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The FA Cup Final: What You Need To Know
Ticket details, team news and other useful info. More and more details are being released for the FA Cup Final. Here is what you need to know (this page will be updated when more information becomes available):Ticket NewsPompey have been allocated a palty 25,000 tickets for the final as expected. The tickets are priced at £95 (extremely limited), £80, £65 and £45 with concessions for under-17's and over-60's priced at £10 less than the original price.For the record, the £65 and £45 tickets are £5 more expensive than what they were back in 2008.Season ticket holders are guaranteed a ticket, as are Pompey Blue/Junior Blue members. Anyone who is on the club's database and has been to three or more home games up to and including the FA Cup Quarter-Final will also get a ticket and will be notified by post.Any Pompey fan who went to the DW Stadium on Wednesday is also guaranteed a ticket and should apply by post.Supporters groups will get tickets and there are 100 pairs of tickets for wheelchair users and 50 pairs of tickets for visually impaired/abulant supporters. These tickets are £40, with a carer going free.Once those tickets have been sold, the remaining will go on sale to season ticket holders on a first come, first served basis. Though how many extra tickets they can buy hasn't been made clear yet.A timetable has been produced for fans to buy tickets from tomorrow, which is as follows:Wednesday, April 21st: South Stand Upper ST HoldersThursday, April 22nd: North Stand Upper ST HoldersFriday, April 23rd: Fratton End Season Ticket HoldersMonday, April 26th: North Stand Lower/South Stand Lower ST HoldersTuesday, April 27th: Pompey Blue/Junior Blue MembersThursday, April 29th: Fans who have been to three home games or more Tuesday, May 4th: ST Holders (subject to availability)There will be the same amount of tickets allocated for each bracket on each day (apart from the £95 bracket).Early Team NewsAruna Dindane has been given the green light to play in Pompey's remaining games, including the FA Cup Final after Lens agreed to allow him to play without triggering the £4 million bullet payment clause in his contract..Danny Webber and Hermann Hreidarsson are out for the season with injury and so can't play.Avram Grant has other injury concerns, but is hopeful these will clear in time for May 15th.KitsChelsea won the toss and so will play in blue, meaning that Pompey will be playing in white unless they decide to bring out a one-off cup final kit in a different colour.The RefereeChris Foy has been named the referee for this year's FA Cup Final having already taken charge of the Community Sheild match at the start of the season.He has only officiated one Pompey match this season, the 3-2 home defeat to Bolton where he issued two yellow cards but no red cards. In total this season he has dished out 101 yellows and 5 reds in 34 games.
