It seems long that the FA Cup final was the highlight of the interior season and this list of 21st-century finals is going a long way to explain why.
In the days when only a handful of live competitions were broadcast, the Wembley pronouncing piece event received general coverage and universal attention.
This is no longer the case – in reality this list shows that the great occasion turns out to be a damp Squib more often – but we are still treated to a number of good games and at least a few classics.
Here is how we have arranged all 25 of the FA Cup finals of the 21st century, from the worst to the best.
The first final at the rebuilt Wembley was terrible, got worse because it was disputed by the two best teams in the country.
Viewers had long since fallen asleep before Didier Drogba (Went in his name) scored an extra-time winner and put us all out of our misery.
A match so bad that they decided to hit the Twin Towers immediately afterwards.
Pre-billionary Chelsea walked past Aston Villa through a textbook David James-error and Dennis Wise wore his child, who was somehow bigger than he, around the field.
And that is about everything that happened.
The aimless draw took place between Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and the Chelsea of ​​Thomas Tuchel in the final of the League Cup a few months earlier – really – was a entertaining and absorbent tactical battle.
Everyone who says the same thing for the FA Cup Final Rematch is a rotten dirty liar.
Kepa missed his penalty, at least funny. But that is about everything it had.
It was definitely a novelty to see Millwall, the most notorious pariahs of English football, in the opportunity of the showpiece of the domestic season.
Unfortunately, they did not succeed in offering a lot of resistance to Manchester United, who strolled to a rack-en-yawn 3-0 win.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal. Since then he has scored more than a few in high -profile competitions.
Did this happen? Did this really happen?
Apparently Chelsea Manchester United defeated in 2018 by a Eden Hazard fine and Antonio Conte allowed one to get one about 'Little Man' Jose Mourinho.
In other words, hardly a classic.
Ah, the final of Chris Marsden.
After he was used by United as Premier League champions, Arsenal was determined to hold the FA Cup.
They did, via a winner of Robert Pires under the roof at Cardiff.
Southampton was pretty weak and David Seaman lifted his last trophy as an Arsenal player.
Another FA Cup final that will not live long for the quality of football.
But seeing Portsmouth and Cardiff City opposite Wembley was more refreshing than a sip of gold from Thatcher in a warm beer garden.
The final between two underdogs rarely get the pulses racing and Kanu's first half goal was just enough to win the trophy for Pompey.
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Stoke was a lot better than getting the credit 5-0 Spanking from Bolton in the semi-final will live in the memory and play a very good football at the end of the 2010-11 season.
But their display against Manchester City suggested that the opportunity had prevailed from Tony Pulis and his players.
City had not won a trophy in 35 years, but never looked at it in danger. Yaya Toure made sure that Banner was sent to history in Old Trafford.
Tim 'Tactics' Sherwood could not do anything about a dazzling display from Arsenal in late-Wenger.
It took Arsenal for some time to get started, but the goal of Theo Walcott opened the locks for five minutes from the break.
Alexis Sanchez entered one of Miles Out, per Mertesacker emphasized the difference in class and Olivier Giroud placed the icing on a very satisfying cake.
Chelsea Hover Silverwerk under Roman Abramovich, but they only won one League & FA Cup -Dubbel under his property.
After scoring an obscene number of goals on the way to the Premier League title 2009-10, Drogba did his thing against degraded Portsmouth to ensure that Chelsea achieved domestic bliss.
Although he was defeated, Portsmouth played with admirable spirit and made a better final than it looked on paper in advance.
Don't worry, Tim, it's just Ray Parlor.
When we looked in the city in 2019 in 2019, we felt very conflict.
Yes, it was very impressive because City played some luxurious football. But the lack of danger and ruthless nature that Raheem Sterling and the company pursue more goals felt a bit cold.
Less of this in the future, please. Cupfinal is better when two teams 'the honor' have the honor.
Decent game.
Honorable mentions go to singer Karen Harding for ruining the national anthem, Jlingz scored the winner and United plundered for hours Louis van Gaal.
But nothing will ever surpass the memory of Alan Pardew's 'Dancing'. It still makes us nauseous to this day.
“I am sorry about the dance,” Pardew told Fourfourtwo in 2021. “My daughter had said,” There is this new dance, “and that must have been in my head!
“I should never have done it – people remember it unfortunately – but it was a brilliant moment for Punch, and I would feel for him.”
The second part of City's 2023 Treble is mainly remembered for Ilkay Gundogan who caught David de Gea from his line and opens the score after 12 seconds.
Erik Ten Hag's United sniffed and puffed, so that the scores were taken by a penalty from Bruno Fernandes before Gundogan won the cup with his second goal of the afternoon.
This was the first Cup final since 2011 that started in the traditional 15:00 Slot. More of this in the future, please.
In many ways this match marked the end of an era.
Both teams were smarting after they were used by Jose Mourinho's Chelsea during the 2004-05 season.
The largest Premier League rivement of all was the end, just a few months after Roy Keane had taken offense to Patrick Vieira in the Highbury tunnel.
United dominated in Cardiff, but Arsenal held stuck for a penalty shoot-out that they won properly.
It was one of the biggest robbers ever seen on a football field. No goals, but the tension has certainly improved the spectacle.
Another match-winning performance from Drogba, another FA Cup triumph for Chelsea.
This competition was at least considerably more fun than some of their earlier victories.
It looked like a comfortable victory until Liverpool Andy Carroll sustained with the instruction to cause damage.
Geordie's thoroughbred scored and thought he had looted a dramatic equalizer. Unfortunately for him, Petr Cech made a wonderful save just before the entire ball crossed the line.
Louis Saha gave the 2009 decision an unexpected shot by scoring after just 25 seconds. Play.
But Chelsea was managed by popular Interim -Guit Hiddink and recovered well. Drogba scored (of course) before Frank Lampard hit a beautiful long -distance winner to bring the cup back to Stamford Bridge.
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At the time, this competition was invoiced as the struggle for the too much promoted managers.
Chelley, played on an empty Wembley, were warm favorites to defeat an Arsenal side whose versions that season put them in danger to violate the Trade Description Act.
But Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had other ideas. Cynics will say he played for a new contract, but Aubameyang was inspiring during the Augustus program and his two goals save a little comfort from a disappointing season for Arsenal.
Above all, it was a pleasant open game that was a damn vision better than your usual cup -end offer.
This textbook Slow-burner ignited when your Tielemans had seen one of the best long-term goals ever at Wembley Stadium.
Kasper Schmeichel entered the annals of FA Cup -Folklore with a sensational rescue of Mason Mount when Chelsea knocked on the door of Leicester, while a late equalizer was excluded for the most marginal exterior.
Yet Chelsea has often won the FA Cup. Nobody really buried Leicester and won it. Since then they have been relegated twice from the Premier League.
United had decided to fire Erik ten Hag after a shocking Premier League campaign, only for U-Turn after a really impressive performance to defeat City in the Cup final.
Alejandro Garnacho opened the score after a defensive mix, before Bruno Fernandes produced one of the best assists ever seen at Wembley to set up Kobbie Mainoo for the second.
City had just won the competition title, but hardly put a glove on their neighbors until Jeremy Doku pulled one back at the end.
Ten Hag was fired by the end of October and some suspected Guardiola and the city lost the final to keep the insufficient Dutchman the lead at Old Trafford.
Reduce the FA Cup final to 4D chess? Stanley Matthews turns in his grave.
Arsenal did not felt faults about their triumph in 2005, especially when we consider what had happened four years earlier.
They have absolutely damaged Gerard Houllier's Liverpool in the Millennium Stadium, but could not find a way along the inspired keepers of Stephane Hechoz.
Freddie Ljungberg finally gave them the lead before Peak Michael Owen poached a quick -fire brace to win the Liverpool cup.
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An upset to rank alongside Sunderland that defeated Leeds in '73 or Wimbledon shocking Liverpool in '88.
The Latics of Roberto Mancini fell that season. They have never been back, but their fans would not exchange their victory over the city for the world and why would they?
Ben Watson will never have to buy a drink in Wigan again.
That rare 'Big Six' FA Cup Final Clash that turned out not to be a huge anti -limax.
Antonio Conte's Chelsea was the best side in the country that season, as evidenced by their 93-point tensile and prime minister League title, but they could not compete with the contemporary Gunners of Wenger who could still use it for the big competitions.
Alexis Sanchez opened the score after just four minutes and, after having hit and puffed for more than 70 minutes, Diego Costa finally made it right – only for Aaron Ramsey to get their lead back a few minutes later.
Wenger should have retired there and then. It would have been the perfect broadcast for the Frenchman, who won a record seven FA Cups.
Wenger had Arsenal in the Champions League for more than 20 years, but in 2014 there was a huge frustration among the fans about the unprecedented eight-year-old trophy-dried of the club.
The Gunners believers had to tolerate the last-minute winner of Obafemi Martins in the 2011 League Cup final, and the FA Cup final 2014 seemed to be another classic bottle job when Steve Bruce's hull took a lead of two goals in 10 minutes.
A Santi Cazorla Masterclass saw the Gunners get back in and the comeback was eventually closed in extra time by Ramsey. This was the first of the four FA Cup victories in seven years for Arsenal.
Trophy drought, which trophy drought?
Only a year after a 3-3 comeback penalty shootout victory in what is generally considered the best Champions League final in history, could they no longer do it, right?
Ask Steven Gerrard. Just magic.