2018–19 FA Youth Cup explained

FA Youth Cup
Other Titles:Football Association Youth Cup
Country:England
Wales
Year:2018–19
Num Teams:521
Champions:Liverpool
Runner-Up:Manchester City
Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 FA Youth Cup was the 67th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea who were going for their sixth win in a row. Liverpool won the final 5-3 after a penalty shoot-out against Manchester City, it was their fourth win in the competition.[1] [2]

First round

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 North Shields (9) 0-7 Bury (4) 256[3]
2 Doncaster Rovers (3) 0-3 Rochdale (3)
3 Fleetwood Town (3) 2-1 Carlisle United (4)197
4 Morecambe (4) 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (4) 170
5 Blackpool (3) 4-0 Guiseley (6) 156
6 Tranmere Rovers (4) 0-3 Accrington Stanley (3) 211
7 FC Halifax Town (5) 0-1 Sunderland (3) 159
8 Salford City (5) 3–1 Bradford City (3) 210[4]
9 Chester (6) 2-1 Barnsley (3) 648[5]
10 Altrincham (6) 1-6 Oldham Athletic (4) 259[6]
11 South Shields (7) 6-2 Macclesfield Town (4) 359
12 Scunthorpe United (3) 6-1 AFC Telford United (6) 152[7]
13 Rugby Borough (11) 2-6 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 172
14 Shrewsbury Town (3) 0-1 Lincoln City (4) 258
15 Cogenhoe United (9) 2-1 Grantham Town (7) 118
16 Grimsby Town (4) 2-3 Mansfield Town (4) 146
17 Long Eaton United (9) 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons (4)
18 Port Vale (4) 6-1 Kidderminster Harriers (6)
19 Walsall (3) 1-2 Notts County (4) 286
20 Burton Albion (3) 1-2 Coventry City (3)
21 Stevenage (4) 3-2 Colchester United (4) 330
Tie Home team Score Away team
22 Peterborough Sports (8) 0-1 Barnet (5) 122
23 Cambridge United (4) 2-1 AFC Sudbury (8) 215[8]
24 Leyton Orient (5) 3-4 Southend United (3) 336
25 Luton Town (3) 4-1 Brentwood Town (8) 255[9]
26 Hullbridge Sports (9) 0-2 Peterborough United (3) 278
27 Northampton Town (4) 4–0 King's Lynn Town (7) 521[10]
28 Worthing (7) 1-2 Cray Wanderers (8) 170
29 Wingate & Finchley (7) 5-3 Kings Langley (7) 102[11]
30 Phoenix Sports (8) 1-4 Andover Town (10) 75
31 Lewes (7) 2-3 Sutton United (5) 105[12]
32 Charlton Athletic (3) 6-0 Whitehawk (7) 243[13]
33 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0-3 Oxford United (3) 120
34 AFC Wimbledon (3) 1-3 Gillingham (3) 339
35 Maidenhead United (5) 5-0 Dulwich Hamlet (6) 164
36 Exeter City (4) 3-2 Plymouth Argyle (3) 446[14]
37 Newport County (4) 1-2 Yeovil Town (4) 200
38 Portsmouth (3) 5-2 Bristol Rovers (3) 591[15]
39 Forest Green Rovers (4) 1-3 Cheltenham Town (4)
40 Aldershot Town (5) 1-4 Clevedon Town (9) 112
41 Torquay United (6) 4-1 Totton & Eling (10)
42 Swindon Town (4) 7-0 Moneyfields (8) 151

Second round

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Lincoln City (4) 6-2 South Shields (7) 442[16]
2 Bury (4) 3-2 Fleetwood Town (3) 277
3 Scunthorpe United (3) 1-2 Blackpool (3) 202[17]
4 Mansfield Town (4) 2-0 Chester (6) 325
5 Sunderland (3) 4-1 Oldham Athletic (4) 210
6 Accrington Stanley (3) 2–0 Notts County (4)
7 Rochdale (3) 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 301
8 Port Vale (4) 3–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 231[18]
9 Salford City (5) 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (4) 259[19]
10 Cogenhoe United (9) 3-2 Coventry City (3) 238
Tie Home team Score Away team
11 Yeovil Town (4) 1-4 Cambridge United (4) 231
12 Charlton Athletic (3) 2-0 Southend United (3) 166
13 Clevedon Town (9) 1-2 Sutton United
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226
14 Peterborough United (3) 3-0 Luton Town (3) 429[20]
15 Oxford United (3) 1-0 Barnet (5) 266[21]
16 Stevenage (4) 4-0 Exeter City (4) 240
17 Northampton Town (3) 2-0 Swindon Town (4) 577[22]
18 Maidenhead United (5) 3-1 Torquay United (6) 239
19 Cray Wanderers (8) 0-4 Portsmouth (3) 270[23]
20 Cheltenham Town (4) 0-4 Gillingham (3) 212[24]
21 Wingate & Finchley (7) 2-2 (7-8 p) Andover Town (10) 135
|note = Sutton United was kicked out for using ineligible Player so Clevedon Town moved on instead

Fifth round

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Preston North End (2) 0—2 Bury (4) 1,027[38]
2 AFC Bournemouth 2—0 Aston Villa (2) 356
3 1—2 West Bromwich Albion (2) 391
4 Everton 2—0 178
5 Bolton Wanderers (2) 0—3 Leicester City 267
6 Liverpool 2—0 Wigan Athletic (2) 576
7 Derby County (2) 1—2 Manchester City
8 Watford 4—1 Ipswich Town (2) 260

Quarter finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1 1–4 Manchester City 1,136[39]
2 West Bromwich Albion (2) 4-3613
3 1–2 aet Watford 716
4 Bury (4) 1–5 Liverpool 765[40]

Final

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool win FA Youth Cup after penalty shootout with Manchester City. 25 April 2019. Guardian. 25 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Liverpool win mini title race after penalty shootout with Manchester City. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/fa-youth-cup-final-liverpool-man-city-bobby-duncan-goal-penalty-shoot-out-a8887001.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. 25 April 2019. The Independent. 25 August 2020.
  3. Web site: North Shields Youth 0 Bury Youth 7 (01/11/2018) – Young Robins bow out of FA Youth Cup after brave performance. North Shields FC.
  4. Web site: Young Ammies Beat Bantams to Make Round Two. Salford City FC.
  5. Web site: Youth Report – Chester 2-1 Barnsley. Chester FC.
  6. Web site: Match Report: Youth Team Progress To second round Of FA Youth Cup With A Dominant Display. Oldham Athletic FC.
  7. Web site: Report: Iron U18s 6-1 AFC Telford United U18s. Scunthorpe United FC.
  8. Web site: FA Youth Cup Report: Cambridge United 2 AFC Sudbury 1. Cambridge United FC.
  9. Web site: FA Youth Cup Report: Hatters U18S 4 Brentwood Town 1. Luton Town FC.
  10. Web site: Northampton Town 4 King's Lynn Town 0 - the match report. Northampton Town FC.
  11. Web site: FA Youth Cup 1st round. Wingate and Finchley FC. 2022-12-22. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214204944/https://www.wingatefinchley.com/kingsu18011118.php. bot: unknown.
  12. Web site: FA Youth Cup 18-19 - First round proper Thursday 1 November 2018, 19:45. Isthmian League.
  13. Web site: FA Youth Cup ReportO :Charlton 6 Whitehawk 0. Charlton Athletic FC.
  14. Web site: Under-18s: City 3 Plymouth Argyle 2. Exeter City FC.
  15. Web site: Pompey Academy 5 Bristol Rovers 2. Portsmouth FC.
  16. Web site: Youngsters hold heads high after valiant FA Youth Cup loss at Lincoln. South Shields FC. 2022-12-16. 2021-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803224803/https://southshieldsfc.co.uk/youngsters-hold-heads-high-after-valiant-fa-youth-cup-loss-at-lincoln/. bot: unknown.
  17. Web site: Report: Iron U18s 1-2 Blackpool U18s. Scunthorpe United FC.
  18. Web site: 'Strong, quick and eye for goal' how 15-year-old first-team debutant Nelson Agho completed great night for Port Vale's academy. Stoke Sentinel.
  19. Web site: Alexandra End Ammies’ FA Youth Cup Hopes. Salford City FC.
  20. Web site: Youth Report – Town U18S Go Down 3-0 at Posh. Luton Town FC.
  21. Web site: Slavi Spasov fires Oxford United into FA Youth Cup meeting with Burnley. Oxford Mail.
  22. Web site: Northampton Town 2 Swindon Town 0. Northampton Town FC.
  23. Web site: Cray Wanderers 0-4 Portsmouth - Liverpool was the dream but we've fallen short at the last hurdle but we can take massive pride, says Cray Wanderers assistant Adam Flemming. Kentish Football.
  24. Web site: FA Youth Cup: Under-18s 0, Gillingham 4. Cheltenham Town FC.
  25. Web site: FAYC Report: Rovers 1 Gillingham 2. Blackburn Rovers FC.
  26. Web site: FA Youth Cup: Town U18s 0-2 Peterborough. Huddersfield Town AFC.
  27. Web site: AN OUTSTANDING FREE-KICK FROM SONNY BLU LO-EVERTON SEALS FA YOUTH CUP WIN FOR WATFORD. The FA.
  28. Web site: PNE U18 2 Charlton Athletic U18 2 (PNE Win 3-1 On Penalties). Preston North End FC.
  29. Web site: Brennan Johnson double for Nottingham Forest sets up potential FA Youth Cup tie with Manchester City. Nottingham Post.
  30. Web site: Last-gasp Cherries complete FA Youth Cup turnaround. AFC Bournemouth.
  31. Web site: Late turnaround sees us through in FA Youth Cup. Tottenham Hotspurs FC.
  32. Web site: FA Youth Cup Report: Cambridge United U18s 1 Reading U18s 3. Cambridge United FC.
  33. Web site: Report: Gillingham 1-2 Ipswich Town – Late goal sends Ipswich through at Priestfield.. Gillingham FC.
  34. Web site: Oxford United knocked out of FA Youth Cup by Bournemouth. Oxford Mail.
  35. Web site: Arsenal U18s 5-2 Spurs U18s Youth Cup live: Team news, goal updates, analysis and how to watch. Football London.
  36. Web site: Preston North End U18s 3 Norwich City U18s 0. Preston North End FC.
  37. Web site: Match report for Peterborough United U18 vs Bury U18 on 17 Jan 19. The Posh.
  38. Web site: Preston North End Under-18s 0 Bury Under-18s 2 - match report as the Lilywhites bow out of the FA Youth Cup. Lancashire Post.
  39. Web site: Manchester City Reach FA Youth Cup Semi-Final After 4-1 Victory at AFC Bournemouth. The FA.
  40. Web site: Liverpool End Bury's Remarkable FA Youth Cup Run With Quarter-Final Win at Gigg Lane. The FA.

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