2007 FA Cup final

English football match April 2014 June 2020 the women's event 2007 FA Women's Cup final 2007 FA Cup final 2007 FA Cup Final programme.jpg 200 2006–07 FA Cup Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0 After extra time 19 May 2007 Wembley Stadium London Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Steve Bennett (Kent) 89,826 2006 2008 The 2007 FA Cup final was played on Saturday, 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was the 126th FA Cup final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/10/16/sfnbos16.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20080408234736/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2006%2F10%2F16%2Fsfnbos16.xml dead 8 April 2008 Wembley to host 2007 FA Cup final The Daily Telegraph London Mihir Bose 16 October 2006 22 April 2010 Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 thanks to an extra-time goal from Didier Drogba,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6649815.stm FA Cup final – Chelsea 1–0 Man Utd BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 19 May 2007 19 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070524094623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6649815.stm 24 May 2007 live completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in the 2006–07 season, as they had already won the League Cup Final in February. Manchester United were favourite for winning a double of their own as they had recently beaten Chelsea to the Premier League title two weeks earlier. The game was widely considered to be a disappointment by pundits and fans alike.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6673277.stm BBC pundits on the FA Cup final BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 19 May 2007 1 January 2010 http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/05/19/the_two_best_teams_in_england.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070523140320/http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/05/19/the_two_best_teams_in_england.html dead 23 May 2007 The two best teams in England but not much to shout about Guardian Unlimited London Paul Wilson 20 May 2007 22 April 2010 https://www.h2g2.com/entry/A22880586 Most Boring Cup Final in History BBC 606 Fans forum 20 May 2007 As a result of Manchester United and Chelsea having already been guaranteed qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup entry for the FA Cup winner/runner-up went instead to the highest positioned Premier League team who had not already qualified for Europe: Bolton Wanderers. The match had an attendance of 89,826, the largest for an FA Cup Final since Wimbledon's famous 1–0 win over Liverpool in the 1988 final, when 98,203 attended. Chelsea became only the third club to complete the domestic cup double – Arsenal did it in 1993 and Liverpool in 2001. It was their fourth FA Cup triumph, and their first under the management of José Mourinho. They had won the last FA Cup final at the old Wembley Stadium seven years earlier. This was also the last FA Cup Final for Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager and as a manager overall. Background History The match was the first time since 1986 that the FA Cup final had been contested between the winners and runners-up of the English league, and the first time ever that the Premier League champions and the League Cup winners from the same season had gone head to head in the final. Manchester United were aiming for their 12th FA Cup to extend their overall record as the most successful team in the competition's history, while Chelsea were playing for their fourth FA Cup overall. The last time Chelsea had played Manchester United in an FA Cup Final was in 1994, when Manchester United ran out 4–0 winners after a goalless first half. Ryan Giggs was the only player in the 2007 FA Cup Final who played back in 1994. Chelsea's assistant coach Steve Clarke played on that day for the Blues in 1994.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6647697.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Where are they now? 19 May 2007 19 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070523022020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6647697.stm 23 May 2007 live Ryan Giggs was playing in his seventh FA Cup Final, equalling Roy Keane's post-war record, having played in the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2005 finals. Chelsea were also the last club to win the FA Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, when they beat Aston Villa in the 2000 Final. Chelsea continued the dominance of the so-called "Big Four", who had now won the last 12 finals in a row (Arsenal 4 wins, Manchester United 3, Chelsea 3, Liverpool 2), since Everton's 1995 victory over Manchester United. It was the eighth FA Cup Final in a row (Arsenal 4 appearances, Chelsea 2, Millwall 1, West Ham 1) involving a London club; the last Final not to involve a London club was Manchester United's 2–0 win over Newcastle United in the 1999 final. Before the match, there was an official opening ceremony of the new stadium. This included the official opening by Prince William, a fly-past by The Red Arrows and a parade on the pitch of former winners at the old Wembley Stadium. The full list was: Peter McParland – Aston Villa goalscorer, 1957 Roy Hartle – Bolton Wanderers right-back, 1958 Charlie Thomson – Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, 1959 Bill Slater – Wolverhampton Wanderers captain, 1960 Bobby Smith – Tottenham Hotspur goalscorer, 1961 Cliff Jones – Tottenham Hotspur winger, 1962 Denis Law – Manchester United goalscorer, 1963 Geoff Hurst – West Ham United goalscorer, 1964 Ian St John – Liverpool goalscorer, 1965 Derek Temple – Everton goalscorer, 1966 Dave Mackay – Tottenham Hotspur captain, 1967 Graham Williams – West Bromwich Albion captain, 1968 Mike Summerbee – Manchester City winger, 1969 Ron Harris – Chelsea captain, 1970 Frank McLintock – Arsenal captain, 1971 Peter Lorimer – Leeds United winger, 1972 Jim Montgomery – Sunderland goalkeeper, 1973 Ray Clemence – Liverpool goalkeeper, 1974 Alan Taylor – West Ham United goalscorer, 1975 Lawrie McMenemy – Southampton manager, 1976 Lou Macari – Manchester United forward, 1977 Kevin Beattie – Ipswich Town defender, 1978 Frank Stapleton – Arsenal goalscorer, 1979 Trevor Brooking – West Ham United goalscorer, 1980 Ricardo Villa and Steve Perryman – Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and captain, 1981 Glenn Hoddle – Tottenham Hotspur goalscorer, 1982 Arthur Albiston – Manchester United defender, 1983 Trevor Steven – Everton midfielder, 1984 thumb|The new Wembley Stadium before the match Norman Whiteside – Manchester United goalscorer, 1985 Ian Rush – Liverpool goalscorer, 1986 Keith Houchen – Coventry City goalscorer, 1987 Lawrie Sanchez – Wimbledon goalscorer, 1988 John Barnes – Liverpool midfielder, 1989 Lee Martin – Manchester United goalscorer, 1990 Terry Venables and Gary Mabbutt – Tottenham Hotspur manager and captain, 1991 Michael Thomas – Liverpool goalscorer, 1992 Ian Wright – Arsenal goalscorer, 1993 Mark Hughes – Manchester United goalscorer, 1994 Neville Southall – Everton goalkeeper, 1995 Gary Pallister – Manchester United defender, 1996 Dennis Wise – Chelsea captain, 1997 David Seaman – Arsenal goalkeeper, 1998 Peter Schmeichel – Manchester United goalkeeper, 1999 Marcel Desailly – Chelsea defender, 2000 Recent meetings Both league matches between the two clubs in the 2006–07 season finished as draws. On 26 November 2006 at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground, the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate, with the goals coming from Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho. The two clubs met again on 9 May 2007 in their penultimate league fixture at Stamford Bridge, but, with the league already having been sewn up the weekend before, both teams rested most of their major players and the match ended 0–0. Road to Wembley ChelseaRoundManchester UnitedMacclesfield Town [L2]H6–1Lampard 16', 41', 51' (pen.)Wright-Phillips 68' Mikel 82'Carvalho 86'Third RoundAston Villa [P]H2–1Larsson 55'Solskjær 90'Nottingham Forest [L1]H3–0Shevchenko 9' Drogba 18'Mikel 45' Fourth RoundPortsmouth [P]H2–1Rooney 77', 83'Norwich City [C]H4–0Wright-Phillips 39'Drogba 51'Essien 90'Shevchenko 90'Fifth RoundReading [P]H1–1Carrick 45'ReplayReading [P]A3–2Heinze 2'Saha 4'Solskjær 6'Tottenham Hotspur [P]H3–3Lampard 22', 71'Kalou 86'Sixth RoundMiddlesbrough [P]A2–2Rooney 23'Ronaldo 68' (pen.)Tottenham Hotspur [P]A2–1Shevchenko 55'Wright-Phillips 61'ReplaysMiddlesbrough [P]H1–0Ronaldo 76' (pen.)Blackburn Rovers [P]Old Trafford, Manchester2–1 (a.e.t.)Lampard 16'Ballack 109'Semi-finalsWatford [P]Villa Park, Birmingham4–1Rooney 7', 66'Ronaldo 28'Richardson 82' Both clubs received a bye to the Third Round. In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division [P] = Premier League [C] = Championship [L1] = Football League One [L2] = Football League Two Match Summary thumb|The two teams line up prior to kick-off. The opening twenty minutes of the game were marked by cautious play and a lack of creativity from both teams, until Didier Drogba produced the game's first noticeable attempt on goal by hammering a shot wide from thirty yards. It took a further ten minutes for another shot, this time from Chelsea's Frank Lampard who forced a save from Edwin van der Sar. Wayne Rooney was twice called offside for Manchester United in the first half, but it was the closest the Red Devils came to any kind of chance. At half time, Chelsea manager José Mourinho made a like-for-like substitution, bringing on Dutch winger Arjen Robben for Joe Cole. A minute after the restart, Rooney produced the most exciting action to that moment, dribbling round two Chelsea defenders before aiming a powerful shot towards goal, but Petr Čech managed to make a convincing save. Rooney set off on another run ten minutes later, carrying the ball a good sixty yards towards goal only to be tackled by the last Chelsea defender, Wayne Bridge. Ryan Giggs then flashed a volley barely two feet over the bar from close range after a cross from Paul Scholes, who picked up the game's first booking a minute later after fouling Lampard. From the resulting free kick, Drogba curled the ball around the Manchester United wall and off the outside of the near post. Rooney set off on another dangerous run soon after, dribbling round both John Terry and Michael Essien before having the ball taken off his feet by Čech. thumb|Chelsea players collect the trophy, presented by Prince William With neither side doing enough to score in normal time, the game went into extra time for the third consecutive FA Cup Final. Manchester United's best chance of the game fell to Giggs from only three yards out after Rooney slid a pass across goal, but the Welshman could not get proper contact on his shot and Čech got down to make the save. Giggs appealed for a goal, claiming that the ball had crossed the line in Čech's arms, but the linesman did not flag and referee Steve Bennett waved play on. Television replays appeared to show that the ball had just crossed the line, but only after Giggs's momentum had pushed Čech backwards into his own goal.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/19/newsstory.sport3 Minute-by-minute report Guardian Unlimited London Paul Doyle 19 May 2007 22 April 2010 After the game, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson claimed that Giggs had been fouled by Essien just before he took his shot.Giggs bemoans the goal that wasn't http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2137258,00.html Football365.com 20 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070521060440/http://www.football365.com/story/0%2C17033%2C8652_2137258%2C00.html 21 May 2007 dead The deadlock was finally broken after 116 minutes when Drogba played a one-two with Lampard on the edge of the box after receiving the ball from Mikel John Obi, and prodded the ball past the onrushing van der Sar and into the net. Chelsea picked up three more bookings in the last few minutes as they tried to halt a late Manchester United comeback, but Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance of the game as Mourinho's side held on to win the first ever FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium. Match details 19 May 2007 15:00 BST Chelsea 1–0 yes Manchester United (Report) Drogba 116 Wembley Stadium, London 89,826 Steve Bennett (Kent)Bennett chosen for Final http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/04/CupFinalReferee.htm https://archive.today/20080409162711/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/04/CupFinalReferee.htm dead 9 April 2008 TheFA.com The Football Association 19 April 2007 _chelsea0608h _chelsea_07 _chelsea0608h _chelsea0608h _3_stripes_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Chelsea _whiteborder _manutdh0607 _whiteborder _manutd0607 _manutdh0607 E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United GK 1 CZE Petr ČechRB 20POR Paulo Ferreira 120CB 5 GHA Michael EssienCB 26ENG John Terry (c)LB 18ENG Wayne BridgeDM 4 FRA 1974 Claude Makélélé 83CM 12NGA Mikel John ObiCM 8 ENG Frank LampardRW 24ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 93LW 10ENG Joe Cole 45CF 11CIV Didier DrogbaSubstitutes:GK 23ITA Carlo CudiciniDF 3 ENG Ashley Cole 120 108MF 16NED Arjen Robben 45 108MF 19FRA 1974 Lassana DiarraFW 21CIV Salomon Kalou 119 93Manager:POR José Mourinho300px GK 1 NED Edwin van der SarRB 6 ENG Wes BrownCB 5 ENG Rio FerdinandCB 15SRB 2004 Nemanja Vidić 84LB 4 ARG Gabriel HeinzeRM 24SCO Darren Fletcher 92CM 18ENG Paul Scholes 58CM 16ENG Michael Carrick 112LM 7 POR Cristiano RonaldoSS 11WAL Ryan Giggs (c) 112CF 8 ENG Wayne RooneySubstitutes:GK 29POL Tomasz KuszczakDF 3 FRA 1974 Patrice EvraDF 22IRL John O'Shea 112MF 14ENG Alan Smith 105 92FW 20NOR Ole Gunnar Solskjær 112Manager:SCO Alex Ferguson Match officials Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire) Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire) Fourth official: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions Statistics thumb|340px|The Chelsea players celebrate ChelseaManchester UnitedTotal shots1812Shots on target44Ball possession50%50%Corner kicks16Fouls committed1818Offsides05Yellow cards43Red cards00 Source: ESPNChelsea; FA Cup Winners 2007 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=216319&cc=5739 ESPNsoccernet ESPN Inc. 19 May 2008 6 May 2012 13 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070913215536/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=216319&cc=5739 dead See also 2007 League Cup Final 2006–07 FA Cup 2006–07 League Cup References External links FA Cup Finals Match Report Category:FA Cup finals Final FA Cup Final Fa Cup Final 2007 Fa Cup Final 2007 Fa Cup Final 2007 FA Cup Final Category:Football matches in London