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2010 FA Cup Final

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The 2010 FA Cup Final was the 129th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. The match took place on 15 May 2010, at Wembley Stadium, London. The match was contested by 2009 winners Chelsea and 2008 winners Portsmouth, and it was refereed by Chris Foy from Merseyside.

Chelsea entered the final looking to complete the The Double for the first time in their history, having been crowned the 2009-10 Premier League Champions the week before. Portsmouth entered the final in a markedly different position facing an uncertain future, having already been relegated from the Premier League on 10 April following financial troubles, which saw them become the first ever Premier League club to enter administration, incurring an automatic 9 point deduction. After Kevin-Prince Boateng missed a penalty in the 54th minute, Didier Drogba scored from a free kick in the 58th minute to lead Chelsea to a 1-0 victory, and their first Double.

Chelsea's Ashley Cole won the FA Cup for a record 6th time. It was the first final in which both teams missed a penalty. Frank Lampard's penalty miss was the first to completely miss the target in an FA Cup Final since Charlie Wallace in 1913 (Wallace's team also won 1-0). David James was the oldest goalkeeper to play in an FA Cup Final.

The Europa League qualifying place normally due to the winners of the FA Cup became irrelevant for the 2010 final, after Chelsea qualified through the Premier League, and Portsmouth were refused a UEFA license due to their situation. With Manchester United having won the League Cup, the qualifying place due to the finalists instead passed to the 7th placed Premier League team, Liverpool.

Background[]

Up to the 2010 final, Chelsea had reached the FA Cup Final nine times, winning five of them, while Portsmouth had won two of their four finals. Portsmouth were the most recent side to reach the final of the FA Cup in the same season as being relegated from Premier League; the last team to do the same was Middlesbrough in 1997.Template:Fact

Chelsea won both of the games between the two sides in the 2009–10 Premier League, winning 2–1 at Stamford Bridge and 5–0 at Fratton Park. Chelsea and Portsmouth had been drawn together in the FA Cup twice before, each winning one tie; their first FA Cup encounter came in the Fifth Round in 1928–29, when Portsmouth won 1–0 in a replay at Fratton Park after they had drawn 1–1 at Stamford Bridge; Portsmouth went on to reach the final. Their next meeting was 68 years later, in the Sixth Round of the 1996–97 competition; Chelsea won the match 4–1 and went on to win the trophy.

Because Chelsea won the 2009–10 Premier League, and Portsmouth's appeal for a UEFA licence was rejected by the FA, their 2010–11 UEFA Europa League berth went to the team that finished in seventh place in the league, Liverpool.

Route to the final[]

Chelsea Round Portsmouth
Watford [C]
H
5–0		 Sturridge 5', 68', Eustace 15' (o.g.), Malouda 22', Lampard 64' Third Round Coventry City [C]
H
1–1		 Boateng 45+1'
replay Coventry City [C]
A
2–1		 Wright 90' (o.g.), Mokoena 120+1'
Preston North End [C]
A
2–0		 Anelka 37', Sturridge 47' Fourth Round Sunderland [PL]
H
2–1		 Utaka 42', 57'
Cardiff City [C]
H
4–1		 Drogba 2', Ballack 51', Sturridge 69', Kalou 86' Fifth Round Southampton [L1]
A
4–1		 Owusu-Abeyie 66', Dindane 75', Belhadj 82', O'Hara 85'
Stoke City [PL]
H
2–0		 Lampard 35', Terry 67' Sixth Round Birmingham City [PL]
H
2–0		 Piquionne 67', 70'
Aston Villa [PL]
Wembley Stadium, London
3–0		 Drogba 68', Malouda 89', Lampard 90+5' Semi-Finals Tottenham Hotspur [PL]
Wembley Stadium, London
2–0
(aet)		 Piquionne 99', Boateng 117'

[PL] = Premier League

[C] = Championship

[L1] = League One

[L2] = League Two

Pre-match[]

Officials[]

Merseyside-based referee Chris Foy was named as the referee for the 2010 FA Cup Final on 13 April 2010. Foy's previous assignments as the primary referee at Wembley Stadium included the 2007 FA Trophy Final and the 2009 FA Community Shield. He was also the fourth official for the 2008 FA Cup Final.

His assistants for the 2010 final were John Flynn, representing the Royal Air Force Football Association, Shaun Procter-Green of the Lincolnshire Football Association, with Andre Marriner of the Birmingham County Football Association as the fourth official. The reserve match official was the Northamptonshire County Football Association's Stuart Burt.

Kits[]

Since both sides' first-choice kits are blue, the toss of a coin was used to decide which team had choice of kit. Chelsea won the toss and wore their new blue home kit, while Portsmouth wore a new white change kit with burgundy and salmon pink trim.

Opening ceremony[]

Throughout the 2009–10 FA Cup season, the Football Association took the FA Cup trophy on a nationwide tour covering 30 venues. The tour began at A.F.C. Bournemouth's Dean Court stadium on 12 November 2009 and culminated at Trafalgar Square on 13 May 2010, two days before the final. At the events, fans were able to have photos taken with the trophy as well as take part in other interactive activities.

Immediately before the match kicked off, there was a short opening ceremony in which the trophy was placed on a plinth at the mouth of the players' tunnel before the players emerged and lined up along a red carpet. The players were then introduced to the final's chief guest and the official party, after which the national anthem was sung.

Match[]

Details[]

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CHELSEA:
GK 1 Template:Flagicon Petr Čech
RB 2 Template:Flagicon Branislav Ivanović
CB 33 Template:Flagicon Alex
CB 26 Template:Flagicon John Terry (c)
LB 3 Template:Flagicon Ashley Cole
RM 8 Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard
CM 13 Template:Flagicon Michael Ballack Template:Suboff
LM 15 Template:Flagicon Florent Malouda
RW 21 Template:Flagicon Salomon Kalou Template:Suboff
CF 11 Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba
LW 39 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Anelka Template:Suboff
Substitutes:
GK 40 Template:Flagicon Henrique Hilário
DF 19 Template:Flagicon Paulo Ferreira
DF 35 Template:Flagicon Juliano Belletti Template:Subon
MF 10 Template:Flagicon Joe Cole Template:Subon
MF 18 Template:Flagicon Yuri Zhirkov
MF 24 Template:Flagicon Nemanja Matić
FW 23 Template:Flagicon Daniel Sturridge Template:Subon
Manager:
Template:Flagicon Carlo Ancelotti
Chelsea vs Portsmouth 2010-05-15 svg
PORTSMOUTH:
GK 1 Template:Flagicon David James (c)
RB 16 Template:Flagicon Steve Finnan
CB 3 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rocha Template:Yel
CB 4 Template:Flagicon Aaron Mokoena
LB 6 Template:Flagicon Hayden Mullins Template:Suboff
RM 24 Template:Flagicon Aruna Dindane
CM 11 Template:Flagicon Michael Brown
CM 8 Template:Flagicon Papa Bouba Diop Template:Suboff
LM 23 Template:Flagicon Kevin-Prince Boateng Template:Yel Template:Suboff
SS 5 Template:Flagicon Jamie O'Hara Template:Yel
CF 9 Template:Flagicon Frédéric Piquionne
Substitutes:
GK 21 Template:Flagicon Jamie Ashdown
DF 18 Template:Flagicon Anthony Vanden Borre
DF 26 Template:Flagicon Tal Ben Haim
DF 39 Template:Flagicon Nadir Belhadj Template:Subon
MF 22 Template:Flagicon Richard Hughes
FW 17 Template:Flagicon John Utaka Template:Subon
FW 27 Template:Flagicon Nwankwo Kanu Template:Subon
Manager:
Template:Flagicon Avram Grant

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • John Flynn (Royal Air Force)
    • Shaun Procter-Green (Lincolnshire)
  • Fourth official: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Criticism of pitch[]

The much-maligned Wembley pitch came in for criticism from Chelsea captain John Terry following the match. He said, "The pitch ruined the final. It’s probably the worst pitch we’ve played on all year. It was not good enough for a Wembley pitch."

External links and references[]

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