2008 FA Cup Final
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| Event | 2007–08 FA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2008 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) | ||||||
| Referee | Mike Dean (Cheshire) | ||||||
| Attendance | 89,874 | ||||||
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The 2008 FA Cup Final was a football match held at Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008 and was the final match of the 2007–08 FA Cup competition.[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] Had Cardiff won, they would have been the first club from outside the top division of English football to have won the competition since West Ham United in 1980.
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]
It enabled Portsmouth to qualify for European competition for the first time in their history.
The FA announced that, before the game began, the Welsh national anthem, "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".[6]
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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.[7]
Jermain Defoe was cup-tied for Portsmouth having played in the third and fourth rounds for Tottenham Hotspur in January. Consequently, Nwankwo Kanu played as a lone striker, with support from a five-man midfield of Niko Kranjčar, John Utaka, Pedro Mendes, Lassana Diarra and Sulley Muntari. Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson and David James were the only three English players in the starting line-up, with Campbell and former Arsenal team-mate Kanu both looking to win the FA Cup for the third time (they had won the competition twice with Arsenal).
Match details
| 17 May 2008 15:00 BST |
Cardiff City  |
0–1 |  Portsmouth |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 89,874 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)[8] |
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| (Report) | Kanu  37' |
        Cardiff City
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   Portsmouth
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Man of the match
Match officials
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Match rules
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Statistics
| Cardiff | Portsmouth | |
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| Total shots | 9 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 3 | 5 |
| Ball possession | 51% | 49% |
| Corner kicks | 7 | 6 |
| Fouls committed | 9 | 22 |
| Offsides | 2 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPN[9]
Route to the final
See also: FA Cup 2007–08
| Cardiff City | Round | Portsmouth | ||
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| Chasetown [NL] H 3–1 |
Whittingham 45', Ramsey 60', Parry 73' | Third Round | Ipswich Town [C] A 1–0 |
Nugent 51' |
| Hereford United [L2] A 2–1 |
McNaughton 45', Thompson 67' (pen.) | Fourth Round | Plymouth Argyle [C] H 2–1 |
Diarra 34', Kranjčar 45' |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers [C] H 2–0 |
Whittingham 2', Hasselbaink 11' | Fifth Round | Preston North End [C] A 1–0 |
Carter 90' (o.g.) |
| Middlesbrough [PL] A 2–0 |
Whittingham 9', Johnson 23' | Sixth Round | Manchester United [PL] A 1–0 |
Muntari 78' (pen.) |
| Barnsley [C] Wembley Stadium, London 1–0 |
Ledley 9' | Semi-finals | West Bromwich Albion [C] Wembley Stadium, London 1–0 |
Kanu 54' |
- Both clubs received a bye to round three.
- In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division
- [PL] = Premier League
- [C] = Championship
- [L1] = League One
- [L2] = League Two
- [NL] = Non-League
See also
References
- ^ "FA Cup Round Dates". TheFA.com. 2007-06-25. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080322075253/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/06/FACupRoundDates. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Portsmouth 1–0 Cardiff". BBC News. 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7393770.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "FA Cup Payments to clubs". TheFA.com. 2007-06-25. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080322075248/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/06/FACupPrizeFund. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Player of the Round". TheFA.com. 2007-09-25. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080216194123/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/10/POTR0708.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ a b "FA approves Cardiff for Uefa Cup". BBC Sport. 2008-04-24. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7350681.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Today's Events". Cardiff City v Portsmouth – The FA Cup sponsored by e.on 2008 Final – Official Matchday Programme (Haymarket Network): 13. 17 May 2008.
- ^ Cardiff resigned to losing Ramsay
- ^ "Dean gets Final spot". TheFA.com. 2008-04-07. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080409111108/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/FAC_final_dean.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Portsmouth; FA Cup Winners 2008". ESPNsoccernet (ESPN Inc.). 17 May 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=239131&cc=5739. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
External links
- The Final as it happened at BBC Sport
- Match Report at the Sunday Mirror
- 2008 Final at fa-cupfinals
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