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1999–2000 FA Cup

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Country
  
England  Wales

Runners-up
  
Aston Villa

Dates
  
30 Oct 1999 – 20 May 2000

Champions
  
Chelsea (3rd title)

Champion
  
Chelsea F.C.

Top goal scorer(s)
  
Gustavo Poyet (6 goals)

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The 1999–2000 FA Cup 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 and Aston Villa. The game was won by a goal from Chelsea's Roberto Di Matteo, giving them a 1-0 victory.

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The previous season's winners, Manchester United, withdrew from the 1999–2000 competition due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in South America, to take place in early 2000, thus becoming the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title. Despite this being at the request of the Football Association (FA), they received criticism from journalists and television pundits. To keep the competition running smoothly, the FA chose to draw one team from among those lower-division teams defeated in the second round to progress as "lucky losers" to the third. Darlington were the team drawn.

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.

Calendar

Manchester United, who were the winners the previous season, did not enter.

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 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.

    Second round proper

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

    • 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.

    • Fourth round proper

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

    • 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.

    • 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).

  • Aston Villa win 4-1 on penalties. Steve Stone, Lee Hendrie, Gareth Barry Dion Dublin all scored for Aston Villa. Dean Holdsworth scored for Bolton.

    • 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.

    Media coverage

    In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free to air broadcasters for the third consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the twelfth consecutive season.

    References

    1999–2000 FA Cup Wikipedia
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