Road to Wembley 2012 - Round FOUR

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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...liminary-Round

Preliminary Round
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...liminary-Round

First Qualifying Round
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...alifying-Round

Second Qualifying Round
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...alifying-Round

Third Qualifying Round
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...alifying-Round

Fourth Qualifying Round
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...alifying-Round

Round ONE
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...2012-ROUND-ONE

Round TWO
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...embley-round-2

Round THREE
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php...12-ROUND-THREE

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