Ashley Cole is pictured above during the Final - his third FA Cup medal with Chelsea.
CHELSEA 2:1 LIVERPOOL (1:0). ( Ramires 11 min, Drogba 52 min,
Carroll 64 min). Saturday May 5th. 2012. Wembley Stadium. Att. 89,102
CHELSEA.
1. Petr Čech (GK) , 17. José Bosingwa, 2. Branislav Ivanović, 26. John Terry (Captain) ,
3. Ashley Cole,
12.
John Obi Mikel, 8. Frank Lampard, 7. Ramires (16. Raul Meireles 75
min.), 10. Juan Mata (15. Florent Malouda 90 min.), 21. Salomon Kalou,
11. Didier Drogba.
Manager: Roberto Di Matteo.
LIVERPOOL.
25.
Pepe Reina, 2. Glen Johnson, 37. Martin Škrtel, 5. Daniel Agger, 3.
José Enrique, 14. Jordan Henderson, 20. Jay Spearing (9. Andy Carroll
54 min)
39. Craig Bellamy (18. Dirk Kuyt 76 min), 8. Steven Gerrard (c), 19. Stewart Downing, 7. Luis Suárez.
Manager: Kenny Dalglish.
The pictures above show Ashley Cole during the 2010 F.A. Cup final
against Portsmouth at Wembley.
Chelsea won the match 1-0 courtesy of a
Dider Drogba goal in the 59th minute, thus completing the 'double'
of
League title and F.A. Cup for the first time in the club's history. Photos G. Herringshaw ©
CHELSEA 1-0 PORTSMOUTH (0-0) (15.05.10, Wembley, Att: 88, 335)
Chelsea: Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack (Juliano Belletti 44), Frank Lampard,
Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka (Daniel Sturridge 90), Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou (Joe Cole 71).
Portsmouth: David James, Steve Finnan, Ricardo Rocha, Aaron Mokoena, Hayden Mullins (Nadir Belhadj 81), Michael Brown,
Papa Bouba Diop (Nwankwo Kanu 81), Kevin-Prince Boateng (John Utaka 73), Jamie O'Hara, Aruna Dindane, Frederic Piquionne.
Goals: 1-0 Drogba (59)
Referee: Chris Foy.
The pictures above show Ashley during the 2007 FA Cup final against
Manchester United. Chelsea won the game 1-0
thanks to an extra time
winner from Didider Drogba in what was the first FA Cup final to be
played at the new
Wembley Stadium. Chelsea had also won the last FA Cup
final to be played at the old Wembley,
beating Aston Villa 1-0 back in
2000. Pictures G. Herringshaw.
CHELSEA 1:0 MANCHESTER UNITED (0:0) a.e.t. Drogba (116)
(19.05.07, Wembley Stadium, London - 89, 826)
.
Chelsea: Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Claude Makelele, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard,
Shaun Wright-Phillips (Salomon Kalou 93), Joe Cole (Arjen Robben 46, Ashley Cole 108), Didier Drogba
.
Manchester United: Edwin Van der Sar, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Gabriel Heinze, Michael Carrick (John O'Shea 112),
Darren Fletcher (Alan Smith 92), Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 112), Wayne Rooney
.
Referee - Steve Bennett