FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s

[[2008–09 FA Youth Cup|2008–09]]: Arsenal vs Liverpool (4–1 and 2–1, 6–2 Aggregate)

First leg

Wilshere Watt Emmanuel-Thomas

Second leg

Ayala

2007–08: Manchester City vs Chelsea (1–1, 3–1)

First leg

Second leg

Weiss Ball

2006–07: Liverpool vs Manchester United (1–2 and 1–0, 2–2 Aggregate, 4–3 Penalty shootout)

First leg

Hewson

Second leg

Fagan Chester Galbraith Hewson Lindfield Flynn Threlfall }}

2005–06: Liverpool vs Manchester City (3–0 and 0–2, 3–2 Aggregate)

First Leg

• Threlfall
• Flynn
• Roqué

Second Leg

• Sturridge

2004–05: Ipswich Town vs Southampton (1–0 and 2–2, 3–2 Aggregate)

First Leg

• McGoldrick
• Best
• Lordan

Second Leg

• Upson

2003–04: Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa (3–0 and 1–0, 4–0 Aggregate)

First Leg

• Wheater
• Morrison

Second Leg

• Kennedy

2002–03: Manchester United vs Middlesbrough (2–0 and 1–1, 3–1 Aggregate)

Second leg

First leg

Collett

2001–02: Aston Villa vs Everton (4–1 and 0–1, 4–2 Aggregate)

Stefan Moore captained Villa's youth in the final, and was named as man of the match as Villa beat Everton in the first leg.

Wayne Rooney scored eight goals in eight games during Everton's run to the 2002 finals. This included one goal in the final defeat against Aston Villa and, upon scoring, he revealed a T-shirt that read, "Once a Blue, always a Blue."

First Leg

• Rooney
• Moore
• Hynes
• Moore

Second Leg

• Brown

2000–01: Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers (5–0 and 1–3, 6–3 Aggregate)

First Leg

• Aliadiere
• Thomas
• Sidwell
• Volz

Second Leg

• Walters
• Morgan
• Danns
• Svard

1999–2000: Arsenal vs Coventry City (3–1 and 2–0, 5–1 Aggregate)

First leg

Barrett Sidwell

Second leg

Sidwell

References

References

1. (24 March 2018). "How we reported Aston Villa's FA Youth Cup triumph in 2002". Birmingham Mail.
2. (7 April 2011). "Wayne Rooney Everton FC Player Profile". Everton F.C..
3. Power, Alan. (23 June 2004). "Is Rooney the new Pele?". The Guardian.