2009–10 FA Youth Cup 2009–10 FA Youth Cup The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2009–10 was the 58th edition of the FA Youth Cup. 467 clubs were initially accepted, although there was one withdrawal, Worcester City 53 of the remaining 466 teams were new entries. Holders Arsenal were knocked out in the fourth Round at home to Ipswich Town 0–2. Chelsea won the competition by beating Aston Villa 3–2 on aggregate to win the competition for only their third time in their history and for the first time since 1961. The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along
1871–72 in English football 1871–72 in English football The world's first national-level football competition the Football Association Challenge Cup (now better known as the FA Cup), was played for the first time in 1871–72. As such, this marks 1871-72 as the first 'season' of English football, although the use of the term is an anachronism. Furthermore at that time, with no other football associations operating, the FA Cup attracted entrants from all over the UK; it was not for many years that both the FA and the FA Cup came to be solely English institutions. The first FA Cup final was won 1–0 by