Watch Birmingham City vs Chelsea: Women FA Cup Final

After the men's FA Cup, now it is the wonen from Birmingham City and Chelsea who enter the field Saturday afternoon to decide who lifts the Women FA Cup Final silverware.

For the final match Saturday today, the ladies from Birmingham City travel to the Ashton gate ground of the Bristol City.

For Blue ladies, Saturday's final is very crucial as last year they were runner up both in FA and Continental Cups.

Chelsea Ladies won their way to the Final after defeating Brighton and Hove Albion Ladies 3-0, Doncaster Belles 2-0 away and last season’s treble winners Arsenal Ladies 2-0 at Brentford’s Griffin Park ground. In Saturday's final, Chelsea Ladies will be aiming to complete an FA Cup quadruple for the club.

Who wins this afternoon - let it remain a secret till the finals whistle blows at Ashton Gate.

The Women FA Cup Final is scheduled for Saturday, 26 May 2012 at 11:15 GMT

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FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Liverpool - Saturday 5 May 2012

So the day has finally come - Liverpool facing Chelsea in the FA Cup final Saturday 5th May 2012.

After winning the Curling Cup, it is a prestige point for the Liverpool to win the FA Cup too Saturday - their second trophy of the year.

But it is also important for the Chelsea to win the trophy too - ahead of their Champions League final against Bayern Munich on 19 May. An error here may have far reaching ramification for the later event.

Liverpool and Chelsea are long time 'foes' and have faced each other 30 times since 2004-05 and Liverpool have won the last five encounters. although both Liverpool and Chelsea have met many times before, but never in FA Cup final, although they have met twice in the FA Cup semis and nine times in other matches of the FA Cup. 

As for their individual appearance in the FA Cup finals, Blues have  played 10 finals, and won six, while the Reds have played 13 finals, winning seven.

So this peculiar and historical encounter is going to be interesting to watch. 

Chelsea (Probable, 4-3-3): Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Lampard, Essien, Kalou; Malouda, Drogba, Mata.

Liverpool (probable, 4-4-2): Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, José Enrique; Kuyt, Gerrard, Spearing, Downing; Carroll, Suárez.

The match is scheduled for Saturday 5 May 2012 at the Wembley Stadium at 17:15 BST 

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FA Cup Semis: Tottenham vs Chelsea -15 April 2012

FA Cup or the Football Association Challenge Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world, first held as far back as 1871–72. Entry to this famous football competition is open to all teams that compete in the Premier League, the Football League and in steps one to five of the FA National League System, as well as selected teams in step 6.

Manchester City is the current holder of the Cup, which they won in 2011 by beating Stoke City 1–0.

But this time, Manchester City does not figure out in the Final of the Cup which is scheduled to be held in May 2012. Already Liverpool has qualified for the final after evicting the Everton Saturday by 2-1. In the second semi final, Tottenham Hotspurs take on Chelsea Sunday 15 April 2012.

Hotspurs won their last and eighth FA Cup title in 1991. And since then, they have been close and played five semis but never reached the final. Therefore today's semi final is very crucial and important to the Spurs after their last semi final against Portsmouth in 2010.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have won the FA Cup five times before, losing twice in the finals. For the Blues, the match Sunday evening is important to give them a winning edge not only to enter the final, but also over awe Barcelona they are expected to meet next week in the Champions League.

As for the hot favourite for Sunday's semi, nothing can be said for sure as both teams are meeting in FA Cup semi for the first time, although something that should not be the deciding factor to know which side is favourite. As for the records, both have met eight times before and winning four matches each. Of the four matches played recently, three have ended in draw. However, many analysts believe Chelsea to dominate the Spurs - why, well no one is very sure of.

The likely probable XIs from both sides for Sunday's semi final are as under:

Tottenham: Friedel; Walker, Gallas, Nelsen, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Modric, Parker, Bale; Van Der Vaart; Adebayor.

Chelsea: Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, Cahill, Cole; Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Mata, Sturridge; Drogba.

Venue / Kick off time: Wembley Stadium on Sunday April 15 2012, at 18:00 BST / 17:00 GMT.

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