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 was passed as follows during this season's competition:
- Extra Preliminary Qualifying Round: Falmouth Town AFC
- Preliminary, First, Second and Third Qualifying Rounds: Bodmin Town
- Fourth Qualifying Round: Godalming Town
- First Round: Maidenhead United
- Second Round: Aldershot Town
- Third and Fourth Rounds: Sheffield Wednesday
- Fifth Round: Blackpool
- Quarter-Final and Semi-Final: Everton
- Final: Liverpool
- Winners: Chelsea
FA Cup Final
Saturday 5th May2012
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
FA Cup Final highlights
Source: Uploaded on YouTube by MineralKAHD on 6th May 2012
You can also see more by clicking on these official FA Cup links to watch video footage on YouTube by TheFACup:
Official Goals And Highlights
FA Cup Final 2012 Tunnel Cam
Chelsea Celebrations and Player Reactions
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool manager): "We were excellent in the last half hour but the game lasts for 90 minutes. You can't give a team as good as Chelsea a two-goal start."
Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea manager): "We played well for the majority of the game and scored two very nice goals, but it got a bit nervy towards the end. When Carroll came on he caused us some problems."
Goalscorers: Ramires (in the 11th minute) and Didier Drogba (in the 52nd minute) for Chelsea and Andy Caroll (in the 62nd minute) for Liverpool.
Match played at: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 89,102
Man Of The Match: Didier Drogba
Chelsea team: Petr Cech, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic, José Bosingwa, Ramires (replaced by Raul Meireles in the 77th minute), John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba, Juan Mata (replaced by Florent Malouda in the 91st minute).
Liverpool team: José Reina, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel, Glen Johnson, Jordan Henderson, Steven Gerrard, Stewart Downing, Jay Spearing (replaced by Andy Carroll in the 55th minute), Craig Bellamy (replaced by Dirk Kuyt in the 79th minute), Luis Suárez
Interesting facts: Roberto Di Matteo is the fourth Chelsea manager to win the FA Cup in six years. Didier Drogba becomes the first player to score in four FA Cup Finals.
Interesting facts: Roberto Di Matteo is the fourth Chelsea manager to win the FA Cup in six years. Didier Drogba becomes the first player to score in four FA Cup Finals.
Reference
Didier Drogba seals FA Cup final win for Chelsea against Liverpool
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
and a summary of the Quarter Final can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Toffees Set Up Merseyside Derby
and finally a summary of the Semi Final can be found by clicking here ==> From Falmouth To Wembley: Liverpool Win Merseyside Semi-Final
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