As the hype around the ground builds before The F.A. cup final at the Millennium Stadium, you can wander around and see resemblances everywhere of an Arsenal player who has more than helped in this season's quest for silverware. Everywhere you look there is an Arsenal fan, or group of, with a red mohican in honour of their Swedish star Freddie Ljungberg whose goals in recent games have put the Gunners within sight of the 'double' only four years after the club's polisher was given extra overtime work.

Gooners all over Cardiff have put in the extra effort to dye their hair with the trademark Red Ljungberg quiff. Even one fan, a middele-aged bald chap, had sprayed his scalp with a red splodge. The Arsenal fans seem up for this match after last year's defeat.

Chelsea's contingent are also in very high spirits. Most of these fans were at Wembley two years ago when their side put one past Villa on the way to climbing the thirty nine steps in triumph, so they are up for a repeat of that success. They too have raided the local grocery shops, but rather than searching the chemist section, Blues fans have cleared the fruit and veg shelves of all of their celery.

Cup final day is always seems to be sunny, and today is certainly no different. Though the temperature isn't as high as last season, the Arsenal fans certainly won't mind taking the side the sun drenched Liverpool fans occupied last year and they will hope they can have the luck this time around, but the Blues won’t make it easy.

We are now set for a glorious afternoon in Cardiff and as the teams prepare to enter the Arena, where a forty-foot blow up replica of the F.A. Cup currently sits, The F.A. Cup final is only minutes away. Stay logged on to TheFA.com for all the latest news from the biggest domestic cup final in the world...

Jamie Bradbury in Cardiff