The Road to Cardiff nearly Wembley

We started off way back in August with Romford FC and their dreams of taking part in the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley and ended up back in Cardiff to witness a fantastic final, the best for many years, between West Ham and Liverpool.

Along the way we followed Romford, Waltham Abbey, Enfield Town, St Albans, Kettering Town with Gazza in charge, Stevenage Borough, Northampton's cobblers, then *grits teeth* Crystal Palarse, Martin Singleton's Preston North End, Middlesbrough, who prevented Charlton reaching their first Cup semi since 1947 and finally West Ham. 11 teams in all.

Final
Liverpool 3 West Ham 3 (aet, Liverpool win 3-1 on pens)
Scorer: Carragher o.g, Ashton, Konchesky
Att: 74,000 (At the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

Semi-Final
Middlesbrough 0 West Ham 1
Att: 39,148 (at Villa Park)

6th Round replay
Middlesbrough 4 Charlton Athletic 2
Scorers: Rochemback, Morrison, Hasselbaink, Viduka
Att: 30,248

6th Round
Charlton Athletic 0 Middlesbrough 0
Att: 24,187

5th Round
Preston 0 Middlesbrough 2
Att: 19,877

4th Round replay
Crystal Palarce 1 Preston NE 2
Scorer: Ward
Att: 7,356

4th Round
Preston NE 1 Crystal Palarse 1
Scorer: Johnson
Att: 9,489

3rd Round
Crystal Palarse 4 Northampton 1
Scorer: Low
Att: 10,391

2nd Round replay
Northampton 2 Stevenage Borough 0
Att: 4,407

2nd Round
Stevenage Borough 2 Northampton 2
Scorers: Boyd, Elding
Att: 3,937

1st Round
Kettering Town 1 Stevenage Borough 3
Scorer: Midgley
Att: 4,548

4th Qualifying Road
Kettering Town 4 Gravesend & Northfleet 0
Scorers: Burgess (3), Gould
Att: 1,220

3rd Qualifying Round replay
Kettering Town 4 St Albans City 0
Att: 1,220

3rd Qualifying Round
St Albans City 0 Kettering Town 0
Att: 882

2nd Qualfying Round replay
St Albans City 3 Enfield Town 0
Att: 436

2nd Qualifying Round
Enfield Town 1 St Albans City 1
Scorer: Ofori
Att: 525

1st Qualifying Round
Enfield Town 3 Waltham Abbey 0
Att: 314

Preliminary Rd
Waltham Abbey 6 Wingate & Finchley 2
Scorers: Elmes (2), Sontag, White (2), Page
Att:

Extra Preliminary Rd
Romford 1 Waltham Abbey 3
Scorer: Taylor
Att: 112