FA Cup 2014/15

FA Cup 2014/15

Cup winners	Arsenal FC (12th title)
Teams	736
Games	154
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The 2014/15 FA Cup is the 134th edition of the world's oldest football cup tournament , The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup . This cup season started with 736 clubs.

The cup competition began on August 16, 2014 with the extra preliminary round and ends with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on May 30, 2015.

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round	date	Games	societies	New entrants	Bonuses	Player of the round
Extra preliminary round	August 16, 2014	184	736 → 552	368	£ 1,500	none
Preliminary round	August 30, 2014	160	552 → 392	136	£ 1,925	none
First qualifying round	September 13, 2014	116	392 → 276	72	£ 3,000
Second qualifying round	September 27, 2014	80	276 → 196	44	£ 4,500
Third qualifying round	October 11, 2014	40	196 → 156	no	£ 7,500
Fourth qualifying round	October 25, 2014	32	156 → 124	24	£ 12,500
First main round	November 8, 2014	40	124 → 84	48	£ 18,000
Second main round	December 6, 2014	20th	84 → 64	no	£ 27,000
Third main round	January 3, 2015	32	64 → 32	44	£ 67,500
Fourth main round	January 24, 2015	16	32 → 16	no	£ 90,000
Fifth main round	February 14, 2015	8th	16 → 8	no	£ 180,000
Sixth main round (quarter-finals)	March 7, 2015	4th	8 → 4	no	£ 360,000
Semifinals	18. – 19. April 2015	2	4 → 2	no	Winner: £ 900,000 Loser: £ 450,000
final	May 30, 2015	1	2 → 1	no	Winner: £ 1,800,000 Loser: £ 900,000

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 pairings of each round will be drawn in an open draw without a seeding list. The team drawn first has home rights. If the game ends in a draw, a second leg takes place on the other team's pitch. 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.

Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:

In the second qualifying round, the teams from Conference North / South (6th division of the English league) are added.
In the fourth qualifying round, the teams of the Conference National (5th division of the English league) are added.
In the first main round, the teams of League 1 and 2 of the Football League (3rd and 4th division of the English league) are added.
In the third main round on the first weekend in January, the teams from the Football League Championship (2nd division of the English league) and the Premier League (1st division of the English division) are added

The semi-finals will take place in a neutral place, the final in Wembley Stadium.

Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.

Main round

First main round

In the first main round, each of the 24 teams of Football League One and Two entered the competition.

The draw for the first main round took place on October 27, 2014. The games were held on 7/8/9/10/18. November 2014. The replay games were on 18./19./20./25. November 2014.

	Result
Warrington Town	1-0	Exeter City
Barnet FC	1: 3	Wycombe Wanderers
Barnsley FC	5-0	Burton Albion
Basingstoke Town	1: 1	AFC Telford United
Bromley FC	3: 4	Dartford FC
Bury FC	3: 1	Hemel Hempstead Town
Cambridge United	1-0	Fleetwood Town
Cheltenham Town	5-0	Swindon Town
Crewe Alexandra	0-0	Sheffield United
Dagenham & Redbridge	0-0	Southport FC
Dover Athletic	1-0	Morecambe FC
Eastleigh FC	2: 1	Lincoln City FC
Gillingham FC	1: 2	Bristol City
Grimsby Town	1: 3	Oxford United
Hartlepool United	2-0	East Thurrock United
Luton Town	4: 2	AFC Newport County
Northampton Town	0-0	Rochdale AFC
Oldham Athletic	1-0	Leyton Orient
Peterborough United	2: 1	Carlisle United
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	AFC Fylde
Port Vale	3: 4	Milton Keynes Dons
Southend United	1: 2	Chester FC
Tranmere Rovers	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Walsall FC	2: 2	Shrewsbury Town
Yeovil Town	1-0	Crawley Town
York city	1: 1	AFC Wimbledon
Blyth Spartans	4: 1	Altrincham FC
Braintree Town	0: 6	Chesterfield FC
Coventry City	1: 2	Worcester City
Forest Green Rovers	0: 2	Scunthorpe United
Gosport Borough	3: 6	Colchester United
Halifax Town FC	1: 2	Bradford City
Norton United	0: 4	Gateshead FC
Notts County	0-0	Accrington Stanley
Portsmouth FC	2: 2	Aldershot Town
Stevenage FC	0-0	Maidstone United
Wrexham FC	3-0	Woking FC
Havant & Waterlooville	0: 3	Preston North End
Mansfield Town	1: 1	Concord Rangers
AFC Weston-super-Mare	1: 4	Doncaster Rovers

Replay games

	Result
Accrington Stanley	2: 1	Notts County
Rochdale AFC	2: 1	Northampton Town
Sheffield United	2-0	Crewe Alexandra
Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Walsall FC
Southport FC	2-0	Dagenham & Redbridge
AFC Telford United	2: 1	Basingstoke Town
AFC Wimbledon	3: 1	York city
Aldershot Town	1-0	Portsmouth FC
Maidstone United	2: 1	Stevenage FC
Concord Rangers	0: 1	Mansfield Town

Second main round

The draw for the second main round took place on November 10, 2014. The games were played between December 5 and 7, 2014. The replays were on 16./17. December 2014 and January 2, 2015.

	Result
Hartlepool United	1: 2	Blyth Spartans
Accrington Stanley	1: 1	Yeovil Town
Bury FC	1: 1	Luton Town
Cambridge United	2: 2	Mansfield Town
Milton Keynes Dons	¹0: 1 ¹	Chesterfield FC
Oldham Athletic	0: 1	Doncaster Rovers
Oxford United	2: 2	Tranmere Rovers
Preston North End	1-0	Shrewsbury Town
Sheffield United	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
Wrexham FC	3: 1	Maidstone United
Gateshead FC	2-0	Warrington Town
Aldershot Town	0-0	Rochdale AFC
Barnsley FC	0-0	Chester FC
Bradford City	4: 1	Dartford FC
Bristol City	1-0	AFC Telford United
Cheltenham Town	0: 1	Dover Athletic
Colchester United	1-0	Peterborough United
Southport FC	2: 1	Eastleigh FC
Scunthorpe United	1: 1	Worcester City
Wycombe Wanderers	0: 1	AFC Wimbledon

¹The Chesterfield FC team have one unregistered player ( Georg Margreitter on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers ), annulling their 1-0 win over Milton Keynes Dons . The FA decided to repeat the game.

Replay games

	Result
Chester FC	0: 3	Barnsley FC
Luton Town	1-0	Bury FC
Mansfield Town	0: 1	Cambridge United
Rochdale AFC	4: 1	Aldershot Town
Tranmere Rovers	2: 1	Oxford United
Yeovil Town	2-0	Accrington Stanley
Worcester City	1: 1 a.d. (13:14 i.E.)	Scunthorpe United
Milton Keynes Dons	0: 1	Chesterfield FC

Third main round

In this round, the teams of the FA Premier League (20 teams) and the teams of the Football League Championship (24 teams) entered the competition.

The draw for the third main round took place on December 9, 2014. The games were played between January 2nd and 6th, 2015. The replay games were played on January 13 and 14, 2015.

	Result
Cardiff City	3: 1	Colchester United
Barnsley FC	0: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Blyth Spartans	2: 3	Birmingham City
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Brentford FC	0: 2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Cambridge United	2: 1	Luton Town
Charlton Athletic	1: 2	Blackburn Rovers
Derby County	1-0	Southport FC
Doncaster Rovers	1: 1	Bristol City
Fulham FC	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Huddersfield Town	0: 1	Reading FC
Leicester City	1-0	Newcastle United
Millwall FC	3: 3	Bradford City
Preston North End	2-0	Norwich City
Rochdale AFC	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United	1: 5	Bournemouth AFC
Tranmere Rovers	2: 6	Swansea City
West Bromwich Albion	7-0	Gateshead FC
Arsenal FC	2-0	Hull City
Aston Villa	1-0	Blackpool FC
Chelsea FC	3-0	Watford FC
Dover Athletic	0: 4	Crystal Palace
Manchester City	2: 1	Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers	0: 3	Sheffield United
Southampton FC	1: 1	Ipswich Town
Stoke City	3: 1	Wrexham FC
Sunderland AFC	1-0	Leeds United
Yeovil Town	0: 2	Manchester United
Burnley FC	1: 1	Tottenham Hotspur
AFC Wimbledon	1: 2	Liverpool FC
Everton FC	1: 1	West Ham United
Scunthorpe United	2: 2	Chesterfield FC

Replay games

	Result
Bristol City	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Chesterfield FC	2: 0 a.d.	Scunthorpe United
West Ham United	2: 2 n.V. (9: 8 p.e.)	Everton FC
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3: 3 n.V. (3: 5 p.e.)	Fulham FC
Bradford City	4-0	Millwall FC
Ipswich Town	0: 1	Southampton FC
Tottenham Hotspur	4: 2	Burnley FC

Fourth main round

The draw for the fourth main round took place on January 5, 2015. The games were played between January 23 and 26, 2015. The replay games were played on February 3rd and 4th, 2015.

	Result
Cambridge United	0-0	Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers	3: 1	Swansea City
Birmingham City	1: 2	West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City	1: 2	Reading FC
Chelsea FC	2: 4	Bradford City
Derby County	2-0	Chesterfield FC
Liverpool FC	0-0	Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City	0: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Preston North End	1: 1	Sheffield United
Southampton FC	2: 3	Crystal Palace
Sunderland AFC	0-0	Fulham FC
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 2	Leicester City
Aston Villa	2: 1	Bournemouth AFC
Brighton & Hove Albion	2: 3	Arsenal FC
Bristol City	0: 1	West Ham United
Rochdale AFC	1: 4	Stoke City

Replay games

	Result
Fulham FC	1: 3	Sunderland AFC
Manchester United	3-0	Cambridge United
Sheffield United	1: 3	Preston North End
Bolton Wanderers	1: 2	Liverpool FC

Fifth main round

The draw for the fifth main round took place on January 26, 2015. The games were played from February 14 to 16, 2015.

	Result
Blackburn Rovers	4: 1	Stoke City
Crystal Palace	1: 2	Liverpool FC
Derby County	1: 2	Reading FC
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	West Ham United
Arsenal FC	2-0	Middlesbrough FC
Aston Villa	2: 1	Leicester City
Bradford City	2-0	Sunderland AFC
Preston North End	1: 3	Manchester United

Sixth main round (quarter-finals)

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on February 16, 2015. The games were played from March 7th to 9th, 2015. The replay games were played on March 16 and April 8, 2015.