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Road to Wembley 2012 - Round FOUR

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  1. devonFRATTONiser

    devonFRATTONiser Well-Known Member
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    The Road to Wembley – ROUND FOUR


    N-Power watch:
    Wrexham’s penalty shootout defeat by Brighton means the end of non-league interest in this season’s competition.
    Of the 32 remaining sides there are 15 non-Premier League sides, made up of the following:
    Championship: 9
    League One: 4
    League Two: 2

    There are six all-Premier League ties and five ties between non-Premier league teams.
    The lowest ranked side left is Swindon Town. Their reward for knocking out Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic is a trip to Championship side, Leicester City.
    We are guaranteed one survivor from Round One in the last 16 as League One rivals Stevenage and Notts County meet at Broadhall Way.


    The Road so far.

    Extra Preliminary Round
    Cowes Sports 1-4 Newport IOW

    Preliminary Round
    AFC Porchester 2-2 Newport IOW
    Replay
    Newport IOW 2-1 AFC Porchester

    First Qualifying Round
    Bournemouth 2-1 Newport IOW

    Second Qualifying Round
    Bournemouth 0-0 Truro City
    Replay
    Truro City 3-2 Bournemouth

    Third Qualifying Round
    Gloucester City 7-2 Truro City

    Fourth Qualifying Round
    Chelmsford City 1-1 Gloucester City
    Replay
    Gloucester City 0-1 Chelmsford City

    Round ONE
    Chelmsford City 4-0 AFC Telford

    Round TWO
    Chelmsford City 1-1 Macclesfield Town
    Replay
    Macclesfield Town 1-0 Chelmsford City

    Round THREE
    Macclesfield Town 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
    Replay
    Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Macclesfield Town


    Next Match
    Round FOUR
    Bolton Wanderers v Swansea City




    Focus on Swansea City (some info is courtesy of wikipedia)
    Swansea (Town, as they were then) were formed in 1912 and joined the Football League (Third Division South) for the 1920-21 season. Their first ever league match ended in a 3-0 defeat by Portsmouth at Fratton Park, but they went on to finish in an impressive 5th position.
    Having won the Third Division South in 1925, they spent all but two seasons in the 2nd tier, until being relegated a second time in 1965.
    Between 1978 and 1986 Swansea went from The Fourth Division to the First – and all the way back down to the Fourth again. They are currently playing in their first season of top flight football since 1983.
    Swansea reached the Semi-Finals in 1926; their first season as a Second Division side. They have also won the Welsh Cup on ten occasions.
    The FA Cup provided the record attendance at their old Vetch Field home, when Arsenal were the visitors in the FIFTH Round in 1968
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    Cup Run so far:
    Round THREE
    Barnsley 2-4 Swansea City



    Last Season
    After a comfortable 4-0 win over Colchester Utd, the Swans were at the wrong end of a ‘cupset’ in Round Four, when they were beaten 1-2 at home by League One side Leyton Orient.



    Random Fact
    Swansea’s first ever FA Cup tie was on 10th January 1914 and resulted in a 2-0 win at home to Merthyr Town




    Links to previous rounds:
    Extra Preliminary Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/77539-Road-to-Wembley-2012-Extra-Preliminary-Round

    Preliminary Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/83098-Road-to-Wembley-2012-Preliminary-Round

    First Qualifying Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/86439-Road-to-Wembley-2012-First-Qualifying-Round

    Second Qualifying Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/90624-Road-to-Wembley-2012-Second-Qualifying-Round

    Third Qualifying Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/93778-Road-to-Wembley-2012-Third-Qualifying-Round

    Fourth Qualifying Round
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/97131-Road-to-Wembley-2012-Fourth-Qualifying-Round

    Round ONE
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/100330-Road-to-Wembley-2012-ROUND-ONE

    Round TWO
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/105785-Fa-Cup-road-to-Wembley-round-2

    Round THREE
    http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/113661-Road-to-Wembley-2012-ROUND-THREE
     
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  2. mustyfrog

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    can't see your point here?
     
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