2010–11 FA Youth Cup

The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2010–11 was the 59th edition of the FA Youth Cup. 460 clubs were initially accepted, with 53 teams being new entries.

2010–11 FA Youth Cup

Tournament details
Teams	460
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United
Runner-up	Sheffield United
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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.

Calendar

Round	Matches played from	Matches	Clubs
First round	6 November 2010	40	124 → 84
Second round	20 November 2010	20	84 → 64
Third round	11 December 2010	32	64 → 32
Fourth round	15 January 2011	16	32 → 16
Fifth round	29 January 2011	8	16 → 8
Sixth round	12 February 2011	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals (two legs)	5 March & 19 March 2011	4	4 → 2
Final (two legs)	17 May & 23 May 2011	2	2 → 1

Fixtures and results

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Crewe Alexandra 4–0 AFC Fylde 2 Bradford City 4–2 Rochdale 3 Hartlepool United 3–1 Whitley Bay 4 Carlisle United 3–1 † Wrexham 5 Stockport County 1–4 † Tranmere Rovers 6 Macclesfield Town 4–1 Fleetwood Town 7 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Darlington 8 Bury 2–5 Oldham Athletic 9 Rotherham United 2–3 † Sheffield Wednesday 10 Huddersfield Town 5–1 Morecambe 11 Histon 0–3 Notts County 12 Bolehall Swifts 1–0 Northampton Town 13 Chesterfield 1–3 Port Vale 14 Grimsby Town 3–0 Stourbridge 15 Burton Albion 0–2 Stratford Town 16 Lincoln City 2–4 Peterborough United 17 Shrewsbury Town 5–1 Boston United 18 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall 19 Coventry Sphinx 2–1 Hereford United 20 Thurrock 1–0 Leyton Orient 21 Barnet 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers 22 Northwood 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 23 Bury Town 5–4 Bromley 24 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Ebbsfleet United 25 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Stevenage Dagenham & Redbridge advance 3–2 on penalties 26 Colchester United 3–5 Woking 27 Southend United 3–1 † Luton Town 28 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crawley Town 29 Concord Rangers 0–5 Brentford 30 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Carshalton Athletic 31 Gillingham 1–2 † Cambridge United 32 Dartford 1–2 AFC Wimbledon 33 Newport County 1–2 † Bristol Rovers 34 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 † Swindon Town 35 Torquay United 4–0 Bracknell Town 36 Havant & Waterlooville 0–2 Yeovil Town 37 Cheltenham Town 2–2 † Oxford United Cheltenham Town advance 4–1 on penalties 38 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Southampton 39 Cirencester Town 2–3 Aldershot Town 40 AFC Bournemouth 1–1 † Exeter City 269^[1] Exeter City advance 3–2 on penalties

† After extra time

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Huddersfield Town 0–4 Darlington 2 Peterborough United 5–0 Stratford Town 3 Notts County 2–0 Shrewsbury Town 4 Port Vale 1–1 † Grimsby Town Grimsby Town advance 5–4 on penalties 5 Carlisle United 0–2 Walsall 6 Bolehall Swifts 0–4 Bradford City 7 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday 8 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Hartlepool United 9 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra 10 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers advance 4–2 on penalties

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 11 AFC Wimbledon 0–3 Aldershot Town 12 Woking 2–4 Cheltenham Town 13 Dulwich Hamlet 3–2 † Yeovil Town 14 Southampton 2–0 Thurrock 15 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–0 Torquay United 16 Cambridge United 1–2 Exeter City 119^[2] 17 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers 18 Southend United 3–0 Brentford 19 Swindon Town 6–1 Coventry Sphinx 20 Charlton Athletic 4–0 Bury Town

† After extra time

Third round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 West Ham United 5–0 Aldershot Town 2 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 † Reading 3 Doncaster Rovers 2–4 Middlesbrough 4 Dulwich Hamlet 2–6 Newcastle United 5 Grimsby Town 3–2 Burnley 6 Watford 2–0 Swindon Town 7 Leicester City 2–1 Hartlepool United 8 Sunderland 0–2 Chelsea 9 Arsenal 6–1 Darlington 10 Oldham Athletic 5–6 Manchester City 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 Derby County 12 Notts County 0–4 Liverpool 13 Barnsley 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur 810^[3] 14 Bristol City 0–2 Birmingham City 15 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Aston Villa 16 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Stoke City 17 Millwall 3–1 Walsall

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 18 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 † Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest advance 5–3 on penalties 19 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra 20 Fulham 6–4 † West Bromwich Albion 254^[4] 21 Leeds United 3–0 Scunthorpe United 22 Norwich City 1–0 Charlton Athletic 23 Hull City 2–3 Rushden & Diamonds 24 Southend United 3–1 Coventry City 25 Everton 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 482 26 Blackpool 5–1 Exeter City 204^[5] 27 Preston North End 2–1 Swansea City 28 Cardiff City 0–3 Crystal Palace 29 Cheltenham Town 1–4 Sheffield United 30 Bradford City 1–1 † Southampton Bradford City advance 9–8 on penalties 31 Manchester United 3–2 Portsmouth 32 Ipswich Town 2–3 Peterborough United 287^[6]

† After extra time

Fourth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Barnsley 4–0 Rushden & Diamonds 2 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Manchester City 3 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Leeds United 1,031^[7] Leeds United advance 3–2 on penalties 4 Watford 3–2 Wigan Athletic 5 Peterborough United 1–3 † Aston Villa 6 Middlesbrough 1–0 Everton 529 7 Leicester City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers 8 West Ham United 0–1 Manchester United

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 9 Blackpool 4–3 Birmingham City 10 Sheffield United 3–0 Millwall 11 Derby County 1–3 Southend United 12 Newcastle United 2–1 † Grimsby Town 1,043^[8] 13 Liverpool 3–1 † Crystal Palace 14 Fulham 3–0 Norwich City 15 Preston North End 1–1 Bradford City Preston North End advance 4–2 on penalties 16 Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal 7,200

† After extra time

Fifth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Leicester City 4–3 † Preston North End 2 Leeds United 0–2 Aston Villa 3 Manchester United 1–0 Newcastle United 657^[9] 4 Fulham 0–2 Watford

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Liverpool 9–0 Southend United 6 Sheffield United 3–1 † Blackpool 7 Chelsea 2–1 Barnsley 2,282^[10] 8 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Middlesbrough

† After extra time

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Liverpool 2–3 Manchester United 10,199^[11] 2 Aston Villa 3–1 Middlesbrough 3 Leicester City 1–2 Sheffield United 4 Chelsea 2–1 Watford 2,160^[12]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	3–6	Manchester United	3–2	0-4
Aston Villa	0–3	Sheffield United	0–1	0-2

First leg

10 April 2011

12:30

Chelsea	3–2	Manchester United
Chalobah   30', 42' Devyne   72'	Report	Lingard   56' Pogba   77'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 5,518

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16 March 2011

19:00

Aston Villa	0–1	Sheffield United
	Report	Ironside   44'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Referee: Paul Tierney

Second leg

20 April 2011

19:00

Manchester United	4–0	Chelsea
Morrison   38' Keane   42', 76', 87' (pen.)	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 9,124

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6 April 2011

19:00

Sheffield United	2–0	Aston Villa
Whitehouse   45', 73' (pen.)	Report

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 4,016

Final

First leg

17 May 2011

19:30

Sheffield United	2–2	Manchester United
McFadzean   45' Slew   73'	Report	Lingard   14' Keane   70'

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 29,977

Referee: Michael Oliver

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Second leg

23 May 2011

19:30

Manchester United	4–1	Sheffield United
Morrison   37', 70' Keane   45' (pen.), 82'	Report	Ironside   73'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 24,916^[13]

Referee: Michael Oliver

See also

• 2010–11 Premier Academy League
• 2010–11 Premier Reserve League
• 2010–11 FA Cup
• 2010–11 in English football

References

1. "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
2. "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
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4. "HISTORY : YOUTH FOOTBALL : THE FA YOUTH CUP : RESULTS – 2009/10 – DATE". Albion Till We Die.
5. "The FA Youth Cup Results". The Grecian Archives.
6. "Town crash out of FA Youth Cup". East Anglian Daily Times.
7. "FA Youth Cup: Crewe 0 Leeds 0 (aet, Leeds win 3-2 on pens)". Chesire Live.
8. "Sayer's late goal gives NUFC Youth Cup win". Chronicle Live.
9. "United Youth 1 Newcastle Youth 0". Manchester Evening News.
10. @chelseayouth (12 February 2011). "Just seen last night's attendance confirmed as 2,282. Not too bad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "Liverpool U18 2 Man United U18 3 – harsh lesson for youngsters". Liverpool Echo.
12. . The FA. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
13. "'A scabby looking bunch, but we can surprise a lot of people' – Sheffield United's FA Youth Cup final 10 years on". The Athletic.

External links

• The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website