FA Cup 2005–06
The FA Cup 2005-06 was the 125th staging of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.
The competition began on August 20 2005, with the lowest-ranked of the 674 entrants competing in the Extra Preliminary round. For England's top 44 clubs, the FA Cup began in the Third Round in January.
Ties are all single-legged and take place at the stadium of the club drawn first. If scores are level at the end of a match, it is replayed at the away club's stadium, usually 10 days later. If the scores are still level, extra-time and penalties (if necessary) are used to determine a winner. However, from the semi-finals onwards, the ties take place at a neutral stadium, and there are no replays. That is to say, extra-time and penalties are played if necessary to determine a winner in a single match.
At the special request of England national football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, the quarter-finals (i.e. 6th Round Proper) were held on weeknights (they would normally take place at weekends). This action was made to ensure that the season finishes as early as possible, allowing players a full month's rest before the 2006 World Cup finals.
The semi-finals were staged at neutral venues and, like the final, would not be replayed in the event of a draw.
The Football Association had hoped to stage the final at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium, London on May 13 2006, but due to the uncertainty of the new stadium being completed in time, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final, which was contested between Liverpool and West Ham United.
Results
The results listed below start at the first round proper, where the 32 non-league clubs to have made it through the preliminary rounds meet the 24 clubs from League Two and the 24 clubs from League One.
First Round Proper
All ties took place on the weekend of Saturday, 5 November 2005. Replays, played in the week of 14 November 2005, are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Second Round Proper
The 40 clubs to have made it through the First Round, play off to reduce the number of remaining clubs to 20.
All ties took place on Saturday December 3 2005 and Sunday December 4 2005. Replays took place on December 13. Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Third Round Proper
The 20 clubs to have made it through Round Two meet the 24 clubs from the Football League Championship and the 20 Premier League clubs, including holders Arsenal.
All ties took place on Saturday January 7 and January 8 2006. Replays took place January 17 and January 18, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Fourth Round Proper
The 32 clubs to have made it through Round Three.
All ties took place on Saturday January 28 2006 and Sunday January 29. Replays took place on February 7 and February 8, and are shown in italics. Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Fifth Round Proper
All ties took place on Saturday February 18 and Sunday February 19 2006. Replays are shown in italics, and took place on March 14 and March 15. Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Sixth Round Proper
Ties are shown in order of the draw.
Semi-finals
Player of the Round
From the First Round (Qualifying) onward, a panel including Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling and FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick nominated players for the award. The winners were voted by visitors of thefa.com.
The player with the most votes each round won £1000 worth of football equipment for a local school or club, as well as an engraved silver salver.
No vote was made for the final tie.
See also
 2006 FA Cup Final
Sources / External links
Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com
News and stories at BBC.co.uk
Results service at SoccerBase.com
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