FA Cup 1999–2000

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The FA Cup 1999–2000 was the 119th staging of the world's oldest cup competition, the Football Association Cup or 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 FA Cup Final between Chelsea F.C. and Aston Villa F.C. and the game was won by a goal from Chelsea's Roberto Di Matteo, giving them a 1-0 victory.

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.

[edit] Controversy

Manchester United did not participate due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. Despite this being at the request of the FA, they received criticism from journalists and television pundits. United thus became the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title. To keep the competition running smoothly, a "lucky loser" from the second round was selected to play in the third round. Darlington F.C. were selected to play, despite losing their second round match.

[edit] Calendar

[edit] 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 October 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.^[1]

[edit] Second Round Proper

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Fourth Round Proper

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

[edit] 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.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Gillingham 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday 10,130 2 Blackburn 1–2 Newcastle 29,946 3 Aston Villa 3–2 Leeds United 30,026 4 Everton 2–0 Preston 37,486 5 Fulham 1–2 Tranmere 13,859 6 Coventry 2–3 Charlton 23,400 7 Chelsea 2 –1 Leicester 30,141 8 Cambridge United 1–3 Bolton 7,523 [edit] Sixth Round Proper 2000-02-19 15:00 Bolton 1 – 0 Charlton Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 20,131 Referee: Graham Poll Gudjohnsen  47' 2000-02-20 16:00 Everton 1 – 2 Aston Villa Goodison Park, Everton Attendance: 35,331 Referee: Dermot Gallagher Moore  20' Stone  16' Carbone  45' 2000-02-20 14:00 Tranmere 2 – 3 Newcastle United Prenton Park, Birkenhead Attendance: 15,776 Referee: Steve Dunn Allison  45' Gary Jones  76' Speed  27' Domi  36' Ferguson  58' 2000-02-20 15:00 Chelsea 5 – 0 Gillingham Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, West London Attendance: 34,205 Referee: Paul Durkin Flo  16' Terry  49' Weah  50' Zola  85' (pen) Morris  88' [edit] 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). 2000-04-02 15:00 Aston Villa 0 – 0 Bolton Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 62,828 Referee: David Elleray Aston Villa win 4-1 on penalties 2000-04-09 15:00 Chelsea 2 – 1 Newcastle United Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,876 Referee: Dermot Gallagher Gus Poyet  17'  72' Rob Lee  66' [edit] Final Main article: 2000 FA Cup 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. 2000-05-20 15:00 BST Chelsea 1 – 0 Aston Villa Wembley, London Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) Di Matteo  73' (Report) Chelsea Aston Villa [edit] References ^ "Fire at Wycombe calls halt to Cup tie". 10 November 1999. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fire-at-wycombe-calls-halt-to-cup-tie-1124937.html. Retrieved on 15 May 2009.  [edit] External links The FA website BBC FA Cup page v • d • e FA Cup Seasons 1871–72 · 1872–73 · 1873–74 · 1874–75 · 1875–76 · 1876–77 · 1877–78 · 1878–79 · 1879–80 · 1880–81 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1883–84 · 1884–85 · 1885–86 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90 · 1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–1900 · 1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 Finals 1872 · 1873 · 1874 · 1875 · 1876 · 1877 · 1878 · 1879 · 1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 · 1884 · 1885 · 1886 · 1887 · 1888 · 1889 · 1890 · 1891 · 1892 · 1893 · 1894 · 1895 · 1896 · 1897 · 1898 · 1899 · 1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909 · 1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1915 · 1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 History · List of winners · Final referees · Semi-finals · Scottish clubs