2008–09 FA Youth Cup
Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Ipswich Town 4 - 2 ( aet ) Crystal Palace
2 Arsenal 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
3 Preston North End 0 - 1 ( aet ) Sunderland
4 Chelsea 5-1 Walsall
5 Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Newcastle United
6 Norwich City 1 - 1 ( 4-2 p ) Stoke City
7 Southampton 0-1 Watford
8 Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Millwall
9 Bristol Rovers 2 - 2 ( 2-4 p ) Liverpool
10 Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Hull City
11 Burnley 1-3 Everton
12 Middlesbrough 1-2 Nottingham Forest
13 Charlton Athletic 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
14 Birmingham City 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
15 Portsmouth 0-1 Manchester City
16 Cardiff City 0 - 0 ( 5-4 p ) Tranmere Rovers
Fourth round
The 2008-09 FA Youth Cup was the 57th FA Youth Cup. A record 474 clubs participated in the competition. The competition started in September 2008 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 22 and 26 May 2009. Arsenal knocked out holders Manchester City en route to the final, where they beat 2006 and 2007 winners Liverpool 6-2 on aggregate to lift the FA Youth Cup for the 7th time.