It's time to catch up with my look at the 2011-12 FA Cup competition with the latest match summary from the Fourth and Fifth rounds.
Those of you who have been following this from the start will know that back in the Summer I started to follow this season's FA Cup with Falmouth Town.
The baton was passed from Falmouth Town AFC to Bodmin Town to Godalming Town to Maidenhead United to Aldershot Town and going in to the Fourth Round was held by Sheffield Wednesday.
The simple notion here is that eventually one club will get to Wembley and you'll be able to look right back to the start of the Competition to see where it all started.
You can see links to the match reports from the previous rounds at the end of this article.
FA Cup Fourth Round
Saturday 28th January 2012
Blackpool 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup 4th Round highlights Blackpool 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by TheFACup on 29th January 2012
Goalscorers: Clinton Morrison for Sheffield Wednesday in the 52nd minute gave the Owls the lead and Kevin Phillips for Blackpool with a 93rd minute penalty to seal a replay.
Match played at: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 14,042
Blackpool team: Matthew Gilks, Robert Harris, Chris Basham, Neal Eardley, Danny Wilson, Craig Cathcart, Keith Southern (replaced by Gary Taylor-Fletcher in the 53rd minute), Matthew Phillips, Ángel (replaced by Thomas Ince in the 79th minute), Billy Clarke (replaced by Nouha Dicko in the 62nd minute), Kevin Phillips
Sheffield Wednesday team: Stephen Bywater, Rob Jones, Danny Batth, Lewis Buxton, Mark Beevers, Liam Palmer (replaced by Jermaine Johnson in the 46th minute), Chris Sedgwick, Chris Lines, David Prutton, Clinton Morrison (replaced by Chris O'Grady in the 74th minute), Ryan Lowe (replaced by Jon Otsemobor in the 59th minute)
Next up in the FA Cup: Sheffield Wednesday versus Blackpool in the Fourth Round replay
Interesting fact: Nouha Dicko was signed from Oldham Athletic and made his Blackpool debut in this match.
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Blackpool's Kevin Phillips on the spot to deny Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup Fourth Round Replay
Tuesday 7th February 2012
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool
FA Cup 4th Round replay highlights Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by TheFACup on 8th February 2012
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway said after the game: "I thought we looked like a foreign team, we were that good. We didn't give them much of an opportunity at all but that can happen when your first two shots go in. That left the crowd a bit shell-shocked and I don't think they ever recovered".
Sheffield Wednesday Gary Megson said after the game: "They are a class act, they made our passing look laboured. They took their goals brilliantly, and that changes games".
Goalscorers: Matt Phillips (7 minutes)Lomana Lua Lua (14 minutes) and Ludovic Sylvestre (54 minutes)
Match played at: Hillsborough
Attendance: 10,274
Sheffield Wednesday team: Stephen Bywater, Jon Otsemobor, Danny Batth, Rob Jones, Julian Bennett, Reda Johnson (replaced by Josè Semedo in the 45th minute), Chris Sedgwick, Chris Lines, Liam Palmer, Clinton Morrison, Ryan Lowe
Blackpool team: Matthew Gilks, Danny Wilson, Alex Baptiste, Robert Harris (replaced by Nouha Dicko in the 85th minute), Neal Eardley, Ángel, Ludovic Sylvestre, Thomas Ince, Matthew Phillips (replaced by Gerardo Bruna in the 76th minute), Tresor Lomana Lua Lua, Kevin Phillips (replaced by John Fleck in the 64th minute).
Next up in the FA Cup for Blackpool: Everton (away)
Interesting fact: In August Blackpool lost on penalties in the Carling Cup First Round at Hillsborough.
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Matt Phillips strikes early as Blackpool ease past Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup Fifth Round
Saturday 18th February 2012
Everton 2-0 Blackpool
FA Cup 5th Round highlights Everton vs Blackpool
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by TheFACup on 19th February 2012
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway said after the game: "We are a million miles away from them. I thought my team would be better than that. Some of their players I've not really heard of. But their wide leftie [Gueye] was fantastic and Drenthe was fantastic. It wasn't embarrassing but it could have been a rout. Wouldn't it be nice if Dave [Moyes] won something?"
Everton manager David Moyes said after the game: "From the first day of my first year here, we wanted to win a trophy. We had six or seven chances to put the game to bed. We're desperate to win the final"
Goalscorers: Royston Drenthe in the 1st minute and Denis Stracqualursi in the 7th minute.
Match played at: Goddison Park
Attendance: 38,347
Everton team: Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines, Johnny Heitinga, Darron Gibson (replaced by Ross Barkley in the 83rd minute), Philip Neville, Marouane Fellaini, Royston Drenthe, Denis Stracqualursi (replaced by Apostolos Vellios in the 88th minute), Magaye Gueye (replaced by Seamus Coleman in the 57th minute)
Blackpool team: Matthew Gilks, Craig Cathcart, Danny Wilson, Alex Baptiste, Robert Harris, Thomas Ince (replaced by Nouha Dicko in the 71st minute), Ángel (replaced by Tresor Lomana Lua Lua in the 72nd minute), Chris Basham, Ludovic Sylvestre, Gary Taylor-Fletcher (replaced by Roman Bednar in the 23rd minute), Kevin Phillips
Next up in the FA Cup for Everton: Sunderland (home)
Interesting fact: When Blackpool last competed in an FA Cup quarter-final, Harold Macmillan was prime minister, the Beatles were yet to be formed and footballers were paid a maximum of £20 a week.
Reference
Everton's replacement wingers send their team flying past Blackpool
Previous Rounds
You can read the match report from the Extra Preliminary Qualifying Round by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Falmouth Town AFC
and the match report from the Preliminary Qualifying Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Bodmin Town FC
and the match report from the First Qualifying Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Bodmin Town The Journey Continues In To Uncharted Territory
and the match reports from the Second Qualifying Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Bodmin Town – The Giant Killing Continues As The First Round Proper Gets Tantalisingly Close
and the match reports from the Third Qualifying Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Bodmin Town Pass The Baton To Godalming Town After A Replay
and the match report from the Fourth Qualifying Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Give Me Five! The Gs Lose Heavily At Home To The Magpies
and a summary of the matches from the First and Second Rounds can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Time To Catch Up! The baton is passed from Maidenhead United to Aldershot Town and to Sheffield Wednesday.
and a summary of the match from the Third Round can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Owls Have A Hoot!
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