Merthyr Tydfils FA Cup record

Venue	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Home	9	1	4	4	11	19
Away	20	6	1	13	31	50
Neutral	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	29	7	5	17	42	69

The above is Merthyrs FA cup record from 1946 - 2005. These are the stats for the First round proper and beyond, qualification games are not included. As you can see Merthyr have only ever once won a game on home soil in the FA Cup. Most of their joy have come from away days.

It was the 1999/2000 season the last time Merthyr were in the FA cup first round proper. Stalybridge Celtic were their opponents and while holding them to a draw at home they were later knocked out 3-1 in the replay.

Prior to this Merthyrs FA Cup results are as follows


Year Round Reached Date Home Score Away

1996/1997	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 16 Nov	Leyton Orient	2 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1992/1993	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 14 Nov	Wycombe Wdrs.	3 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1990/1991	F.A. Cup	2nd Round	Sat 08 Dec	Woking	5 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1989/1990	F.A. Cup	2nd Round	Sat 09 Dec	Hereford Utd.	3 - 2	Merthyr Tydf.
1988/1989	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 19 Nov	Yeovil Town	3 - 2	Merthyr Tydf.
1987/1988	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 14 Nov	Bristol Rvs.	6 - 0	Merthyr Tydf.
1979/1980	F.A. Cup	2nd Round Replay	Sat 22 Dec	Merthyr Tydf.	1 - 3	Chesham Utd.
1978/1979	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 25 Nov	Leatherhead	2 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1973/1974	F.A. Cup	2nd Round	Sat 15 Dec	Merthyr Tydf.	0 - 3	Hendon
1965/1966	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 13 Nov	Swindon Town	5 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1958/1959	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 15 Nov	King's Lynn	2 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1954/1955	F.A. Cup	2nd Round	Sat 11 Dec	Bradford City	7 - 1	Merthyr Tydf.
1951/1952	F.A. Cup	1st Round Replay	Wed 05 Dec	Ipswich Town	1 - 0	Merthyr Tydf.
1947/1948	F.A. Cup	1st Round	Sat 29 Nov	Norwich City	3 - 0	Merthyr Tydf.
1946/1947	F.A. Cup	2nd Round	Sat 14 Dec	Merthyr Tydf.	1 - 3	Reading

The last time Merthyr won a FA cup first round tie was back in the 1990/91 season where Merthyr disposed of Sutton United. They held them 1-1 at home and then beat them in the replay 1-0.

The record for Merthyr is unspectacular with little highlights, however they have usually gone out to higher opponents while having away ties. Lets just hope on Friday night the Valley residents dont have a giant killing story to tell!!