2024–25 FA Youth Cup

2024–25 FA Youth Cup

Tournament details
Teams	633

The 2024–25 FA Youth Cup was the 73rd edition of the competition.

The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with two preliminary rounds which was followed by three qualifying rounds for non-League teams. The Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entered in the first round proper, and Premier League and Championship teams entered in the third round proper.

A record 633 clubs were accepted into the competition. Although 3 teams Hutton, Newent Town, and Thame United withdrew before the draw began, 630 competed in the competition. The current defending Champions are Manchester City who defeated Leeds United 4–0 at the Etihad Stadium in front of 20,000 fans.

Calendar

Round	Matches played from	Matches	Clubs	New entries
Extra preliminary round	12 August 2024	93	630 → 537	186
Preliminary round	2 September 2024	191	537 → 346	289
First round qualifying	16 September 2024	117	346 → 229	43
Second round qualifying	30 September 2024	70	229 → 159	23
Third round qualifying	14 October 2024	35	159 → 124
First round	2 November 2024	40	124 → 84	45
Second round	23 November 2024	20	84 → 64
Third round	14 December 2024	32	64 → 32	44
Fourth round	18 January 2025	16	32 → 16
Fifth round	8 February 2025	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	8 March 2025	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	5 April 2025	2	4 → 2
Final	3 May 2025	1	2 → 1

Qualifying rounds

Extra preliminary round

186 teams from tiers 7-10 competed in the Extra preliminary Round. The Draw was released on July 5, 2024.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
Friday 9 August 2024
13	Emley AFC (8)	4–1	Gainsborough Trinity (7)	158
Monday 12 August 2024
8	West Didsbury & Chorlton (9)	W/O	Hyde United (7)	NA
23	Newcastle Town (8)	7–0	Stafford Rangers (8)	56
59	AFC Croydon Athletic (8)	W/O	Sutton Athletic	NA
63	Rochester United (10)	W/O	Rusthall (9)	NA
76	Farnham Town (8)	W/O	Godalming Town (10)	NA
85	Gosport Borough (7)	12–0	United Services Portsmouth (9)	165
28	Lye Town (8)		Studley (9)
Match played at Studley.
42	Sawbridgeworth Town (9)	2–4	Saffron Walden Town (9)
57	Hendon (7)		Hillingdon Borough (10)
73	Three Bridges (8)	3–2	Westfield (8)
Match played at Westfield.
77	Hastings United (7)	W/O	Arundel (10)	NA
78	Didcot Town (8)	3–1	Frimley Green (10)	71
88	Bristol Manor Farm (8)	3–2	Yate Town (8)	126
92	St Blazey (9)	W/O	Saltash United (9)
22	Romulus (9)	1–2	Coton Green (10)	50
Match played at Coton Green.
25	Stratford Town (7)	3–2	Redditch United (7)
38	Brantham Athletic (9)	W/O	Soham Town Rangers (9)	NA
41	Haverhill Borough (10)	3–1	Haverhill Rovers (10)
45	Hackney Wick (10)		Brentwood Town (8)
51	Bowers & Pitsea (7)	4–3	London Lions (10)
53	Berkhamsted (8)	4–2	Spelthorne Sports (9)	30
70	South Park (Reigate) (8)	2–1	Little Common (9)	52
75	Redhill (9)	1–4	Horsham YMCA (9)	85
Tuesday 13 August 2024
36	Lakenheath (9)		Swaffham Town (10)
52	Rayners Lane (8)		Holmer Green (10)
14	Guiseley AFC (7)		Dronfield Town (10)
34	St Ives Town (7)		Crawley Green (9)
48	Waltham Abbey (8)		Hashtag United (7)
55	Hanworth Villa (8)		Burnham (9)
69	Steyning Town Community (8)		Chipstead (9)
Wednesday 14 August 2024
10	FC United of Manchester (7)		Darwen (10)
61	Phoenix Sports (8)		Dartford (7)
79	Reading City (9)		Marlow (7)
21	Clifton All Whites (10)		Hinckley LR (8)
24	AFC Telford United (7)		Stourbridge (7)
Match played at Shifnal Town.
31	Kempston Rovers (9)		Letchworth Garden City Eagles (10)
54	Brook House (10)		Oxhey Jets (10)
67	Merstham (8)		Roffey (9)
74	Guildford City (9)		Newhaven (9)
89	Shortwood United (10)		Mangotsfield United (9)
15	Gresley Rovers (9)		Lincoln United (9)
27	Halesowen Town (7)		Pershore Town (9)
43	Bishop's Stortford (7)		Potters Bar Town (7)
47	Frenford (9)		May & Baker Eastbrook Community (10)
50	Little Oakley (9)		Enfield Borough (10)

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
56	Wembley (9)		Northwood (8)
60	Hollands & Blair (9)		Glebe (9)
62	Sutton Common Rovers (8)		Sevenoaks Town (8)
68	Horsham (7)		Carshalton Athletic (7)
72	Bognor Regis Town (7)		Worthing United (10)
81	Fleet Town (9)		Hartley Wintney (8)
86	Bishop's Cleeve (8)		Odd Down (10)
Thursday 15 August 2024
7	Ramsbottom United (9)		Colne (9)
9	Wythenshawe Town (8)		Warrington Rylands (7)
19	Loughborough Students (8)		Matlock Town (7)
30	Moulton (10)		Royston Town (7)
58	Sheppey United (8)		Erith & Belvedere (9)
18	Leicester Nirvana (9)		Hinckley AFC (9)
32	Kettering Town (7)		Shefford Town & Campton (9)
44	Hullbridge Sports (9)		West Essex (9)
49	Walthamstow (8)		Barking (9)
64	Mile Oak (10)		Walton & Hersham (8)
87	Hengrove Athletic (10)		Fairford Town (9)
90	Thornbury Town (9)		Cheltenham Saracens (10)
91	Malmesbury Victoria (9)		Paulton Rovers (8)
Match played at Paulton Rovers.
93	Falmouth Town AFC (8)		Helston Athletic (8)
3	Workington AFC (7)		Whickham (9)
4	Cheadle Heath Nomads (10)		South Liverpool (9)
5	Skelmersdale United (10)		Sandbach United (10)
Match played at Sandbach United.
11	Ossett United (8)		Golcar United (9)
12	Harrogate Railway Athletic (10)		Tadcaster Albion (9)
16	Holbeach United (10)		Ashby Ivanhoe (9)
20	Sherwood Colliery (8)		Louth Town (10)
26	Coventry Sphinx (8)		Hereford Pegasus (9)
29	Droitwich Spa (10)		Worcester City (8)
33	March Town United (9)		Harpenden Town (9)
35	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8)		FC Peterborough (10)
37	Cambridge City (8)		Stowmarket Town (9)
Match played at Stowmarket Town.
39	Felixstowe & Walton United (8)		Great Yarmouth Town (9)
40	Woodbridge Town (9)		Ipswich Wanderers (8)
65	Loxwood (9)		Ash United(10)
82	Basingstoke Town (7)		Ardley United (9)
84	Petersfield Town (9)		AFC Totton(7)
2	Pickering Town (9)		Newcastle Benfield (9)
6	Cheadle Town (9)		AFC Liverpool (9)
46	Fisher (9)		Wingate & Finchley (7)
1	Penrith AFC (9)		Whitby Town (7)
80	Wantage Town (10)		Abingdon United (10)
17	Ilkeston Town (7)		Quorn (9)
Match played at Quorn.
66	Kingstonian (7)	W/O	Selsey (10)	NA
Match played at South Park Reigate.
83	AFC Stoneham (9)		Fareham Town
Saturday 18 August 2024
71	Pagham (9)		Saltdean United (9)

Preliminary round

382 teams competed in the Preliminary round with the 93 winners from the previous round along with 289 new teams. The Draw was released on July 5, 2024.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
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47
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49
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53
54
55
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58
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62
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71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
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124
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171
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173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191

First Round Qualifying

43 clubs from the sixth tier National League North and National League South competed with the 191 winners from the preliminary round. Even though the 6th tier has 48 teams, Chesham United , Farnborough, Peterborough Sports, Scunthorpe United, and Welling United did not apply to compete in the FA Youth Cup.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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23
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26
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28
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30
31
32
33
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36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
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96
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98
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100
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102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117

Second Round Qualifying

23 clubs from the fifth tier National League competed with the 117 winners from the previous round. Although the fifth tier has 24 clubs, Braintree Town did not apply to compete in the FA Youth Cup.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
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3
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5
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16
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18
19
20
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24
25
26
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31
32
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34
35

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
36
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70

Third Round Qualifying

The 70 winners from the Second Round Qualifying compete in this round with the 35 winners progressing to the First Round Proper.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

Competition Proper

First Round

45 teams from League One and League Two joined the 35 winners from the previous round. Barrow AFC, Crawley Town, and Wycombe Wanderers will not participate in this round as they did not apply to enter the competition.