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
2009–10 FA Cup qualifying rounds for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards. 2009–10 FA Cup qualifying rounds The 2009–10 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 129th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. As in the previous year, 762 clubs were accepted for the competition. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning