1999–2000 FA Cup

1999–2000 FA Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Champions Chelsea (3rd title)
Runners-up Aston Villa
Top goal scorer(s) Gustavo Poyet
(6 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 FA Cup was the 119th staging of the world's oldest cup competition, the Football Association Cup or FA Cup. Both the semi-finals and final of the competition were played at Wembley Stadium for the last time before reconstruction work began. The competition culminated with the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Aston Villa. The game was won by a goal from Chelsea's Roberto Di Matteo, giving them a 1-0 victory.

The previous season's winners, Manchester United, withdrew from the 1999–2000 competition due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in South America, to take place in early 2000,[1] thus becoming the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title. Despite this being at the request of the Football Association (FA), they received criticism from journalists and television pundits.[2] To keep the competition running smoothly, the FA chose to draw one team from among those lower-division teams defeated in the second round to progress as "lucky losers" to the third.[3] Darlington were the team drawn.[4]

The main competition started in November 1999 for clubs from the Football League and Premiership. For details on the preliminary and qualifying rounds of the FA Cup see FA Cup Archives.

Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round Prize money
Preliminary Round 21 August 1999 166 558 → 392 161: 227th–387th £1,000
First Round Qualifying 4 September 1999 116 392 → 276 66: 161st–226th £2,250
Second Round Qualifying 18 September 1999 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £3,750
Third Round Qualifying 2 October 1999 40 196 → 156 none £5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying 16 October 1999 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £10,000
First Round Proper 30 October 1999 40 124 → 84 48: 45th–92nd £16,000
Second Round Proper 19 November 1999 20 84 → 64 none £24,000
Third Round Proper 11 December 1999 32 64 → 32 43: 2nd–44thdouble-dagger £40,000
Fourth Round Proper 8 January 2000 16 32 → 16 none £60,000
Fifth Round Proper 29 January 2000 8 16 → 8 none £120,000
Sixth Round Proper 19 February 2000 4 8 → 4 none £300,000
Semi Finals 2 April 2000 2 4 → 2 none £900,000
Final 20 May 2000 1 2 → 1 none £1,000,000

double-dagger Manchester United, who were the winners the previous season, did not enter.

First round proper

For the qualifying rounds, see 1999–2000 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds.

This round is the first in which teams from the First Division and Second Division compete with non-league teams.

‡ - Oxford City's replay with Wycombe Wanderers was abandoned after extra time due to a fire within the stadium. The score was 1–1.[5]

Second round proper

Third round proper

This round marked the first time First Division and Premier League (top-flight) teams played.

Fourth round proper

Fifth round proper

Sixth round

20 February 2000
16:00
Everton 1 – 2 Aston Villa
Moore  20' Report Stone  16'
Carbone  45'
Goodison Park, Everton
Attendance: 35,331
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

20 February 2000
14:00
Tranmere Rovers 2 – 3 Newcastle United
Allison  45'
Jones  76' 		Report Speed  27'
Domi  36'
Ferguson  58'
Prenton Park, Birkenhead
Attendance: 15,776
Referee: Steve Dunn

20 February 2000
15:00
Chelsea 5 – 0 Gillingham
Flo  16'
Terry  49'
Weah  50'
Zola  85' (pen.)
Morris  88' 		Report
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, West London
Attendance: 34,205
Referee: Paul Durkin

Semi finals

Aston Villa booked their first FA Cup final appearance since 1957 by beating Bolton Wanderers on penalties after a goalless draw, while Chelsea reached their first final after just three years with a narrow 2-1 win over Newcastle United (who had been finalists in the previous two seasons).

2 April 2000
15:00
Aston Villa 0 – 0 Bolton Wanderers
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 62,828
Referee: David Elleray

9 April 2000
15:00
Chelsea 2 – 1 Newcastle United
Poyet  17', 72' Report Lee  66'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 73,876
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Final

Main article: 2000 FA Cup Final

The 2000 FA Cup Final was contested between Chelsea and Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium, with Chelsea coming out 1-0 winners. Roberto Di Matteo scored the winning goal 17 minutes from the end, three years after he had opened the scoring within the first minute of Chelsea's last FA Cup final win. This was Villa's first FA Cup final for 43 years.

20 May 2000
15:00 BST
Chelsea 1 – 0 Aston Villa
Di Matteo  73' (Report)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)
Chelsea
Aston Villa

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free to air broadcasters for the third consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the twelfth consecutive season.

References

  1. ↑ United pull out of FA Cup BBC News, 30 June 1999.
  2. ↑ Club World Cup: David Beckham sent off for Manchester United BBC News, 11 December 2012.
  3. ↑ FA Cup to have 'wild card' entry BBC News, 8 November 1999.
  4. ↑ Lucky Darlington land Villa trip BBC News, 11 December 1999.
  5. ↑ Staniforth, Tommy (10 November 1999). "Fire at Wycombe calls halt to Cup tie". The Independent (London). Retrieved 15 May 2009.

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