2017–18 FA Cup

2017–18 FA Cup
Football Association Challenge Cup
Country England
Wales
Dates 5 August – 14 October 2017 (qualifying competition)
4 November 2017 – 19 May 2018 (main competition)
Teams 737 (overall)
645 (qualifying competition)
124 (main competition)
Defending champions Arsenal
Champions Chelsea (8th title)
Runners-up Manchester United
Championship match score 1–0
Matches played 149
Goals scored 432 (2.9 per match)
Attendance 1,875,938 (12,590 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Will Grigg
(7 goals)

The 2017–18 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) was the 137th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It was sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. 737 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 5 August 2017, and concluded with the final on 19 May 2018.[1] The winners qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

The third round match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace on 8 January 2018 was the first competitive game in England where video assistant referee (VAR) technology was available, although it was not used.[2]

Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee (VAR) in competitive English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood Town 2–0 in the FA Cup third-round replay on 16 January 2018. Referee Jon Moss initially disallowed the goal for offside but he consulted with video official Mike Jones, who told him Nathan Pond's trailing foot was keeping Iheanacho onside. The goal was awarded 67 seconds after it hit the back of the net.

Craig Pawson became the first referee in English football to watch a video recording at the sideline in the fourth round tie between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion on 27 January 2018. After delaying the match for nearly three minutes he awarded a penalty to Liverpool.

Premier League side Arsenal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Nottingham Forest in the third round on 7 January 2018. It was the earliest exit by the title holders since 1968–69.[3]

Calendar and prizes

Round Main date Leagues entering at this round New entries this round Winners from previous round Number of fixtures Prize money[4]
For the previous rounds look 2017–18 FA Cup qualifying rounds
First Round Proper4 November 2017EFL League One
EFL League Two		483240£18,000
Second Round Proper3 December 2017nonenone4020£27,000
Third Round Proper6 January 2018Premier League
EFL Championship		442032£67,500
Fourth Round Proper27 January 2018nonenone3216£90,000
Fifth Round Proper17 February 2018nonenone168£180,000
Quarter-
finals		17-18 March 2018nonenone84£360,000
Semi-finals21-22 April 2018nonenone42£900,000
£450,000 (losers)
Final19 May 2018nonenone21£1,800,000
£900,000 (losers)

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of either the Premier League or English Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 available places in the First Round Proper. The qualifying competition began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 5 August 2017.[1] The final (fourth) qualifying round was played over the weekend of 14 October 2017.[1]

First Round Proper

The First Round draw took place on 16 October and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport.[5] All 40 First Round Proper ties were played on the weekend of 4 November. 32 teams from the qualifying competition joined the 48 teams from League One and League Two to compete in this round. The round included two teams from Level 8, Heybridge Swifts and Hyde United, who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.[6]

Second Round Proper

The Second Round draw took place on 6 November and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport.[7] All 20 Second Round Proper ties were played on the weekend of 2 December. This round included three teams from Level 7 – Hereford, Slough Town, and Leatherhead – who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.[8]

Third Round Proper

The Third Round draw took place on 4 December 2017 and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport[9] before the final second round tie between Slough Town and Rochdale. All 32 Third Round Proper ties took place on the weekend of 5–8 January 2018. A total of 64 clubs played in the third round; 20 winners of the second round, and 44 teams from Premier League and EFL Championship entering in this round.[10] For the first time in 67 years no non-league team (i.e. from Level 5 or below) made the Third Round Proper, with all 32 such teams that advanced through qualifying being knocked out in the first two rounds, the last 10 in the Second Round Proper.[11]

Fourth Round Proper

The draw for the Fourth Round Proper[12] took place on 8 January 2018 at 19:10 GMT and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport.[13] This round included four teams from Level 4 – Yeovil Town, Notts County, Coventry City, and Newport County – who were the lowest-ranked teams still in the competition.

Fifth Round Proper

The draw for the Fifth Round Proper took place on 29 January 2018 at 19:20 GMT and was broadcast live on BBC One.[14] This round included one team from Level 4 still in the competition, Coventry City, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 February 2018 at 20:00 GMT and was broadcast live on BT Sport, the BBC Sport website and app, and BBC Radio 5 Live. This round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition, Wigan Athletic, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.[15]

There are no replays in the FA Cup quarter-finals, following a rule change introduced for the previous tournament. If a match was level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score had still been level, the tie would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 18 March 2018, after the conclusion of the quarter-final match between Leicester City and Chelsea. The draw was conducted by Gianfranco Zola and Petr Čech.[16] The semi-finals were played on Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April 2018 at Wembley Stadium.[17]

Manchester United (1) 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur (1)
Sánchez  24'
Herrera  62'		 Report Alli  11'
Attendance: 84,667
Chelsea (1) 2–0 Southampton (1)
Giroud  46'
Morata  82'		 Report
Attendance: 73,416

Final

Chelsea 1–0 Manchester United
Hazard  22' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 87,647

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the FA Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a replay, except for the quarter-finals stage onwards. Numbers in parentheses next to the replay score represents the results of a penalty shoot-out except for the quarter-finals stage onwards.

 
Third Round Proper
5–8 January 2018
16–17 January 2018 (replays)		Fourth Round Proper
26–28 January 2018
6–7 February 2018 (replays)		Fifth Round Proper
16–19 February 2018
27–28 February 2018 (replays)		Quarter-finals
17–18 March 2018		Semi-finals
21–22 April 2018		Final
19 May 2018
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Aston Villa1
 
 
 
Peterborough United3
 
Peterborough United1
 
 
 
Leicester City5
 
Fleetwood Town0 (0)
 
 
 
Leicester City0 (2)
 
Leicester City1
 
 
 
Sheffield United0
 
Ipswich Town0
 
 
 
Sheffield United1
 
Sheffield United1
 
 
 
Preston North End0
 
Wycombe Wanderers1
 
 
 
Preston North End5
 
Leicester City1
 
 
 
Chelsea (a.e.t.)2
 
Norwich City0 (1) (3)
 
 
 
Chelsea (p)0 (1) (5)
 
Chelsea3
 
 
 
Newcastle United0
 
Newcastle United3
 
 
 
Luton Town1
 
Chelsea4
 
 
 
Hull City0
 
Blackburn Rovers0
 
 
 
Hull City1
 
Hull City2
 
 
 
Nottingham Forest1
 
Nottingham Forest4
 
 
 
Arsenal2
 
Chelsea2
 
 
 
Southampton0
 
Bournemouth2 (0)
 
 
 
Wigan Athletic2 (3)
 
Wigan Athletic2
 
 
 
West Ham United0
 
Shrewsbury Town0 (0)
 
 
 
West Ham United (a.e.t.)0 (1)
 
Wigan Athletic1
 
 
 
Manchester City0
 
Cardiff City0 (4)
 
 
 
Mansfield Town0 (1)
 
Cardiff City0
 
 
 
Manchester City2
 
Manchester City4
 
 
 
Burnley1
 
Wigan Athletic0
 
 
 
Southampton2
 
Liverpool2
 
 
 
Everton1
 
Liverpool2
 
 
 
West Bromwich Albion3
 
Exeter City0
 
 
 
West Bromwich Albion2
 
West Bromwich Albion1
 
 
 
Southampton2
 
Fulham0
 
 
 
Southampton1
 
Southampton1
 
 
 
Watford0
 
Watford3
 
 
 
Bristol City0
 
Chelsea1
 
 
 
Manchester United0
 
Bolton Wanderers1
 
 
 
Huddersfield Town2
 
Huddersfield Town (a.e.t.)1 (4)
 
 
 
Birmingham City1 (1)
 
Birmingham City1
 
 
 
Burton Albion0
 
Huddersfield Town0
 
 
 
Manchester United2
 
Yeovil Town2
 
 
 
Bradford City0
 
Yeovil Town0
 
 
 
Manchester United4
 
Manchester United2
 
 
 
Derby County0
 
Manchester United2
 
 
 
Brighton & Hove Albion0
 
Middlesbrough2
 
 
 
Sunderland0
 
Middlesbrough0
 
 
 
Brighton & Hove Albion1
 
Brighton & Hove Albion2
 
 
 
Crystal Palace1
 
Brighton & Hove Albion3
 
 
 
Coventry City1
 
Queens Park Rangers0
 
 
 
Milton Keynes Dons1
 
Milton Keynes Dons0
 
 
 
Coventry City1
 
Coventry City2
 
 
 
Stoke City1
 
Manchester United2
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur1
 
Carlisle United0 (0)
 
 
 
Sheffield Wednesday0 (2)
 
Sheffield Wednesday3
 
 
 
Reading1
 
Stevenage0 (0)
 
 
 
Reading0 (3)
 
Sheffield Wednesday0 (0)
 
 
 
Swansea City0 (2)
 
Brentford0
 
 
 
Notts County1
 
Notts County1 (1)
 
 
 
Swansea City1 (8)
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers0 (1)
 
 
 
Swansea City0 (2)
 
Swansea City0
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur3
 
Millwall4
 
 
 
Barnsley1
 
Millwall2 (0)
 
 
 
Rochdale2 (1)
 
Doncaster Rovers0
 
 
 
Rochdale1
 
Rochdale2 (1)
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur2 (6)
 
Newport County2
 
 
 
Leeds United1
 
Newport County1 (0)
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur1 (2)
 
Tottenham Hotspur3
 
 
AFC Wimbledon0
 

Top goalscorers

[18]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Northern Ireland Will Grigg Wigan Athletic 7
2 England Ian Henderson Rochdale 6
3 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Manchester United 5
England Jack Marriott Peterborough United
England Jayden Stockley Exeter City

Television rights

The following matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round BT Sport BBC S4C
First Round Proper Shaw Lane v Mansfield Town
Chorley v Fleetwood Town
Tranmere Rovers v Peterborough United (Replay)
Billericay Town v Leatherhead (Replay)		 Hyde United v Milton Keynes Dons Newport County v Walsall
Second Round Proper Notts County v Oxford City
Slough Town v Rochdale
Hereford v Fleetwood Town (Replay)
 A.F.C. Fylde v Wigan Athletic
Third Round Proper Norwich City v Chelsea
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace
Leicester City v Fleetwood Town (Replay)		 Liverpool v Everton
Fleetwood Town v Leicester City
Newport County v Leeds United (BBC Wales)
Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United
Chelsea v Norwich City (Replay)
Fourth Round Proper Peterborough United v Leicester City
Newport County v Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur v Newport County (Replay)		 Yeovil Town v Manchester United
Cardiff City v Manchester City
Swansea City v Notts County (Replay)
Fifth Round Proper Chelsea v Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City
Huddersfield Town v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v Rochdale (Replay)		 Rochdale v Tottenham Hotspur
Wigan Athletic v Manchester City
Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday (Replay)
Quarter-finals Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion		 Wigan Athletic v Southampton
Leicester City v Chelsea
Semi-finals Chelsea v Southampton Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Final Chelsea v Manchester United

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Emirates FA Cup Round Dates, 2017–18". The Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Brighton 2 Crystal Palace 1: VAR available, but not used, as Glenn Murray seals FA Cup third round tie". The Telegraph. 8 January. Retrieved 9 January 1975. Check date values in: |accessdate=, |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Arsenal out of FA Cup after stunning Lichaj double for Nottingham Forest". Guardian. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Emirates FA Cup prize fund". thefa.com. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "First Round Proper Draw". thefa.com. The Football Association. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Draw completed for first round of The Emirates FA Cup". thefa.com. The Football Association. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Emirates FA Cup Second Round Proper Draw takes place on Monday Evening". thefa.com. The Football Association. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Twenty ties pulled out in Emirates FA Cup Second Round Draw". thefa.com. The Football Association. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Emirates FA Cup Third Round Proper Draw takes place on Monday Evening". thefa.com. The Football Association. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool and Everton handed derby tie in FA Cup third round draw". Guardian. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "FA Cup: Maximum number of EFL clubs in Third Round". efl.com. English Football League. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "FA Cup fourth round: Manchester United go to League Two Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round Draw". thefa.com. The Football Association. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "FA Cup fifth round". BBC Sport. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "FA Cup Quarter Final". The FA. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "When is the FA Cup semi-final draw? What TV channel is it on? Who can Manchester United get?". Manchester Evening News. 18 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "FA Cup semi-finals: Manchester United v Tottenham live on BBC". BBC Sport. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "FA Cup Top Scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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