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The 2012–13 FA Cup was the 132nd season of the
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
, the main domestic cup competition in English football, and the oldest
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knock-out competition in the world. It was sponsored by
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for a second consecutive season, thus the competition name was The FA Cup with Budweiser. A total of 833 clubs applied to enter, with 758 clubs being accepted into the competition. The preliminary rounds commenced on 11 August 2012, with the first round proper played on 3 November 2012. The
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was played on 11 May 2013 at
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in London between
Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...
and
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...
. In what was described as the biggest upset since
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's win over
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in the 1988 final, Wigan defeated Manchester City 1–0 to claim the trophy for the first time in their history. As a result, Wigan Athletic participated in the
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of the following season's UEFA Europa League. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Liverpool 2–1 in last season's final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Manchester City. Three days after winning the cup, Wigan made history by becoming the first side to win the cup and be relegated in the same season, after they lost 4–1 to
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.


Teams


Schedule

The schedule for the 2012–13 FA Cup, as announced by
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, is as follows:


Qualifying rounds

All teams that entered the competition, but were not members of the
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or
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, competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town, Barrow,
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, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Bradford Park Avenue,
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, AFC Fylde, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town,
Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...
, Stockport County, Nuneaton Town,
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...
, Arlesey Town, Forest Green Rovers, Metropolitan Police, Yate Town, Slough Town, Hastings United,
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, Chelmsford City,
Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...
, Boreham Wood, Cambridge City, Dorchester Town,
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, Gloucester City,
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, Ebbsfleet United and Braintree Town. AFC Fylde and Yate Town were appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Of the others, Slough Town had last featured in the first round in 2004–05, Boreham Wood had last done so in 2003-04, Hastings United had last done so in 2002-03, Metropolitan Police in 1993-94 and Gloucester City in 1989-90.


First round proper

Teams from League One and League Two entered at this stage, along with the winners from the fourth round qualifying. The draw was made on 21 October 2012 with ties to be played on 2–4 November 2012. Yate Town and Slough Town were the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition, both competing in level 8 of the
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.


Second round proper

The draw for this round was made on 4 November 2012 with the ties played on the weekend of 1–2 December 2012. Hastings United, from the seventh tier of English football, were the lowest-ranked team in the second round proper. Bradford City accidentally fielded Curtis Good, who was ineligible to play, in a 1–1 draw against
Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...
. The team was initially disqualified, and
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declared the winners by walkover, but Bradford eventually made a successful appeal to the FA against expulsion and were fined £1,000 instead allowing the replay to go ahead. Brentford would eventually dump Bradford City out of the cup after winning that replay.


Third round proper

Teams from the
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and
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entered at this stage, along with the winners from the second round. The draw for the third round was made on 2 December 2012, with the ties played on the weekend of 5–6 January 2013.
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's Alex Lawless won the player of the round award. The results were as follows: # Alex Lawless,
Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...
# Danny Hylton, Aldershot Town # Matthew Barnes-Homer, Macclesfield Town # Liam Bridcutt, Brighton & Hove Albion # Andrea Orlandi, Brighton & Hove Albion Hastings United remained the lowest-ranked football team in the third round proper, competing in level 7 of the
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.


Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round took place on 6 January 2013, with Macclesfield Town and
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, both from the
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(Step 5), remaining as the lowest-placed teams still in the competition.


Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round took place on 27 January 2013, with
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from the
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(5) remaining as the lowest-ranked team still in the Cup.


Sixth round proper

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 17 February 2013, with
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, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers all from the Championship remaining as the lowest-ranked teams.


Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 March 2013, with Millwall from the Championship (2) remaining as the lowest-placed team still in the Cup. The draw was carried out by Edgar Davids and Graeme Le Saux at
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in London.


Final

Manchester City had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League based on their league position, therefore Wigan Athletic had already secured a place in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, regardless of whether they won or lost.


Top scorers


Media Coverage

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the
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channel ITV and the subscription channel
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. ITV has held the rights since 2008–09, while ESPN gained FA Cup coverage from the 2010–11 season following the collapse of Setanta in the UK. Under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events, the FA Cup Final must be broadcast live on UK
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.


Notes


References


External links


The FA Cup at thefa.com
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