The FA Youth Cup
Third Round Proper
Ties to be played by 18 December 2004



1

Sheffield United

v

Millwall (08/12)

3-2

240

2

Liverpool

v

Wealdstone (21/12)

6-0

1123

3

Barnsley

v

Boston United (14/12)

4-1

267

4

Tottenham Hotspur

v

Nottingham Forest (07/12)

1-0

1383

5

Crewe Alexandra

v

Stockport County (15/12)

4-2aet

675

6

Ipswich Town

v

Portsmouth (13/12)

3-2aet

503

7

Newcastle United

v

Blackpool (15/12)

2-1

(at Kingston Park, Newcastle)

8

Queens Park Rangers

v

Southampton (07/12)

1-3

541

9

Cambridge United

v

Port Vale (14/12)

0-1

406

10

Bristol City

v

Rotherham United (08/12)

3-1aet

117

11

Wigan Athletic

v

Leeds United (15/12)

1-2

345

 

(at Leeds United FC)

 

 

 

12

Fulham

v

Birmingham City (06/12)

2-1

178

13

Wolverhampton Wanderers

v

Reading (14/12)

1-0

325

14

Colchester United

v

Chelsea (14/12)

2-1

686

15

Burnley

v

Norwich City (15/12)

1-2aet

750

16

Aston Villa

v

Wycombe Wdrs (08/12)

1-0

563

17

Burscough

v

Preston North End (15/12)

0-1

341

18

Arsenal

v

Crystal Palace (16/12)

3-0

(at Barnet FC)

19

Manchester City

v

West Bromwich Albion (15/12)

4-1

501

(at Regional Athletics Arena)

20

Manchester United

v

Stoke City (16/12)

0-1

(at Hyde United FC)

21

Sunderland

v

Leicester City (16/12)

2-0

(at Durham City FC)

22

Gillingham

v

West Ham United (07/12)

3-6aet

739

23

Redbridge

v

Middlesbrough (16/12)

0-3

24

Derby County

v

Grimsby Town (30/11)

4-0

429

25

Watford

v

Coventry City (07/12)

1-0

302

26

Plymouth Argyle

v

Darlington (14/12)

1-0

445

27

Bolton Wanderers

v

Blackburn Rovers (15/12)

2-3

1356

28

Woking

v

Brighton & Hove Albion (16/12)

0-6

29

Hull City

v

Cardiff City (15/12)

0-1

235

(at North Ferriby United FC)

30

Yeovil Town

v

Luton Town (15/12)

2-0

501

31

Everton

v

Charlton Athletic (13/12)

1-0

433

32

Leyton Orient

v

Shrewsbury Town (08/12)

2-0

207



MATCH DATES

All ties must be played by Saturday 18 December 2004. Kick-off times will be 7.45 pm for midweek matches and 3.00 pm for weekend matches unless otherwise agreed by both clubs. Home Clubs MUST ensure that the Match Arrangement Form is completed and returned to be received at this office no later than 5.00pm on Monday 29 November 2004 – PLEASE ONLY FAX THIS FORM TO 020 7287 5189.

Ties may be played on Sundays by mutual agreement. If problems are experienced in fixing a date to avoid 1st XI fixtures please ring the Competitions Department. Please remember that FA Youth Cup ties take priority over all other fixtures except Home 1st XI fixtures.

There are no replays in the FA Youth Cup, If a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of 15 minutes each way must be played. If the scores are still level at the end of extra time, kicks from the penalty mark shall be taken to decide the winner.

PLAYER QUALIFICATION

The only Players who are eligible to take part are those who have not reached the age of 18 years as at midnight on 31st of August of the current Season. Therefore, in terms of date of birth, a player must have been born on or after 1 September 1986 to be eligible. If he is born before this date, he is not eligible to play.

Only those Players qualified to play in a Round shall be eligible to play in the Semi-Final or Final Ties.

The player qualification date is 12 noon on the day before the date fixed for playing the match, this includes postponements.

TELEPHONING OF RESULTS

Home Clubs must phone match results to The Press Association on 0870 1240151 and to The FA on 0870 1600566