We’ve reached the end of the Road to Wembley. It started way back on the 14th August with an Extra Preliminary tie between Brockton and Coleshill Town and ends exactly 9 months later, on 14th May, as Stoke City and Manchester City meet under the Wembley Arch. With Manchester City securing a Champions League spot, Stoke will qualify for the Europa League regardless of the result. The Road To Wembley ….. Extra Preliminary Round: BROCTON 4-4 Coleshill Town Replay Coleshill Town 2-1 BROCTON Preliminary Round: Heather St. John’s 2-3 COLESHILL TOWN First Qualifying Round Evesham Utd 1-3 COLESHILL TOWN Second Qualifying Round: COLESHILL TOWN 5-1 Lincoln Utd Third Qualifying Round Nuneaton Town 6-0 COLESHILL TOWN Fourth Qualifying Round Workington 1-1 NUNEATON TOWN Replay NUNEATON TOWN 1-0 Workington Round ONE Lincoln City 1-0 NUNEATON TOWN Round TWO Hereford Utd 2-2 LINCOLN CITY Replay LINCOLN CITY 3-4 Hereford Utd Round THREE Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 HEREFORD UTD Round FOUR Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 HEREFORD UTD Round FIVE Birmingham City 3-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY Round SIX BIRMINGHAM CITY 2-3 Bolton Wanderers SEMI FINAL BOLTON WANDERERS 0-5 Stoke City 2011 FA CUP FINAL STOKE CITY v Manchester City Focus on Manchester City: Man City are playing in their 9th FA Cup Final, with 4 wins and 4 defeats up to now. Their last final was in 1981, the 100th FA Cup Final, when they went down 3-2 to Spurs in a replay courtesy of ‘that goal’ by Ricky Villa. They last lifted the trophy in 1969, when Neil Young’s first half goal saw off Leicester City. Manchester City’s cup run so far: Round Three Leicester City 2-2 MAN CITY Replay MAN CITY 4-2 Leicester City Round Four Notts County 1-1 MAN CITY Replay MAN CITY 5-0 Notts County Round Five MAN CITY 3-0 Aston Villa Round Six MAN CITY 1-0 Reading Semi Final MAN CITY 1-0 Man Utd Last Season: After wins at Middlesbrough and S****horpe, City went out in a 5th replay – to none other than STOKE CITY! Random Fact: City’s record attendance at Maine Road was 84,569 – in the FA Cup 6th Round in 1934. Their opponents (believe it or not) were Stoke City! Man City won 1-0 and went on the win the cup, beating Portsmouth 2-1 in the final.
I used to like Stoke, when I was a lad, because they had Gordon Banks, and I wanted to be a goalie. Do you think he's got any spare tickets?
