It's time to catch up with my look at the 2011-12 FA Cup competition with the latest match summary from the FA Cup Quarter Final.
Those of you who have been following this from the start will know that back in the Summer of 2011 I started to follow this season's FA Cup with Falmouth Town.
As each round has progressed the FA Cup baton been passed as follows during this season's competition:
Falmouth Town AFC
Bodmin Town
Godalming Town
Maidenhead United
Aldershot Town
Sheffield Wednesday
Blackpool
Everton.
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.
When I say 'get to Wembley' I really mean 'get to the FA Cup Final at Wembley'. Of course the winners of the Quarter Finals get to play their Semi-Finals at Wembley too, but it's the Final I'm referring to in the "Falmouth to Wembley" title.
You can see links to the match reports from the previous rounds at the end of this article.
FA Cup Quarter Final
Saturday 17th March 2012
Everton 1-1 Sunderland
FA Cup 4th Round highlights Everton 1-1 Sunderland
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by TheFACup on 18th March 2012
Everton's Assistant Manager Steve Round said after the game: "It's an opportunity missed, because we had a lot of the game. We are disappointed, but it is within our capabilities to win at Sunderland."
Sunderland manager Marton O'Neil said after the game: "We are a million miles from winning the Cup...it was a tough game and I doubt if the replay will be much easier. The only slight advantage we will have is being at home."
Goalscorers: Bardsley for Sunderland (12), Cahill for Everton (23)
Match played at: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,875
Everton team: Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Sylvain Distin, Johnny Heitinga, Leon Osman, Tim Cahill, Philip Neville, Marouane Fellaini, Royston Drenthe (replaced by Denis Stracqualursi in the 85th minute), Seamus Coleman (replaced by Magaye Gueye in the 72nd minute ), Nikica Jelavic
Sunderland team: Simon Mignolet, Michael Turner, John O'Shea, Wayne Bridge, Phillip Bardsley, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, James McClean, Fraizer Campbell (replaced by David Vaughan in the 74th minute), Nicklas Bendtner
Next up in the FA Cup: Sunderland versus Everton in the Quarter Final replay
Interesting fact: Sunderland were without Lee Cattermole and Stéphane Sessègnon for this match because of suspension. They are available for the replay.
Reference
Sunderland are favourites for FA Cup replay after stalemate at Everton
FA Cup Quarter Final Replay
Tuesday 27th March 2012
Sunderland 0-2 Everton
FA Cup Quarter Final replay highlights Sunderland 0-2 Everton
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by TheFACup on 27th March 2012
Goalscorers: Jelavic (24th minute) and Vaughan OG (57th minute)
Match played at: The Stadium Of Light
Attendance: 43,140
Sunderland team: Simon Mignolet, Wayne Bridge (Fraizer Campbell, 63), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (replaced by David Vaughan in the 54th minute), Phillip Bardsley, Michael Turner, Lee Cattermole, Stéphane Sessegnon, Sebastian Larsson, James McClean, Craig Gardner, Nicklas Bendtner.
Everton team: Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Sylvain Distin, Johnny Heitinga, Philip Neville, Marouane Fellaini, Darron Gibson, Leon Osman, Tim Cahill (replaced by Tony Hibbert in the 92nd minute), Magaye Gueye (replaced by Phil Jagielka in the 82nd minute), Nikica Jelavic (replaced by Denis Stracqualursi in the 87th minute).
Next up in the FA Cup for Everton: Liverpool in the FA Cup Semi-Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday April 14th.
Interesting fact: Tim Cahill scored against Sunderland for Millwall against Sunderland in an FA Cup semi-final.
Reference
Nikica Jelavic sinks Sunderland to set up derby semi-final for Everton
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!
and a summary of the matches from the Fourth and Fifth Rounds can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Catch up time! The baton is passed from Sheffield Wednesday to Blackpool to Everton
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