The Emirates FA Cup Final takes place on Saturday 15 May 2021
We re pleased to announce the schedule for the 2020-21 Emirates FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Leicester City, at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Saturday 15 May.
Completing this season’s Cup campaign has required a collective effort and we ve welcomed nominations from all 737 participating clubs and the general public for inspirational stories of people who have gone above and beyond their duties in aid of the competition and their local communities amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, a selection of nominees will be recognised and celebrated in the lead up to the 140th Cup Final. There will be a series of bespoke ‘Thank You’ pieces shared across our digital channels and in matchday programme, as well as on the day itself with invitations to attend, bespoke banners, a video played out on the stadium’s big screens following ‘Abide with Me’ and nominees from Chels
1:58 Former Premier League striker Michael Chopra says he is surprised he has not been asked by football authorities to help inspire the next generation of South Asian footballers
Michael Chopra has told
Sky Sports News he does not believe the Football Association and the Premier League are doing enough to get British South Asians into football.
Former Newcastle, Sunderland and Cardiff striker Chopra, whose father comes from the northern Indian state of Punjab, is one of the finest footballing talents to emerge from Britain s South Asian community, making over 400 appearances in a senior career spanning almost 15 years.
Swansea s Yan Dhanda last month told