The FA Cup dates 2024/25 have been pencilled in. Get that tin foil cup prepared.
It’s possible you’ll not realise it, however the Cup is already properly underway with a lot extra video games nonetheless to return earlier than we attain the ultimate subsequent Might. By the tip of all of it, some 745 sides can have entered the competitors, all coming down to at least one aspect who will likely be topped the 2024/25 FA Cup winners.
With loads of potential for shocks and thrills alongside the best way, here is the important thing dates on your diary and when every tier enters the competitors.
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FA Cup dates 2024/25: Each spherical of the competitors and when it is performed
The FA Cup Third Spherical kicks off in January (Picture credit score: Clive Mason/Getty Photos)
All rounds of the FA Cup are scheduled for weekends this season, with the abolition of replays from the primary spherical correct serving to to eradicate the necessity for any midweek fixtures.
The additional preliminary spherical and preliminary rounds, that includes groups from steps 8 and 9, have already been performed, and there will likely be 4 extra qualifying rounds that includes non-league groups earlier than the primary spherical correct will get beneath approach within the first weekend of November.
League One and League Two golf equipment enter at that part, with no new entrants coming in on the second spherical. All 44 Premier League and Championship golf equipment then be a part of the social gathering within the third spherical within the second weekend of January.
FA Cup dates 2024/25 (weekends of)
Saturday August 31 2024: First Spherical Qualifying – Northern Premier League Premier, Southern League Premier Central and South, and Isthmian League Premier golf equipment enterSaturday September 14 2024: Second Spherical Qualifying – Nationwide League North and South golf equipment enter
Saturday September 28 2024: Third Spherical Qualifying – no new entrantsSaturday October 12 2024: Fourth Spherical Qualifying – Nationwide League golf equipment enterSaturday November 2 2024: First Spherical Correct – League One and League Two golf equipment enter
Saturday November 30 2024: Second Spherical Correct – no new entrantsSaturday January 11 2025: Third Spherical Correct – Premier League and Championship golf equipment enterSaturday February 8 2025: Fourth Spherical Correct
Saturday March 1 2025: Fifth Spherical CorrectSaturday March 29 2025: Quarter-finalsSaturday April 26 2025: Semi-finals
Saturday Might 17 2025: Remaining
The entire thing will culminate in a standard Wembley last on Saturday 17 Might 2025, with the 2 semi-finals additionally held at Wembley three weeks prior.
Manchester United lifted final 12 months’s trophy, overcoming Wigan Athletic, Newport County, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Coventry Metropolis on their method to the ultimate.
Manchester Metropolis had been on the shedding aspect in a 2-1 defeat, with Jeremy Doku’s late strike coming too late to overturn first-half objectives from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
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