FA Cup 2002/03

FA Cup 2002/03

Cup winners	Arsenal FC (9th title)
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The FA Cup 2002/03 was the 122nd edition of the world's oldest soccer cup tournament; The Football Association Challenge Cup or FA Cup for short . The cup competition ended with the final on May 17, 2003 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , Wales . The winner of this event was Arsenal FC .

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round	date
Extra preliminary round
Preliminary round
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round	October 12, 2002
Fourth qualifying round	October 26, 2002
First main round	November 16, 2002
Second main round	December 7, 2002
Third main round	January 4, 2003
Fourth main round	January 25, 2003
Fifth main round	February 15, 2003
Sixth main round (quarter-finals)	March 8, 2003
Semifinals	April 13, 2003
final	May 17, 2003

mode

Complete overview at: FA Cup

The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and an appropriate playing field can take part. The game is played i. d. Usually only with a first leg. In the event of a tie, a second leg takes place. If the second leg also ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out. This mode lasts until the sixth main round. From the semi-finals onwards there is only one game, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-out. Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.

Main round

First main round

The games were played on November 16 and 17, 2002. The replay took place between November 25th and 26th.

Game no.	home	Result	Away	spectator
1	Chesterfield FC	1: 2	Morecambe FC	3,703
2	Bournemouth AFC	2: 1	Doncaster Rovers	5,371
3	AFC Barrow	2-0	Moor Green FC	2,650
4th	Bury FC	0: 3	Plymouth Argyle	2,987
5	Rochdale AFC	3: 2	Peterborough United	2,566
6th	Yeovil Town	0: 2	Cheltenham Town	6,455
7th	Vauxhall Motors	0-0	Queens Park Rangers	3,507
Replay	Queens Park Rangers	1: 1	Vauxhall Motors	5,336
Vauxhall Motors won 4-3 on penalties
8th	Northwich Victoria	0: 3	Scunthorpe United	1,724
9	Luton Town	4-0	AFC Guiseley	5,248
10	Swindon Town	1-0	Huddersfield Town	4.210
11	Scarborough FC	0-0	Cambridge United	3,479
Replay	Cambridge United	2: 1	Scarborough FC	5,365
12	Shrewsbury Town	4-0	Stafford Rangers	5.114
13	Wrexham FC	0: 2	Darlington FC	3,442
14th	Tranmere Rovers	2: 2	Cardiff City	5,592
Replay	Cardiff City	2: 1	Tranmere Rovers	6,853
15th	Stockport County	4: 1	FC St Albans City	3,303
16	Wycombe Wanderers	2: 4	Brentford FC	5,673
17th	Kidderminster Harriers	2: 2	Rushden & Diamonds	3,079
Replay	Rushden & Diamonds	2: 1	Kidderminster Harriers	3,391
18th	Barnsley FC	1: 4	Blackpool FC	6,857
19th	Bristol Rovers	0-0	Runcorn Halton FC	4.135
Replay	Runcorn Halton FC	1: 3	Bristol Rovers	2,444
20th	Northampton Town	3: 2	Boston United	4,373
21st	Hull City	0: 3	Macclesfield Town	7,803
22nd	Carlisle United	2: 1	Lincoln City FC	4,388
23	Oldham Athletic	2: 2	Burton Albion	5,802
Replay	Burton Albion	2: 2 a.d.	Oldham Athletic	3,416
Oldham Athletic won 5-4 on penalties
24	Southend United	1: 1	Hartlepool United	4,984
Replay	Hartlepool United	1: 2	Southend United	4,080
25th	Port Vale	0: 1	Crewe Alexandra	5,507
26th	Southport FC	4: 2	Notts County	3,519
27	Torquay United	5-0	Boreham Wood FC	2,739
28	York city	2: 1	Swansea City	2,948
29	Hereford United	0: 1	Wigan Athletic	4,005
30th	Tiverton Town	1: 1	Crawley Town	1,840
Replay	Crawley Town	3: 2	Tiverton Town	3,907
31	Colchester United	0: 1	Chester City	2,901
32	Leyton Orient	1: 1	Margate FC	3,605
Replay	Margate FC	1-0	Leyton Orient	2,048
33	Slough Town	1: 2	Harrogate Railway Athletic	1,687
34	Farnborough Town	5: 1	Harrogate Town	1,090
35	Forest Green Rovers	0-0	Exeter City	2.147
Replay	Exeter City	1-0	Forest Green Rovers	2,951
36	Heybridge Swifts	0: 7	Bristol City	2,046
37	Stevenage Borough	1-0	Hastings United	1,821
38	Dover Athletic	0: 1	Oxford United	4,186
39	Dagenham & Redbridge	3: 2	Havant & Waterlooville	1,546
40	FC Team Bath	2: 4	Mansfield Town	5,469

Second main round

The games were played on December 7th and 8th, 2002. The replays followed on December 17-23 of that year.

Game no.	home	Result	Away	spectator
1	Blackpool FC	3: 1	Torquay United	5.014
2	Darlington FC	4: 1	Stevenage Borough	3,351
3	Macclesfield Town	2-0	Vauxhall Motors	2,972
4th	Crewe Alexandra	3-0	Mansfield Town	4,563
5	Shrewsbury Town	0-0	AFC Barrow	4.210
6th	Stockport County	0: 3	Plymouth Argyle	3,571
7th	Bristol Rovers	1: 1	Rochdale AFC	4,369
Replay	Rochdale AFC	3: 2	Bristol Rovers	2,206
8th	Oldham Athletic	1: 2	Cheltenham Town	4,416
9	Southend United	1: 1	Bournemouth AFC	5,721
Replay	Bournemouth AFC	3: 2	Southend United	5,456
10	Exeter City	3: 1	Rushden & Diamonds	2,277
11	Scunthorpe United	0-0	Carlisle United	3,590
Replay	Carlisle United	0: 1	Scunthorpe United	6,809
12	Margate FC	0: 3	Cardiff City	1,362
13	Southport FC	0: 3	Farnborough Town	2,534
14th	Morecambe FC	3: 2	Chester City	4,293
15th	York city	1: 2	Brentford FC	3,517
16	Wigan Athletic	3-0	Luton Town	4,544
17th	Cambridge United	2: 2	Northampton Town	5,076
Replay	Northampton Town	0: 1	Cambridge United	4,591
18th	Harrogate Railway Athletic	1: 3	Bristol City	3,500
19th	Crawley Town	1: 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	4,516
20th	Oxford United	1-0	Swindon Town	11,645

Third main round

The games were played on January 4-7, 2003. Necessary replay games have been scheduled for January 14th and 15th.

Game no.	home	Result	Away	spectator
1	Blackpool FC	1: 2	Crystal Palace	9,062
2	Darlington FC	2: 3	Farnborough Town	4,260
3	Bournemouth AFC	0-0	Crewe Alexandra	7,252
Replay	Crewe Alexandra	2: 2 a.d.	Bournemouth AFC	4,540
Bournemouth AFC won 3-1 on penalties
4th	Preston North End	1: 2	Rochdale AFC	8,762
5	Southampton FC	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur	25,589
Replay	Blackpool FC	0: 1	Leicester City	6,938
6th	Walsall FC	0-0	Reading FC	14,457
Replay	Reading FC	1: 1 a.d.	Walsall FC	4,540
FC Walsall won 4-1 on penalties
7th	Gillingham FC	4: 1	Sheffield Wednesday	6,434
8th	Leicester City	2-0	Bristol City	25,868
9	Aston Villa	1: 4	Blackburn Rovers	23,884
10	Bolton Wanderers	1: 1	Sunderland AFC	10.123
Replay	Sunderland AFC	2-0	Bolton Wanderers	14,550
11	Grimsby Town	2: 2	Burnley FC	5,350
Replay	Burnley FC	4-0	Grimsby Town	5,436
12	Macclesfield Town	0: 2	Watford FC	4,244
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3: 2	Newcastle United	27,316
14th	West Bromwich Albion	3: 1	Bradford City	19,909
15th	Shrewsbury Town	2: 1	Everton FC	7,800
16	Sheffield United	4-0	Cheltenham Town	9,166
17th	Ipswich Town	4-0	Morecambe FC	18,529
18th	Manchester City	0: 1	Liverpool FC	28,586
19th	Fulham FC	3: 1	Birmingham City	9,203
20th	Brentford FC	1-0	Derby County	8,709
21st	West Ham United	3: 2	Nottingham Forest	29,612
22nd	Manchester United	4: 1	Portsmouth FC	67,222
23	Norwich City	3: 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	17.205
24	Plymouth Argyle	2: 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	11,885
Replay	Dagenham & Redbridge	2-0	Plymouth Argyle	4,530
25th	Chelsea FC	1-0	Middlesbrough FC	29,796
26th	Scunthorpe United	0: 2	Leeds United	8,329
27	Cardiff City	2: 2	Coventry City	16,013
Replay	Coventry City	3-0	Cardiff City	11,997
28	Charlton Athletic	3: 1	Exeter City	18,107
29	Arsenal FC	2-0	Oxford United	35,432
30th	Stoke City	3-0	Wigan Athletic	9,618
31	Rotherham United	0: 3	Wimbledon FC	4,527
32	Cambridge United	1: 1	Millwall FC	6,864
Replay	Millwall FC	3: 2	Cambridge United	7,031

Fourth main round

The games took place on January 25th and 26th, 2003. The required replay games were played on February 4th and 5th.

Game no.	Home team	Result	Away team	spectator
1	Rochdale AFC	2-0	Coventry City	9,156
2	Southampton FC	1: 1	Millwall FC	23,809
Replay	Millwall FC	1: 2	Southampton FC	10.197
3	Watford FC	1-0	West Bromwich Albion	16,975
4th	Walsall FC	2-0	Wimbledon FC	6,693
5	Gillingham FC	1: 1	Leeds United	11.093
Replay	Leeds United	2: 1	Gillingham FC	29,359
6th	Blackburn Rovers	3: 3	Sunderland AFC	14,315
Replay	Sunderland AFC	2: 2 a.d.	Reading FC	15,745
Sunderland AFC won 3-0 on penalties
7th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4: 1	Leicester City	28.164
8th	Shrewsbury Town	0: 4	Chelsea FC	7,950
9	Sheffield United	4: 3	Ipswich Town	12,757
10	Fulham FC	3-0	Charlton Athletic	12.203
11	Brentford FC	0: 3	Burnley FC	9,563
12	Manchester United	6-0	West Ham United	67.181
13	Norwich City	0-0	Dagenham & Redbridge	21,164
14th	Crystal Palace	0-0	Liverpool FC	26,054
Replay	Liverpool FC	0: 2	Crystal Palace	35,109
15th	Farnborough Town	1: 5	Arsenal FC	35,108
16	Stoke City	3: 2	Bournemouth AFC	12.004

Fifth main round

The matches were held on February 15 and 16, 2003. The replay followed on February 26th.

Game no.	Home team	Result	Away team	spectator
1	Southampton FC	2-0	Norwich City	31,103
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3: 1	Rochdale AFC	23,921
3	Sunderland AFC	0: 2	Watford FC	26,916
4th	Sheffield United	2-0	Walsall FC	17,510
5	Fulham FC	0-0	Burnley FC	13,062
Replay	Burnley FC	3-0	Fulham FC	11,635
6th	Manchester United	0: 2	Arsenal FC	67.209
7th	Crystal Palace	1: 2	Leeds United	24,512
8th	Stoke City	0: 2	Chelsea FC	26,615

Sixth main round

The games took place on March 8th and 9th, 2003. The replay took place on March 25th.

game	home	Result	Away	spectator
1	Arsenal FC	2: 2	Chelsea FC	38.104
Replay	Chelsea FC	1: 3	Arsenal FC	41,456
2	Sheffield United	1-0	Leeds United	24,633
3	Watford FC	2-0	Burnley FC	20,336
4th	Southampton FC	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31,715

Semifinals

The games were played on April 13, 2003. The venue for Arsenal against Sheffield was Old Trafford in Manchester . Watford FC and Southampton met at Villa Park in Birmingham .