2008 FA Cup Final
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| 2008 FA Cup Final |
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| Winner |
 Portsmouth |
| Runner-up |
 Cardiff City |
| Score |
| 1–0 |
| Date |
| 17 May 2008 |
| Venue |
| Wembley Stadium |
| Man of the Match |
 Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) |
| Website |
| The FA Cup |
The 2008 FA Cup Final was a football match held at Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008.[1] The match was the 127th FA Cup Final, and the second to be held at the new Wembley Stadium since its redevelopment. The match was contested by Portsmouth and Cardiff City, with Portsmouth winning 1-0. This was the first time that the two sides have ever met in the competition, as both teams were aiming to win the FA Cup for the second time, Cardiff having won it in 1927 and Portsmouth in 1939.[2]
The winning team received £1 million in prize money.[3] As in the past few years, the players voted Player of the Round in every round from the First Qualifying Round to the Semi-finals will be present and given VIP hospitality for themselves and a guest.[4] Although Cardiff City are considered a Welsh club and only hold associate membership with the Football Association, should they have won the 2008 FA Cup they would have been allowed to compete in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.[5]
The FA announced that, before the game began, the Welsh national anthem, "Land of My Fathers" (Welsh: "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau") would be played, along with the traditional "God Save the Queen" and "Abide with Me".[5] The Welsh anthem was sung by Katherine Jenkins, while Lesley Garrett sang "God Save the Queen", and the two duetted on "Abide with Me".
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[edit] Team news
Cardiff decided to leave veteran striker Robbie Fowler out of the squad as he had only just recovered from injury. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink started on his own up-front, supported by winger Paul Parry. Aaron Ramsey became the second youngest player, at 17 years and 143 days, to appear in an FA Cup Final when he came off the bench to replace Peter Whittingham on the hour mark, only 24 days older than Curtis Weston was for Millwall in 2004.[6]
Jermain Defoe was cup-tied for Portsmouth having played in the third and fourth rounds for Tottenham in January. Consequently, Nwankwo Kanu played as a lone striker, with support from a five-man midfield including Niko Kranjcar, John Utaka and Sulley Muntari. Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson and David James were the only three English players in the starting line-up, with Campbell looking to win the FA Cup for the third time (he had won the competition twice as an Arsenal player).
[edit] Support
As well as the thousands that managed to get tickets for the final at Wembley, up to 60,000 supporters watched the match live at the Southsea Common, Southsea where a large screen was erected for the event. The venue was also used for the victory parade which took place the following day.
The Portsmouth University radio station also followed the match live, with members of the station present in the local Students' Union, where the match was also being shown.
[edit] Match details
| 2008-05-17 15:00 BST |
Cardiff City | 0 – 1 | Portsmouth | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 89,874 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)[7] |
| (Report) | Kanu  37' |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ FA Cup Round Dates. TheFA.com (2007-06-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | FA Cup | Portsmouth 1-0 Cardiff
- ^ FA Cup Payments to clubs. TheFA.com (2007-06-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Player of the Round. TheFA.com (2007-09-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ a b "FA approves Cardiff for Uefa Cup", BBC Sport, 2008-04-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Cardiff resigned to losing Ramsay
- ^ "Dean gets Final spot", TheFA.com, 2008-04-07. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
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