Road to Wembley - Man Utd v Chelsea

It was what all the pundits wanted, the big two at the new Wembley. I just hope it won't be a let down as the new Premiership champions take on the old champions.

Our N&R newsletter will be supporting Man U as they are our Road to Wembley team. I know we have fans of both sides in the fantasy league, so for your benefit I will try to stay impartial. Utd have won the FA Cup the most times, 11, while Chelski have won it just 3, the last time 10 years ago when DiMatteo's first minute goal put them on the way to a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough. Of course this is the trophy that Jose has never won.

They also met in 1994 and this is a nice article on what those players are doing now.

I of course as I always do hope for a good game, like last year's classic for starters as I dig into my waffles and pancakes! The game kicks off here at 9am (3pm GMT)

With regards to our Road to Wembley we had just 8 teams with us this year through the 14 rounds to the final starting with Newport Pagnell FC in August and ending with Man United. Romford, Maidenhead Utd and Watford each lasted 3 rounds. Here is the full run down from Saturday's first ever final at the new Wembley and endng with the Extra Preliminary Round played in front of 133 fans back in early August before the season even started:

Final (at Wembley)
Man Utd v Chelsea

Semi Final (at Villa Park)
Watford 1 Man Utd 4
Scorer: Bouazza
Att: 37,245

6th Round
Plymouth 0 Watford 1
Scorer: Bouazza
Att: 20,625

5th Round
Watford 1 Ipswich 0
Scorer: Francis
Att: 17,016

4th Round
West Ham 0 Watford 1
Att: 31,168

3rd Round
West Ham 3 Brighton 0
Att: 32,874

2nd Round
Brighton 3 Maidenhead Utd 0
Att: 5,741

1st Round Replay
Maidenhead Utd 0 Stafford Rangers 2
Att: 1,934

1st Round
Stafford Rangers 1 Maidenhead Utd 1
Scorer: Lee
Att:

4th Qualifying Road
Maidenhead Utd 1 Merthyr Tydfil 0
Scorer: Newman
Att: 711

3rd Qualifying Round
Maidenhead Utd 3 Worthing Utd 1
Scorer: Pickles
Att: 304

2nd Qualifying Round
Worthing Utd beat Romford (score unknown)
Att: 165

Qualifying Round
Romford 3 Leighton Town 0
Scorers: Elbi, Downer, Oxby
Att: 156

Preliminary Rd
Romford 2 Tilbury 0
Scorers: Pyne (2)
Att: 102

Extra Preliminary Rd
Romford 1 Newport Pagnell 0
Att: 133