2008 FA Cup Final

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==
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"	CARDIFF CITY:	CARDIFF CITY: 	CARDIFF CITY:	CARDIFF CITY:
 	 	 	 	
GK 	1 	Peter Enckelman 	 	
RB 	2 	Kevin McNaughton 	 	
CB 	12 	Roger Johnson 	 	
CB 	6 	Glenn Loovens 	 	
LB 	3 	Tony Capaldi 	 	
RM 	16 	Joe Ledley 	 	
CM 	4 	Gavin Rae 	 	
CM 	10 	Stephen McPhail (c) 	 	
LM 	7 	Peter Whittingham 	 	
CF 	36 	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	 	
CF 	11 	Paul Parry 	 	
Substitutes:	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	
GK 	13 	Michael Oakes 	 	
DF 	5 	Darren Purse 	 	
MF 	18 	Trevor Sinclair 	 	
MF 	30 	Aaron Ramsey 	 	
FW 	20 	Steven Thompson 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	
Dave Jones 	Dave Jones 	Dave Jones 	Dave Jones 	
MATCH OFFICIALS
*Assistant referees:
**Trevor Massey (Manchester)
**Martin Yerby (Kent)
*Fourth official: Chris Foy (Liverpool)	
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.
==Route to the final==
*See Also - FA Cup 2007–08
Cardiff City 	Cardiff City 	Round 	Portsmouth 	Portsmouth
Chasetown [NL]H3–1 	Whittingham 45', Ramsey 60', Parry 73'	Third Round 	Ipswich Town [C]A1–0 	Nugent 51'
Hereford United [L2]A2–1 	McNaughton 45', Thompson 67' (pen.) 	Fourth Round	Plymouth Argyle [C]H2–1 	Diarra 34', Kranjčar 45'
Wolverhampton Wanderers [C]H2–0 	Whittingham 2', Hasselbaink 11' 	Fifth Round 	Preston North End [C]A1–0 	Carter 90' (o.g.)
Middlesbrough [PL]A2–0 	Whittingham 9', Johnson 23' 	Sixth Round 	Manchester United [PL]A1–0 	Muntari 78' (pen.)
Barnsley [C]Wembley Stadium, London1–0	Ledley 9' 	Semi-finals 	West Bromwich Albion [C]Wembley Stadium, London1–0	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
==See also==
*2007–08 FA Cup
==External links and references==
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