FA CUP FINAL Chelsea v Liverpool *** Spoilers ***

[Cosimo]

05/05

V

17:15​

Coverage

Match Live, 17:15, ITV1/HD, ESPN/HD, ESPN 3D (Sky 3D 217) and Radio 5 live

Highlights, 22:25, ITV1​

The Road to Wembley

Chelsea:

R3 08/01 Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth
R4 28/01 Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Chelsea
R5 18/02 Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham City
R5 06/03 Birmingham City 0-2 Chelsea
R6 18/03 Chelsea 5-2 Leicester City
SF 15/04 Tottenham Hotspur 1-5 Chelsea​

Liverpool:

R3 06/01 Liverpool 5-1 Oldham Athletic
R4 28/01 Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
R5 19/02 Liverpool 6-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
R6 18/03 Liverpool 2-1 Stoke City
SF 14/04 Liverpool 2-1 Everton​

Travel News

Transport for London engineering works:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend​

Network Rail:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servi...rue&action=true&txtTravelDate=05/05/2012&toc=​

 

[Cosimo]

Arrived by special delivery today:

This time we're in the west end of the stadium. Who else has got a ticket for Saturday?

 

[Cosimo]

£85 O_O wtf

Hope Liverpool win

Also why 5:15 kick off

Not the most expensive ones, they were going for £115, £85, £65 and £45. It’s the biggest game of the year so not surprising and really not that expensive. The FA has to dish out prize money and pay for Wembley so there is a bit of a mark-up.

If you are interested in FA Cup financials then have a read of this:

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/News/2012/Jan/~/media/421387323A984557A3686BA18D383E6D.ashx

We get 17:15 as a start time because of TV advertising revenue, so the time is set to get the best viewing figures and not unfortunately for the convenience of the travelling fans.

 

[Cosimo]

Couldn't get a ticket and I've been to about 15 Chelsea games this season

I've been to 30 (all home games, 1 FA Cup away and the semi-final). There are an extra 1000 tickets on sale tomorrow so you could try your luck:

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/TicketNews_ExtraDetails/0,,10268~2741397,00.html

 

[Cosimo]

I've said it in previous threads re; Wembley Finals, it's lost on me how a 90'000 seater stadium will have ~50'000 'fans' from each respective finalist.

That's ~40'000 seats left.

The rest go this way:

Although the FA would not comment, privately the governing body stresses that the remainder will go to the wider football community from the grassroots of the game to the 763 clubs who entered this year's competition. Some 17,000 go to Club Wembley members who are effectively season ticket holders at the stadium, with proceeds from the sales of these being invested back in the game.

 

[Cosimo]

One less thing to carry tomorrow:

Couldn't wait so I picked one up from Chelsea at lunchtime.

 

[Cosimo]

It's been confirmed that we will be without David Luiz and Gary Cahill but the rest of the squad are fit for selection.

 

[Cosimo]

Lol at some of the comments. You can make them until you are blue in the face but there is no getting away from the fact that the best team won and the cup is back where it belongs, at Stamford Bridge.

The before and after pics:

The party continues and the epic 3D movie will come later on today.

 

[Cosimo]

For Chelsea fans:

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Enjoy