FA Cup Format
The competition involves all of the clubs currently in the English football league, in its early stages it did include teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this has now been reduced to just teams in the English Football League and the six Welsh clubs that are part of the FA still take part.
The winner of the FA Cup qualifies for the first round of the UEFA Cup. If the winners also qualify for the Champions League by league position, the runners up in the FA Cup qualify for the UEFA Cup in their place. If both finalists have already qualified for the Champions League, an extra UEFA Cup place is given on the basis of league position.
All Premier League, Championship and Football league sides are eligible to enter, non league teams may enter if they have competed in the previous years cup, FA Trophy or FA Vase competing and are judged at being able to play at an adequate level, all teams must also have a suitable Stadium.
Boylesports £20 Free Bet Offer for the 2009/10 FA Cup
Boylesports are one of the leading Bookmakers in Ireland and via this site thet are offering a £20 FREE bet offer on the 2009/10 FA Cup football. Boylesports are one of the most inventive Bookmakers in Europe and have a specialist service for football fans and punters. They boast one of the very best online services in the racing world and their customer services are second to none.
Free £20 Pounds in FREE Bets for the 2009/10 FA Cup Football with Boylesports
Qualifying Rounds
The competition starts with the qualifying rounds which are regionalised to help with travelling costs of the smaller non league sides. Clubs that are higher up the league system are exempt from certain rounds. For example, clubs playing in the Conference North or Conference South are given exemption to the second qualifying round, while those from the Conference National are given exemption to the fourth qualifying round. Clubs from Football League One and Football League Two are given exemption until the first round proper, and Football League Championship and Premier League teams are given exemption until the third round.
Third Round Onwards
The draw for the Third Round is now televised and takes place at the beginning of December normally by two football personalities who draw balls from alternate bags to create the fixtures for the remaining sixty four teams. The fourth round draw is then made in January straight after the results for the third round and the fixtures take place at the end of January for the thirty two teams that are left.
Fifth Round Onwards
The fifth round draw is made after the results of the fourth round fixtures generally by this time there will be only a few, if any of the lower league teams and it starts to look like a Premiership fixture list which will take place in the middle of February and we are down to sixteen teams. The sixth round draw takes place in mid February for matches in the first week of March we are then down to four teams ready for the Semi-Finals which take place at the beginning of April.
The Finals
The draw for the Semi - Finals are held in mid march normally from the headquarters of the FA these four teams then have their matches played on the Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend in April. Traditionaly the climax of the FA Cup competition always take place in May and will be held at Wembley Stadium, the home of English football.
Paddy Power FREE £250 FA Cup Football Bet
Paddy Power have become one of the best known names in online bookmaking services in the world. Since the advent of online betting they have flourished by use of comprehensive customer services and truly innovative betting offers. We are delighted to offer their services to new customers betting on the 2009/10 FA Cup Football via this site.
Claim a free bet of £250 For the 2009/10 FA Cup Football with Paddy Power
