This programme contains some strong language
Come on, Villa! Go on, Arsenal!
Football!
Villa!
# We're going to Wembley
# You're not... #
It took me four hours. It's your wedding day.
All I know is I'm watching the football come five o'clock.
It's important to us. I'm looking at the watch.
They're not going to be long on the speeches.
What score, do you think, today? 3-1. Oh, my God!
Get in!
Oi!
I stuck the ball in there!
I love it!
Offside, offside.
Oh!
3-0!
It's embarrassing.
Come on, Villa!
Are they all dead?!
I am sorry for you.
Yes! Go on.
Arsenal!
I'm so nervous. Same.
It's FA Cup final day, it's actually here.
Why are you wearing that shirt? I don't have anything else to wear!
Ever since we bought it, we've played crap.
They're playing in yellow today. Look over there.
Oh, my God, you're the best! There we go.
Well, I suppose we are playing in yellow today. Uh-huh.
But on a serious note, like, this shirt ain't bad luck. It is!
Terrible driving. Huh? Terrible driving, Liam.
How are you feeling, boys? Are you feeling ready for this?
It's come down with frost on it!
What do you reckon on the scoreline then?
I think we'll produce. 3-0? I'm going to go with that.
I think it'll be a trouncing.
He's on the green! Blinder. Your feet were terrible then!
You hit the shot and then you were like Billy Elliot.
I don't mind being Billy Elliot if it's on the green!
I'm looking forward to it. Really? I don't know what it's going to be.
But afterwards, we'll celebrate. Yeah, definitely.
It's a big day, isn't it, in the football calendar?
Yeah, looking forward to it. Lots of goals, I hope.
We'll have a good day either way.
I'm looking forward to it that much that I flew back from France. Yeah!
Yes!
Listen, I know you're a bit of a warrior, mate,
but let's be honest, you're taking a risk wearing that over here.
What do you mean? What are you trying to say?!
Not only is it a Villa fan, but it's skin tight.
It's full of glory fiends round here anyway. Let's get some meats.
So, what are we having then? Let's have a little look.
Is it really tight? Is it tight? It's showing my ribs!
Wembley! Wembley!
# We're going to Wembley!
# You're not, you're not
# We're going to Wembley, we're going to Wembley,
# You're not, you're not
# We're going to Wembley, we're going to Wembley
# You're not... #
I'm gutted I ain't going, seeing all them getting on the coach, but...
It's your wedding day, isn't it?
That'd be a perfect day for me, watch my son get married
and we've won the cup. It's the only cup that I ain't seen Villa win.
I've seen them win the European Cup and the League Cup
and everything else, but this is the only cup I'm missing.
He wouldn't even have asked me to wear a Villa dress.
He just said, "You have what you want. I just want the Villa colours."
He just said, "Can we have the Villa colours on the day?"
So I said, "Yes, that's fine." So you've incorporated them?
I've incorporated everything together.
But tasteful? Yes, really tasteful.
The sun is out. Arsenal are going to win.
Come on, the boys.
Do you think Villa will get the first goal?
OK. It's not going to be 0-0 by any shot.
No, quite sure.
When did the tables turn? We started doing the cooking
and the girls are sitting down getting pissed. I know!
Hi, you all right? All right?
Nice day for it. It is, definitely.
I'm not sure what shirt to choose. I've got a couple.
What do you reckon?
Cissokho.
Medium and small.
Okore. Good choice.
Got Sylla.
That one's one of my favourites.
Large. That might be too big for me. Erm...
I'm getting married at two o'clock.
All I know is I'm watching the football come five o'clock.
Same here.
Don't want to miss that, do we?
If the speeches have to wait till half-time then so be it.
That's the way it'll go. That's good, then.
ALL: Cheers.
Plastic glasses and everything.
I know, I saw that.
To a Villa win.
What I don't understand is how you remember specific
things about each game.
From, like, when you were nine.
Cos it's important to us. It's not important.
It's like the other day... Oh! LAUGHTER
It's like the other day, when you were sitting here having a chat
about your MAC make-up with Cat for a good two hours and I was sat here,
once again, eating a breakfast, bored shitless.
It's like how do you...?
You're passionate about something cos you enjoy it.
Make-up is way more fun. That's how we feel about football.
What time is it? Three hours to the big day. Six hours to the Cup final.
Better make a move, then, hadn't we, Dad?
Yeah, better get scratched up, I suppose. Come on, then.
So, at the end of the day,
one of you two is going to be really upset, aren't you?
Yeah, and it's not going to be me. Who's it going to be?
It's not going to be me. Definitely not.
I have to hang out with him later, so I hope it's not him.
I might have an upset stomach after that breakfast.
LAUGHTER
Oh! LAUGHTER
Bucket and spade in there!
You ain't building sand castles!
Pick it up, throw it out. It's coming out, don't worry about that.
In Birmingham, there's a psychic penguin... What?
..called Gilly.
What?
And this penguin has predicted a Villa win.
Birmingham Sea Life Centre.
It's like the octopus, wasn't it? For the World Cup.
What are you talking about? How does a penguin communicate...?
That's just stupidity.
How do we know that it's psychic?
You've got two balls, one Arsenal and one Villa, and it picks up
the ball and puts it in the pipe it thinks is going to win.
It chose Villa.
So...who do you actually think will win?
Fairly confident that, you know, we are going to win. 3-1 Arsenal.
That's what my bet's going to be and that is it.
So I'll tell you what I predict.
Go on.
Kieran is lying on the pub floor, you're fanning him,
and neither of you have actually watched the game.
That's what I think is probably going to happen.
That would just be absolutely ridiculous.
What a horrendous thing to say.
Quick shower, put my suit on, off we go.
So you've got to get dressed, yeah? Yeah.
Ten minutes. Ten minutes.
15 tops. Yeah.
Put a bit of splash on. Yeah, you know the score.
Yeah. Then what?
Then we'll get to the church, wedding...
Yeah. ..which is an hour and a half away. Yeah.
Then the Cup final's about five hours away, roughly.
If you're late, if anything overruns,
all we're doing is eating into match time.
That can't happen, can it? Well...
It's not a possibility, is it?
It's up to us to make sure it's not a possibility.
Well, we'll be there, don't worry.
I'm looking at you now and thinking...
Plenty of time. Plenty of time, gaffer.
That's not what I'm thinking.
How we doing, guys?
Not too bad, mate. Yourself?
I'm all right. We happy?
Yeah. Sun's shining, Villa at the final.
Couldn't be happier, mate.
Cheeky Villa win, mate. You feeling it today?
Oh, now you've had to spoil it, ain't you? Cheeky Villa win.
I'm not being funny,
but Arsenal bottle it most of the time, don't they?
Well, they've got their hands on the Cup,
you're trying to take it off of us.
You're just like middle-of-the-road, ain't you?
Constant underachievers,
always talking about winning the title, mate.
Yeah, but you ain't bad
for the second biggest team in Birmingham, are you?
LAUGHTER
All right, mate, watch your mouth, come on.
See, you wanted to start trading insults...
LAUGHTER
Pass them out. We need him.
If he gets a goal against Villa, I'll go home.
I'll go home early.
I've got the tissues. Yeah, yeah.
He's like one of the goalposts, just stands there. Lies.
He runs.
Mertesacker. He's got the same pace as Heskey.
LAUGHTER
Walcott's that second-half player.
You don't tend to start Walcott. Put someone like Giroud on first.
Yeah, yeah.
He's quick but his legs don't go all day.
They don't go 90 minutes.
Ugliest Arsenal player?
I'll tell you. Ozil.
Looks a bit like Ozzie.
Who do you reckon will play? Gibbs is around, is he?
No, it'll be Monreal playing.
Monreal. Monreal'll be playing. He's in form. He's been playing well.
Monreal. Koscielny.
Yeah. Mertesacker.
Yeah. Yeah? Bellerin. Bellerin. Yeah.
This sort of position.
What about up front? Right back.
Well, up front, it's got to be my mate, Theo. My mate, Theo.
I think he should start Giroud up top, with Walcott on the wing.
When he plays on the wing... We need to stretch.
You've got to remember, Ramsey won us the FA Cup last year.
I hope Walcott starts over Giroud, but I don't think he will.
Walcott should start. I don't think he will though.
He's been playing Giroud quite a bit in the Cup.
He played a blinder the other day. Yeah, nice hat-trick.
Oh, that's gone left! LEFT! That has gone left.
I'll tell you who else will score today... Sanchez. ..Sanchez.
Hm. He will score. I can see that.
Sanchez will score because why?
Because the endeavour that oozes out of Sanchez's veins...
Go down the line. ..will help him...
Take on about three defenders and then just absolutely bang it.
Top goal. Top corner. I can see that happening.
I think Sanchez will be smothered in glory today.
Come on, Jordan, are you ready to go? Yeah, one moment.
Oh, wow, that looks really, really good, that does.
Oh, thank you. Took me about four hours. My nan went barmy.
And you've got the laces on and the socks.
The laces, got the socks, all we need now is a Villa win.
High-five. Let's go.
Let's go.
Come on, Arsenal. Off to Wembley. Come on.
OK. Thanks, mate. Stick to tennis. Come on, then. Football!
Getting excited? Yeah. Should be good.
Oh, it's getting so close now. Time is going. We're nearly at Wembley.
What's the time?
What are you going to do if we win?
Well, I think the jacket's going to come off
and I'm going to party all night, and all the rest of the weekend as well.
If Jack Grealish gets a goal, that would mean the world to me.
Local boy getting the winning goal - what dreams are made of.
Back to yours, yeah? Barbecue.
Barbecue, football. You're on.
I ain't going back to yours. I've got to shoot off, boys.
Where are you going? Watching the football.
I ain't going to be long. What do you mean, you won't be long.
Got to go and see a man about a dog, ain't I?
All right, catch you in a bit, then. That's all.
BOTH: Oh, Christian Benteke!
Oh, Christian Benteke!
Oh, well.
Come on, then. Let's get going.
Let's get the wedding out the way. Cup final day.
Let's have it. Let's win.
Sorted. Are you happy? Yeah. Good man.
Good man. Let's go.
Ten minutes, mate. Nervous?
No. I don't believe you.
I ain't, honestly. She's not here.
She'll be here. No problem. Sure?
Yeah. She better be. Clock's ticking.
What score do you think today?
BOTH: 3-1. Oh, my God!
High-five!
I think we can go 3-0 today.
I think we can do 3-0. Well, that's a bold statement.
I think it could...
What do you reckon the result'll be?
We're hoping Villa.
I'm going for 4-2 after extra time.
4-2? Yeah.
'Greetings. Mark Radcliffe here,
'welcoming you to the fine old tradition of FA Cup Top Of The Pops.
'Arsenal now and, no, before you ask, there isn't an Aston Villa song
'coming up because they didn't make one.'
This is brilliant. What do they look like?
MUSIC: Hot Stuff by Arsenal
That was the goal.
That was an absolute gem.
# Keep telling us we're boring
# We'll just keep on scoring... #
An awful song, isn't it?
It is. It is.
What did you put on?
Sanchez to score first, Arsenal to win 2-1.
£10.
28-1, that's all right, isn't it?
I got Delph, first goal scorer. 2-1 Arsenal. 150-1. Is it?
That ain't bad.
Yeah, drinks on me then, lads! Shall we go back and get ready,
then head up to the game, yeah?
Mate, so what are you doing? Betting on 3-1 Villa?
3-1 Villa!
CHEERING
Come on, let's get these vows done then get to the game.
How do we make this horse go faster, mate?
Shout giddy-up, girls. GIRLS: Giddy-up.
Just let it go. What the...?
Just let it go.
Way too close. It's not close. Really?
Girl...
Concentrate.
Don't go nutty on the face, for God's sake.
I don't want to look like David Dickinson.
Freezing.
That's it.
I can't breathe.
Huh?
Lovely. That's a good job, I reckon.
Really? Oh! What have you done to my boat race?
SHE LAUGHS
What do you mean?
Oh, you've done me up, mate. You've done me up. That's... Oh, my God.
One side's too dark.
Look at the colour of my face, Megan.
How am I going to wash it off?
Why's one side...? Why's one side...?
You took a liberty there. You've done it deliberately.
No, I just... All the arguments, all the rows,
you thought you'd get me back.
You need to get the hairdryer.
And then I can put clothes on? Yeah.
And the boys are going to just tear the arse out me
when I get to the football.
Yeah, they're going to laugh at you cos boys do, don't they?
That's fantastic, just what I was after
on a Saturday afternoon on match day(!)
HE KNOCKS Let's see what's going on, girl.
What is happening? The hell?
Oi, oi!
What? You all right? He's just been on holiday.
Seen a ghost? What you seen? What's the matter with you?
LAUGHTER
David Dickinson!
What you done to yourself? What you talking about?
What have you done? Listen, I've been to the sunbed.
You've had a spray tan.
I've had a cheeky sunbed.
You're about 50 shades darker than this morning.
Look at your ears.
I've got to have an Eiffel Tower, I've not had a shower yet, have I?
Meg, you must have been having a wind-up, surely.
Really.
Where's the beers? Where's the beers? I need a beer, mate.
More like where's the shower?
You want to wash yourself. Anyone got a wet wipe?
'We've got an A-star FA Cup final. it's Arsenal versus Aston Villa.'
CHANTING: We're Villa till we die! We're Villa till we die!
I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Villa till I die!
CHANTING
..go marching in! Oh, when the Villa!
Wem-bl-ey! Wem-bl-ey!
BOTH: # Oh, Santi Cazorla. #
AIR HORN HONKS
Villa!
Oh. Come on, Arsenal!
THEY CHANT
BOTH: We're gonna win! We're gonna win! We're gonna win!
Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the bride and groom,
Mr and Mrs Rigby.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
You go next to your mates.
So are we confident, girls?
Yes. Of course we are. Course.
I'm saying 5-1.
I'm buzzing. I can't wait to get there, get in my seat.
I was so nervous before, but after a couple of bevvies I'm fine.
I feel all right. Wait till we get there, I will be shitting myself.
Who do you think's going to score?
I think Giroud. I like Giroud. I think if he starts...
I think he's starting. Then Theo, when he comes on...
I was hoping the other way round -
Theo starts and Giroud comes on, like the semifinal.
I'm thinking like if Giroud comes on first then when they start
getting tired, bring Theo on and he's got all the pace and that, so...
..run them ragged, hopefully. Fingers crossed.
Riggs.
44 minutes to kick-off.
Looking at my watch, they're not going to be very long speeches...
that's if we get round to do them.
I think they're going to have to
cut the speeches short because of the time.
I mean, it's gone half past four now.
And I know that Rigger and his dad are on tenterhooks cos
they don't want to miss the kick-off.
Just heard the team news. Walcott's in for Giroud.
No danger. It's a different threat.
No Giroud. I didn't think he'd start.
Gibbs is a bit of a shocker. That is a winning team.
Walcott up front. He's going to break his leg.
They are going to cause you so much, so much damage.
He's going to cause his own damage breaking his leg
in the first five minutes.
No Giroud. Walcott's starting. No Giroud.
I know but he'll bring him on for some impact.
If we need him, he'll bring him on.
When I'm watching that telly... Yeah.
..I want to kick the ball for them.
# She wore! She wore! She wore a yellow ribbon!
# She wore a yellow ribbon in the merry month of May
# And when I asked her why she wore that ribbon
# She said, "It's for the Arsenal and we're going to Wem-bl-ey." #
AIR HORN HONKS
ALL: VILLA!
# Suu-per
# Super Jack
# Su-per
# Super Jack... #
We're going in. Come on!
Ohh...
Are we definitely watching it in here? Yeah.
That's why the screen's there. No, it's Corrie on now.
MUSIC: Abide With Me
I should've brought my glasses.
CHATTER
HE CHUCKLES
This is painful, I'm telling ya. It's nice to see you.
Do you mind keeping that away from me?
Oi!
We made it.
OK.
# In life, in death
# O, Lord, abide with me. #
CHEERING
All right. Look, look, look.
If WE win, yeah?
You have to wear this for the rest of the day. Oh, that's fine.
If I win, you have to go to work on Monday in a Spurs shirt.
HE LAUGHS
Then take pictures and then send it to Ed.
No way, mate. That is not happening.
I'm very proud of my son today.
He's really happy...
but let's get it on and let's get Arsenal going - come on!
CHEERING AND LAUGHTER
'For Arsenal as a club, it is a record 19th FA Cup final.
'For Aston Villa, only their third since 1924.'
I'll try and make it quick.
BRIDE LAUGHS
Oh, my God!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
'Per Mertesacker leads his Arsenal players down the line of...'
# Aston Villa FC
# They're by far the greatest team
# The world has ever seen! #
# And it's Ars-en-aaal. #
'And then, of course, Theo Walcott, who scored that hat-trick.'
He's got a beard. What's that?
He's got a beard, Mark.
He has got a beard as well. Told you, Nan. It's a...
Definite "in" thing.
CHEERING
COME ON!
If an Arsenal supporter puts his hand out
and you've got your light on, you're not going to stop for him?
No, I've got to go to the toilet.
You're bitter and twisted. Bitter and twisted.
After intense investigation of Steven,
which lasted three months, I've got the results here,
in an envelope.
"Fat Villa twat."
LAUGHTER
'Big day, of course, for the officials, led by Jon Moss.
'44 years old.'
Come on, ref.
A minute over, aren't we?
Let's go, lads.
Right. Let's get the game on, then.
Here you are, get the screen down.
Liam, it's kicking off now! What?
It's literally kicking off.
# The greatest team the world has ever seen. #
Go on, Villa! Go on, Arsenal! Go on, Arsenal!
'It's Villa to start.'
If we find five yards in their third... Yeah? ..shit can happen.
You know what I mean?
CHEERING
'From right to left,
'attacking their own fans in the west end
'of the new Wembley Stadium - the end that is considered lucky.'
If we win... If we win, will you come to the parade with me? No.
Go on, Theo. Go on, son!
'Jores Okore with his first test against Theo Walcott.'
Come on, lads!
Fight like lions.
Who? Villa.
Fight like lions.
'Vlaar.
'Westwood.
'Delph.
'Delph in the box with Benteke.
'And chested down...'
Ahh!
Oh! Ooh! Dive.
Come off him, that did.
Yeah, but we haven't had the ball down...
without pressure.
AIR HORN HONKS
Villa!
AIR HORN HONKS
Villa! Come on, Villa!
'Brilliant punt, brilliant play from Delph.
'Skipping round his man, outside the left foot.
'Gets Villa going down the right,
'just what you want to see from Fabian Delph.'
'Here's Sanchez.
'Couldn't get the ball completely through.
'Monreal keeps the attack moving.
'Lovely work from Sanchez.'
Hit him!
Go on!
Ohh! Ooh! Ah...
'In front of Shay Given, Richardson in the mix, too.'
I thought that was in.
I thought that was a long in.
# Same old Arsenal
# Always missing. #
'Villa supporters taking their first breather of the day
'and relaxing their throats - it's Arsenal fans in full crow now.'
You could live in Barbados for ten million
and have an all-year-round natural tan.
All-year-round mahogany look?
You could look like David Dickinson every day of the week.
'Benteke beats Mertesacker.
'Santi Cazorla.
'Beats Benteke.'
Nice! This time!
In the book you go, son. Yeah, go on.
'It might be the first yellow card.'
Rubbish.
Book him!
What?!
'Jon Moss's body language, it is suggestive of leniency.'
'Well, you know what I'm going to say, don't you?
'It's the striker's...
'It's a forwards tackle, but great skill from this little magician.
'He's lucky to get away with that.'
Has he yellow carded him? No.
Has he not? No. No.
Oh, come on!
'It's actually been a good start from Arsenal - nice and confident.
'On the front foot.'
WHISTLE BLOWS
'There might be a chance for them here.
'Not with that.'
What's that? What was that? It was DIABOLICAL!
What was that? That was shocking.
Go on!
GO ON! Ohhh!
Cor, what a save!
What a save! Fucking hell.
What a save! What a save!
A save that, isn't it?
Thought that was it. That is a super save.
That was a brilliant save.
Shay Given, mate. I tell you what.
Give us a chance!
It's a joke!
That was my 33-1 and all, Koscielny!
What? What, you ain't got him, have you?
My first goal-scorer. What, Koscielny? Yes!
Oh, mate. Shay Given, you boy!
There's only one Shay Given.
'Sake, mate. Only one Shay Given.
Look at this.
Ohh! Oh, he's made it look... He's made it look good.
That was right in from of him. What's that?
He can hold on to that.
Mind you, it was straight at him.
Oh, what a... It was easy.
What, an easy save? Yeah, look.
That goes in his paw, the keeper. He made a meal of it.
'Koscielny now back in his own box.
'Szczesny's watched that one well and...
'..he's quite happy to take the hit.'
Come on, Villa!
'Monreal to Santi Cazorla.'
Go on! Go on, son!
Go on, and again!
Come on!
Oh, ye...! OH!
Come on!
'Puts the ball across...and it's Ramsey in there.'
Good lad.
Go on, son.
Sit down.
Take it... Ssh...it's all right.
It's all right, it's all right. Calm down.
'Got to ride this storm, Aston Villa. It's a good spell for Arsenal.'
I'm not worried.
Who ain't worried - you?
What have you done?
Oh, no, we're letting you have your little 15 minutes.
Letting you have 15 minutes, mate.
'It was great play from Mesut Ozil.
'Turned the ball into Sanchez,
'but they're just holding out at the moment, Aston Villa.
'Great block from Alan Hutton.'
'Ozil to Santi Cazorla.
'Monreal.
'Cazorla. Ozil.'
ALL: YEA...! OH!
Oh, how's he blocked that?!
OH, WHAT?!
'What a block that is from Richardson.'
What a clearance, mate.
LAUGHING: Yeah!
Look at him. It's that bun. It's that little bun.
HE LAUGHS
'You just wonder how frustrated Arsenal are going to get
'in the face of this determined Villa defending.'
What a save, mate.
Oh, my God!
How did he save that? How did he save that?
AH!
How did he save that?
They've got a force-field round there, ain't they?
Kieran Richardson again. How did he miss?
Well blocked!
Come on, Villa!
'It wouldn't surprise me if Tim's thinking of a formation change
'because they're so dominant in terms of possession at the moment, Arsenal.
'And chances, of course.'
'That's rash from Alan Hutton.'
Oh, that is a card. That is a card.
If you don't card him, that's...liberties.
Play the ball, ref.
Oh, ref! Not again!
It's not Cazorla again, is it?
That's got to be yellow.
'See, that's the problem when you're getting frustrated
'and you haven't got the ball - you make silly decisions.'
Someone's going to get an ankle broken in this game.
Look at this.
Nowhere near it, was he?
'His 11th caution of the season.'
WHISTLE BLOWS
'Has been sent off against Arsenal in the past for two yellows.
'Here's Ramsey.'
Come on, Arsenal, you've got to pressure them.
# We're by far the greatest team... #
'Time for the Arsenal fans behind that goal
'to crank up the noise again.
'Ozil's delivery.
'Helped across... Given. Didn't quite get it.'
Well done, Francis.
Typical. Typical, that is.
'Ramsey lifting one for Walcott,
'but it will go all the way through to Given, who wasn't quite sure.'
Ooh... Oh, that was close.
What didn't he catch it?!
Why didn't he pick it up?!
He could have caught that - he was inside his box.
I'd have thought he could have took a step back and caught it,
but he decided he wanted to head it.
Come on, Villa.
'Walcott. Hutton across.
'Here's Monreal.'
Go on!
There we go, there we go.
Go on!
Clear it!
'From Sanchez...
'Walcott!'
ALL: YEAH!
Yes! Come on! Yeah!
THEY CHEER
'Walcott!'
Ha-hey!
On the Villa turf.
Come on, you Gunners. I told you - Walcott.
THEY CONTINUE CHEERING
Yeah! Get in!
ALL CHANT: Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!
Yes!
Left-footed shot. You darling!
Good boy.
Good boy. Lovely.
Steady now.
What a shot.
Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!
The funny thing is, someone else went to that ball.
You saw Theo say... Look.
"Nah, mine."
Theo-o-o-o-o! Theo-o-o-o-o!
I tell you what, I can feel the pain of this.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The other side of the family aren't looking too happy now, are they?
Oh, no. Sitting there at the front.
I know, bless him. I do feel sorry for him.
I don't! HE CHUCKLES
Don't be horrible!
'You can just see here - it's on his weaker foot.
'He slows down and takes his time.'
'By the way, what a response is coming from Aston Villa supporters.'
Oh, mate!
Oh, mate.
'Calm. Kept it down. Hits the target.
'No more than they deserve.'
'There is a study in technique.
'Eyes on the ball. Everything right about it.'
I sucked the ball in the net. I'm not even joking.
Did you like that?
Walcott!
Theo! Theo! Theo!
Great finish.
Arsenal! Arsenal!
Super finish.
1-0. Super finish.
1-0.
It's a stupid goal as well - why are we giving it away, that?
It's a good finish.
Can't believe it. I'm speechless. Absolutely speechless.
Come on, Villa. Let's get back...
'They could do with it now, with Villa threatening a break.
'Wasn't the best ball from Delph - it invited Koscielny to win it.'
'He didn't have any options, to be fair.
'He only had Benteke, so he played a risky ball.'
WHISTLE BLOWS
'And he's on the ball as the half comes to a close.
'It's Arsenal's half.
'Theo Walcott with the only goal,
'as we moved into the 41st minute of the match.'
Well done. Well done, Theo.
Well, it was only a good half cos we scored.
Half time.
How quick has that gone?
Need to get the ball a bit more, and just start slowing the game down,
cos the more they're in control of the game,
they're just speeding it up and...hurting us, basically.
'And really it's only what Arsenal have deserved
'after a dominant first 45 minutes.'
Why not play the simple ball? We're 1-0 behind.
While we're on the attack.
CHEERING
Come on, Villa!
Come on.
We've got to get in there, ain't we?
Based on the first half, you deserved to score.
It's a poor half.
Arsenal were all over you. All over you.
Well, it's been a very one-sided FA Cup final so far.
It took Arsenal quite a while to break through, though, didn't it?
And it's one of those things that you start to think...
They got it, it's what they deserved.
In reality, Gary, the cup final, it should be over with now.
Before the game, you know,
I'm wishing for the best seats in the world.
After ten minutes, I'm praying for 0-0, half-time.
That's how bad it was.
We'd have been lucky if we got to half-time, 0-0, wouldn't we?
I still think we're lucky with 1-0 down, half-time. Yep.
We've still got a chance.
We've still got 45 minutes, haven't we, boys?
After that 45 minutes, it could've been game over.
I tell you what, if you want to make this into a good cup final,
you could turn round and say to Villa,
"We'll let you have another two men", and I think you'd still beat them.
Arsenal, they've got...
They've got most possession and they've got the pace as well.
Mainly on the right-hand side. We need someone to cover.
Mainly on the right-hand side, pass, cross.
What it is is their pressure.
Nah, it's the midfield. Playing too randomly.
Better players, Benteke's having to drop back.
Benteke's had three or four touches, their best player,
their biggest threat of goals.
He's isolated, he's trying to bring it down, it's taking so long
to get support to him.
As Al said, if he could go with the two, take the attention off
Benteke a bit, get Agbonlahor up there with him,
you've got two to mark then.
Do you know what we need? I've decided.
Can you pass me a plate, please, Mark?
Missing one vital ingredient.
And one for me, please. Tomato sauce, that's what we're missing.
Tim Sherwood's got the hardest half-time talk he's ever had
to give, ever. Yeah.
Sanchez looks on fire as well, so that's good. Yep.
And Sherwood's been trying to find a way of containing Cazorla all week.
I don't think he did a very good job, do you? No.
He's probably just googled it. Yeah! "How to contain Cazorla."
He needs to get Agbonlahor on, don't he? Get N'Zogbia off.
I don't know what he's got to do sub-wise, but he needs to tell them,
"Lads, what are you scared for? You were here four weeks ago."
Well, the second half's approaching.
We can see them out on the pitch,
so we should probably hand down to our commentators very shortly.
It doesn't look like...
Mind you, we are about 300 miles away up here,
but it doesn't look like we can see any changes,
so let's go back and rejoin Danny Murphy and Guy Mowbray.
Nah, he's been booked. I know, that's terrible. Second half.
Lads, stay composed, chin up, have a look, stop diving in.
Stop being scared of it.
Another 45 minutes, come on, that's all it is.
We need to get back into it, we need a goal.
First 15 minutes, we need a goal.
It is going to be Arsenal who get the second half under way and
who will want to fly into action
as they did throughout the first 45 minutes.
Come on, Villa!
They can't play no worse, Villa, they can't play no worse.
Lovely touch again from Santi Cazorla,
who thought about winding one up. Here's Ramsey...
Ramsey sneakily trying to catch out Given.
If we can get another early goal... They are stuffed. 3-0.
As the minutes tick by,
they'll realise they are going to lose the FA Cup,
but plenty of time yet.
Not looking massively dynamic, the Villa boss at the moment.
That's better, that's better, go on, drive.
Bellerin's been caught out by Grealish.
Go on, Jack!
Well done! Go on, son!
Grealish does really well to keep the ball for that long. Delph.
Now Villa lose it.
Coquelin. Calming it all down.
A player who admitted that, back home in France,
he didn't even watch Arsenal's cup
final win against Hull City last season.
He'd just completed a loan stint at Freiburg.
Go on, Sanchez!
Have a crack, have a crack! Sanchez!
Oh, Sanchez has scored an absolute beauty!
Yeah!
THEY CHEER
Oh, for fuck's sake!
That was a screamer. Unstoppable, and so it seems are Arsenal.
FANS ROAR
Have it!
It's the Sanchez show!
The movement on that ball!
That is a naughty goal, mate. Now, that I could watch all day.
Good finish, though, weren't it?
They said he ain't done nothing as well.
I mean, Shay Given has got absolutely no chance.
You can't miss that ball, though, can you? Even I wouldn't miss that.
Gran... I don't think you'd have been able to save that, Nan!
It swerved, it flew
and it's given Arsenal a two-goal lead in the FA Cup final.
Come on, a captain should be lifting you up.
That's what a captain should be doing.
Mate, you're wearing this now, you're wearing this!
One, I beg your pardon, but it was worth two, it was so good.
It's been his all-round, his whole performance,
his all-round game this season has been brilliant, week in, week out.
This is a nightmare.
No, no, no, no, no!
There is Santi Cazorla, played in towards Walcott, who is offside.
It's a brilliant save and that won't count...
because the flag is up.
Hey!
Offside, offside.
How did he stop the first one? Offside, offside!
It's the right call. Just, maybe just.
Some save, that was, from Shay Given.
Oh, my God, how did he save that?
Aston Villa hanging in there.
In serious danger of being swamped here.
We're falling apart here. We've not even showed up.
We're gonna win 3-2!
Up towards Ramsey.
Come on, Rammo!
Ramsey beat Okore...
Handball! Handball! No!
Ref!
Sanchez.
Ramsey.
It's Santi Cazorla.
Tell you what, I don't know how much more Aston Villa can take of this.
Bellerin...
Santi!
Cazorla once more...
Oh!
He saved it again.
Parried by Given.
Hanging on by their fingernails, Aston Villa.
He even finds time in the box.
Such a clever footballer, another good move from Arsenal.
It's embarrassing. This is embarrassing, mate.
I think he's made some saves, you know, Given.
That would have been game over.
Brilliant! Come on, Villa!
Come on!
Grealish to Duff.
Here's Richardson.
Lovely ball in.
Benteke didn't get there and it was cleared away from Cleverley.
Here's Hutton.
Benteke waiting, allowed Mertesacker to comfortably head clear.
# Holte Enders in the sky Yippi aye eh! #
Villa owner to Villa supporter.
At least managing to raise a smile between them.
Not a flicker of one on Tim Sherwood's face...
No, there won't be. ..or theirs.
Come on, boys. Another goal.
In from Santi Cazorla! It's Mertesacker!
THEY CHEER
The most simple of goals for the giant German to score.
3-0! 3-0!
All over now for Tim Sherwood's Villa.
We're gonna win 4-3! 4-3!
Surely no way back from this.
The easiest goal of the lot.
Simple, simple header.
It come off his left shoulder.
Ohh!
It was not the cleanest of connections,
but Per Mertesacker does not care one bit.
Surely even Arsenal can't throw this away. No. No.
Come on.
Come on!
Villa, Villa, Villa!
Come on!
I just want to see Villa score a goal at Wembley.
They are poor, they are absolutely...
I need them to score a goal. They won't score.
I need them to score for a bet. They couldn't score in a brothel.
If you could choose any superhero to save your team right now,
who would it be?
Black Widow. Why?
Because...
..Scarlett Johansson will get me going any time, mate.
Neatly done but well cut out.
Coquelin was there. What a difference he's made
to the second half of Arsenal's season.
Yeah, he's been absolutely brilliant.
Ramsey over to Ozil...
Oh!
Ref! Ref! Left it too long!
Penalty!
He's passed him now, though.
Playing a one-two off the geezer standing there, look. Eh?
We're going to have a substitution now.
But he'll be pleased with his afternoon, started the game,
scored in a cup final.
Olivier Giroud has come on and there is a very tired looking
Mesut Ozil making his way off, too, to give Jack Wilshere a run.
I thought Mesut Ozil was superb today,
one of his best performances this season in an Arsenal shirt, for me.
HE LAUGHS
It's not...
I assume, because you're quite drunk,
and I know you've had two beers...
HE CACKLES
You've had a few, so I've got you some blackcurrant cordial, Ribena.
Oh, mate, it matches the colours.
# Villa till I die, I know I am, I'm sure I am
# I'm Villa till I die! #
Something for Villa maybe here, it's Agbonlahor
and Coquelin, has he brought him down?
Hey!
Referee!
We'll have the penalty!
The referee doesn't think so.
Nothing doing for Agbonlahor.
That looked a penalty.
Ah, let 'em have a penalty. Don't deserve it.
Oh, yeah, he's caught him, right foot onto left foot.
If it's not a penalty, it's a free kick, he's got that one wrong.
Bellerin's stuck with him.
Oh!
The ball stayed in and Grealish feels he should have had a penalty.
Oh!
Cries from the other end of the field
and again the claims are instantly dismissed.
Two penalties, two penalties now.
He's pulled away from the ball, surely a foul. It's a penalty.
I think it's a definite penalty.
Oh, Jack. Come on, Jack. Unlucky.
He ain't got a single player there that's his own player.
Next season he's got to bring his own team in.
How many players can he go out and buy?
He needs ten players, doesn't he?
Might take Adebayor from Spurs.
Yeah. Got him playing, didn't he?
I'm just going to leave here now.
I'm going to get Adebayor
and I'm going to go and drop him off at Villa Park.
HE LAUGHS
It's a free kick for Arsenal
and there will be an Arsenal substitution, too.
And it's going to be Alexis Sanchez who goes off -
a man who really did light up Wembley today with that second goal.
CHEERING
Sanchez.
# Oh, Alexis Sanchez!
# Oh, Alexis Sanchez! #
He deserves the standing ovation he's getting from the Arsenal fans.
Been their best player this season.
Well done... He's done it! Well played.
Well played, Alexis. Go on, the boy.
The Arsenal faithful.
Here we go.
As Sanchez takes his leave, there is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Sorry, mate. I am sorry for you.
Did you know that Arsenal, over the two league games prior to this,
have stuck ten goals up the Villa? No.
And Villa ain't scored once against them,
so that's 13-0 now in three games.
We're into injury time,
Danny Murphy, who's your choice for the cup final man of the match?
Santi Cazorla has been an absolute pleasure to watch today, Guy.
It'll all be over soon. There'll be another goal yet, you watch.
Here's Wilshere.
Across towards Giroud!
CHEERING
He begged for that! You've lost your bet!
No! No! NO!
I love it but I hate it!
He's just lost his bet!
That's enough for many a Villa fan to turn tail
and leave for Wembley Park Tube station.
Is he stupid, him, or what?
Lovely jubbly.
The final flourish from the Gunners.
Giroud!
HE LAUGHS
Giroud!
4-0. 4-0.
Arsenal have got four in the FA Cup final.
And now we start to see a smile, of sorts!
Yes! Well done, Arsenal.
Full-blown joy for Arsene Wenger, who makes history.
The Frenchman who fell in love with the world's oldest cup
competition and who has seen his side play at the very top
of their game today, and there's the other side of the coin.
Mate...
We've come all this way and they play like that.
FANS CHEER
Well done, Arsenal. FA Cup.
Well done, well done, boys, well done.
I want to cry. Shake me hand. Shake me hand. Only cos you lost £110!
OK, darling, cheers. Had a great day, Villa got beat 4-0.
What more could you ask for?
You're rotten!
Per Mertesacker getting ready to lift the FA Cup.
Record-breaking Arsenal's cup, forever Arsenal's cup!
ANNOUNCER: Arsenal!
CHEERING
Arsenal do it again.
Look, that's what it's all about today.
My team, my team, my team!
Gooner till I die, Gooner till I die!
What did you think about the day?
Well, a bit disappointing but, you know, it is what it is.
Oh, Santi Cazorla!
Go on, the Gooners!
Hey, man, one day you might win the Premier League. One day.
Who knows? One day...