The final is going to be between the team that once held the trophy for the longest and the only team to take the trophy outside England.

Who are you going for now?

Cardiff. Come on the Welsh

Cardiff cos they knocked out Boro.

Does anyone know that if Cardiff win does the team that finishes 6th in the EPL have the last UEFA Cup spot? Cause i thought i read somewhere that if Cardiff win the FA Cup they cant go into Europe representing English cause there Welsh...

Yes - that's what is being said, but I bet there'll be a big fuss if they lose that UEFA spot seeing as how they have been excluded from any entry from any Welsh tournament for about 12 years - which is why we get teams like Barry and Rhyl in Europe.

Cardiff, like Swansea and Wrexham in the English league, and some smaller teams, have opted to compete in the English league, so should be allowed entry.

Fireworks may yet come

i'll be backing Cardiff as they're my local team would be amazing for them to win

yeah they've been competing in the English Leagues for so long and it wouldnt be right for them not to be in Europe if they do win....

There's a lot of bother with Welsh / English leagues - it's even affecting England women getting a place in the Olympics - but that is going OT.

I wish Caerdydd all the best in the final - even if they did beat Arsenal last time

No need to worry about that, Pompey will whoop em.

I'm rooting for the underdog. Go Cardiff!!

Going for Cardiff. Uefa have said that they may grant Cardiff will a 'Wildcard' entry into the Uefa Cup if they win and that everyone at Uefa sympathise with their situation. No decision will be made until after the final though

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im backing Portsmouth all the way.

the cardiff fans, peter ridsdale and the welsh in general do not deserve the FA Cup

Come on Cardiff, i dont want to see that judas barsteward lift a trophy

Haha what about Defoe, he could play for two clubs who win trophies this season and not get a winners medal from either

MERKED!

I do not want Davis to get his little grubby hands on it either, the gobshite

Cardiff are nazi's I hear

oh i say

Good luck to Cardiff but i'm hoping Pompey wipe the smile off Mcphail's face

i dont want Cardiff to win as they beat Arsenal all those years ago ..... I hope Portsmouth win ...if anyone deserves some reward for an outstnding season its Harry Redknapp .....taken Portsmouth to the brink of regular european football and after all the problems he had with the police and curruption allegations ......absolutely nothing has been proved yet......and turning down the Newcastle job ...it would be good to see him taking the FA CUP and knowing he had made the right decision ..

And lets not forget the OUTSTANDING job he did at Southampton.

The FA Cup is all your Agent Harry

I'm Welsh, but the first cup final Arsenal were in, they lost to Cardiff.

The story is that Welshman Dan Lewis, in Arsenal's goal, deliberately let the ball slip out of his grip into the net; he blamed the fact that the surface of his woollen jersey was slippy as it was new, and Arsenal goalkeepers never wore new jerseys after that (not sure that applies now with new materials).

But a lot of people blamed him (probably unfairly) for helping the Cup go to a team from his country.

That was before my time, but the first big game I ever saw was Arsenal v Pompey in 1955. They had both won the first division in the previous few years, and Pompey won the game then 3-1.

I had a soft spot for Pompey, as they played in my first big game, and that was enhanced a few years back by the enthusiasm of their crowd for their opponents when Arsenal won there 5-1 in the Cup a few years ago.
Not many fans would give a standing ovation to players of the opposition when they went off to be substituted (Henry, Vieira and Ljungberg).
Pompey fans that day were probably the best I ever saw (only on tv I'm afraid )

Personally, I'd love it if either of the teams lifted the trophy - it's just such a shame that only one can do it this time.

I think I must go for Cardiff this time, as I think Pompey might get there again soon, and I'd love to see a Welsh team win.

I just hope they play "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" before the kick off.
I had to suffer that dirge about the queen last time I went to the Millennium Stadium in Caerdydd, but "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" wasn't played

Just because we whooped your ass in the Rugby.

Obviously backing Cardiff because I'm Welsh!

Rach, I feel a night out coming on

Be so funny if the Welsh won an English cup! We have been doing quite well as a nation for sporting events this year!

Lets hope it continues with Joe Calzaghe next week

oh we're soooo going to cardiff on the night of the final

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