The Emirates FA Cup 2022/23

[Lineker]

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This season’s FA Cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United will kick off at the traditional time of 3pm, the Football Association has confirmed.

The encounter on 3 June is the first Manchester derby FA Cup final in the competition’s 151-year history, which has led to the Metropolitan police deeming it a high-risk match and, therefore, insisting it starts no later than 4.45pm.

The FA confirmed on Wednesday that it will kick off at 3pm, the first time the final has done so 2011. It also revealed the winners would receive £2m in prize money, with the losing finalists banking £1m.

ITV’s coverage of the final will be immediately preceded by the Derby from Epsom. The race will start at 1.30pm, with coverage starting at 12.30pm and FA Cup final buildup starting at 2.15pm.

 

[Bobfoc]

I've always preferred the 3pm kickoff for the final.

[Lineker]

Train strikes just announced for the day of the final.

[Twist]

8 hours ago, Lineker said:

Train strikes just announced for the day of the final.

That’s grim.

[The Lusophone]

It'll be alright for United fans, the tube isn't on strike.

[Baddar]

[Szumi]

15 seconds!

[Chris2K]

Good grief. Take that Roberto di Matteo.

 

Ok, it turns out my knowledge of fastest FA Cup final goals is very out of date.

[Bobfoc]

How nice of Man United to give City a head start.

[Kyle]

This City team terrifies me.

Also we no longer hold the record for fastest goal in an FA Cup final.

[Bobfoc]

1 minute ago, Kyle said:

Also we no longer hold the record for fastest goal in an FA Cup final.

On the positive side, even if Man City win today, they will still be one behind Everton's total number of FA Cups.

[therockbox]

Fair play to Utd, they held Man City off for as long as they could.

[Kyle]

Game on for the first time since the 12th second. 

[Szumi]

I will always hate calls like that being a penalty.

[DavidMarrio]

I'm not surprised the pen is given but that's because the current rule for handball is stupid. Not sure what Grealish is meant to do there. 

[Colly]

I see the argument but it's not as if he's raising his arm for the jump, he's practically back on the ground as his arm goes high to the ball. Definitely seen worse examples.

[Baddar]

The only reason that's slightly debatable is because of how close he is to AWB but if your arms are waving in the box like that and you can never concede a pen from it, everyone would do it.

If they change that law we'll get Lingard and Pogba back and they can just tiktok dance around our box with no consequences.

AWB getting booked and Silva not, was a pisstake too.

[Liam]

That was a definite penalty for me. He wasn't using his arms to propel himself or for leverage...it was just up in the air. You can jump without doing what he did.

As I was posting this, Man City scored, so...all a bit moot.

[Szumi]

I have no idea how that crept in. DDG saw it late, but he should've saved that one, eh?

 

No matter what, Gundogan. What a player.

ETH needs to sub off Fred pretty quick or he's going to get himself sent off.

[Baddar]

When you play this City team, you need everyone to be playing 8/10s and we don't really have any doing that atm.