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Untitled[edit]

someone please unprotect the page or change the tense of the verbs. the final has already taken place, so we can't write will be, etc—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.104.234.46 (talk • contribs)

I have had a quick go at changing the tense, tell me if I've missed anything or any specific changes you'd like me to make. Dave101→talk 19:59, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion, not Fact[edit]

"It also appeared that Essien had tripped Giggs from behind just before his shot, but again Bennett was unmoved." This comes across as a biased opinion on the part of the article writer. Consider changing to something like "Manchester United players claimed that Giggs had been tripped by Essien." The referee had a good view and replays show it probably was not a foul.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.1.172.163 (talk • contribs)

I agree. A fact would be more along the lines of "this match was terrible."

Not quite. That's still more of an opinion than a fact. Tbph, I hope you were being sarcastic. PeeJay 22:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose, it's more common knowledge than fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.210.100 (talk • contribs)

More like common opinion than common knowledge. PeeJay 19:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Man of the Match[edit]

Was there an MVP named?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.193.198.144 (talk • contribs)

The BBC's man of the match was didier drogba. whether this is officially or not i don't know.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.223.141 (talk • contribs)

Chelsea's formation ??[edit]

Does anyone what formation chelsea played ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robzzzz18 (talk • contribs)

They played 4-5-1 with the two wingers supporting the lone striker. You could call it a 4-3-3 I suppose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yatesric (talk • contribs)

Technically it was 4-3-3, but Chelsea played very deep so it was effectively 4-5-1. Dave101→talk 09:02, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They played 4-3-3 --Imran Khan Balouch ... Ţĥё 1Ķβ 06:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The formation is as I described in the team list. Flat back four, one holding midfielder and two more central midfielders in the middle of the park, then two wingers and the striker up top. It was pretty much half-way between 4-5-1 and 4-3-3, due to the wingers being positioned fairly high up the pitch. PeeJay 07:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming proposal[edit]

I propose renaming this and all other FA Cup Final articles to "YYYY FA Cup Final", rather than "FA Cup Final YYYY" as they are now. This would save on having to pipelink to the articles when referring to them in context, i.e. you would only have to type:

the [[2007 FA Cup Final]]...

rather than:

the [[FA Cup Final 2007|2007 FA Cup Final]]...

Obviously, this would be a pretty big job, what with over 100 articles to do, but I would like to hear people's thoughts on this nonetheless. - PeeJay 17:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, since "2007 FA Cup final" flows better than "FA Cup final 2007". However, as you say, it's a big task and I think you'd be better off raising the issue on the Wikiproject football page. SteveO 17:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have just done that. Cheers for the support. - PeeJay 17:27, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last chance?[edit]

In the article, it says that "Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance", but I clearly recall Kalou going through in the very end of the game, delivering a long range shot just above the top left corner of van der Saar's goal... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.82.224.36 (talk) 01:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester United won 2-1?[edit]

In the article it says that Chelsea won 1-0. But in the match details, Man United won 2-1 with two goals by Rooney. Those goals by Rooney appear to be fictional. Maybe a Man United fan added a few goals to win the match after all? 80.79.32.43 (talk) 16:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:1872 FA Cup Final which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:36, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]