The 1968–69 FA Cup was the 88th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Manchester City won the competition for the fourth time, beating Leicester City 1–0 in the final at Wembley, through a goal from Neil Young.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. The 1968–69 tournament was remarkable in that no second replays were required at any point throughout the main event.
Calendar
| Round |
Date
|
| Preliminary Round |
Saturday 7 September 1968
|
| First Round Qualifying |
Saturday 21 September 1968
|
| Second Round Qualifying |
Saturday 5 October 1968
|
| Third Round Qualifying |
Saturday 19 October 1968
|
| Fourth Round Qualifying |
Saturday 2 November 1968
|
| First Round Proper |
Saturday 16 November 1968
|
| Second Round Proper |
Saturday 7 December 1968
|
| Third Round Proper |
Saturday 4 January 1969
|
| Fourth Round Proper |
Saturday 25 January 1969
|
| Fifth Round Proper |
Saturday 8 February 1969
|
| Sixth Round Proper |
Saturday 1 March 1969
|
| Semi-Finals |
Saturday 22 March 1969
|
| Final |
Saturday 26 April 1969
|
Results
First Round Proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 16 November 1968. Ten were drawn and went to replays two, three or four days later.
Second Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 December 1968. Nine matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.
Third Round Proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 4 January 1969. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays.
Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 January 1969. Six matches were drawn and went to replays.
Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 February 1969. However, for the first time in history, the entire fifth round draw for the FA Cup was unable to be played due to heavy snowfall across England,[1] and the matches were replayed at various times after this date. Most took place by the following Wednesday (one of these requiring a replay), two were played a fortnight later, but the final match was not played until 1 March and required a replay two days later.
Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on 1 March 1969, although due to the late completion of Leicester City's fifth round tie, their match with Mansfield Town was not played until 8 March. There were no replays.
Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday 22 March and Saturday 29 March 1969.
Final
The 1969 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester City and Leicester City at Wembley on Saturday 26 April 1969. The match finished 1–0 to Manchester City who, behind West Ham United in 1975, are the second-last all-English team to win the FA Cup.
References
- General
- The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com
- English FA Cup 1968/69 at Soccerbase
- F.A. Cup results 1968/69 at Footballsite
- Specific
|
|---|
| | Domestic leagues | |
|---|
| | Domestic cups |
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- England
- Faroe Islands '68 '69
- Finland '68 '69
- France
- East Germany
- West Germany
- Greece
- Hungary '68 '69
- Iceland '68 '69
- Israel
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Norway '68 '69
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
|
|---|
| | League cups | |
|---|
| | UEFA competitions | |
|---|
|
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.