2021–22 FA Youth Cup

2021–22 FA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Teams610
Final positions
ChampionsManchester United
Runner-upNottingham Forest

The 2021–22 FA Youth Cup was the 70th edition of the FA Youth Cup.

The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with two preliminary rounds which was followed by three qualifying rounds for non-League teams. The Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entered in the first round proper, and Premier League and Championship teams entered in the third round proper.

610 teams were accepted into the FA Youth Cup.[1]

Calendar[edit]

[1]

Round Matches played from Matches Clubs New entries
Preliminary round 30 August 2021 233 610 → 377 466
First round qualifying 13 September 2021 133 377 → 244 33
Second round qualifying 27 September 2021 78 244 → 166 23
Third round qualifying 11 October 2021 39 166 → 127
First round 6 November 2021 42 127 → 85 45
Second round 20 November 2021 21 85 → 64
Third round 11 December 2021 32 64 → 32 43
Fourth round 15 January 2022 16 32 → 16
Fifth round 5 February 2022 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 26 February 2022 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 4 April 2022 2 4 → 2
Final 11 May 2022 1 2 → 1

Competition proper[edit]

First round[edit]

The League One and League Two teams enter the first round Proper with the 39 non league winners from the qualifying rounds joining them for this round. Only Barrow AFC, Crawley Town, and Wycombe Wanderers did not participate from League One and League Two because the three did not apply. Hartlepool United vs. Bolton Wanderers was initially drawn, but Hartlepool withdrew from the tournament, granting Bolton a bye to the next round.[2]

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Carlisle United4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Oldham Athletic Carlisle
19:00 GMT
  • Fishburn 5', 104'
  • Watt 59'
  • Ellis 78'
Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 327[3]
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Crewe Alexandra 3–0Grimsby TownCrewe
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 411
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Bristol Rovers0–4 Exeter City Bristol
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Plymouth Argyle 2–1Mangotsfield UnitedPlymouth
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 284[4]
27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) Accrington Stanley 4–3 (a.e.t.)Wigan AthleticAccrington
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Wham Stadium
28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) Ipswich Town 7–1Winslow UnitedIpswich
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 258
28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) Hayes & Yeading0–1 Corinthian-Casuals Hayes
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Skyrex Community Stadium
1 November 2021 (2021-11-01) Walsall1–1 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)
Port Vale Walsall
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 358[5]
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) AFC Wimbledon 7–0WokingWimbledon
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 559[6]
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Guiseley 2-1RochdaleGuiseley
19:00 GMT
Stadium: Nethermoor Park
Attendance: 295[7]
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Sutton United 3–2GillinghamSutton
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Gander Green Lane
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Milton Keynes Dons 5–0Maccabi London LionsMilton Keynes
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 597
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Swindon Town 5–1Winchester CityGloucester
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: New Meadow Park
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Wimborne Town0–7 Forest Green Rovers Wimborne
19:00 GMT Stadium: New Cuthbury
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Cheltenham Town 3–0North LeighCheltenham
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 339
Referee: Andrew Sheppard
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Newport County 4–3Torquay UnitedNewport
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Park Spytty
Attendance: 226[8]
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Erith Town0–1 Portsmouth Erith
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Erith Stadium
Attendance: 444[9]
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Cray Valley Paper Mills0–1 Aldershot Town Eltham
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Artic Stadium
Attendance: 192[10]
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) King's Lynn Town0–3 Northampton Town King's Lynn
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: The Walks
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Oxford United 4–0Sutton Common RoversOxford
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Court Place Farm
Attendance: 130[11]
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Brantham Athletic2–4 Stevenage Brantham
19:00 GMT
  • Pratt 3'
  • Unknown 66'
Report
Stadium: Brantham Leisure Centre
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) City of Liverpool0–1 (a.e.t.) Morecambe Warrington
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Cantilever Park
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Fleetwood Town 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Tranmere RoversFleetwood
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 308[12]
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Aylestone Park 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Lincoln CityAylestone
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Aylestone Park
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Reading City 1–0Gosport BoroughReading
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: The Rivermoor
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) South Shields1–3 Stockport County South Shields
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Mariner's Park
Attendance: 293
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Bugbrooke St Michaels1–8 Colchester United Bugbrooke
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Birds Close
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Worthing1–3 Charlton Athletic Worthing
19:00 GMT
Report 1 Report 2
Stadium: Woodside Road
Attendance: 485
Referee: Will Briers
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Leatherhead1–3 Leyton Orient Leatherhead
19:00 GMT
  • Unknown 30'
Report Stadium: Fetcham Grove
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) AFC Blackpool1–2 Harrogate Town Blackpool
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Mechanics Stadium
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Sunderland0–2 Bradford City Sunderland
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Salford City 3–0Blyth SpartansSalford
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Moor Lane
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Long Eaton United0–2 Rugby Town Long Eaton
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Grange Park
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Boston United2–5 (a.e.t.) Mansfield Town Boston
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Quadrant
Attendance: 537[13]
Referee: Andrew Hitchcox[14]
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Southend United1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Cambridge United Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 210[15]
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) AFC Sudbury2–3 Chelmsford City Sudbury
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: MEL Group Stadium
5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) Basford United1–2 Doncaster Rovers Basford
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Greenwich Avenue
Attendance: 346[16]
5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) Burton Albion0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Burton-upon-Trent
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 378[17]
12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) Lewes2–4 Bromley Lewes
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Hayes Lane

Second round[edit]

40 teams play this round with all the winners from the previous round participating.

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11) Salford City 3–2 (a.e.t.)Port ValeSalford
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Moor Lane
12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) Fleetwood Town 1–0 (a.e.t.)Mansfield TownFleetwood
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Highbury Stadium
15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) Chelmsford City0–4 Exeter City Chelmsford
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: EMG Inspire Stadium
Attendance: 240
15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) Corinthian-Casuals1–5 Cambridge United Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: UBG Stadium
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Scunthorpe United 1–0GuiseleyScunthorpe
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 348[18]
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Forest Green Rovers3–4 Bromley Nailsworth
19:00 GMT
Report
  • German 35'
  • Unknown 88', 90+3'
  • Krauhaus 90+5'
Stadium: The New Lawn
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Accrington Stanley 3–2Bolton WanderersAccrington
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 685[19]
Referee: Abid Hussain[20]
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Leyton Orient 6–1Newport CountyLeyton
19:00 GMT
Report
  • Unknown 75'
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 261
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Bradford City1–3 Oldham Athletic Bradford
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 622
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Northampton Town 3–2 (a.e.t.)Stockport CountyNorthampton
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 715
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Aylestone Park1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Aylestone
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Aylestone Park
Attendance: 1,250
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Rugby Town 2–0MorecambeRugby
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Butlin Road
Attendance: 520[21]
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Plymouth Argyle 3–1Milton Keynes DonsPlymouth
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 329[22]
Referee: Mark Senior
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Stevenage0–2 Sutton United Stevenage
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Lamex Stadium
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Cheltenham Town 4–3 (a.e.t.) Portsmouth Evesham
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Spiers & Hartwell Stadium
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Aldershot Town1–4 Ipswich Town Aldershot
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: EBB Stadium
Attendance: 359[23]
17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Swindon Town0–2 Colchester United Swindon
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: County Ground
Referee: Andrew Sheppard
19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) Reading City2–3 Oxford United Reading
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The River Moor
19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) Charlton Athletic 2–0 (a.e.t.) AFC Wimbledon Dartford
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Princes Park
Attendance: 415[24]

Third round[edit]

64 teams compete in the Third round with the 43 Premier League and EFL Championship Clubs appearing this round along with the 21 winners from the previous round. Only Brentford from the EFL Championship did not participate as they did not apply for the tournament.

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) Birmingham City1–5 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: St Andrew's
1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) Norwich City2–3 Stoke City Norwich
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road
2 December 2021 (2021-12-02) Exter City0–2 AFC Bournemouth Exeter
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 315[25]
3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) Plymouth Argyle1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Plymouth
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 497[26]
3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) Northampton Town0–6 Charlton Athletic Northampton
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) Crewe Alexandra 1–0Hull CityCrewe
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 450
7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) Aston Villa0-2 Leicester City Birmingham
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Villa Park
7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) Burnley 3–0Luton TownLeyland
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: County Ground
7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) Coventry City1–4 Leeds United Coventry
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Referee: Ryan Dix
7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) Nottingham Forest 3–1Bristol CityNottingham
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: City Ground
8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) Rugby Town0–4 Cheltenham Town Rugby
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Butlin Road
Attendance: 426
8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) Cardiff City1–2 Watford Cardiff
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) Sutton United2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Preston North End Sutton
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Gander Green Lane
8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) Barnsley1–2 Crystal Palace Barnsley
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Oakwell
9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) Blackpool 1–0Huddersfield TownBlackpool
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) Bromley1–3 (a.e.t.) Reading Bromley
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) Colchester United 3–0ArsenalColchester
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) Everton 3–2FulhamLiverpool
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) West Ham United2–3 Newcastle United Romford
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Rush Green
11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) Liverpool 4–0Fleetwood TownKirkby
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Kirkby Acamdey
11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) Middlesbrough0–3 Manchester City Bishop Auckland
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Heritage Park
12 December 2021 (2021-12-12) Chelsea 4–1Leyton OrientKingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 781
13 December 2021 (2021-12-13) Manchester United 4–2Scunthorpe UnitedGreater Manchester
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 6,000 estimated[27]
14 December 2021 (2021-12-14) Accrington Stanley 1–0 (a.e.t.)Swansea CityAccrington
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 825[28]
16 December 2021 (2021-12-16) Tottenham Hotspur 5–1Ipswich TownStevenage
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 295[29]

Fourth round[edit]

32 teams participate in the Fourth round proper with all 32 winners from the previous round participating.

22 December 2021 (2021-12-22) Cheltenham Town1–3 Blackpool Cheltenham
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 423
12 January 2022 (2022-01-12) Blackburn Rovers 3–0Stoke CityLeyland
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: County Ground
12 January 2022 (2022-01-12) AFC Bournemouth 2–0Queens Park RangersBournemouth
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 891[30]
13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) Reading1–3 Manchester United Reading
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 1,006[31]
13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) Watford2–3 (a.e.t.) Chelsea Watford
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 1,147
14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) Everton 2–1Sheffield UnitedLiverpool
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Goodison Park
14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) Leicester City 1–0Crewe AlexandraLeicester
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: LCFC Training Ground
Attendance: 448
17 January 2022 (2022-01-17) Newcastle United 3–2Colchester UnitedNewcastle-upon-Tyne
19:00 GMT
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 1,279[32]
18 January 2022 (2022-01-18) Accrington Stanley1–2 Charlton Athletic Accrington
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 794[33]
18 January 2022 (2022-01-18) Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0Manchester CityBrighton
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: AMEX Elite Performance Centre
19 January 2022 (2022-01-19) Cambridge United 2–0Leeds UnitedCambridge
19:00 GMT
Report 1 Report 2 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 929[34]
Referee: Eji Ejise
21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) Tottenham Hotspur 6–1West Bromwich AlbionEnfield
13:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Hotspur Way

Fifth round[edit]

16 teams participate in the Fifth round proper with all 16 winners from the previous round participating.

28 January 2022 (2022-01-28) AFC Bournemouth1–5 Leicester City Bournemouth
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 903
29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) Liverpool3–4 Chelsea Kirkby
17:30 GMT Report Stadium: Kirkby Academy
9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) Blackpool 3–0Newcastle UnitedBlackpool
19:00 GMT