A record crowd is expected at Wembley for this weekend’s women’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea.
More than 45,000 tickets are available for the 50th anniversary competition.
In 1971, after the removal of the 50-year-old ban on women participating in the sport, the first final took places.
A record crowd is expected at Wembley (above) this weekend for the women’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea
At 45,423 it is the current record. It was Arsenal and Chelsea that played in the final of 2018, which Chelsea won 3-1.
This did not exceed the 1920 Dick Kerr Ladies Boxing Day record. Goodison Park saw 53,000 spectators as St Helens won 4-0.
Only Great Britain’s game against Brazil at the 2012 Olympics and England’s friendly with Germany in 2019 have surpassed that record in the UK.
Sunday’s game is the final for the 2020-2021 campaign, which had to be put back due to delays caused by Covid-19.
Arsenal won the competition an unprecedented 14 times. Their last victory in the competition was against Chelsea in 2016, when Dan Carter (above), scored their only goal.
This will be new manager Jonas Eidevall’s (above) first final in charge of the Gunners and he is looking to maintain his 100 percent record against Emma Hayes
Arsenal won the competition an unprecedented 14 times. Their last victory was against Chelsea in 2016, when Dan Carter scored the winning goal.
This will be new manager Jonas Eidevall’s first final in charge of the Gunners and he is looking to maintain his 100 percent record against Emma Hayes.
His side beat Chelsea in pre-season before claiming a 3-2 victory on the opening day of the Women’s Super League campaign.
Blues are unbeaten since then and have scored 21 goals across all their games.
