F.A. Cup 2021.

[Con M]

The English season showpiece finale, the 20/21 F.A. Cup Final is on @ 1.45am Adelaide time, Sunday 16 May. It will be fought out between the finalists, Chelsea and Leicester.

A COVID limit of 22,000 fans will be allowed into Wembley and it will be shown on Lord Murdoch’s PayTV Ch509 (ESPN).

Oh for ye olde days when it was on earlier @ 11pm Adelaide time, shown on free-to-air on ABC or SBS and even AFL & NRL types held F.A. Cup night parties throughout Australia.

[predrag]

The FA cup was always a treat for me to view, pity everything is off free to air these days.

[Con M]

What a Cup Final! What a strike by Tielemans to win it for “little” Leicester! What a difference an involved crowd make.

This final had everything, even for the neutral. Schmeichel with two magnificent saves when Chelsea were relentless in the second half. Morgan came on late as an extra defender, his first game since December. VAR disallowing a Chelsea ‘goal’ near the end by inches.

Congrats to Leicester City on their first-ever F.A. Cup win.

[Old Master]

What a Cup Final! What a strike by Tielemans to win it for “little” Leicester! What a difference an involved crowd make.

This final had everything, even for the neutral. Schmeichel with two magnificent saves when Chelsea were relentless in the second half. Morgan came on late as an extra defender, his first game since December. VAR disallowing a Chelsea ‘goal’ near the end by inches.

Congrats to Leicester City on their first-ever F.A. Cup win.

Yes Con, it was a game that flowed and was a typical old fashioned Cup Final with nothing left on the pitch except sweat and tears and Leicester were deserved winners, despite the off-side incident.

[eagleboy]

Tuchel needs to look at himself. He is a great organizer but he tinkers with teams to often. Always seems to be a runner up.

[ozzie owl]

What a Cup Final! What a strike by Tielemans to win it for “little” Leicester! What a difference an involved crowd make.

This final had everything, even for the neutral. Schmeichel with two magnificent saves when Chelsea were relentless in the second half. Morgan came on late as an extra defender, his first game since December. VAR disallowing a Chelsea ‘goal’ near the end by inches.

Congrats to Leicester City on their first-ever F.A. Cup win.

Great result for the game and proves again how wrong the ESL clubs were in trying to destroy this.

One pity it wasn't a stand alone 3pm kick off and the last game of the English domestic season.

[Rookie]

As a lad this is one game that I would never miss i only found out the game was played on Monday when i read the paper, not much publicity these days

[Old Master]

As a lad this is one game that I would never miss i only found out the game was played on Monday when i read the paper, not much publicity these days

Does it still get the winner into European competition or is it now just a supporter's game?

[ozzie owl]

As a lad this is one game that I would never miss i only found out the game was played on Monday when i read the paper, not much publicity these days

Sadly the continual expansion of the European tournaments has devalued the FA Cup in the eyes of the EPL clubs. The move from traditional 3pm as the stand alone last game of the season was negative move IMO.

[Facts and Stats]

More to it than that.

Semi finals at Wembley
Penalties and not multiple replays
10 day gaps before a replay
Utd being allowed to not participate
So many other games on TV