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Event | FA Cup 2007–08 | ||||||
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Date | 17 May 2008 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Player 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. 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. 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.
Match details[]
2008-05-17 15:00 BST |
Cardiff City ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 89,874 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire) |
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(Report) | Kanu ![]() |
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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MATCH RULES
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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