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2017–18 FA Youth Cup
Football Association Youth Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams507 (overall)
Final positions
ChampionsChelsea
Runner-upArsenal

The 2017–18 FA Youth Cup was the 66th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fifth year in a row after a 7–1 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the final.[1][2][3]

Calendar

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Round Matches played from
Preliminary round 4 September 2017
First round qualifying 18 September 2017
Second round qualifying 2 October 2017
Third round qualifying 16 October 2017
First round 4 November 2017
Second round 18 November 2017
Third round 16 December 2017
Fourth round 20 January 2018
Fifth round 10 February 2018
Quarter-finals 3 March 2018
Semi-finals (two legs) 24 March/7 April 2018
Final (two legs) 27 April/30 April 2018

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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272 teams took part in the Preliminary round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system.[4] The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

First round qualifying

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260 teams took part in the first qualifying round, with 136 teams having progressed from the previous round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system. The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

Second round qualifying

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152 teams took part in the second qualifying round, with 65 teams having progressed from the previous round.

Third round qualifying

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76 teams took part in the third qualifying round, with 38 teams having progressed from the previous round.

First round

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84 teams took part in the first round, with 19 teams having progressed from the previous round.

† Despite winning the match, Shrewsbury Town were subsequently disqualified after it was found that they had fielded an ineligible player. Evesham United were therefore permitted to advance to the next round instead.[11]

Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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  • Tie awarded to Colchester United - Reading removed after fielding an 'under-age' player inadvertently.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blackpool (3) 2–7 Arsenal 2–2 0-5
Birmingham City (2) 0–7 Chelsea 0–3 0–4

First leg

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Blackpool (3)2-2Arsenal
Sumner 43'
Jacobson 74'		 Report John-Jules 31'
Amaechi 64'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Tim Robinson
Birmingham (2)0-3Chelsea
Tariq Uwakwe 15'
Hudson-Odoi 35'
Brown 76'
Attendance: 1,568

Second leg

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Chelsea4-0Birmingham City (2)
Hudson-Odoi 31', 41'
Brown 38'
Uwakwe 63'
Attendance: 4,445
Arsenal5-0Blackpool (3)
Balogun 18'
Ballard 20'
Burton 23'
Smith-Rowe 34' (pen.)
Smith 90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,083[16]
Referee: Craig Hicks

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 7–1 Arsenal 3–1 4–0

First leg

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Chelsea3–1Arsenal
Redan 67', 86'
Guehi 78'		 Report Amaechi 36'
Attendance: 4,878
Referee: Tim Robinson

Second leg

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Arsenal0–4Chelsea
Report Gilmour 10'
Hudson-Odoi 55', 76'
Anjorin 67'
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Tim Robinson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Arsenal 0-4 Chelsea (agg: 1-7): Blues cruise to fifth straight FA Youth Cup success". Sky Sports. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Chelsea claim fifth consecutive FA Youth Cup with easy win over Arsenal". Guardian. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Chelsea beat Arsenal to secure fifth straight title". BBC Sport. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round Results". The FA.com. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Aaron Haswell brace helps York City to 4-0 FA Youth Cup triumph against Tadcaster". York Press.
  6. ^ @OxCityFC (4 September 2017). "Tonight's attendance for this FA Youth Cup game is 64. Many Thanks for your support" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @Shildon_AFC (11 October 2017). "Tonight's attendance v @GuiseleyAFC in the fa youth cup 121" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @HitchinTownFC (19 October 2017). "ATTENDANCE at #TopField v @hoddesdon__18s #FAYouthCup is 184. Thanks for supporting our youth team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @TheGillsFC (1 November 2017). "The official attendance from last night's #FAYouthCup tie against @officialpompey is 217. #Gills" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "FA Youth Cup: Argyle xx Eastleigh xx". Plymouth Argyle FC.
  11. ^ "Shrewsbury Town's under-18s disqualified from FA Youth Cup". shropshirestar.com. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  12. ^ "FA YOUTH CUP REPORT CAMBRIDGE UNITED U18S 0 SCUNTHORPE UNITED U18S 1". Cambridge United FC.
  13. ^ @OfficialECFC (14 November 2017). "👥 A total of 463 through the turnstiles for tonight's fixture. Thank you for your support!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Oxford United knocked out of FA Youth Cup by Dagenham & Redbridge". Oxford Mail.
  15. ^ "Norwich City U18s 1 Birmingham City U18s 3 – Canaries miss out on Youth Cup semi-final against Chelsea". Eastern Daily Press.
  16. ^ "Blackpool's fairytale FA Youth Cup dream ended by Arsenal". Blackpool Gazette.
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