2004–05 FA Cup

2004–05 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (10th title)
Runner-up	Manchester United
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo; Peter Crouch; Jermain Defoe; (4 goals)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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The Millennium Stadium prior to the Arsenal v Blackburn semi-final, April 16, 2005

The FA Cup 2004–05 was the 124th season of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.

The competition began on 28 August 2004, with the lowest-ranked of the entrants competing in the Extra Preliminary Round. For England's top 44 clubs, from the Premier League and Football League Championship, the FA Cup began at the Third Round in January.

Ties were all single-legged and took place at the stadium of the club drawn first. If scores were level at the end of a match, the match was replayed at the away club's stadium, usually in the middle of the following week. If the scores are still level, extra-time and penalties (if necessary) are used to determine a winner. From the semi-finals onwards, the ties take place at a neutral stadium, and there are no replays. That is to say, extra-time and penalties are played if necessary to determine a winner in a single match.

The new Wembley Stadium was still at least a year away from being ready for use, so the final was staged at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 21 May 2005. The FA Cup Final was won by Arsenal on penalties after a goalless draw with Manchester United, the first time that the FA Cup Final had been decided on penalties.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round	28 August 2004	73	661 → 588	£500
Preliminary Round	4 September 2004	182	588 → 406	£1,000
First Qualifying Round	18 September 2004	124	406 → 282	£2,250
Second Qualifying Round	2 October 2004	84	282 → 198	£3,750
Third Qualifying Round	16 October 2004	42	198 → 156	£5,000
Fourth Qualifying Round	30 October 2004	32	156 → 124	£10,000
First Round Proper	13 November 2004	40	124 → 84	£16,000
Second Round Proper	4 December 2004	20	84 → 64	£24,000
Third Round Proper	8 January 2005	32	64 → 32	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	29 January 2005	16	32 → 16	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	19 February 2005	8	16 → 8	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper	23 March 2005	4	8 → 4	£300,000
Semi-finals	16 April 2005	2	4 → 2	£900,000
Final	21 May 2005	1	2 → 1	£1,000,000

First round proper

This round is the first in which Football League teams from League One and League Two compete with non-league teams.

Ties were played over the weekend of 13 November and 14 November 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Blackpool	3 – 0	Tamworth	4,796
2	Darlington	3 – 3	Yeovil Town	3,698
replay	Yeovil Town	1 – 0	Darlington	5,365
3	Barnet	1 – 2	Bath City	2,147
4	Bristol City	1 – 1	Brentford	10,000
replay	Brentford	1 – 1	Bristol City	3,706
Brentford won on penalties
5	Bury	5 – 2	Vauxhall Motors	2,566
6	Histon	2 – 0	Shrewsbury Town	2,843
7	Rochdale	2 – 1	Oxford United	2,333
8	Notts County	2 – 1	Woking	4,562
9	Stafford Rangers	0 – 2	Chester City	2,492
10	Swindon Town	4 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	6,160
11	Stockport County	3 – 1	Huddersfield Town	3,479
12	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 0	Coalville Town	2,816
13	Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Carlisle	5,658
replay	Carlisle United	1 – 0	Bristol Rovers	4,813
14	Northampton Town	1 – 0	Barnsley	4,876
15	Bradford City	0 – 1	Rushden & Diamonds	4,171
16	Hull City	3 – 2	Morecambe	10,129
17	Southend United	0 – 3	Luton Town	6,683
18	Exeter City	1 – 0	Grimsby Town	3,378
19	Scunthorpe United	2 – 0	Chesterfield	4,869
20	Mansfield Town	1 – 1	Colchester United	3,202
replay	Colchester United	4 – 1	Mansfield Town	2,492
21	Alfreton Town	1 – 1	Macclesfield Town	2,251
replay	Macclesfield Town	2 – 0	Alfreton Town	1,783
22	Port Vale	3 – 1	Kidderminster Harriers	4,141
23	Halifax Town	3 – 1	Cambridge United	2,368
24	Cheltenham Town	1 – 3	Swansea City	4,551
25	Southport	1 – 3	Hereford United	2,045
26	Hayes	0 – 4	Wrexham	1,751
27	Tiverton Town	1 – 3	Doncaster Rovers	1,618
28	Boston United	5 – 2	Hornchurch	2,437
29	Peterborough United	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	2,940
30	Leyton Orient	3 – 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	4,155
31	Slough Town	2 – 1	Walsall	2,023
32	Cambridge City	2 – 1	Leigh RMI	930
33	Forest Green Rovers	1 – 1	Bournemouth	1,837
replay	Bournemouth	3 – 1	Forest Green Rovers	5,489
34	Hartlepool United	3 – 0	Lincoln City	4,533
35	Billericay Town	0 – 1	Stevenage Borough	1,804
36	Yeading	2 – 1	Halesowen Town	524
37	Aldershot Town	4 – 0	Canvey Island	2,600
38	Hinckley United	2 – 0	Torquay United	2,129
39	Thurrock	0 – 1	Oldham Athletic	1,156
40	Milton Keynes Dons	1 – 0	Lancaster City	2,065

Second round proper

Ties were played over the weekend of 4 December 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Blackpool	1 – 0	Port Vale	4,669
2	Bournemouth	2 – 1	Carlisle United	5,815
3	Histon	1 – 3	Yeovil Town	2,564
4	Swindon Town	1 – 1	Notts County	5,768
replay	Notts County	2 – 0	Swindon Town	3,770
5	Stockport County	0 – 0	Swansea City	2,680
replay	Swansea City	2 – 1	Stockport County	5,572
6	Wycombe Wanderers	0 – 3	Luton Town	4,767
7	Northampton Town	1 – 0	Bury	4415
8	Hull City	4 – 0	Macclesfield Town	9,831
9	Oldham Athletic	4 – 0	Leyton Orient	4,657
10	Exeter City	2 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	4,797
11	Scunthorpe United	2 – 0	Wrexham	5,698
12	Halifax Town	1 – 3	Chester City	4,497
13	Hereford United	2 – 3	Boston United	3,601
14	Peterborough United	2 – 0	Bath City	4,187
15	Slough Town	1 – 3	Yeading	2,418
16	Cambridge City	0 – 1	Milton Keynes Dons	2,000
17	Hartlepool United	5 – 1	Aldershot Town	4,556
18	Stevenage Borough	0 – 2	Rochdale	2,700
19	Rushden & Diamonds	2 – 5	Colchester United	3,077
20	Hinckley United	0 – 0	Brentford	2,661
replay	Brentford	2 – 1	Hinckley United	4,002

Third round proper

This round marks the first time Championship and Premier League (top-flight) teams play. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 8 January 2005.

One of the surprise results of this round came at Old Trafford where holders Manchester United were held to a 0-0 home draw against Conference National side Exeter City, although United won the replay 2-0.

United's neighbours City suffered humiliation at the hands of League One strugglers Oldham Athletic, who defeated them 1-0 at Boundary Park.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Arsenal	2 – 1	Stoke City	36,579
2	Notts County	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	13,671
3	Manchester United	0 – 0	Exeter City	67,551
replay	Exeter City	0 – 2	Manchester United	9,033
4	Plymouth Argyle	1 – 3	Everton	20,112
5	Leicester City	2 – 2	Blackpool	16,750
replay	Blackpool	0 – 1	Leicester City	6,938
6	Derby County	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	14,457
7	Sunderland	2 – 1	Crystal Palace	17,536
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 0	Millwall	12,566
9	Yeading	0 – 2	Newcastle United	10,824
10	Hull City	0 – 2	Colchester United	14,027
11	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	36,094
12	Reading	1 – 1	Swansea City	13,642
replay	Swansea City	0 – 1	Reading	7,354
13	Birmingham City	3 – 0	Leeds United	25,159
14	Hartlepool United	0 – 0	Boston United	5,342
replay	Boston United	0 – 1	Hartlepool United	3,653
15	Milton Keynes Dons	0 – 2	Peterborough United	4,407
16	Oldham Athletic	1 – 0	Manchester City	13,171
17	Chelsea	3 – 1	Scunthorpe United	40,019
18	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	14,145
replay	Blackburn	3 – 2	Cardiff City	9,140
19	Charlton Athletic	4 – 1	Rochdale	13,955
20	West Ham United	1 – 0	Norwich City	23,389
21	Sheffield United	3 – 1	Aston Villa	14,003
22	Preston North End	0 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	13,005
23	Rotherham United	0 – 3	Yeovil Town	5,397
24	Burnley	1 – 0	Liverpool	19,033
25	Bournemouth	2 – 1	Chester City	7,653
26	Coventry City	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	7,629
27	Watford	1 – 1	Fulham	14,896
replay	Fulham	2 – 0	Watford	11,306
28	Ipswich Town	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	20,080
29	Portsmouth	1 – 0	Gillingham	14,252
30	Northampton Town	1 – 3	Southampton	7,183
31	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 3	Nottingham Forest	11,140
32	Luton	0 – 2	Brentford	6,681

Fourth round proper

Ties played during the weekend of 29 January 2005

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Derby County	1 – 1	Fulham	22,040
replay	Fulham	4 – 2	Derby County	15,528
2	Manchester United	3 – 0	Middlesbrough	67,251
3	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 0	Colchester United	10,634
4	Chelsea	2 – 0	Birmingham City	40,379
5	West Ham United	1 – 1	Sheffield United	25,449
replay	Sheffield United	1 – 1	West Ham United	15,067
Sheffield United won on penalties
6	Oldham Athletic	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	12,029
7	Arsenal	2 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37,135
8	Everton	3 – 0	Sunderland	33,186
9	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Peterborough	16,774
10	Brentford	0 – 0	Hartlepool	8,967
replay	Hartlepool	0 – 1	Brentford	7,580
11	Reading	1 – 2	Leicester City	14,825
12	Burnley	2 – 0	Bournemouth	9,944
13	Southampton	2 – 1	Portsmouth	29,453
14	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	22,441
replay	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 1	West Bromwich Albion	27,860
15	Newcastle United	3 – 1	Coventry City	44,044
16	Charlton Athletic	3 – 2	Yeovil Town	22,873

Fifth round proper

Matches played weekend of 19 February 2005 - replays played week commencing 28 February 2005.

The only non-Premiership side to win in this round were Leicester City, who triumphed 2-1 at Premier League side Charlton Athletic.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Fulham	16,151
2	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest	35,640
replay	Nottingham Forest	0 – 3	Tottenham Hotspur	28,062
3	Everton	0 – 2	Manchester United	38,664
4	Charlton Athletic	1 – 2	Leicester City	23,719
5	Burnley	0 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	21,468
replay	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 1	Burnley	28,691
6	Southampton	2 – 2	Brentford	24,741
replay	Brentford	1 – 3	Southampton	11,720
7	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Chelsea	45,740
8	Arsenal	1 – 1	Sheffield United	36,891
replay	Sheffield United	0 – 0	Arsenal	27,595
Arsenal win 4-2 on penalties

Sixth round proper

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 12 March 2005.

Leicester City, the only remaining non-Premiership side in the competition, lost 1-0 to Blackburn Rovers.

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

2005-03-13
16:00

Newcastle United	1 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur
Kluivert 5'	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 51,307
Referee: Rob Styles, Hampshire

Southampton v Manchester United

2005-03-12
17:15

Southampton	0 – 4	Manchester United
	Report	Keane 2' Ronaldo 45' Scholes 48', 87'

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 30,971
Referee: Howard Webb, Yorkshire

Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal

2005-03-12
12:15

Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Arsenal
	Report	Ljungberg 3'

Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 23,523
Referee: Steve Bennett, Kent

Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City

2005-03-13
13:05

Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Leicester City
Dickov 83'	Report

Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 22,113
Referee: Neale Barry, Lincolnshire

Semi-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 16 April 2005.
Both ties were played at neutral venues

Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers

2005-04-16
12:15

Arsenal	3 – 0	Blackburn Rovers
Pirès 42' van Persie 84', 90'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 52,077
Referee: Steve Dunn

Newcastle United v Manchester United

2005-04-17
13:00

Newcastle United	1 – 4	Manchester United
Ameobi 59'	Report	van Nistelrooy 19', 58' Scholes 45' Ronaldo 76'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 69,280
Referee: Mike Riley

Final

The 2005 FA Cup Final was contested between Manchester United and Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Manchester United dominated the game but failed to take any of their opportunities and ultimately they went on to lose in the first FA Cup Final penalty shoot-out. Paul Scholes had his kick saved by Jens Lehmann, leaving Patrick Vieira with the opportunity to win the Cup for the Gunners.

Arsenal v Manchester United

2005-05-21
15:00 BST

Arsenal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United
Reyes 120'	(Report)
	Penalties
Lauren Ljungberg van Persie Cole Vieira	5 – 4	van Nistelrooy Scholes Ronaldo Rooney Keane

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 71,876
Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the fourth consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the seventeenth consecutive season.^{[citation needed]}

External links

The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com
FA Cup at BBC.co.uk
FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk

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Champions	Arsenal (10th title)
Runner-up	Manchester United
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Top goal scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo Peter Crouch Jermain Defoe (4 goals)
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