FA Cup Final 2024: Manchester City vs Manchester United

[Jezza]

The FA Cup Semi Final matches are now completed as Manchester City and Manchester United have advanced to the FA Cup Final for 2024. The cross town rivals play one another for the first time in an FA Cup Final.

This is the first time since 1885 where two sides meet again in consecutive FA Cup finals.

This match will be taking place at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday, May 25 2024 with kick off time at 15:00 BST.

Road to Wembley:

Manchester City:
3rd Round - Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town
4th Round - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester City
5th Round - Luton Town 2-6 Manchester City
Quarter Final - Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United
Semi Final - Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea

Manchester United:
3rd Round - Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester United
4th Round - Newport County 2-4 Manchester United
5th Round - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester United
Quarter Final - Manchester United 4-3 Liverpool (AET)
Semi Final - Coventry City 3-3 Manchester United (won 4-2 on penalties)

[Pies4shaw]

If this had happened when Marx and Engels were researching in Chetham's library, what would they have made of this, I wonder???

Whatever the outcome, I think that will be a night to avoid the area around the Corn Exchange.

[Jezza]

Manchester United win the FA Cup final in a big upset, exacting revenge for last year's FA Cup final defeat.

Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United

Goals:
Manchester United - 30' (Garnacho)
Manchester United - 39' (Mainoo)
Manchester City - 87' (Doku)

[Jezza]

FA Cup Tally:

Arsenal [14] = (1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020)

Manchester United [13] = (1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2016, 2024)

Tottenham Hotspur [8] = (1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991)
Chelsea [8] = (1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018)
Liverpool [8] = (1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2022)

Aston Villa [7] = (1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957)
Manchester City [7] = (1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011, 2019, 2023)

Blackburn Rovers [6] = (1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1928)
Newcastle United [6] = (1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955)

Wanderers [5] = (1872, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1878)
West Bromwich Albion [5] = (1888, 1892, 1931, 1954, 1968)
Everton [5] = (1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995)

Sheffield United [4] = 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925)
Bolton Wanderers [4] = (1923, 1926, 1929, 1958)
Wolverhampton Wanderers [4] = (1893, 1908, 1949, 1960)

Sheffield Wednesday [3] = (1896, 1907, 1935)
West Ham United [3] = (1964, 1975, 1980)

Old Etonians [2] = (1879, 1882)
Bury [2] = (1900, 1903)
Preston North End [2] = (1889, 1938)
Nottingham Forest [2] = (1898, 1959)
Sunderland [2] = (1937, 1973)
Portsmouth [2] = (1939, 2008)

Oxford University [1] = (1874)
Royal Engineers [1] = (1875)
Clapham Rovers [1] = (1880)
Old Carthusians [1] = (1881)
Blackburn Olympic [1] = (1883)
Notts County [1] = (1894)
Bradford City [1] = (1911)
Barnsley [1] = (1912)
Burnley [1] = (1914)
Huddersfield Town [1] = (1922)
Cardiff City [1] = (1927)
Derby County [1] = (1946)
Charlton Athletic [1] = (1947)
Blackpool [1] = (1953)
Leeds United [1] = (1972)
Southampton [1] = (1976)
Ipswich Town [1] = (1978)
Coventry City [1] = (1987)
Wimbledon [1] = (1988)
Wigan Athletic [1] = (2013)
Leicester City [1] = (2021)

[lazzadesilva]

Manchester United will surprise with a win against Manchester City.

[Pies4shaw]

^ I have a bolder prediction - a team from Manchester will win.