The N&R Road to Wembley

Below is our full Road to Wembley starting in early August with little Oxhey Jets in Hertfordshire. They took us into the 1st Round proper, when Dulwich Hamlet and their famous pink shirts took the mantle for a round before losing to Hendon, who play in the shadow of Wembley Stadium.

AFC Telford, who were only reformed in 2005 beat Hendon, had a game abandoned (one of three they had this season!) at Northwich Victoria before losing to League One Southend, but only after a replay. AFC Telford were surprise winners of the Setanta Shield (The Conference League Cup) later in the season however.

Sarfend United beat poor Luton in the 2nd round and got a plum tie at Stamford Bridge in the 3rd. A last minute Peter Clark goal at Chelsea earnt the Shrimpers a replay and they even had the audacity to take the lead before the Blues whalloped in 4 goals to progress into the 4th Round as our team on the Road to Wembley.

And then Chelsea who became just our 6th and final team beat Ipswich, Watford and Coventry to make it to the semi-finals and despite going a goal down to Arsenal, deserved to win and now face Everton in the Final on Saturday.

Extra Preliminary Round
Oxhey Jets FC 5-0 Hertford. Attendance 58

Preliminary Round
Oxhey Jets FC 5-0 Ilford. Attendance 93

1st Round Qualifier
Oxhey Jets FC 1-5 Dulwich Hamlet. Attendance

2nd Round Qualifier
Dulwich Hamlet 1-2 Hendon. Attendance 353

3rd Round Qualifier
Hendon 1-2 AFC Telford. Attendance 377

4th Round Qualifier
Northwich Victoria 0-3 AFC Telford. Attendance 1,003

1st Round Proper
AFC Telford 2-2 Southend United. Attendance 3,631

1st Round Replay
Southend United 2-0 AFC Telford. Attendance 4,415

2nd Round
Southend United 3-1 Luton Town. Attendance 4,111

3rd Round
Chelsea 1-1 Southend United. Attendance 40,090

3rd Round Replay
Southend United 1-4 Chelsea. Attendance 11,314

4th Round
Chelsea 3-0 Ipswich Town. Attendance 41,137

5th Round
Watford 1-3 Chelsea. Attendance 16,851

6th Round
Coventry 0-2 Chelsea. Attendance 31,407

Semi-Final
Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal (at Wembley). Attendance 88,103

Final
Chelsea v Everton (at Wembley)