Zaha 30' Goldsmith 39'			Attendance: 637

Stoke City v Hull City

26 January 2010	Stoke City	1 – 2	Hull City	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
	Moult 41'		Cullen 45' Bradley 90'

Fifth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Liverpool	0 – 1	Watford
2	Preston North End	0 – 3	Everton
3	West Ham United	0 – 3	Newcastle United
4	Ipswich Town	1 – 3	Fulham
5	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 0	Manchester United
6	Chelsea	1 – 0	Portsmouth
7	Hull City	1 – 4	Crystal Palace
8	Aston Villa	4 – 1	Millwall

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

28 January 2010	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 0	Manchester United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Lowe 38' 88' Hanley 69'			Attendance: 874

Chelsea v Portsmouth

28 January 2010	Chelsea	1 – 0	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge, London
	Clifford 10'			Attendance: 1,605

Ipswich Town v Fulham

2 February 2010	Ipswich Town	1 – 3	Fulham	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Murray 58' (pen.)		Smith 68' Pierre Trotta 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,495

West Ham United v Newcastle United

3 February 2010	West Ham United	0 – 3	Newcastle United	Upton Park, London
			Henderson 14' Airey 49' Inman 52'	Attendance: 1,157

Preston North End v Everton

4 February 2010	Preston North End	0 – 3	Everton	Deepdale, Preston
			Mustafi 30' Duffy 70' Barkley 76'	Attendance: 1,531

Liverpool v Watford

8 February 2010	Liverpool	0 – 1	Watford	Anfield, Liverpool
			Mingoia 17'	Attendance: 2,199

Hull City v Crystal Palace

11 February 2010	Hull City	1 – 4	Crystal Palace	Grange Lane, North Ferriby
	Cullen 56'		Goldsmith 1' 57' Kenlock 45' Randall 89'	Attendance: 320

Aston Villa v Millwall

12 February 2010	Aston Villa	4 – 1	Millwall	Villa Park, Birmingham
	Simmonds 41' Halfhuid 44', 45', 80'		Ofoche 70'	Attendance: 717

Quarter-finals

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Report
1	Watford	0 – 4	Chelsea	Report
2	Newcastle United	4 – 2	Crystal Palace	Report
3	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 1 (AET)	Everton	Report
4	Fulham	2 – 2 (P1–3)	Aston Villa	Report

Watford v Chelsea

16 February 2010	Watford	0 – 4	Chelsea	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:00 GMT		Report	Djaló 29' Mitrović 45' (pen.) Bruma 60' McEachran 85'	Attendance: 2,270[11]

Newcastle United v Crystal Palace

25 February 2010	Newcastle United	4 – 2	Crystal Palace	St. James' Park, Newcastle
19:00 GMT	Newton 24' Adjei 27' Airey 53' Ameobi 78'	Report	Goldsmith 40' (pen.) Sekajja 80'	Attendance: 1,291

Blackburn Rovers v Everton

1 March 2010	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Everton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:00 GMT	Hanley 80' Osawe 102'	Report	Duffy 42'	Attendance: 1,148

Fulham v Aston Villa

9 March 2010	Fulham	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage, London
19:00 GMT	Trotta 39' 113'	Report	Poyser 55' Devine 120+2'	Attendance: 772
	Penalties
	Pritchard Peniket Frei Marsh-Brown		Simmonds Poyser Carruthers Deeney

Semi-finals

First leg

Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea

17 March 2010	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Chelsea	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:00 GMT	Michael Potts  55'	Report	Hitchcock 23' (o.g.) Djaló  55' Sala  56' Billy Clifford	Attendance: 1,332 Referee: Russell Booth

Aston Villa v Newcastle United

8 April 2010	Aston Villa	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Villa Park, Birmingham
19:00 BST	Kofi Poyser  30' 60'	Report	Airey 9' Newton  36'	Attendance: 2,457 Referee: Mr R Shoebridge

Second leg

Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers

22 March 2010	Chelsea	4 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge, London
19:00 GMT	Mitrović 30' Sala 34', 78' Mills Pappoe  63' Töre 70'	Report	Jackson Ramm  64' Lowe  74' Hitchcock	Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Linnington, (Newport, Isle of Wight)

Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate.

Newcastle United v Aston Villa

16 April 2010	Newcastle United	0 – 1	Aston Villa	St. James' Park, Newcastle
19:00 BST	Dummett  43' Airey  45'  76'	Report	Taylor 34'	Attendance: 4,959 Referee: G Sutton

Aston Villa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Route to the final

Chelsea		Round	Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic A 2–1	Jeffrey Bruma 27' Marko Mitrović 80'	Third round	Rochdale H 4–0	Gary Gardner 18', 31', 69' Ryan Simmonds 59'
Nottingham Forest A 4–0	Danny Mills Pappoe 8' Marko Mitrović 74', 88' Conor Clifford 83'	Fourth round	West Bromwich Albion A 2–0	Gary Gardner 58' Arsenio Halfhuid 70'
Portsmouth H 1–0	Conor Clifford 10'	5th round	Millwall H 4–1	Ryan Simmonds 41' Arsenio Halfhuid 44', 45', 80'
Watford A 4–0	Aliu Djaló 29' Marko Mitrović 45' (pen.) Jeffrey Bruma 60' Josh McEachran 85'	Sixth round	Fulham A 2– 2 (a.e.t.) 3–1(pen.)	Kofi Poyser 55' Daniel Devine 120+2' Ryan Simmonds Kofi Poyser Ellis Deeney
Blackburn Rovers A 1–0	Tom Hitchcock 23' (o.g.)	Semi-finals First leg	Newcastle United H 1–1	Kofi Poyser 60'
Blackburn Rovers H 4–0 (Agg 5–0)	Marko Mitrović 30' Jacopo Sala 34', 78' Gökhan Töre 70'	Second leg	Newcastle United A 1–0 (Agg 2–1)	Connor Taylor 34'

First leg

29 April 2010

19:30 BST

Aston Villa	1 – 1	Chelsea
Devine 19'	Report	Bruma 64'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 3,359

Referee: Kevin Friend

Aston Villa

Chelsea

Line-up: GK 1 Benjamin Siegrist RB 2 Durrell Berry CB 3 Daniel Devine CB 4 Derrick Williams LB 5 Ellis Deeney (c) RM 6 Ebby Nelson-Addy CM 7 Richard Blythe LM 8 Samir Carruthers FW 9 Ryan Simmonds  82' FW 10 Tomos Roberts CF 11 Kofi Poyser  79' Substitutes: CB 12 Arsenio Halfhuid  82' GK 13 Callum Barratt CB 14 James Clifton CM 15 Daniel Johnson AM 16 Darious Darkin  79' Manager: Tony McAndrew

Line-up: GK 1 Sam Walker RB 2 Billy Clifford CB 3 Rohan Ince CB 4 Jeffrey Bruma LB 5 Aziz Deen-Conteh  90' CM 6 Conor Clifford (c)  71' RM 7 Jacopo Sala CM 8 Aliu Djaló LM 9 Gökhan Töre AM 10 Josh McEachran CF 11 Marko Mitrović Substitutes: RM 12 Milan Lalkovič  71' GK 13 Aldi Haxhia CM 14 George Saville LB 15 Ben Sampayo LB 16 Anton Rodgers  90' Manager: Dermot Drummy

Second leg

4 May 2010

19:45 BST

Chelsea	2 – 1	Aston Villa
Mitrović 64' Clifford 83'	Report	Poyser 33'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 10,446

Referee: Kevin Friend

Chelsea

Aston Villa

Line-up: GK 1 Sam Walker RB 2 Billy Clifford CB 3 Rohan Ince CB 4 Jeffrey Bruma LB 5 Aziz Deen-Conteh CM 6 Conor Clifford (c) RM 7 Jacopo Sala CM 8 Aliu Djaló  90' LM 9 Gökhan Töre  88' AM 10 Josh McEachran CF 11 Marko Mitrović Substitutes: RM 12 Milan Lalkovič  88' GK 13 Aldi Haxhia CM 14 George Saville  90' LB 15 Ben Sampayo LB 16 Anton Rodgers Manager: Dermot Drummy

Line-up: GK 1 Benjamin Siegrist RB 2 Durrell Berry CB 3 Daniel Devine CB 4 Derrick Williams  72' LB 5 Ellis Deeney (c) RM 6 Ebby Nelson-Addy CM 7 Richard Blythe  89' LM 8 Samir Carruthers FW 9 Ryan Simmonds FW 10 Tomos Roberts CF 11 Kofi Poyser Substitutes: CB 12 Arsenio Halfhuid  89' GK 13 Callum Barratt CM 14 Jack Dyer CM 15 Daniel Johnson AM 16 Darious Darkin  72' Manager: Tony McAndrew

Chelsea won 3 – 2 on aggregate

FA Youth Cup 2009–10 winners
Chelsea 3rd title

See also

• 2009–10 Premier Academy League
• 2009–10 Premier Reserve League
• 2009–10 FA Cup
• 2009–10 in English football