We take a look at the 25/26 FA Cup Semi Final draw with highlights and reaction from the quarter final ties played out.
The quarter final round took place on Saturday the 4th of April and Sunday the 5th of April, and grabbing the national headlines was Southampton, see more on that HERE.
The draw was made live from the London Stadium prior to their quarter final round match between West Ham and Leeds. The draw will be available for fans to watch on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max and on the TNT Sports YouTube channel approximately 15 minutes after full-time.
Presented by Becky Ives, the draw will be made by Ally McCoist. The ball numbers for the semi final draw are listed below…
BALL NUMBERS:
1. Southampton2. Chelsea3. Manchester City4. West Ham and Leeds United
👇 THE FA CUP SEMI FINAL DRAW 👇
The FA Cup semi finals will be played on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April at Wembley Stadium.
WEST HAM 2-2 LEEDS
Ao Tanaka puts Leeds a goal up at London Stadium 💥
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin sends Alphonse Areola the wrong way from the spot 🎯@LUFC‘s advantage is doubled 🤍
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Mateus Fernandes scores from close range and West Ham are back in it 👀
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UNBELIEVABLE 😲
Two stoppage time goals and West Ham find themselves level 🔥
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CHELSEA 7-0 PORT VALE
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior, as per Sky Sports: “I was very happy with the application and the intensity of the team. Obviously we have outstanding players but the way we chased, the way we tackled, how it gave us the basis to go on and win the game.
“We can still have an outstanding season in terms of winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the Champions League.”
On Palmer being captain: “It’s a natural step for Cole. He shows leadership. You have different types of leadership. He’s so brave and will take the ball on the pitch that’s what reflects what I want in my team.”
Port Vale boss Jon Brady: “We set out some goals to try not to concede in the first 20 minutes. To concede in the first minute was really tough. Three set-pieces as well. Overall, where we’re at and where they’re at it shows the levels. If that’s not inspiring to our players, to me, to our coaching staff to try to strive to be better everyday – can we aspire to be better everyday?
“We’ve created a huge amount of history for the club. To beat Bristol City and then Sunderland, what a week that was for the football club. We’ve created memories for a lifetime for a lot of our fans and to have 6,000 of them here today, we’re hugely appreciative.”
MAN CITY 4-0 LIVERPOOL
City’s Pep Lijnders said: “I have worked with a lot of good strikers. The second goal was insane. Because the way he attacks, the way he flies, the way he still puts the ball to the corner. I love when these old-school strikers cross, wait, commit, chip. I love it.” This was Haaland back to his absolute best.
The striker’s form has dipped for periods this year but he appears to have benefited from a relative break during the international window. With Norway having qualified, he was spared involvement in one of his country’s two friendly matches.
“It is crazy what we are asking. I’m not saying that he carries Norway, but we all know how important a player he is for Norway, with a lot of other good players. What I’m trying to say is that he feels that responsibility.
“He is feeling the responsibility to press, play, come to set, run behind, be in the box available, keep the ball when the opposition defends man to man. There are a lot of things we ask and do that every three days.
“It is clear then that not everything throughout the whole long, long season will go your way, but it shows character again and the mentality that he comes back in this fashion. It’s lovely. Not only lovely, he is a machine to work with.”
Liverpool’s Arne Slot: “I don’t think you have to ask me about the result because that speaks for itself. That’s an unbelievable disappointment. Losing is already a disappointment. Losing 4-0 in the quarter-final of the FA Cup against a team which Liverpool played so many times great games against or fights against and then losing 4-0 is of course a big disappointment.
“The 20 minutes where we conceded four goals were not of our standard.
“I think no one will probably remember it but the first 35 minutes there was a lot to like from my team. It would be nice if we then can score a goal once in a while as well from the chances we create.
“Again, we faced a team that was outperforming their xG by a mile and that’s what happens constantly and we every time are under that.
“But if you want to have a chance of beating PSG you have to do both parts better. If you generate a chance you have to score and you cannot be so easily beaten with the four goals.
“I missed the fighting spirit definitely in the first 10 minutes after half-time and then afterwards it was just a game where both teams accepted it was 4-0.
“But in that 10 to 15 minutes of time I missed [not just] the fighting spirit but just the willingness to win your duel, to be there first, to make it difficult for either a pass or a cross or a finish.
“That is something we definitely have to do better on Wednesday.”
SOUTHAMPTON 2-1 ARSENAL
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta: “I love my players, what they have done for nine months. I’m not going to criticise them for losing here.
“What they are putting their bodies through, some didn’t have to be here today. I’ll defend them more than ever. If someone has to take responsibility, that’s me.
“We have the most beautiful period ahead of us. Normally you have two or three moments like this in a season, this is the first moment with level of difficulty. Let’s stand up, make ourselves count.”
Southampton’s Tonda Eckert speaking to BBC Sport: “I’m very proud of my players. We had to live off moments. The game always has the chance to shift with substitutions in the second half and I think we reacted well.
“You always need to find a balance. It is not about going direct for the sake of being direct. They prepare for the long balls at one point, so we had to find shorter solutions.
“It will be nice to celebrate a bit but then we open up Wrexham and Championship football tomorrow, and then we are ready to go.”
FA CUP QUARTER FINAL RESULTS:
Chelsea (3) 7-0 (0) Port Vale – 38,375Manchester City (2) 4-0 (0) Liverpool – 50,754Southampton (1) 2-1 (0) Arsenal – 31,067West Ham United (0) 1-2 (1) Leeds United – TBC
FA CUP FIFTH ROUND RESULTS:
Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 1–3 Liverpool (1)Mansfield Town (3) 1–2 Arsenal (1)Wrexham (2) 2–4 (a.e.t.) Chelsea (1)Newcastle United (1) 1–3 Manchester City (1)Fulham (1) 0–1 Southampton (2)Port Vale (3) 1–0 Sunderland (1)Leeds United (1) 3–0 Norwich City (2)West Ham United (1) v Brentford (1)
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND RESULTS:
Hull City (2) 0–4 Chelsea (1)Wrexham (2) 1–0 Ipswich Town (2)Burton Albion (3) 0–1 (a.e.t.) West Ham United (1)Burnley (1) 1–2 Mansfield Town (3)Manchester City (1) 2–0 Salford City (4)Norwich City (2) 3–1 West Bromwich Albion (2)Southampton (2) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Leicester City (2)Aston Villa (1) 1–3 Newcastle United (1)Liverpool (1) 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion (1)Birmingham City (2) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) Leeds United (1)Grimsby Town (4) 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)Oxford United (2) 0–1 Sunderland (1)Stoke City (2) 1–2 Fulham (1)Arsenal (1) 4–0 Wigan Athletic (3)Macclesfield (6) 0-1 Brentford (1)Port Vale (3) 1-0 (aet) Bristol City (2)
FA CUP THIRD ROUND RESULTS:
Milton Keynes Dons (4) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) Oxford United (2)Port Vale (3) 1–0 Fleetwood Town (4)Preston North End (2) 0–1 Wigan Athletic (3)Wrexham (2) 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Nottingham Forest (1)Cheltenham Town (4) 0–2 Leicester City (2)Everton (1) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p) Sunderland (1) LiverpoolMacclesfield (6) 2–1 Crystal Palace (1)Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 6–1 Shrewsbury Town (4)Boreham Wood (5) 0–5 Burton Albion (3)Burnley (1) 5–1 Millwall (2) BurnleyDoncaster Rovers (3) 2–3 Southampton (2)Fulham (1) 3–1 Middlesbrough (2)Ipswich Town (2) 2–1 Blackpool (3)Manchester City (1) 10–1 Exeter City (3)Newcastle United (1) 3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) Bournemouth (1)Sheffield Wednesday (2) 0–2 Brentford (1)Stoke City (2) 1–0 Coventry City (2)Bristol City (2) 5–1 Watford (2)Cambridge United (4) 2–3 Birmingham City (2)Grimsby Town (4) 3–2 Weston-super-Mare (6)Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1–2 Aston Villa (1)Charlton Athletic (2) 1–5 Chelsea (1)Derby County (2) 1–3 Leeds United (1)Portsmouth (2) 1–4 Arsenal (1)Hull City (2) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Blackburn Rovers (2)Norwich City (2) 5–1 Walsall (4)Sheffield United (2) 3–4 Mansfield Town (3)Swansea City (2) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) West Bromwich Albion (2)West Ham United (1) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Queens Park Rangers (2)Manchester United (1) 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion (1)Liverpool (1) 4-1 Barnsley (3)Salford City (4) 3-2 Swindon Town (4)
Payments made from The FA’s prize fund
Extra preliminary round winners (223 clubs) £1,125Extra preliminary round losers (223 clubs) £375Preliminary round winners (136 clubs) £1,444Preliminary round losers (136 clubs) £481First round qualifying winners (112 clubs) £2,250First round qualifying losers (112 clubs) £750Second round qualifying winners (80 clubs) £3,375Second round qualifying losers (80 clubs) £1,125Third round qualifying winners (40 clubs) £5,625Third round qualifying losers (40 clubs) £1,875Fourth round qualifying winners (32 clubs) £9,375Fourth round qualifying losers (32 clubs) £3,125First round proper winners (40 clubs) £47,750First round proper losers (40 clubs) £15,800Second round proper winners (20 clubs) £79,500Second round proper losers (20 clubs) £21,200Third round proper winners (32 clubs) £121,500Third round proper losers (32 clubs) £26,500Fourth round proper winners (16 clubs) £127,000Fifth round proper winners (8 clubs) £238,500Quarter-final winners (4 clubs) £477,000Semi-final winners (2 clubs) £1,060,000Semi-final losers (2 clubs) £530,000Final runners-up (1 clubs) £1,060,000Final winners (1 clubs) £2,120,000
DATES:
Extra Preliminary Round – Saturday 2 August 2025Preliminary Round – Saturday 16 August 2025First Round Qualifying – Saturday 30 August 2025Second Round Qualifying – Saturday 13 September 2025Third Round Qualifying – Saturday 27 September 2025Fourth Round Qualifying – Saturday 11 October 2025First Round Proper – Saturday 1 November 2025Second Round Proper – Saturday 6 December 2025Third Round Proper – Saturday 10 January 2026Fourth Round Proper – Saturday 14 February 2026Fifth Round Proper – Saturday 7 March 2026Quarter Final – Saturday 4 April 2026Semi Final – Saturday 25 April 2026Final – Saturday 16 May 2026
PREVIOUS FA CUP FINALS:
2025: Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City2024: Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United2023: Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United2022: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 6-5 after penalty shootout)2021: Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City2020: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea2019: Manchester City 6-0 Watford2018: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United2017: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea2016: Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United (AET)2015: Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa2014: Arsenal 3-2 Hull City (AET)2013: Manchester City 0-1 Wigan Athletic2012: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool2011: Manchester City 1-0 Stoke City2010: Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth2009: Chelsea 2-1 Everton2008: Cardiff City 0-1 Portsmouth2007: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United (AET)2006: Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United (AET) – Liverpool win 3-1 on penalties2005: Arsenal 0-0 Manchester United (AET) – Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties2004: Manchester United 3-0 Millwall2003: Arsenal 1-0 Southampton2002: Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea2001: Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool2000: Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa1999: Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United1998: Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United1997: Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough1996: Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool1995: Everton 1-0 Manchester United1994: Manchester United 4-0 Chelsea
1993: Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (AET)Replay: Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday (AET)
1992: Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland1991: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Nottingham Forest (AET)
1990: Manchester United 3-3 Crystal Palace (AET)Replay: Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
1989: Everton 2-3 Liverpool1989: Liverpool 3-2 Everton (AET)1988: Wimbledon 1-0 Liverpool1987: Coventry City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur (AET)1986: Liverpool 3-1 Everton1985: Manchester United 1-0 Everton (AET)1984: Everton 2-0 Watford
1983: Manchester United 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion (AET)Replay: Manchester United 4-0Brighton and Hove Albion
1982: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Queens Park Rangers (AET)Replay: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
1981: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester City (AET)Replay: Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Manchester City
1980: West Ham United 1-0 Arsenal1979: Arsenal 3-2 Manchester United1978: Ipswich Town 1-0 Arsenal1977: Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool1976: Southampton 1-0 Manchester United1975: West Ham United 2-0 Fulham1974: Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United1973: Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United1972: Leeds United 1-0 Arsenal1971: Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool (AET)
1970: Chelsea 2-2 Leeds United (AET)Replay: Chelsea 2-0 Leeds United
1969: Manchester City 1-0 Leicester City1968: West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton (AET)1967: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday1965: Liverpool 2-1 Leeds United (AET)1964: West Ham United 3-2 Preston North End1963: Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City1962: Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Burnley1961: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Leicester City1960: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Blackburn Rovers1959: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Luton Town1958: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United1957: Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United1956: Manchester City 3-1 Birmingham City1955: Newcastle United 3-1 Manchester City1954: West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Preston North End1953: Blackpool 4-3 Bolton Wanderers1952: Newcastle United 1-0 Arsenal1951: Newcastle United 2-0 Blackpool1950: Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
1946 – 1949 (Competition cancelled between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War)
1949: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Leicester City1948: Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool1947: Charlton Athletic 1-0 Burnley (AET)1946: Derby County 4-1 Charlton Athletic (AET)1939: Portsmouth 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers1938: Preston North End 1-0 Huddersfield Town (AET)1937: Sunderland 3-1 Preston North End1936: Arsenal 1-0 Sheffield United1935: Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 West Bromwich Albion1934: Manchester City 2-1 Portsmouth1933: Everton 3-0 Manchester City1932: Newcastle United 2-1 Arsenal1931: West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Birmingham City1930: Arsenal 2-0 Huddersfield Town1929: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Portsmouth1928: Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Huddersfield Town1927: Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal1926: Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester City1925: Sheffield United 1-0 Cardiff City1924: Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa1923: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 West Ham United1922: Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End1921: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers1920: Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town (AET)
1910 – 1915 (Competition cancelled until 1920 due to the First World War)1915: Sheffield United 3-0 Chelsea
1914: Burnley 1-0 Liverpool1913: Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
1912: Barnsley 0-0 West Bromwich AlbionReplay: Barnsley 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
1911: Bradford City 0-0 Newcastle UnitedReplay: Bradford City 1-0 Newcastle United
1910: Newcastle United 1-1 BarnsleyReplay: Newcastle United 2-0 Barnsley
1909: Manchester United 1-0 Bristol City1908: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Newcastle United1907: Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Everton1906: Everton 1-0 Newcastle United1905: Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United1904: Manchester City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers1903: Bury 6-0 Derby County
1902: Sheffield United 1-1 SouthamptonReplay: Sheffield United 2-1 Southampton
1901: Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Sheffield UnitedReplay: Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Sheffield United
1900: Bury 4-0 Southampton1899: Sheffield United 4-1 Derby County1898: Nottingham Forest 3-1 Derby County1897: Aston Villa 3-2 Everton1896: Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers1895: Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion1894: Notts County 4-1 Bolton Wanderers1893: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Everton1892: West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Aston Villa1891: Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Notts County1890: Blackburn Rovers 6-1 Sheffield Wednesday1889: Preston North End 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers1888: West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Preston North End1887: Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
1886: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 West Bromwich AlbionReplay: Blackburn Rovers 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
1885: Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Queens Park, Glasgow1884: Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Queens Park, Glasgow1883: Blackburn Olympic 2-1 Old Etonians (AET)1882: Old Etonians 1-0 Blackburn Rovers1881: Old Carthusians 3-0 Old Etonians1880: Clapham Rovers 1-0 Oxford University1879: Old Etonians 1-0 Clapham Rovers1878: Wanderers 3-1 Royal Engineers*1877: Wanderers 2-1 Oxford University (AET)
1876: Wanderers 1-1 Old Etonians (AET)Replay: Wanderers 3-0 Old Etonians
1875: Royal Engineers 1-1 Old Etonians (AET)Replay: Royal Engineers 2-0 Old Etonians
1874: Oxford University 2-0 Royal Engineers1873: Wanderers 2-0 Oxford University1872: Wanderers 1-0 Royal Engineers
* The Cup won outright but restored to the Association
Teams with most titles
Arsenal – 14Manchester United – 13Tottenham Hotspur – 9Liverpool – 8Aston Villa – 7Chelsea – 7Manchester City – 7Blackburn Rovers – 6Newcastle United – 6Wanderers – 5West Bromwich Albion – 5Everton – 5
In total, 44 different clubs have won the competition through its history. Manchester United did become the first club claiming ten titles after winning in 1999.
Teams with most finals
Manchester United – 22Arsenal – 21Chelsea – 16Liverpool – 16Newcastle United – 14Manchester City – 14Everton – 13Aston Villa – 11West Bromwich Albion – 10
Arsenal did become the first club to reach 20 finals in 2017.
