2011–12 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup 2011–12 was the 60th edition of the FA Youth Cup.

2011–12 FA Youth Cup

Tournament details
Teams	460
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea
Runners-up	Blackburn Rovers
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The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with the preliminary round which was followed by four qualifying rounds for non-League teams. Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entering at the first round, and Premier League and Championship teams entering in the third round. The competition was won by Chelsea.^[1][2]

Calendar

Round	matches played from	matches	Clubs
First round	5 November 2011	40	124 → 84
Second round	19 November 2011	20	84 → 64
Third round	17 December 2011	32	64 → 32
Fourth round	21 January 2012	16	32 → 16
Fifth round	11 February 2012	8	16 → 8
Sixth round	25 February 2012	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals (two legs)	17 March & 31 March 2012	4	4 → 2
Final (two legs)	TBC	2	2 → 1

Fixtures and results

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Farnborough 1–3 Yeovil Town 114 2 Soham Town Rangers 0–9 Charlton Athletic 509 3 Stratford Town 2–3 Port Vale 260 4 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Sheffield United 237 5 Hereford United 5–3 Halesowen Town 130 6 Aldershot Town 3–2 Kingstonian 102 7 Tilbury 0–3 Stevenage 299 8 Darlington 7–1 Sheffield 85 9 Kidderminster Harriers 4–2 Brighouse Town 128 10 Ebbsfleet United 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet 133 11 Uxbridge 1–3 AFC Wimbledon 160 12 Cirencester Town 3–1 Camberley Town 75 13 York City 1–3 Macclesfield Town 231 14 Brentford 3–0 Lewes 265 15 Thurrock 2–0 Boreham Wood 80 16 AFC Totton 3–2 Exeter City 111[3] 17 Rotherham United 0–1 Accrington Stanley 154 18 Morecambe 0–3 Preston North End 210 19 Crawley Town 5–1 Wycombe Wanderers 254 20 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Oxford United 246

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 21 Southend United 4–0 Corinthian 271 22 Bradford City 3–2 Marine 236 23 Gillingham 0–1 Hayes & Yeading United 380 24 Swindon Town 2–0 Newport County 304 25 Bristol Rovers 4–1 Maidenhead United 210 26 North Ferriby United 0–4 Crewe Alexandra 278 27 Hartlepool United 1–3 Bury 144 28 Rochdale 2–3 Oldham Athletic 505 29 Carlisle United 4–1 Sheffield Wednesday 182 30 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Notts County 197 31 Northampton Town 2–3 Cambridge United 332 32 Leyton Orient 4–3 Dereham Town 366 33 Dagenham & Redbridge 3–2 Barnet 329 34 AFC Bournemouth 4–2 Plymouth Argyle 348 35 Burton Albion 1–3 Boston United 199[4] 36 Corby Town 2–0 Colchester United 100 37 Bishop's Cleeve 1–3 Torquay United 84 38 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Huddersfield Town 237 39 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall 556 40 Chesterfield 7–0 Tamworth 170

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Aldershot Town 3–1 AFC Totton 79 2 Preston North End 1–1 Walsall 308 Preston North End advance 5–4 on penalties 3 Thurrock 2–0 Hayes & Yeading United 104 4 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 248 5 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Macclesfield Town 190 Oldham Athletic advance 6–5 on penalties 6 Charlton Athletic 3–0 Yeovil Town 230 7 Sheffield United 2–2 Port Vale 575 Sheffield United advance 8–7 on penalties 8 Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Oxford United 138 9 Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 Carlisle United 264 10 Stevenage 1–0 Leyton Orient 306

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 11 Boston United 2–1 Bradford City 437[5] 12 Hereford United 2–0 Chesterfield 160 13 AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Bristol Rovers 214 14 Southend United 1–2 Brentford 230 15 Bury 2–1 Accrington Stanley 100 16 Darlington 2–0 Shrewsbury Town 290 17 AFC Bournemouth 1–3 Swindon Town 385 18 Cambridge United 3–1 Crawley Town 166 19 Torquay United 1–1 Cirencester Town 154 Torquay United advance 3–1 on penalties 20 Corby Town 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 142 Corby Town advance 3–2 on penalties

Third round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Stevenage 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur 865 2 Bristol Rovers 2–3 Coventry City 235 3 Leicester City 5–0 Aldershot Town 287 4 Middlesbrough 1–2 Reading 387 5 Chelsea 2–1 Doncaster Rovers 482 6 Hull City 1–2 Brentford 7 Arsenal 0–1 Derby County 393 8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Aston Villa 1,868 9 Norwich City 5–0 Oldham Athletic 340 10 Millwall 1–2 Watford 570 11 Preston North End 1–2 Stoke City 374 12 Crystal Palace 1–2 Everton 1,085 13 Fulham 3–1 Carlisle United 176 14 Swindon Town 3–2 Birmingham City 236 15 Southampton 7–0 Sheffield United 432 16 Newcastle United 3–0 Darlington 1,137

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 17 Oxford United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 451 18 Charlton Athletic 7–0 Cambridge United 211 19 Portsmouth 5–1 Bristol City 500 20 Peterborough United 3–1 Blackpool 608 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 West Ham United 569[6] 22 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Huddersfield Town 639 23 Ipswich Town 2–0 Leeds United 696 24 Bury 2–3 Cardiff City 252 25 Swansea City 3–1 Liverpool 819 26 Boston United 0–7 Burnley 492[7] 27 Blackburn Rovers 8–0 Thurrock 391 28 Manchester United 4–0 Torquay United 503[8] 29 Wigan Athletic 4–0 Hereford United 128 30 Manchester City 4–1 Corby Town 240 31 Sunderland 1–2 Nottingham Forest 215 32 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Barnsley 341[9]

Fourth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Nottingham Forest 9–1 Wigan Athletic 676 2 Newcastle United 2–1 Watford 889[10] 3 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Leicester City 346 4 Reading 1–2 West Bromwich Albion 1,402[11] 5 Portsmouth 1–2 Swansea City 6 Manchester United 2–1 Derby County 993 7 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Coventry City 511 8 Swindon Town 1–4 Manchester City 1,601[12] 9 Burnley 3–1 Ipswich Town 620[13]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 10 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Everton 803 11 Stoke City 2–1 Brentford 2,650 12 Peterborough United 1–5 Fulham 1,245 13 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Southampton 953 14 Cardiff City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur 1,309 15 Norwich City 0–0 Chelsea 1,099[14] Chelsea advance 4–2 on penalties 16 West Ham United 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1,603

Fifth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 1,371[15] 2 Manchester City 1–2 Fulham 490 3 Chelsea 3–3 West Ham United 1,588[16] Chelsea advance 5–4 on penalties 4 Newcastle United 2–1 Queens Park Rangers 1,196[17]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Burnley 434[18] 6 Blackburn Rovers 4–0 Stoke City 474 7 Swansea City 1–5 Manchester United 4,080[19] 8 Southampton 1–5 Nottingham Forest 814

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Fulham 1–3 Burnley 1,047 2 Manchester United 3–2 Charlton Athletic 4,461[20] 3 Newcastle United 2–2 Blackburn Rovers 2,026[21] Blackburn Rovers advance 3–0 on penalties 4 Nottingham Forest 3–4 Chelsea 1,263[22]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	2–3	Chelsea	1–2	1 – 1
Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Burnley	1–0	2 – 1

First leg

16 March 2012

19:00

Manchester United	1–2	Chelsea
Wilson 62'		Affane 14' Feruz 68'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 7,802^[23]

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22 March 2012

19:00

Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Burnley
Hanley 33'	Report

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 10,069^[24]

Second leg

13 April 2012

19:00

Chelsea	1–1	Manchester United
Piazón 69'		Barmby 60'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 4,193^[25]

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28 March 2012

19:00

Burnley	1–2	Blackburn Rovers
Hewitt 84' (pen.)	Report	Fernandez Edwards

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,556^[26]

Referee: C. Pawson

Final

First leg

20 April 2012

19:00

Chelsea	4–0	Blackburn Rovers
Chalobah 19' Baker 27' Feruz 58', 68'	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 3,412

Second leg

9 May 2012

19:00

Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Chelsea
Payne 19'	Report

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 1,490^[27]

See also

• 2011–12 Premier Academy League
• 2011–12 Premier Reserve League
• 2011–12 FA Cup
• 2011–12 in English football