Chelsea and Liverpool will play the FA Cup final under the supervision of veteran referee Phil Dowd who claims to be both “honoured and privileged” when he heard the news.
Wembley Stadium, widely regarded as the spiritual home of English football, will be the stage for the FA Cup final encounter between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 side. The match is scheduled to take place on the 5th
of May, just three days before both teams meet in the Barclays Premier League match.
While the league meeting will mean more for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 than for Liverpool, there is no doubt that the final holds just as much importance for the London side as it does for the club from Merseyside.
In fact, after their 5-1 demolition of Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final of the tournament, Chelsea are favourites to lift the cup when at the end of the match. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 with Juan Mata continuing
his fine form for Chelsea.
The injury to defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Cahill-c14439 has demonstrated his ability to mix it with the best during his time at Chelsea.
On the other hand, Liverpool have put together a fine cup run and can never be written off when it comes to a final. They may not be the favourites, yet the Merseyside club are a completely different side when it comes to finals and one can expect the likes
of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 and Luis Suarez to deliver on the occasion.
One other person who will have to deliver is referee Phil Dowd who has been appointed the referee for the occasion.
“I was honoured and privileged when I found out. You obviously hope as a referee that you might one day be considered for the FA Cup final so it will certainly be the highlight of my career so far.”
Dowd explained just how much it meant for him when he continued, “I would never have thought in my wildest dreams that when I first started refereeing that one day I’d be refereeing the FA Cup final. Watching the final as a boy was something I always loved
to do.”
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