1999–2000 FA Cup

1999–2000 FA Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Defending champions Manchester United
Champions Chelsea (3rd title)
Runners-up Aston Villa
Top goal scorer(s) Gustavo Poyet
(6 goals)

The 1999–2000 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by AXA for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th staging of the 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 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 title holders 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

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this roundPrize money
Preliminary Round21 August 1999166558 → 392161: 227th–387th£1,000
First Round Qualifying4 September 1999116392 → 27666: 161st–226th£2,250
Second Round Qualifying18 September 199980276 → 19644: 117th–160th£3,750
Third Round Qualifying2 October 199940196 → 156none£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying16 October 199932156 → 12424: 93rd–116th£10,000
First Round Proper30 October 199940124 → 8448: 45th–92nd£16,000
Second Round Proper19 November 19992084 → 64none£24,000
Third Round Proper11 December 19993264 → 3243: 2nd–44thdouble-dagger£40,000
Fourth Round Proper8 January 20001632 → 16none£60,000
Fifth Round Proper29 January 2000816 → 8none£120,000
Sixth Round Proper19 February 200048 → 4none£300,000
Semi Finals2 April 200024 → 2none£900,000
Final20 May 200012 → 1none£1,000,000

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

First round proper

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

  • Ties were played over the weekend of 30 and 31 October 1999.
  • Replays were played on 8, 9 and 10 November 1999.

‡ - 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

  • Ties were played over the weekend of 20 and 21 November 1999.
  • Replays were played on 30 November 1999.

Third round proper

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

  • Matches were played on the weekend of 11 and 12 December 1999.
  • Replays were played on 21 and 22 December 1999.

Fourth round proper

  • Ties played on weekend of 8 and 9 January 2000.
  • Replays played on 18 and 19 January 2000.

Fifth round proper

  • Ties played on weekend of 29 and 30 January 2000.
  • The shock result of the round came when Division Two Gillingham (who had yet to play in the top two divisions) defeated Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday 3-1.

Sixth round

Bolton Wanderers 1 – 0 Charlton Athletic
Guðjohnsen  47' Report
Attendance: 20,131
Referee: Graham Poll
Everton 1 – 2 Aston Villa
Moore  20' Report Stone  16'
Carbone  45'
Attendance: 35,331
Tranmere Rovers 2 – 3 Newcastle United
Allison  45'
Jones  76'		 Report Speed  27'
Domi  36'
Ferguson  58'
Attendance: 15,776
Referee: Steve Dunn
Chelsea 5 – 0 Gillingham
Flo  16'
Terry  49'
Weah  50'
Zola  85' (pen.)
Morris  88'		 Report
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).

Aston Villa 0 – 0 Bolton Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 62,828
Referee: David Elleray
  • Aston Villa win 4-1 on penalties. Steve Stone, Lee Hendrie, Gareth Barry Dion Dublin all scored for Aston Villa. Dean Holdsworth scored for Bolton.
Chelsea 2 – 1 Newcastle United
Poyet  17', 72' Report Lee  66'
Attendance: 73,876

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.

Chelsea 1 – 0 Aston Villa
Di Matteo  73' (Report)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 78,217[6]
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.
  6. ↑ Malam, Colin (21 May 2000). "Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
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