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Semi-Finals
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April 2008
Wembley Stadium
Winning clubs will receive £900,000 from The FA
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Saturday's FA Cup Semi-Final between West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth will be the eighth at Wembley - but, of course, the first at the new stadium.

Wembley first hosted a Semi-Final in 1991 after Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur had been drawn to play each other.

It allowed 77,893 fans to watch the north London derby, far in excess of the sort of crowd that could be accommodated at the traditional Semi-Final venues.

They saw an explosive start to that historic fixture, Tottenham's Paul Gascoigne swerving a 35-yard free-kick into the top right corner after only five minutes. Gary Lineker, back in England after leaving Barcelona, scored two more in Spurs' 3-1 victory.

Here is a summary of those FA Cup Semi-Finals at Wembley, with attendances in brackets:-

1991: Tottenham Hotspur 3 Arsenal 1 (77,893)
1993: Arsenal 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (76,263)
1993: Sheffield Wednesday 2 Sheffield United 1 (75,364)
1994: Manchester United 1 Oldham Athletic 1 (56,399)
1994: Chelsea 2 Luton Town 0 (59,989)
2000: Chelsea 2 Newcastle United 1 (73,876)
2000: Aston Villa 0 Bolton Wanderers 0* (62,828)

*Villa won 4-1 on penalties

The record crowd for any FA Cup Semi-Final match is 80,407 - for the Derby County v Birmingham City replay at Maine Road, Manchester in 1946.