Wembley Stadium, London is the venue for the FA Cup Final between Championship side Cardiff City and Premiership giants Portsmouth FC. The teams will meet in the FA Cup for the first time on Saturday 17th May, 2008 and will be battling it out for English football’s most famous domestic cup and of course, the £1m prize for winning the coveted trophy. To help celebrate this fantastic occasion both Betfair and Skybet will be offering free bets which can be placed on an array of betting options. On paper this encounter may seem a little one-sided with Cardiff City plying their trade a whole division lower than their rivals, but league positions are irrelevant in this magical competition and the electric atmosphere generated by the thousands of fans attending this magical fixture often inspires the underdogs. Cardiff have been in the final twice before, winning it on the last appearance back in 1927 when they beat Arsenal 1-0.

Portsmouth have been present in the final on three occasions, the last being in 1939 when they overpowered Wolverhampton Wanderers four goals to one. Portsmouth, selected as the away team for results purposes, will be favourites to win with their flurry of top stars that have vast experience of big occasions. Players like captain Sol Campbell, England number one goalkeeper David James, deadly striker Jermaine Defoe and his strike partner Kanu will be used to playing in such big games and could prove too strong for the Championship side. However, Cardiff have some household names in their squad with former England internationals Trevor Sinclair and the prolific Robbie Fowler in their ranks and with veteran Dutchman Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink on the pitch anything can happen.

Betfair and Skybet are offering up to £25 worth of free bets which can be used to bet on options such as the first goal scorer, time of the first goal, number of bookings and obviously the team to lift the trophy as winners of the 2007/2008 FA Cup Final.