Chelsea Diary: Cup final day approaches

Monday

You can begin your week by catching up on all the weekend's action as the season approaches its dramatic conclusion across our men's, women's and Academy teams.

You can see for yourself whether Wesley Fofana or Enzo Fernandez got the final touch on our equalising goal at Anfield in the highlights of our 1-1 draw with Liverpool, along with all the analysis. We also bring you the post-match thoughts of Calum McFarlane, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella and Fofana.

Sonia Bompastor reacts to our painful extra-time loss to Manchester City in the Women's FA Cup semi-finals at Stamford Bridge, while you can watch the highlights of our Under-18s ending our league campaign at that level with a 5-0 win over Leicester City in our last fixture, with the title and our place in the national play-off already secured.

There are also a couple of club milestones to mark, as Erin Cuthbert discusses her long and illustrious Chelsea career after making her 300th appearance for the Blues on Sunday, and we celebrate the anniversary of another Chelsea stalwart Frank Lampard becoming our all-time highest scorer by netting his 203rd goal.

Tuesday

The build-up to Saturday's FA Cup final at Wembley is already under way, as we take a trip down memory lane to recall Chelsea's victories in that competition during the modern era. That began on Monday with Roberto Di Matteo's legendary 1997 heroics, and continues on Tuesday with a look at our victory over Aston Villa in 2000, the last final held in the shadow of the famous twin towers of the old Wembley Stadium.

Wednesday

The countdown to the cup final continues on Wednesday. As well as our series looking at previous victories moving on to 2007, we will be recapping this season's campaign and our route to the 2026 final. We will also take you behind the scenes at training at Cobham to see how preparations are getting on for McFarlane and the Chelsea squad ahead of facing Manchester City.

Thursday

McFarlane will be sitting down with the media at Cobham to look ahead to Saturday's FA Cup final and you can watch his pre-match press conference live on the Chelsea Official App and website, as he provides the latest team news and updates on preparations for our upcoming trip to Wembley.

You can also hear from defender Trevoh Chalobah, who will be speaking ahead of the FA Cup final to discuss that game and recent weeks with the Blues, plus a look back at every goal scored by Chelsea in previous FA Cup finals.

Friday

It will be Bompastor's turn to face the media on Friday, before Chelsea's final Women's Super League fixture of the season. Her pre-match press conference will also be shown live on the Chelsea Official App and website, as she updates on the team which will be hoping to secure a second-place finish in the WSL with a victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Saturday

It's FA Cup final day! The Blues are back at Wembley to take on Manchester City in a 3pm kick-off at the national stadium with the trophy on the line. Our Women's and Academy sides have already claimed silverware this season, now our men's team has the chance to add more to our cabinet. A victory would also guarantee at least UEFA Europa League football for the Blues next season.

Supporters in the UK can watch the game live via the BBC and TNT Sports, while we will be covering all the build-up, action and reaction as it happens in our Chelsea vs Manchester City Match Centre.

That is just one of two huge fixtures for the club on Saturday, though. A couple of hours before the cup final, at 1pm, Chelsea Women will kick-off for the last time this season, when we take on Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on the final day of our Women's Super League campaign.

The Blues are already assured of finishing second or third in the table, but that is the difference between entering the UEFA Women's Champions League directly at the league phase, or having to progress through the qualifying stage. We go into the last game with a one-point advantage in second, meaning we must match or better Arsenal's result to stay there.

Tickets for the game at the Bridge are still available here. If you can't make it in person, it will be shown live in the UK by Sky Sports, and we will be providing minute-by-minute updates in our Chelsea Women vs Manchester United Match Centre.

Sunday

You can watch the highlights from the previous day's FA Cup final from midday on Sunday, along with all the reaction to the big game from McFarlane and the Chelsea players, plus our usual in-depth match analysis.

The best of the action from our last WSL game of the season, against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, will also be available from midday, plus Bompastor and the Blues reflecting on that match and their campaign as a whole.

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