The 2017 FA Cup Final will be the 136thfinal of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football cup competition. It will take place on 27 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London, England and will be contested between London rivalsArsenal and Chelsea. The winners will enter the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League at the group stage.

This is a rematch of the 2002 FA Cup final and the first final since 2003 in which both sides won league meetings between each other during the course of the season, with a 3–0 victory by Arsenal in September 2016, and a 3–1 win by Chelsea in February 2017.

Despite Chelsea qualifying for the final first, Arsenal are designated as the "home" team as they come first alphabetically in The FA's register. Arsenal would be appearing in a record 20th FA Cup Final and would be looking to regain the record for most FA Cup wins by winning their thirteenth in this match. Arsenal at the time shared the record at 12 after Manchester United equalled Arsenal's original record in 2016. Manager
Arsène Wenger also jointly holds the record as the most successful manager in the FA Cup with George Ramsay , having won it six times previously. Chelsea have won the FA Cup four times since 2003. The fixture will be the same as the 2002 FA Cup Final, where Arsenal won 2–0 due to goals from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg .Anthony Taylor was appointed as the referee by The Football Association.

Arsenal, as a Premier League team, started their campaign in the third round. In it, they were drawn away at Football League Championship Preston North End . At
Deepdale , Arsenal won 2–1 with goals from
Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud . In the Fourth Round, Arsenal drew fellow Premier League Southampton. At St Mary's Stadium , Arsenal won 5–0 with two goals from Danny Welbeck and a hat-trick from Theo Walcott .In the Fifth Round, Arsenal were drawn against
non-league National League Sutton United away. At Gander Green Lane, Arsenal won 2–0 with goals from Lucas Pérez and Walcott. The match was also noted for Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw being investigated by The FA and Gambling Commission for eating a pie pitchside despite there being betting odds on him doing so.In the quarter-finals, Arsenal were drawn at home against National League Lincoln City. At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal won 5–0 with goals from Walcott, Giroud, an own goal by
Luke Waterfall, Alexis Sánchez and Ramsey. In the semi-final at neutral Wembley Stadium, Arsenal played against Premier League
Manchester City and reached the final after a 2–1 win with goals from Nacho Monreal and Sánchez.
Chelsea also started in the third round where they were drawn at home against League One side Peterborough United . At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea won 4–1 with two goals from Pedro and a goal each from Michy Batshuayi and
Willian despite having club captain John Terry
sent off. In the fourth round, they were drawn with Championship team Brentford at home. Chelsea won 4–0 with goals from Pedro, Willian, Branislav Ivanović and Batshuayi. In the fifth round, Chelsea were drawn away against Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers. At Molineux Stadium , Chelsea won 2–0 with goals from Pedro and Diego Costa . In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against fellow Premier League side and
FA Cup holders Manchester United . At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea won 1–0 thanks to a goal from N'Golo Kante .In the Semi-finals at Wembley Stadium, Chelsea were drawn against fellow Premier League and London rivals , Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea reached the final with a 4–2 win with two goals from Willian and a goal each from Eden Hazard and
Nemanja Matić.

Chelsea wan win double, make will see

Omooba77:
Chelsea wan win double, make will see

Really bro. The match was not yet started when you opened this thread.

Ope Oluwa; we are there again Wembley here we come..... .

Omooba77:
Ope Oluwa; we are there again Wembley here we come..... .

double birthday present from Chelsea to me.

Assnal are in pepper soup..


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pamcode:
Really bro. The match was not yet started when you opened this thread.

create Chelsea vs the Saints thread biko..

DonJazet is still sleeping.

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create Chelsea vs the Saints thread biko..

DonJazet is still sleeping.

done. Happy birthday wishing you long life and prosperity.

pamcode:
done. Happy birthday wishing you long life and prosperity.

Amen in advance.. Birthday in btw the two Chelsea trophy...

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Amen in advance.. Birthday in btw the two Chelsea trophy...

Oh your birthday is in may?

pamcode:
Oh your birthday is in may?

yes dear
are you also May born?

Arsenal go do Chelsea something.

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yes dear
are you also May born?

Nah June.

pamcode:
Nah June.

ok
i will share my birthday present with you.

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double birthday present from Chelsea to me.

Assnal are in pepper soup..


lemme call the ladies on Blue in case
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Arsenal are in big trouble indeed... Chelsea already have the doubles...

SmellingAnus:
Arsenal are in big trouble indeed... Chelsea already have the doubles...

yes oh

our double birthday gift loading.



Our wife is back @iamkashybaby welcome back...

IamKashyBaby:



Hahahha! Optional my dear i am not his wife but were padi for life...and i am happy that you always giving him mentions while i was busy wandering on nl

hehehe

padi for life in naija is like husband and wife that are unseparable for life. Like our nollywood parent joke silver and olu jacob.


Don't mention Good to have you back ...


SmellingAnus our trophys go make sense die..

The days of double are back again.

Yeahhhh!!!
Chelsea for the double
Arsenal for Europa league( e go red for them walahi)

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hehehe

padi for life in naija is like husband and wife that are unseparable for life. Like our nollywood parent joke silver and olu jacob.


Don't mention Good to have you back ...


SmellingAnus our trophys go make sense die..

hahahahahah she be my bestie for life o...

Anyway, yea we must get the doubles this season as birthday gifts

SmellingAnus:
hahahahahah she be my bestie for life o...

Anyway, yea we must get the doubles this season as birthday gifts

i know but she is still our wife for life.... Like d case of joke silver nd olu jacob there are bestie for life also..




Iamkashybaby came at d right time to support us get this amaze presents...

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i know but she is still our wife for life.... Like d case of joke silver nd olu jacob there are bestie for life also..




Iamkashybaby came at d right time to support us get this amaze presents...

hahhahaha those two are husband and wife na... While in this case she and I are not even dating neither are we planning to...

My Boo kashy is a Man. U fan

SmellingAnus:
hahhahaha those two are husband and wife na... While in this case she and I are not even dating neither are we planning to...

My Boo kashy is a Man. U fan

i don't need all this details nah... Na d work wey we dy do.. Na so e dy take start... Never mind tho..



It doesn't mean oh cos man u are for europa already.. Making it their double also..

So she has no choice than to support us to also have double... Iamkashybaby how do you see the arrangement??

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i don't need all this details nah... Na d work wey we dy do.. Na so e dy take start... Never mind tho..



It doesn't mean oh cos man u are for europa already.. Making it their double also..

So she has no choice than to support us to also have double... Iamkashybaby how do you see the arrangement??

hahahah by the way, she should be asleep by now...

SmellingAnus:
hahahah by the way, she should be asleep by now...

i know she is asleep but she wil wake up and see my mention..


Off to chelsea vz zaintz match thread.

rest in peace in advance to Assnal football club

Chelsea for the double

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double birthday present from Chelsea to me.

Assnal are in pepper soup..


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here we are. I will keep saying dis, its a double for Chelsea

Arsenal winning

Last hope of silverware; only consolation we will play community shield next season

Wenger please change formation for Conte

Omooba77:
Last hope of silverware; only consolation we will play community shield next season

Segadem:

You dey laugh Wenger