English FA Cup Finalists 2010 - 2019
The new decade began with Chelsea achieving the League and FA Cup double for the first time.
2009-2010
Chelsea 1 Portsmouth 0
venue Wembley Stadiumdate 15 May 2010
Portsmouth, bankrupt and relegated in last place with a nine-point penalty defied the odds to reach their second final in three years under the guidance of Avram Grant, formerly of Chelsea. The team wore a smart strip of white and burgundy trimmed with pink, a reference to their earliest colours but were unable to match a confident Chelsea team, who struck the woodwork five times in the first half.
In the second half Chelsea's Drogba scored what would prove the winner just moments after Boateng's penalty was saved by Cech. Lampard then missed an opportunity to put the game out of reach when he missed a penalty but they finished comfortable winners, recording their first ever League and Cup double.
2010-2011
Manchester City 1 Stoke City 0
venue Wembley Stadiumdate 14 May 2011
Due to the European Champions League final being played at Wembley at the end of the month and the need to leave a break before the European Championship qualifiers, the FA Cup final was played on the same day as a full programme of Premier League matches for the first time.
Manchester City's expensive team dominated with some deft play while Stoke struggled to produce the form that had brought them to the final. In the end a goal by Yaya Toure, lashed home from ten yards, was enough to end Manchester City's 35-year spell without a major trophy.