Monday 23 January 2012

From Falmouth To Wembley: Owls Have A Hoot!

It's time to catch up with my look at the 2011-12 FA Cup competition with the latest match summary from the Third round.

Those of you who have been following this from the start will know that back in the Summer I started to follow this season's FA Cup with Falmouth Town.

The baton was passed from Falmouth Town AFC to Bodmin Town to Godalming Town to Maidenhead United to Aldershot Town and is currently held by Sheffield Wednesday.

The simple notion here is that eventually one club will get to Wembley and you'll be able to look right back to the start of the Competition to see where it all started.

You can see links to the match reports from the previous rounds at the end of this article.

FA Cup Third Round
Sunday 8th January 2012
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 West Ham United



Source: Uploaded on YouTube by thefacup on 8th January 2012

Gary Megson the manager of Sheffield Wednesday was quoted after the match as saying: "It was a wonderful afternoon and a tremendous performance from Nicky but we've got a few good players here."

Sam Allardyce the manager of West Ham United was quoted after the match as saying: "We did everything right apart from not finishing our chances off and making one basic error Nicky Weaver's a fantastic goalkeeper whose experience showed, but our finishing has got to get better – it's cost us the tie."

Goalscorer: Chris O'Grady on 88 minutes
Match played at: Hillsborough
Attendance: 17,916
Sheffield Wednesday team: Nicky Weaver, Jon Otsemobor, Danny Batth, Rob Jones, Julian Bennett (replaced by Ryan Lowe on 87 minutes), Josè Semedo, James Tavernier (replaced by Daniel Jones on 72 minutes), Chris Lines, Reda Johnson (replaced by Clinton Morrison on 59 minutes), Chris O'Grady, Jermaine Johnson.
West Ham United team: Ruud Boffin, Daniel Potts, George McCartney, Joey O'Brien, Winston Reid, Henri Lansbury, Gary O'Neil (replaced by Brian Montenegro, on 78 minutes), Freddie Sears (replaced by Robert Hall on 72 minutes), Jack Collison, Sam Baldock, John Carew (replaced by Frank Nouble on 65 minutes)
Next up in the FA Cup for Sheffield Wednesday: Blackpool (away)
Interesting fact: Both Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham United have won the FA Cup three times

References
Sheffield Wednesday's Chris O'Grady calls time on second-string West Ham by Louise Taylor
Sheffield Wednesday versus West Ham United Match Facts

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.

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