The 2012-13 N&R Road to Wembley

Always fun to look back at our N&R Road to Wembley trail. Here was this season's, all x rounds of it beginning in July.

Extra Preliminary Round
Wembley FC 3-2 Langford Town. Att: 654

Preliminary Round
Uxbridge 2-2 Wembley FC. Att: 754

Preliminary Round Replay
Wembley FC 0-5 Uxbridge. Att: 315

1st Qualifying Round
Uxbridge 2-3 Berkhamsted Town. Att: 190

2nd Qualifying Round
Berkhamsted Town 0-1 Metropolitan Police FC. Att: 200

3rd Qualifying Round
Dereham Town 1-1 Metropolitan Police FC. Att 328

3rd Qualifying Round Replay
Metropolitan Police FC 2-0 Dereham Town. Att: 191

4th Qualifying Round
South Park 0-3 Metropolitan Police FC. Att: 643

1st Round Proper
Metropolitan Police FC 1-2 Crawley Town. Att: 1,485

2nd Round
Crawley Town 3-0 Chelmsford. Att: 3,012

3rd Round
Crawley Town 1-3 Reading. Att: 5,880

4th Round
Reading 3-1 Sheffield Utd. Att: 14,715

5th Round
Man Utd 2-1 Reading. Att: 75,213

6th Round
Man Utd 2-2 Chelsea. Att: 75,196

6th Round Replay
Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd. Att: 40,706

Semi-Final (Wembley)
Chelsea 1-2 Man City. Att: 85,621

Final (Wembley)
Man City v Wigan

Initial team 15 rounds ago and why: Wembley FC. The national stadium's local team with Terry Venables brought in as team advisor and David Seaman, Graham Le Saux, Martin Keown, Ray Parlour, Claudio Caniggia and Brian McBride all bankrolled by Budweiser for their Cup run.
Team playing most rounds: Metropolitan Police FC
Lowest crowd: 190. Uxbridge 2-3 Berkhamsted Town
Highest crowd: 85,621. Chelsea v Man City at the Wembley Semi-Final
Star player: Jonte Smith, a Bermudian striker on loan at the Met Police from Crawley, who then had to sit out the game between the two sides in the 1st Round Proper
Favourite team: Berkhamsted. Because N&R FL manager Dan Weeks knew half of their team.
Number of N&R teams: 8
Finalist: EPL Runners Up and bookies favourites Man City play relegation certs Wigan at Wembley tomorrow