2015–16 FA Youth Cup

2015–16 FA Youth Cup

Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (7th Title)
Runners-up	Manchester City (6th Runner Up Finish)
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer	Bassala Sambou Coventry City (9 Goals)
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The 2015–16 FA Youth Cup was the 64th edition of the FA Youth Cup. Chelsea won the competition for the third year in a row.^[1]

Calendar

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Round	Matches played from
Preliminary round	3 September 2015
First round qualifying	21 September 2015
Second round qualifying	5 October 2015
Third round qualifying	19 October 2015
First round	7 November 2015
Second round	21 November 2015
Third round	19 December 2015
Fourth round	16 January 2016
Fifth round	6 February 2016
Quarter-finals	27 February 2016
Semi-finals (two legs)
Final (two legs)	22/27 April 2016

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Consett W.O. Shildon 2 Chester-le-Street Town 1–7 Newcastle Benfield 122 3 Radcliffe Borough 0–4 AFC Fylde 4 Vauxhall Motors 8–1 Bootle 5 Lancaster City W.O. West Didsbury & Chorlton 6 Clitheroe 3–8 Ashton Athletic 111 7 Irlam 3–1 Ashton Town 55 8 Skelmersdale United 3–4 Marine 114 9 AFC Liverpool 5–6 Cheadle Town 47 10 Witton Albion W.O. Salford City 11 Nantwich Town 2–1 Padiham 192 12 Southport 2–6 FC United of Manchester 294 13 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Hyde United 14 Runcorn Town W.O. Chester 15 Northwich Victoria W.O. Prescot Cables 16 Stalybridge Celtic 2–0 Burscough 48 17 Silsden 5–2 Hemsworth MW 35 18 Hall Road Rangers 0–3 Handsworth Parramore 19 Staveley MW 0–1 Grimsby Town 122 20 Brigg Town 0–6 Guiseley 21 Sheffield 3–2 Ossett Town 70 22 Selby Town 1–2 North Ferriby United 43 23 Barton Town Old Boys W.O. Pontefract Collieries 24 Goole 0–4 Stocksbridge Park Steels 106 25 Rossington Main 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cleethorpes Town 26 Aylestone Park 3–1 Stamford 27 Leicester Nirvana 0–0 (2–3 p) St Andrews 56 28 Mickleover Sports 6–1 Teversal 29 Bourne Town 1–7 Basford United 79 30 Lincoln City 9–1 Matlock Town 127 31 Lincoln United 1–1 (4–5 p) Gresley 32 Long Eaton United 1–2 Loughborough Dynamo 33 Boldmere St Michaels 0–0 (3–4 p) Studley 34 Leek Town 0–4 Newcastle Town 115 35 Ellesmere Rangers 2–0 Bromsgrove Sporting 36 Bilston Town 5–2 Pegasus Juniors 61 37 Romulus 3–2 Nuneaton Griff 40 38 Dudley Sports 1–2 Hereford 39 AFC Wulfrunians 1–0 Nuneaton Town 16 40 Stratford Town 2–0 Coton Green 61 41 Kidderminster Harriers 7–0 Evesham United 149 42 Leamington 2–3 Stourbridge 31 43 Halesowen Town 5–1 Bromyard Town 50 44 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–6 AFC Telford United 45 Pilkington XXX 2–1 Solihull Moors 49 46 Malvern Town 0–2 Coleshill Town 59 47 Coventry Sphinx W.O. Wednesfield 48 Wisbech St Mary 4–1 Hadleigh United 76 49 Ipswich Wanderers 2–3 (a.e.t.) Needham Market 64 50 Leiston 1–4 Stowmarket Town 53 51 Histon 2–1 Walsham Le Willows 85 52 Soham Town Rangers 1–3 Swaffham Town 53 Long Melford 0–1 Wroxham 27 54 Norwich United 2–1 Great Yarmouth Town 54 55 Cambridge City 4–0 Newmarket Town 69 56 Yaxley 0–2 Brackley Town 57 St Neots Town 5–1 Bugbrooke St Michaels 45 58 Cogenhoe United 0–1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 92 59 Biggleswade Town 8–1 Corby Town 65 60 Rothwell Corinthians 4–9 Kettering Town 63 61 Heybridge Swifts 3–0 Tower Hamlets 35 62 Eton Manor 3–2 (a.e.t.) Billericay Town 63 Waltham Forest 1–9 Chelmsford City 70 64 Romford 0–6 East Thurrock United 43 65 Barkingside 0–2 Brentwood Town 66 Saffron Walden Town 1–2 Witham Town 90 67 Clapton 1–3 AFC Hornchurch

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 68 Concord Rangers 1–4 Aveley 110 69 Tilbury 8–0 Halstead Town 39 70 Waltham Abbey 2–2 (0–3 p) Broxbourne Borough 92 71 Hullbridge Sports 1–3 Bowers & Pitsea 58 72 St Magaretsbury 0–2 Cheshunt 73 Ilford 0–1 Bishop's Stortford 74 Royston Town 6–1 Sawbridgeworth Town 75 75 Chalfont St Peter W.O. Hanworth Villa 76 Hitchin Town 5–3 (a.e.t.) Aylesbury 51 77 Hayes & Yeading United 1–1 (4–2 p) Wingate & Finchley 73 78 Wealdstone 7–0 Buckingham Athletic 54 79 Welwyn Garden City 0–1 Enfield Town 80 80 Boreham Wood 1–0 CB Hounslow United 68 81 Potters Bar Town 3–1 Chesham United 53 82 Newport Pagnell Town 3–2 Uxbridge 83 Flackwell Heath 3–4 Bedfont Sports 62 84 Harrow Borough 3–2 (a.e.t.) Staines Town 68 85 Dulwich Hamlet 4–0 Meridian 88 86 Lordswood 0–5 Chipstead 87 VCD Athletic 0–2 Thamesmead Town 67 88 Ramsgate 4–0 Phoenix Sports 89 Hastings United 6–3 Carshalton Athletic 90 Tooting & Mitcham United 5–4 (a.e.t.) Croydon 52 91 Welling United 4–2 Corinthian 104 92 Margate 9–0 Little Common 93 93 Dover Athletic 4–1 AFC Croydon Athletic 98 94 Fisher W.O. Eastbourne United 95 Dartford 9–0 Cray Wanderers 128 96 Erith & Belvedere W.O. Cray Valley PM 97 Ebbsfleet United 3–2 Lingfield 115 98 Faversham Town W.O. Colliers Wood United 99 Chertsey Town 4–3 Dorking Wanderers 67 100 Sutton United 10–1 Worthing United 68 101 Bognor Regis Town 5–1 Littlehampton Town 36 102 Farnham Town 1–4 Raynes Park Vale 103 Kingstonian W.O. Frimley Green 104 Dorking 0–3 Woking 46 105 Wick & Barnham United 4–1 Oakwood 32 106 Molesey 4–3 Chichester City 107 Metropolitan Police 7–1 South Park 40 108 Pagham 6–1 Mile Oak 28 109 Worthing 3–1 (a.e.t.) Loxwood 110 Arundel 3–2 Horley Town 111 Three Bridges 1–1 (3–4 p) Guildford City 52 112 Walton & Hersham 0–5 Camberley Town 43 113 Lewes 0–2 Leatherhead 63 114 Hampton & Richmond Borough 3–0 Haywards Heath Town 115 Burnham 0–1 Aldershot Town 116 Andover Town 3–1 Fleet Town 59 117 Basingstoke Town 2–4 (a.e.t.) Kidlington 65 118 Binfield 2–2 (7–6 p) Thame United 37 119 Bracknell Town 2–1 Milton United 31 120 Farnborough 0–3 Reading Town 121 Marlow 1–4 Maidenhead 122 Abingdon United 1–3 Hartley Wintney 123 Bournemouth 5–1 Poole Town 63 124 Weymouth 2–1 Fareham Town 102 125 Petersfield Town 1–0 Hamworthy United 82 126 Winchester City 1–3 Moneyfields 21 127 Gillingham Town 1–9 Havant & Waterlooville 49 128 Gloucester City 7–0 Chippenham Town 52 129 Cheltenham Town 6–0 New College Swindon 126 130 Forest Green Rovers 3–1 Bristol Manor Farm 146 131 Wells City 2–6 Clevedon Town 89 132 Torquay United W.O. Larkhall Athletic 133 Tiverton Town 4–1 Bishop Sutton 81

Notes:

First round qualifying

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Hebburn Town 0–13 Workington 135 2 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 3–2 Shildon 87 3 Darlington Railway Athletic 1–2 Newcastle Benfield 19 4 Gateshead 4–2 Darlington 1883 131 5 Chester 9–1 Chadderton 290 6 Ashton Athletic 3–2 Marine 80 7 AFC Fylde 3–0 Nelson 92 8 Hyde United 3–1 Vauxhall Motors 9 Irlam 0–2 Curzon Ashton 55 10 Warrington Town 2–4 (a.e.t.) Cheadle Town 58 11 Colne 1–3 Nantwich Town 72 12 Salford City 1–2 (a.e.t.) Abbey Hey 95 13 FC United of Manchester 2–3 Altrincham 342 14 Stalybridge Celtic 2–5 Prescott Cables 74 15 West Didsbury & Chorlton 1–2 Wrexham 48 16 Barnton 0–4 Tranmere Rovers 17 AFC Emley 1–2 Liversedge 96 18 FC Halifax Town 9–2 Nostell MW 144 19 Sheffield 0–3 Ossett Albion 86 20 Harrogate Town 2–3 Handsworth Parramore 21 Rossington Main 3–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 80 22 Silsden 3–1 Pontefract Collieries 37 23 Farsley Celtic 2–0 Knaresborough Town 60 24 Worksop Town 0–4 Guiseley 81 25 Dinnington Town 0–4 Grimsby Town 26 Brighouse Town 3–4 (a.e.t.) North Ferriby United 57 27 Dunkirk 0–2 Basford United 91 28 Ilkeston 5–0 Loughborough Dynamo 94 29 Boston United 4–2 Anstey Nomads 30 Leicester Road 0–10 Lincoln City 35 31 Mickleover Sports 2–1 Ashby Ivanhoe 43 32 Aylestone Park 1–3 Oadby Town 49 33 Belper Town 0–4 Gresley 34 St Andrews 5–0 Grantham Town 32 35 AFC Telford United 2–1 Walsall Wood 149 36 Bilston Town 4–2 Hereford 71 37 Studley 3–0 Kidsgrove Athletic 38 Halesowen Town 2–1 Newcastle Town 92 39 Romulus 2–0 Wolverhampton Casuals 41 40 Rugby Town 3–4 AFC Wulfrunians 39 41 Tipton Town 2–4 Kidderminster Harriers 45 42 Stratford Town 4–1 Rushall Olympic 37 43 Stourbridge W.O. Wednesfield 44 Coleshill Town 1–2 (a.e.t.) Pilkington XXX 39 45 Ellesmere Rangers 0–5 Worcester City 22 46 Bedworth United 3–1 Lye Town 43 47 Dereham Town 4–1 Haverhill Rovers 43 48 Bury Town 3–2 Gorleston 45 49 Swaffham Town 3–1 Mildenhall Town 50 50 Cornard United 0–2 Needham Market 55 51 Ely City 0–1 Cambridge City 84 52 Wisbech St Mary 1–2 Norwich United 89 53 Woodbridge Town 8–1 Felixstowe & Walton United 38 54 AFC Sudbury 2–1 Histon 55 Fakenham Town 1–3 Stowmarket Town 45 56 Brantham Athletic 1–2 Wroxham 57 Eynesbury Rovers 0–3 Barton Rovers 67 58 Kettering Town 3–0 Wellingborough Town 44 59 Desborough Town 1–2 St Neots Town 60 Godmanchester Rovers 2–6 AFC Dunstable 42 61 St Ives Town 0–3 Peterborough Northern Star 89 62 Biggleswade United W.O. Wellingborough Whitworths 63 Brackley Town 0–5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 85 64 Witham Town 2–3 Cheshunt 65 Heybridge Swifts 1–2 (a.e.t.) Broxbourne Borough 55 66 Tilbury 1–2 Aveley 79 67 Barking 3–2† FC Clacton replay Barking 5–3 FC Clacton 68 Grays Athletic 4–0 Eton Manor

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 69 AFC Hornchurch 4–3 Chelmsford City 80 70 East Thurrock United 0–3 Braintree Town 71 Bowers & Pitsea 0–3 Thurrock 64 72 Redbridge 3–0 Brentwood Town 73 Royston Town 3–2 (a.e.t.) Ware 74 Great Wakering Rovers 3–0 Bishop's Stortford 70 75 Boreham Wood 1–0 Leverstock Green 93 76 Chalfont St Peter 1–4 Harrow Borough 77 Bedfont Sports 9–0 Newport Pagnell Town 78 Northwood 2–0 Ashford Town (Middx) 32 79 Edgware Town 1–3 (a.e.t.) Hitchin Town 36 80 Potters Bar Town 0–3 Hayes & Yeading United 33 81 Wealdstone 4–0 Cockfosters 82 Beaconsfield SYCOB 2–0 Hendon 83 Spelthorne Sports 1–2 (a.e.t.) Enfield Town 84 St Albans City 5–3 North Greenford United 41 85 Harefield United W.O. Tring Athletic 86 Erith & Belvedere 0–6 Eastbourne Borough 38 87 Ramsgate 0–5 Tooting & Mitcham United 30 88 Dulwich Hamlet 6–0 Whitstable Town 104 89 Dartford 4–1 Chipstead 90 Hastings United 0–2 Eastbourne Town 91 Maidstone United 2–0 Welling United 224 92 Tonbridge Angels 0–3 Dover Athletic 93 Margate 8–2 East Grinstead Town 91 94 Fisher W.O. Bromley 95 Faversham Town 0–5 Ebbsfleet United 96 Thamesmead Town 13–0 Ringmer 97 Chatham Town 0–2 Folkestone Invicta 53 98 Sutton United 11–0 Westfield 65 99 Metropolitan Police 3–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough 66 100 Kingstonian 1–14 Chertsey Town 30 101 Shoreham 0–4 Camberley Town 33 102 Woking 3–2 Corinthian Casuals 72 103 Knaphill 8–0 Redhill 104 Guildford City 1–5 Burgess Hill Town 105 Wick & Barnham United 0–10 Worthing 106 Leatherhead 5–2 Arundel 35 107 Bognor Regis Town 1–1 (2–4 p) Molesey 55 108 Pagham W.O. East Preston 109 Crawley Down Gatwick 1–6 Whitehawk 55 110 Raynes Park Vale 6–0 Horsham 111 Didcot Town 1–2 Alton Town 26 112 Thatcham Town 0–6 Hungerford Town 113 Bracknell Town 2–2 (3–5 p) Fleet Spurs 44 114 Wantage Town 0–7 Andover Town 115 Ascot United 8–3 Hartley Wintney 116 Aldershot Town 2–1 Maidenhead United 54 117 Oxford City 9–0 Windsor 118 Shrivenham 2–3 (a.e.t.) Binfield 37 119 Highmoor Ibis 1–2 Kidlington 36 120 Slough Town 1–7 Reading Town 121 Sholing 1–0 Salisbury 79 122 Wimborne Town 4–2 (a.e.t.) Ringwood Town 123 Petersfield Town 1–0 Weymouth 56 124 Gosport Borough 3–2 Moneyfields 46 125 Bournemouth W.O. AFC Totton 126 Havant & Waterlooville 3–2 Eastleigh 74 127 Yate Town 0–2 Forest Green Rovers 128 Pewsey Vale 1–7 Gloucester City 129 Oldland Abbotonians 0–17 Cheltenham Town 50 130 Tuffley Rovers 1–3 Cirencester Town 37 131 Taunton Town 2–1 Weston Super Mare 107 132 Bath City 5–3 Radstock Town 116 133 Tiverton Town 3–3 (2–4 p) Larkhall Athletic 58 134 Odd Down 2–1 Cullompton Rangers 31 135 Clevedon Town 3–1 Bridgwater Town 136 Ashton & Backwell United 2–1 Brislington 66

Notes:

• † = Tie ordered to be replayed

Second round qualifying

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Tranmere Rovers 3–2 Curzon Ashton 155 2 Ashton Athletic 3–2 Hyde United 93 3 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 0–1 (a.e.t.) Prescot Cables 100 4 Wrexham 3–0 Abbey Hey 83 5 Workington 2–4 Altrincham 99 6 Gateshead 0–6 Newcastle Benfield 177 7 Chester 7–0 Cheadle Town 175 8 AFC Fylde 1–0 Nantwich Town 76 9 Farsley Celtic 0–5 FC Halifax Town 99 10 Handsworth Parramore 1–2 Guiseley 85 11 Ossett Albion 3–2 Grimsby Town 89 12 North Ferriby United 5–4 (a.e.t.) Liversedge 80 13 Silsden 6–3 Rossington Main 60 14 Mickleover Sports 2–3 (a.e.t.) Basford United 37 15 Gresley 2–6 (a.e.t.) Oadby Town 82 16 St Andrews 0–5 Ilkeston 68 17 Boston United 2–3 (a.e.t.) Lincoln City 18 Stourbridge 5–2 Bilston Town 19 Bedworth United 2–4 AFC Telford United 54 20 Stratford Town 2–3 Studley 23 21 Halesowen Town 0–7 Kidderminster Harriers 153 22 Worcester City 1–3 AFC Wulfrunians 23 Pilkington XXX 0–3 Romulus 46 24 Woodbridge Town 3–1 Bury Town 35 25 Needham Market 0–0 (3–1 p) AFC Sudbury 26 Swaffham Town 1–3 Stowmarket Town 54 27 Wroxham 2–8 Dereham Town 28 Norwich United 1–3 Cambridge City 64 29 Peterborough Northern Star 2–3 Barton Rovers 59 30 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1–4 Biggleswade Town 31 Royston Town 5–1 Kettering Town 67 32 St Neots Town 0–7 AFC Dunstable 63 33 Braintree Town 2–1 Broxbourne Borough 34 Barking 5–5 (5–4 p) Thurrock

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 35 Aveley 3–1 Redbridge 93 36 Great Wakering Rovers 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cheshunt 58 37 AFC Hornchurch 2–0 Grays Athletic 42 38 Beaconsfield SYCOB 0–1 Bedfont Sports 48 39 Hitchin Town 1–3 Enfield Town 40 Northwood 0–4 St Albans City 29 41 Harefield United 0–3 Boreham Wood 74 42 Wealdstone 0–1 Hayes & Yeading United 71 43 Bromley 3–2 Tooting & Mitcham United 44 Folkestone Invicta 1–0 Eastbourne Borough 45 Margate 2–4 Dulwich Hamlet 100 46 Dartford 1–6 Dover Athletic 192 47 Thamesmead Town 1–5 Maidstone United 81 48 Ebbsfleet United 3–2 (a.e.t.) Eastbourne Town 49 Reading Town 4–4 (1–4 p) Pagham 50 Metropolitan Police 3–0 Knaphill 51 Sutton United 4–0 Raynes Park Vale 145 52 Worthing 3–1 Leatherhead 53 Camberley Town 3–0 Chertsey Town 54 Molesey 1–5 Burgess Hill Town 55 Woking 4–3 (a.e.t.) Whitehawk 89 56 Aldershot Town 7–2 Alton Town 57 57 Fleet Spurs 0–4 Oxford City 56 58 Hungerford Town 4–0 Binfield 85 59 Kidlington 4–1 Harrow Borough 70 60 Ascot United 1–3 Andover Town 61 Wimborne Town 1–4 Sholing 62 Petersfield Town 0–4 Gosport Borough 63 Havant & Waterlooville 1–2 Bournemouth 81 64 Larkhall Athletic 0–3 Gloucester City 36 65 Cirencester Town 2–0 Odd Down 29 66 Cheltenham Town 6–0 Clevedon Town 67 Ashton & Backwell United 0–5 Forest Green Rovers 108 68 Bath City 3–2 Taunton Town

Third round qualifying

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 AFC Fylde 3–2 Ashton Athletic 95 2 Guiseley 1–2 North Ferriby United 124 3 Basford United 4–1 FC Halifax Town 101 4 Silsden 0–6 Chester 78 5 Ossett Albion 0–6 Wrexham 97 6 Newcastle Benfield 1–2 Altrincham 151 7 Prescot Cables 1–4 Tranmere Rovers 235 8 AFC Telford United 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers 168 9 Oadby Town 2–3 Lincoln City 100 10 Romulus 2–5 Stourbridge 86 11 AFC Wulfrunians 1–4 Cambridge City 76 12 Studley 1–4 Ilkeston 81 13 Aveley 2–1 (a.e.t.) Royston Town 82 14 Needham Market 2–7 Biggleswade Town 93 15 Boreham Wood 2–1 Great Wakering Rovers 98 16 Barton Rovers 5–4 (a.e.t.) AFC Dunstable 140 17 Hayes & Yeading United 4–1 St Albans City 51

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 18 AFC Hornchurch 1–0 Bedfont Sports 86 19 Woodbridge Town 3–0 Braintree Town 72 20 Barking 0–3 Enfield Town 31 21 Stowmarket Town 0–3 Dereham Town 42 22 Metropolitan Police 1–0 Folkestone Invicta 44 23 Worthing 5–2 Burgess Hill Town 107 24 Aldershot Town 1–2 Sutton United 63 25 Woking 4–1 Pagham 103 26 Camberley Town 2–4 (a.e.t.) Dover Athletic 105 27 Ebbsfleet United 3–1 Maidstone United 249 28 Dulwich Hamlet 3–1 Bromley 178 29 Sholing 1–0 (a.e.t.) Andover Town 103 30 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Hungerford Town 31 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Gosport Borough 74 32 Bournemouth 3–3 (5–4 p) Oxford City 127 33 Kidlington 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bath City 67 34 Gloucester City 3–2 Cirencester Town

First round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Hartlepool United 0–2 Fleetwood Town 74 2 North Ferriby United 1–2 Morecambe 110 3 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Wrexham 163 4 Accrington Stanley 4–1 Basford United 201 5 Oldham Athletic 3–2 (a.e.t.) Chester 353 6 Altrincham 0–2 Rochdale 353 7 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 (a.e.t.) Barnsley 322 8 Sheffield United 0–0 (4–2 p) Bradford City 268 9 Blackpool 1–4 Crewe Alexandra 392 10 Wigan Athletic 4–2 York City 160 11 Carlisle United 3–2 (a.e.t.) Tranmere Rovers 166 12 AFC Fylde 1–4 Bury 103 13 Lincoln City 1–0 Port Vale 141 14 Stourbridge 2–3 Chesterfield 151 15 Ilkeston 0–0 (5–3 p) Burton Albion 198 16 Mansfield Town 2–0 Cambridge City 253 17 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 (a.e.t.) Telford United 413 18 Walsall 1–4 Coventry City 201 19 Northampton Town 0–2 Notts County 284 20 Aveley 0–3 Stevenage 113

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 21 Dereham Town 2–1 Peterborough United 199 22 Luton Town 3–1 Colchester United 407 23 Biggleswade Town 6–1 Enfield Town 90 24 Cambridge United 5–0 Hayes & Yeading 187 25 AFC Hornchurch 0–2 Leyton Orient 152 26 Barton Rovers 1–9 Southend United 83 27 Woodbridge Town 4–4 (4–3 p) Dagenham & Redbridge 140 28 Boreham Wood 1–3 Barnet 122 29 Metropolitan Police 2–2 (4–2 p) Dulwich Hamlet 71 30 Gillingham 1–2 Ebbsfleet United 343 31 Millwall 2–0 Dover Athletic 527[3] 32 Sutton United 3–4 (a.e.t.) Worthing 114 33 AFC Wimbledon 4–0 Woking 443 34 Cheltenham Town 5–1 Swindon Town 172 35 Bournemouth 1–6 Exeter City 116 36 Gloucester City 1–4 Bristol Rovers 37 Oxford United 6–0 Kidlington 262 38 Yeovil Town 4–0 Forest Green Rovers 249 39 Sholing 0–0 (2–4 p) Newport County 131 40 Plymouth Argyle 0–3 Portsmouth 340

Second round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Lincoln City 0–1 Wigan Athletic 187 2 Ilkeston 4–1 Shrewsbury Town 269 3 Chesterfield 0–3 Sheffield United 4 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Fleetwood Town 224 5 Oldham Athletic 4–1 Morecambe 171 6 Coventry City 2–0 Crewe Alexandra 160 7 Scunthorpe United 1–4 Bury 170 8 Notts County 2–1 Rochdale 257 9 Carlisle United 1–0 (a.e.t.) Doncaster Rovers 197 10 Mansfield Town 4–3 (a.e.t.) Dereham Town 194

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 11 AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Ebbsfleet United 344 12 Exeter City 2–1 Oxford United 209 13 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Barnet 139 14 Cambridge United 0–0 (2–4 p) Stevenage 234 15 Leyton Orient 0–1 Luton Town 337 16 Yeovil Town 1–1 (6–7 p) Metropolitan Police 226 17 Biggleswade Town 3–4 Worthing 165 18 Newport County 1–2 (a.e.t.) Southend United 493 19 Millwall 9–1 Woodbridge Town 273 20 Bristol Rovers 3–3 (1–3 p) Portsmouth 204

Third round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Stevenage 220 2 Coventry City 1–0 Stoke City 262 3 Manchester United 2–1 Queens Park Rangers 1,403 4 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Southend United 292 5 Swansea City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday 101 6 Oldham Athletic 1–1 (8–7 p) AFC Bournemouth 248 7 Charlton Athletic 1–1 (4–2 p) Millwall 972 8 Notts County 1–3 Luton Town 260 9 Arsenal 4–1 West Bromwich Albion 516 10 Nottingham Forest 1–1 (4–3 p) Brighton & Hove Albion 446 11 Derby County 3–1 West Ham United 545 12 Mansfield Town 1–5 Sunderland 312 13 Hull City 1–3 Norwich City 151 14 Exeter City 4–3 Bolton Wanderers 259[4] 15 Ilkeston 2-3 Newcastle United 927[5] 16 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Rotherham United 383

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons 381 18 Reading 3–1 (a.e.t.) Sheffield United 591 19 Liverpool 2–1 Ipswich Town 20 Worthing 0–3 Middlesbrough 1,154 21 Southampton 2–3 Birmingham City 305 22 Portsmouth 1–2 Manchester City 1,779 23 Everton 0–1 Aston Villa 289 24 Carlisle United 1–2 (a.e.t.) Preston North End 280[6] 25 Leicester City 5–0 Cheltenham Town 416 26 Burnley 2–2 (5–6 p) Metropolitan Police 215 27 Chelsea 6–1 Huddersfield Town 141 28 Watford 2–2 (2-4 p) AFC Wimbledon 415 29 Brentford 2–3 Leeds United 287 30 Bristol City 0–4 Cardiff City 345 31 Fulham 4–2 Bury 195 32 Accrington Stanley 2–3 (a.e.t.) Crystal Palace 215

Fourth round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Coventry City 2–1 Charlton Athletic 200 2 Newcastle United 1–2 AFC Wimbledon 915 3 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 (a.e.t.) Leicester City 291 4 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Derby County 351 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Metropolitan Police 308[7] 6 Crystal Palace 1–5 Aston Villa 636 7 Liverpool 3–0 Cardiff City 8 Sunderland 1–4 Norwich City 315

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 9 Fulham 1–3 Reading 336 10 Exeter City 1–2 Preston North End 295[8] 11 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Luton Town 378 12 Manchester United 1–5 Chelsea 1,104 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Middlesbrough 389 14 Leeds United 2–5 Manchester City 1,477 15 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Birmingham City 646 16 Swansea City 1–3 Arsenal 428

Fifth round

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Preston North End 1–1 (3–5 p) Luton Town 705 2 Norwich City 5-4 (a.e.t.) Middlesbrough 1,062[9] 3 AFC Wimbledon 1–4 Chelsea 3,455 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 Reading 350 5 Wigan Athletic 1–3 (a.e.t.) Manchester City 672 6 Aston Villa 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 809 7 Coventry City 2–2 (6–7 p) Arsenal 1,828 8 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Liverpool 1,377

Quarter-finals

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 1 Chelsea 2–1 Reading 1,755 2 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Luton Town 716 3 Manchester City 2–0 Norwich City 1,300 4 Arsenal 2–1 Liverpool 3,293

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Blackburn Rovers	1–4	Chelsea	0–1	1–3
Manchester City	4–3	Arsenal	2–1	2–2

First leg

18 March 2016

19:00

Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Chelsea
	Report	Tomori 19'

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 1,007

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18 March 2016

19:00

Manchester City	2-1	Arsenal
Nmecha 25' Buckley 39'	Report	Reine-Adelaide 4'

Academy Stadium

Attendance: 1,321

Second leg

4 April 2016

19:45

Arsenal	2–2	Manchester City
Willock 6' Malen 62'	Report	Diaz 17' Kongolo 32'

Emirates Stadium

Attendance: 4,600

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8 April 2016

19:45

Chelsea	3 – 1	Blackburn Rovers
Sterling 13' Maddox 30' Abraham 34'	Report	Mansell 62'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 3,702^[10]

Final

Chelsea players celebrating winning the cup.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	2–4	Chelsea	1–1	1–3

First leg

22 April 2016

19:45

Manchester City	1–1	Chelsea
Nemane 68'	Report	Mount 50'

Academy Stadium

Attendance: 4,084

Referee: Paul Tierney

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Second leg

27 April 2016

19:45

Chelsea	3–1	Manchester City
Sterling 45+2' Abraham 53' Tomori 73'	Report	Diaz 87'

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 8,530

Referee: Paul Tierney

See also

• 2015–16 Professional U18 Development League
• 2015–16 Under-21 Premier League Cup
• 2015–16 FA Cup
• 2015–16 in English football

References

1. "Chelsea beat Manchester City to win FA Youth Cup and maintain grip on trophy". The Guardian. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
2. "Season 2015-16 Round Dates". The FA. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
3. "Gallery Millwall U18s 2-0 Dover Athletic U18s". Millwall FC.
4. @OfficialECFC (8 December 2015). "51: Today's attendance is 259" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. @NUFC (16 December 2015). "57' - The attendance at @IlkestonFC's New Manor Ground is 927. 0-3 #NUFC #FAYC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. @pnefcacademy (1 December 2015). "46' Tonight's attendance for this FA Youth Cup match at Brunton Park is 280. 0-1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. "Wolves 5 Metropolitan Police 0 (FA Youth Cup) - report". Express and Star.
8. @OfficialECFC (13 January 2016). "Today's attendance is 295" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. "FA YOUTH CUP: CITY 5-4 MIDDLESBROUGH". Norwich City FC.
10. "FA Youth Cup report: Chelsea 3 Blackburn 1 (4-1 on agg)". Chelsea FC. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

External links

• The FA Youth Cup at The Football Association official website