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 395 2 Bradford City 4–2 Rochdale 144 3 Hartlepool United 3–1 Whitley Bay 112 4 Carlisle United 3–1 † Wrexham 207 5 Stockport County 1–4 † Tranmere Rovers 211 6 Macclesfield Town 4–1 Fleetwood Town 107 7 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Darlington 48 8 Bury 2–5 Oldham Athletic 261 9 Rotherham United 2–3 † Sheffield Wednesday 215 10 Huddersfield Town 5–1 Morecambe 159 11 Histon 0–3 Notts County 395 12 Bolehall Swifts 1–0 Northampton Town 130 13 Chesterfield 1–3 Port Vale 737 14 Grimsby Town 3–0 Stourbridge 127 15 Burton Albion 0–2 Stratford Town 165 16 Lincoln City 2–4 Peterborough United 200 17 Shrewsbury Town 5–1 Boston United 179 18 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall 404 19 Coventry Sphinx 2–1 Hereford United 111 20 Thurrock 1–0 Leyton Orient 240 21 Barnet 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers 328 22 Northwood 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet 92

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 23 Bury Town 5–4 Bromley 68 24 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Ebbsfleet United 73 25 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Stevenage 220 Dagenham & Redbridge advance 3–2 on penalties 26 Colchester United 3–5 Woking 189 27 Southend United 3–1 † Luton Town 230 28 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crawley Town 226 29 Concord Rangers 0–5 Brentford 102 30 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Carshalton Athletic 124 31 Gillingham 1–2 † Cambridge United 299 32 Dartford 1–2 AFC Wimbledon 127 33 Newport County 1–2 † Bristol Rovers 289 34 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 † Swindon Town 191 35 Torquay United 4–0 Bracknell Town 139 36 Havant & Waterlooville 0–2 Yeovil Town 112 37 Cheltenham Town 2–2 † Oxford United 216 Cheltenham Town advance 4–1 on penalties 38 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Southampton 229 39 Cirencester Town 2–3 Aldershot Town 90 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 126 2 Peterborough United 5–0 Stratford Town 329 3 Notts County 2–0 Shrewsbury Town 369 4 Port Vale 1–1 † Grimsby Town 174 Grimsby Town advance 5–4 on penalties 5 Carlisle United 0–2 Walsall 119 6 Bolehall Swifts 0–4 Bradford City 103 7 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday 240 8 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Hartlepool United 94 9 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra 322 10 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 † Bristol Rovers 173 Bristol Rovers advance 4–2 on penalties

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 11 AFC Wimbledon 0–3 Aldershot Town 187 12 Woking 2–4 Cheltenham Town 215 13 Dulwich Hamlet 3–2 † Yeovil Town 86 14 Southampton 2–0 Thurrock 367 15 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–0 Torquay United 50 16 Cambridge United 1–2 Exeter City 119[2] 17 Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers 187 18 Southend United 3–0 Brentford 234 19 Swindon Town 6–1 Coventry Sphinx 268 20 Charlton Athletic 4–0 Bury Town 153

† After extra time

Third round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 West Ham United 5–0 Aldershot Town 414 2 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 † Reading 454 3 Doncaster Rovers 2–4 Middlesbrough 277 4 Dulwich Hamlet 2–6 Newcastle United 439 5 Grimsby Town 3–2 Burnley 300 6 Watford 2–0 Swindon Town 315 7 Leicester City 2–1 Hartlepool United 133 8 Sunderland 0–2 Chelsea BCH 9 Arsenal 6–1 Darlington 217 10 Oldham Athletic 5–6 Manchester City 405 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 Derby County 67 12 Notts County 0–4 Liverpool 508 13 Barnsley 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur 810[3] 14 Bristol City 0–2 Birmingham City 613 15 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Aston Villa 434 16 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Stoke City 186 17 Millwall 3–1 Walsall 279

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 18 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 † Nottingham Forest 306 Nottingham Forest advance 5–3 on penalties 19 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Crewe Alexandra 537 20 Fulham 6–4 † West Bromwich Albion 254[4] 21 Leeds United 3–0 Scunthorpe United 248 22 Norwich City 1–0 Charlton Athletic 306 23 Hull City 2–3 Rushden & Diamonds 152 24 Southend United 3–1 Coventry City 483 25 Everton 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 482 26 Blackpool 5–1 Exeter City 204[5] 27 Preston North End 2–1 Swansea City 88 28 Cardiff City 0–3 Crystal Palace 406 29 Cheltenham Town 1–4 Sheffield United 179 30 Bradford City 1–1 † Southampton 209 Bradford City advance 9–8 on penalties 31 Manchester United 3–2 Portsmouth 414 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 710 2 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Manchester City 564 3 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Leeds United 1,031[7] Leeds United advance 3–2 on penalties 4 Watford 3–2 Wigan Athletic 322 5 Peterborough United 1–3 † Aston Villa 665 6 Middlesbrough 1–0 Everton 529 7 Leicester City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers 490 8 West Ham United 0–1 Manchester United 1,405

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 9 Blackpool 4–3 Birmingham City 281 10 Sheffield United 3–0 Millwall 523 11 Derby County 1–3 Southend United 462 12 Newcastle United 2–1 † Grimsby Town 1,043[8] 13 Liverpool 3–1 † Crystal Palace 1,197 14 Fulham 3–0 Norwich City 645 15 Preston North End 1–1 Bradford City 630 Preston North End advance 4–2 on penalties 16 Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal 7,200 or 4,383

† After extra time

Fifth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Leicester City 4–3 † Preston North End 395 2 Leeds United 0–2 Aston Villa 604 3 Manchester United 1–0 Newcastle United 657[9] 4 Fulham 0–2 Watford 698

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Liverpool 9–0 Southend United 1,716 6 Sheffield United 3–1 † Blackpool 828 7 Chelsea 2–1 Barnsley 2,282[10] 8 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Middlesbrough 562

† 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 820 3 Leicester City 1–2 Sheffield United 521 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

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

10 April 2011

12:30

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 5,518

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Aston Villa	0–1	Sheffield United
	Report	Ironside 44'

16 March 2011

19:00

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 1,541

Referee: Paul Tierney

Second leg

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

20 April 2011

19:00

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 9,124

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

6 April 2011

19:00

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 4,016

Final

First leg

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

17 May 2011

19:30

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 29,977

Referee: Michael Oliver

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Second leg

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

23 May 2011

19:30

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