2012–13 FA Cup

2012–13 FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup
Country England
Wales
Teams 758
Defending champions Chelsea
Champions Wigan Athletic (1st title)
Runners-up Manchester City
Matches played 156
Attendance 2,015,202 (12,918 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Danny Hylton (8)

The 2012–13 FA Cup was the 132nd season of the FA Cup, the main domestic cup competition in English football, and the oldest football knock-out competition in the world. It was sponsored by Budweiser for a second consecutive season,[1] thus the competition name was The FA Cup with Budweiser.

A total of 833 clubs applied to enter,[2] with 758 clubs being accepted into the competition.[3] The preliminary rounds commenced on 11 August 2012, with the first round proper played on 3 November 2012. The final was played on 11 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic, with Wigan Athletic winning 1–0.[4][5]

As a result, Wigan Athletic participated in the group stage of the following season's UEFA Europa League. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Liverpool 2–1 in last season's final, but were eliminated in the semi finals by Manchester City.

Three days after winning the cup, Wigan made history by becoming the first side to win the cup and get relegated in the same season, after they lost 4–1 to Arsenal, which sealed their relegation to the Football League Championship.

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering
at this round
First Round Proper124803248EFL League One
EFL League Two
Second Round Proper844040nonenone
Third Round Proper64642044Premier League
EFL Championship
Fourth Round Proper323232nonenone
Fifth Round Proper161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Schedule

The schedule for the 2012–13 FA Cup, as announced by the Football Association, is as follows:[6][7][8]

RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew entries this roundPrize money
Extra Preliminary Round11 August 2012200758 → 558400: 359th–758th£1,000
Preliminary Round25 August 2012166558 → 392132: 227th–358th£1,750
First Round Qualifying8 September 2012116392 → 27666: 161st–226th£3,000
Second Round Qualifying22 September 201280276 → 19644: 117th–160th£4,500
Third Round Qualifying6 October 201240196 → 156none£7,500
Fourth Round Qualifying20 October 201232156 → 12424: 93rd–116th£12,500
First Round Proper3 November 201240124 → 8448: 45th–92nd£18,000
Second Round Proper1 December 20122084 → 64none£27,000
Third Round Proper5 January 20133264 → 3244: 1st–44th£67,500
Fourth Round Proper26 January 20131632 → 16none£90,000
Fifth Round Proper16 February 2013816 → 8none£180,000
Sixth Round Proper9–10 March 201348 → 4none£360,000
Semi-finals13–14 April 201324 → 2none£900,000
Final11 May 201312 → 1noneRunner-up £900,000
Winner £1,800,000

Qualifying rounds

All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of either the Premier League or the Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the competition proper.

First round proper

Teams from League One and League Two entered at this stage, along with the winners from the Fourth Round Qualifying.

The draw was made on 21 October 2012 with ties to be played on 2–4 November 2012. Yate Town and Slough Town were the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition, both competing in level 8 of the English football league system.

Second round proper

The draw for this round was made on 4 November 2012 with the ties played on the weekend of 1–2 December 2012.

Hastings United, from the seventh tier of English football, were the lowest-ranked team in the second round proper.

Bradford City were disqualified from this season's competition for fielding Curtis Good, who was ineligible to play, in a 1–1 draw against Brentford.[9] As a result, it was presumed that Brentford won by walkover, but Bradford eventually made a successful appeal to the FA against expulsion and were reinstated and fined £1,000 instead allowing a replay to go ahead.[10] Brentford would eventually dump Bradford City out of the cup after winning that replay.

Third round proper

Teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entered at this stage, along with the winners from the second round.[11]

The draw for the third round was made on 2 December 2012, with the ties played on the weekend of 5–6 January 2013.[12]

Luton Town's Alex Lawless won the player of the round award.[13] The results were as follows:

  1. Alex Lawless, Luton Town
  2. Danny Hylton, Aldershot Town
  3. Matthew Barnes-Homer, Macclesfield Town
  4. Liam Bridcutt, Brighton & Hove Albion
  5. Andrea Orlandi, Brighton & Hove Albion

Hastings United remained the lowest-ranked football team in the third round proper, competing in level 7 of the English football league system.

Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round took place on 6 January 2013, with Macclesfield Town and Luton Town, both from the Conference National (5) remaining as the lowest-placed teams still in the competition.[14]

Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round took place on 27 January 2013, with Luton Town from the Conference National (5) remaining as the lowest-ranked team still in the Cup.[15]

Sixth round proper

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 February 2013, with Barnsley, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers all from the Championship remaining as the lowest-ranked teams.[16]

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 March 2013, with Millwall from the Championship (2) remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup. The draw was carried out by Edgar Davids and Graeme Le Saux at Wembley Stadium in London.[17][18]

Millwall (2) 0–2 Wigan Athletic (1)
Report Maloney  25'
McManaman  78'
Attendance: 62,335
Chelsea (1) 1–2 Manchester City (1)
Ba  66' Report Nasri  35'
Agüero  47'
Attendance: 85,621
Referee: Chris Foy

Final

Prior to kick off as Manchester City had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, therefore Wigan Athletic had already secured a place in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, regardless of whether they won or lost.

Manchester City (1) 0–1 Wigan Athletic (1)
Report Watson  90+1'
Attendance: 86,254

Top scorers

Danny Hylton (in red), playing for Aldershot Town, was the competition's top scorer with 8 goals.
As of 11 May 2013 [19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Danny Hylton Aldershot Town 8
2 Argentina Carlos Tevez Manchester City 5
3 Senegal Demba Ba Chelsea 4
Republic of Ireland Barry Corr Southend United
England Dean Cox Leyton Orient
England Clayton Donaldson Brentford
England Will Hatfield Accrington Stanley
Mexico Javier Hernández Manchester United
Republic of Ireland Dave Mooney Leyton Orient
England Scott Rendell Luton Town
England Matt Smith Oldham Athletic
England Marvin Sordell Bolton Wanderers

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the free-to-air channel ITV and the subscription channel ESPN.[20] ITV has held the rights since 2007–08,[21] while ESPN gained FA Cup coverage from the 2010–11 season following the collapse of Setanta in the UK.[22] Under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events, the FA Cup Final must be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television.[23]

These matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round ESPN ITV1
First round proper Cambridge City vs Milton Keynes Dons
Dorchester Town vs Plymouth Argyle
Wimbledon vs York City (replay)
Altrincham vs Burton Albion (replay)		 Braintree Town vs Tranmere Rovers (ITV4)2
Second round proper Alfreton Town vs Leyton Orient
Cheltenham Town vs Hereford United
Mansfield Town vs Lincoln City (replay)
Hastings United vs Harrogate Town (replay)		 Milton Keynes Dons vs Wimbledon
Third round proper Swansea City vs Arsenal
Mansfield Town vs Liverpool
Cheltenham Town vs Everton
Arsenal vs Swansea City (replay)		 Brighton & Hove Albion vs Newcastle United
West Ham United vs Manchester United
Manchester United vs West Ham United (replay)
Fourth round proper Manchester United vs Fulham
Brentford vs Chelsea
Leeds United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City vs Huddersfield Town (replay)		 Stoke City vs Manchester City
Oldham Athletic vs Liverpool
Chelsea vs Brentford (replay)
Fifth round proper Luton Town vs Millwall
Manchester City vs Leeds United
Manchester United vs Reading		 Oldham Athletic vs Everton
Huddersfield Town vs Wigan Athletic
Everton v Oldham Athletic (replay)
Sixth round proper Manchester City vs Barnsley
Millwall vs Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers vs Millwall (replay)		 Everton vs Wigan Athletic
Manchester United vs Chelsea
Chelsea vs Manchester United (replay)
Semi-finals Wigan Athletic vs Millwall Chelsea vs Manchester City
Final Wigan Athletic v Manchester City

1ITV unless stated otherwise
2Braintree Town vs. Tranmere Rovers was originally scheduled to be on ITV but because the game was postponed it was moved to ITV4

References

  1. ↑ "FA Partners". The Football Association.
  2. ↑ "940 entries received". The Football Association.
  3. ↑ "List of 758 clubs accepted". The Football Association.
  4. ↑ "The FA Cup Season 2012–13 Round Dates". The Football Association. 29 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "2013 FA Cup Final: As it happened". BBC Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "FA Cup Round Dates". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "FA Cup Round Dates". The FA.
  8. ↑ "FA Cup Schedule 2012/13". facupfootball.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Bradford Removed From FA Cup". The FA. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "FA Cup: Bradford City win appeal against expulsion". BBC Sport. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "FA Cup third round draw – as it happened". The Guardian. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "FA Cup third round draw: West Ham host Manchester United as holders Chelsea face Southampton". The Daily Telegraph. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  13. ↑ http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/News/2013/Jan/budweiser-player-of-the-third-round-alex-lawless.aspx
  14. ↑ "Chelsea & Man City face tough 4th round away trips". ESPN. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "Giant-killers Oldham to face Everton in FA Cup fifth round". BBC Sport. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  16. ↑ "FA Cup sixth round: Rafa and Ferguson on course to collide once again". Daily Mail. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "Manchester City await Man Utd or Chelsea". BBC Sport. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  18. ↑ "It's out of the bag! Behind the scenes at the FA Cup draw that set the Premier League's titans on a collision course at Wembley". Daily Mail. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  19. ↑ "2012/2013 FA Cup Top Scorers". World Football. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "ITV to continue showing FA Cup and England home games in £90m deal". The Guardian. 16 January 2012.
  21. ↑ "Snatch of day re-run as ITV wins FA Cup". The Guardian. 31 March 2007.
  22. ↑ "ESPN secures FA Cup rights from 2010–11 season". ESPN Soccernet. 24 September 2010.
  23. ↑ "Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events" (PDF). Ofcom.
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