Manchester United take on Chelsea in the first FA Cup final to be played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium
English football's showpiece event is back at its spiritual home for the first time since 2000
Fans make their way up Wembley Way as the atmosphere builds ahead of the big game
Both sets of supporters flock to the recently unveiled statue of England's World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore
The sight of a marching band performing on the Wembley turf before the FA Cup final makes a return
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson picks Gabriel Heinze and Darren Fletcher as Patrice Evra and Alan Smith miss out
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho secured the return of his dog in midweek but is without a number of key players for the game
Prince William officially welcomes the FA Cup trophy back to Wembley and declares the new stadium open
The stadium is almost full and a Red Arrows formation performs overhead as kick-off approaches
Chelsea captain John Terry and United skipper Ryan Giggs lead the teams out to a wall of noise from the 90,000 crowd
Chelsea wide-man Shaun Wright-Phillips tries to take on Heinze during a lifeless opening to the match
Rooney fires wide of Blues keeper Petr Cech's left-hand post and a hugely disappointing 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 trophy to Stamford Bridge
Terry becomes the first captain to lift the FA Cup at the new Wembley and Chelsea end a troubled season on a high note
The defeat is a bitter blow for the largely anonymous Cristiano Ronaldo and his United team-mates
But Chelsea's players can celebrate winning another trophy - the club's sixth since Mourinho took over as Blues boss
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