2007–08 FA Cup

The FA Cup 2007-08 will be the 127th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. A record 731 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition.

It will culminate with the FA Cup final, which will be held at Wembley Stadium, London on 17 May 2008. This will be the last FA Cup to be broadcast by the BBC and Sky Sports, before coverage is handed over to ITV and Setanta in August 2008.

For information on the matches played from the Extra Preliminary Round to the Fourth Round Qualifying, see FA Cup 2007-08 Qualifying Rounds.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money	Player of the Round
Extra Preliminary Round	18 August 2007	171	729 → 558	none	£500	none
Preliminary Round	1 September 2007	166	558 → 392	161: 227th-387th	£1,000	none
First Round Qualifying	15 September 2007	116	392 → 276	66: 161st-226th	£2,250	Jack Pitcher (Gloucester City) ^[1]
Second Round Qualifying	29 September 2007	80	276 → 196	44: 117th-160th	£3,750	Matt Townley (Team Bath)^[2]
Third Round Qualifying	13 October 2007	40	196 → 156	none	£5,000	Andy Forbes (Eastleigh F.C.)^[3]
Fourth Round Qualifying	27 October 2007	32	156 → 124	24: 93rd-116th	£10,000	Craig Farrell (York City)^[4]
First Round Proper	10 November 2007	40	124 → 84	48: 45th-92nd	£16,000
Second Round Proper	1 December 2007	20	84 → 64	none	£24,000
Third Round Proper	5 January 2008	32	64 → 32	44: 1st-44th	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	26 January 2008	16	32 → 16	none	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	16 February 2008	8	16 → 8	none	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper (Quarter finals)	8 March 2008	4	8 → 4	none	£300,000
Semi-finals	5 April 2008	2	4 → 2	none	£900,000
Final	17 May 2008	1	2 → 1	none	£1,000,000

First Round Proper

Ties to be played over the weekend of 10 and 11 November 2007.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Darlington	1 - 1	Northampton Town	2,964
replay	Northampton Town	0 - 0	Darlington
2	Hampton & Richmond Borough	0 - 3	Dagenham & Redbridge	2,252
3	Torquay United	4 - 1	Yeovil Town	3,718
4	Leyton Orient	1 - 1	Bristol Rovers	3,157
replay	Bristol Rovers	v	Leyton Orient
5	Bury	4 - 1	Workington	2,641
6	Barnet	2 - 1	Gillingham	2,843
7	Accrington Stanley	2 - 3	Huddersfield Town	2,202
8	Barrow	1 - 1	AFC Bournemouth	2,203
replay	AFC Bournemouth	0 - 0	Barrow
9	Forest Green Rovers	2 - 2	Rotherham United	2,102
replay	Rotherham United	0 - 0	Forest Green Rovers
10	Southend United	2 - 1	Rochdale	5,180
11	Team Bath	0 - 2	Chasetown	2,067
12	Bradford City	1 - 0	Chester City	4,069
13	Morecambe	0 - 2	Port Vale	2,730
14	Hereford United	0 - 0	Leeds United	5,924
replay	Leeds United	0 - 0	Hereford United
15	Mansfield Town	3 - 0	Lewes	2,607
16	Gainsborough Trinity	0 - 6	Hartlepool United	2,402
17	Exeter City	4 - 0	Stevenage Borough	3,513
18	Oldham Athletic	2 - 2	Doncaster Rovers	4,280
replay	Doncaster Rovers	v	Oldham Athletic
19	Peterborough United	4 - 1	Wrexham	4,266
20	Halifax Town	0 - 4	Burton Albion	1,936
21	York City	0 - 1	Havant & Waterlooville	2,001
22	Harrogate Railway	2 - 0	Droylsden	884
23	Rushden & Diamonds	3 - 1	Macclesfield Town	1,759
24	Ware	0 - 2	Kidderminster Harriers	982
25	Walsall	2 - 0	Shrewsbury Town	4,972
26	Horsham	4 - 1	Maidenhead United	3,379
27	Altrincham	1 - 2	Millwall	2,457
28	Cheltenham Town	1 - 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2,984
replay	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 - 0	Cheltenham Town
29	Stockport County	1 - 1	Staines Town	3,460
replay	Staines Town	v	Stockport County
30	Crewe Alexandra	2 - 1	Milton Keynes Dons	3,049
31	Lincoln City	1 - 1	Nottingham Forest	7,361
replay	Notingham Forest	v	Lincoln City
32	Cambridge United	2 - 1	Aldershot Town	2,641
33	Notts County	3 - 0	Histon	4,344
34	Oxford United	3 - 1	Northwich Victoria	2,972
35	Billericay Town	1 - 2	Swansea City	2,334
36	Carlisle United	1 - 1	Grimsby Town	5,128
replay	Grimsby Town	v	Carlisle United
37	Eastbourne Borough	0 - 4	Weymouth	2,711
38	Chesterfield	1 - 2	Tranmere Rovers	4,296
39	Wycombe Wanderers	1 - 2	Swindon Town	3,332
40	Luton Town	1 - 1	Brentford	4,167
replay	Brentford	v	Luton Town

Replays will take place on 20 November, with the exceptions of Doncaster v Oldham and Nottingham Forest v Lincoln which will be played on 27 November. ^{Source [BBC.co.uk⌉}

Second Round Proper

Draw made on 11 November 2007 at 17:15 GMT
Ties to be played over the weekend of 1 December 2007.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Oxford United	v	Southend United
2	Swindon Town	v	Forest Green Rovers / Rotherham United
3	Oldham Athletic / Doncaster Rovers	v	Crewe Alexandra
4	Darlington / Northampton Town	v	Walsall
5	Cambridge United	v	Weymouth
6	Millwall	v	Barrow / A.F.C. Bournemouth
7	Stockport County / Staines Town	v	Peterborough United
8	Bradford City	v	Tranmere Rovers
9	Torquay United	v	Cheltenham Town / Brighton & Hove Albion
10	Notts County	v	Havant & Waterlooville
11	Dagenham & Redbridge	v	Kidderminster Harriers
12	Port Vale	v	Chasetown
13	Leyton Orient / Bristol Rovers	v	Rushden & Diamonds
14	Huddersfield Town	v	Carlisle United / Grimsby Town
15	Burton Albion	v	Barnet
16	Bury	v	Exeter City
17	Luton Town / Brentford	v	Lincoln City / Nottingham Forest
18	Horsham	v	Swansea City
19	Hereford United / Leeds United	v	Hartlepool United
20	Harrogate Railway Athletic	v	Mansfield Town

References

^ "Gloucester star wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 24 September 2007.
^ "Team Bath star wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007.
^ "Eastleigh hero wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 23 October 2007.
^ "Farrell takes the vote". TheFA.com. 10 November 2007.

External links

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[1] "Gloucester star wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 24 September 2007.

[2] "Team Bath star wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007.

[3] "Eastleigh hero wins FA Cup award". BBC Sport. 23 October 2007.

[4] "Farrell takes the vote". TheFA.com. 10 November 2007.

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