Manchester United take on Chelsea in the first FA Cup final to be played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium
Fans make their way up Wembley Way as the atmosphere builds ahead of the big game
Chelsea's players sample the stadium as they prepare to face the side that dethroned them as Premiership champions
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson picks Gabriel Heinze and Darren Fletcher as Patrice Evra and Alan Smith miss out
Prince William officially welcomes the FA Cup trophy back to Wembley and declares the new stadium open
Chelsea captain John Terry and United skipper Ryan Giggs lead the teams out to a wall of noise
Chelsea wide-man Shaun Wright-Phillips tries to take on Heinze during a lifeless opening 20 minutes
Rooney fires wide of Blues keeper Petr Cech's left-hand post and a poor first half finishes goalless
Mourinho replaces Joe Cole with Dutchman Arjen Robben, who immediately feels the force of a challenge from Wes Brown
Rooney worries Chelsea with a fine run but the United forward is thwarted by Cech and the game goes to extra time
Giggs misses a golden opportunity to score when he scuffs Rooney's low cross into the arms of Cech
Cech again saves at the feet of Rooney and the match looks like being decided by a penalty shoot-out
But Didier Drogba nips in to score a 116th-minute winner to take the FA Cup to Stamford Bridge
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