2013–14 FA Cup

2013–14 FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup
Country  England
 Guernsey
 Wales
Teams 737
Defending champions Wigan Athletic
Champions Arsenal (11th title)
Runners-up Hull City
Matches played 150
Attendance 1,887,923 (12,586 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Britt Assombalonga
Sam Clucas
Joe Garner
(5 goals each)

The 2013–14 FA Cup (also known as The FA Cup with Budweiser for sponsorship reasons) was the 133rd 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 third consecutive season.[1] 737 clubs from England and Wales entered the competition, which began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 16 August.[2][3] For the first time in the history of the FA Cup, a team from Guernsey entered the competition, Guernsey F.C.,[4] who made it to the Second Round Qualifying.

The defending champions were Championship side Wigan Athletic, who beat Manchester City 1–0 with an injury time winner by Ben Watson in the 2013 Final.[5] Wigan were the first team to win the FA Cup and to be relegated in the same season. It was also the first time that they had won the FA Cup in their history. They entered the competition in the Third Round Proper alongside all the Premier League and Championship teams, advancing all the way to the semi-finals and an eventual loss in a penalty shootout to Arsenal, the eventual cup winners.

On 17 May 2014, Arsenal F.C. won the final at Wembley Stadium, defeating Hull City 3–2 after an extra time winner from Aaron Ramsey. This was the 11th win in the FA Cup for the club, a tied record together with Manchester United.[6]

As the winners of the FA Cup, Arsenal were entitled to play in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, Arsenal had already qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after finishing fourth in the 2013–14 Premier League so therefore Hull City took the Europa League place as the FA Cup runners-up. Since Hull City did not win the Cup, they did not qualify for the group stage (as the Cup winner would do). Instead they qualified for the third qualifying round and the other English teams already qualified for Europa League, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, moved up one round to the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage and 2014-15 UEFA Europa League play-off round respectively.

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

Prize fund

RoundNo. of Clubs
receive fund		Prize fund
per club[7]
Extra Preliminary Round185£1,500
Preliminary Round160£1,925
First Round Qualifying116£3,000
Second Round Qualifying80£4,500
Third Round Qualifying40£7,500
Fourth Round Qualifying32£12,500
First Round40£18,000
Second Round20£27,000
Third Round32£67,500
Fourth Round16£90,000
Fifth Round8£180,000
Sixth Round4£360,000
Semi-Final losers2£450,000
Semi-Final winners2£900,000
Final runners-up1£900,000
Final winner1£1,800,000
Total£15,133,500

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. The qualifying rounds decide which 32 non-league teams play in the First Round Proper.

First Round Proper

The First Round draw took place on Sunday 27 October at 1.35pm.[8] A total of 80 teams will compete, 32 of which having progressed from the Fourth Qualifying Round and 48 clubs from the Football League.[9] The 48 Football League clubs that will enter the First Round Proper comprise Football League One and Football League Two. The lowest ranked sides in this round were Daventry Town and Shortwood United; they are the only level 8 teams left in the competition.

Second Round Proper

The Second Round draw took place on Sunday 10 November at 4.10pm.[10] A total of 40 teams will compete, all of which having progressed from the First Round Proper.[11] The lowest ranked side to qualify for this round is Stourbridge. They are the only level 7 team left in the competition.

Notes
  1. ^ Match was abandoned in second half due to waterlogged pitch and was due to be replayed on 4 January 2014.[12] However, on 3 January a pitch inspection postponed this match further to 8 January 2014.[13]

Third Round Proper

The Third Round draw took place on Sunday, 8 December at 16:10.[14] A total of 64 teams competed, 20 of which had progressed from the Second Round Proper along with 44 clubs from the Premier League and Football League Championship.[15] The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Kidderminster Harriers, Macclesfield Town and Grimsby Town; they were the only level 5 teams left in the competition.

Fourth Round Proper

The Fourth Round draw took place on Sunday 5 January 2014, live on ITV at 14:00.[16] Kidderminster Harriers were the lowest ranked team to qualify for this round. They were the only non-league / level 5 team left in the competition.

Fifth Round Proper

The Fifth Round draw took place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 26 January 2014.[17] A total of 16 teams compete, all of which has progressed from the Fourth Round Proper.[18] The lowest ranked side qualified for this round are Sheffield United.[19] They are the only level 3 team in the Fifth Round.

Sixth Round Proper

The draw for the Sixth Round took place on Sunday 16 February 2014.[20] The lowest ranked side qualified for this round is Sheffield United. They are the only level 3 team in the Sixth Round.

Semi-Finals

The draw for the Semi-Finals took place at Wembley Stadium, London on Sunday 9 March 2014.[21] A total of four teams compete, all of which have progressed from the Sixth Round Proper.[22] The lowest ranked team qualified for this round is Sheffield United. They are the only level 3 team in the Semi-Finals. The matches were delayed by 7 minutes to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, which took place on 15 April 1989 in an FA Cup semi-final match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, claiming 96 lives.

Wigan Athletic (2) 1–1 (a.e.t.) Arsenal (1)
Gómez  63' (pen.) Report Mertesacker  82'
Penalties
Caldwell
Collison
Beausejour
McArthur 		2–4 Arteta
Källström
Giroud
Cazorla
Attendance: 82,185
Hull City (1) 5–3 Sheffield United (3)
Sagbo  42'
Fryatt  49'
Huddlestone  54'
Quinn  67'
Meyler  90+3'		 Report Baxter  19'
Scougall  44'
Murphy  90'
Attendance: 71,820

Final

Arsenal (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Hull City (1)
Cazorla  17'
Koscielny  71'
Ramsey  109'		 Report Chester  4'
Davies  8'
Attendance: 89,345[23]
Referee: Lee Probert

Top scorers

As of 13 April 2014 [24]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga Peterborough United 5
England Sam Clucas Mansfield Town
England Joe Garner Preston North End
4 Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City 4
England Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Bristol City
England Matty Fryatt Hull City
England Jamie Paterson Nottingham Forest
England Chris Porter Sheffield United
England Reuben Reid Plymouth Argyle
Ivory Coast François Zoko Stevenage

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the free-to-air channel ITV and the new subscription channel BT Sport.[25] ITV has held the rights since 2008–09,[26] while BT Sport bought ESPN's remaining FA Cup rights in February 2013.[27] The FA Cup Final must be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.[28]

These matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round BT Sport ITV
First Round Proper Wimbledon v Coventry City
Shortwood United v Port Vale
Brackley Town v Gillingham (replay)
Gateshead v Oxford United (replay)		 Bishop's Stortford v Northampton Town
Second Round Proper Cambridge United v Sheffield United
Wrexham v Oxford United
Mansfield Town v Oldham Athletic (replay)
Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers (replay)		 Tamworth v Bristol City
Third Round Proper Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City
Derby County v Chelsea
Manchester United v Swansea City
Fulham v Norwich City (replay)		 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest v West Ham United
Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers (replay)
Fourth Round Proper Arsenal v Coventry City
Stevenage v Everton
Sheffield United v Fulham
Preston North End v Nottingham Forest (replay)		 AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool
Chelsea v Stoke City
Fulham v Sheffield United (replay)
Fifth Round Proper Sunderland v Southampton
Arsenal v Liverpool
Brighton & Hove Albion v Hull City		 Manchester City v Chelsea
Everton v Swansea City
Hull City v Brighton & Hove Albion (replay)
Sixth Round Proper Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic
Manchester City v Wigan Athletic		 Arsenal v Everton
Hull City v Sunderland
Semi-Finals Hull City v Sheffield United Wigan Athletic v Arsenal
Final Arsenal v Hull City

References

  1. ↑ "FA Partners". The Football Association.
  2. ↑ "LIST OF 737 CLUBS ACCEPTED". The FA. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Summary – FA Cup – England – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  4. ↑ "FA Cup: Guernsey FC confirmed in 2013–14 FA Cup draw". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ↑ McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "FA Cup final;:Manchester City 0–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport.
  6. ↑ "Arsenal v Hull". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "The FA Cup Prize Fund". FA.
  8. ↑ "Home News FA Cup draw numbers". The Football Association.
  9. ↑ "FA Cup Rules". The Football Association.
  10. ↑ "Home News FA Cup draw numbers". The Football Association.
  11. ↑ "FA Cup Rules". The Football Association.
  12. ↑ "FA Cup: Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers abandoned". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "UK storms disrupt weekend sporting fixtures". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ "Second Round takes shape with TV ties confirmed". The Football Association.
  15. ↑ "FA Cup Rules". The Football Association.
  16. ↑ "The FA Cup Fourth Round draw live from Wembley". The FA.
  17. ↑ "The FA Cup Fifth Round draw live from Wembley Stadium". The Football Association.
  18. ↑ "FA Cup Rules". The Football Association.
  19. ↑ "FA Cup fifth-round draw: Man City land Chelsea at home". BBC Sport. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Watch The FA Cup Sixth Round draw live here on Sunday". The Football Association.
  21. ↑ "Ian Wright and Shaun Wright-Phillips to make FA Cup draw". The Football Association.
  22. ↑ "FA Cup Rules". The Football Association.
  23. ↑ "Arsenal v Hull". BBC Sport.
  24. ↑ "2013/2014 FA Cup Top Scorers". World Football. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  25. ↑ "ITV to continue showing FA Cup and England home games in £90m deal". The Guardian. 16 January 2012.
  26. ↑ "Snatch of day re-run as ITV wins FA Cup". The Guardian. 31 March 2007.
  27. ↑ "BT buys ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels". Daily Telegraph. 25 February 2013.
  28. ↑ "Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events" (PDF). Ofcom.
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