Currently in the midst of his nationwide arena tour 15 Years of Hits, Olly will perform at the national stadium before his show at the OVO Arena Wembley on the night of Sunday 18 May. TheTroublemaker singer will play two of his iconic tracks to a packed-out Wembley crowd before Chelsea take on Manchester United in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Final.

“I’m absolutely buzzing to be performing at the home of English football and at the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Final. It’s amazing to see how much the women’s game has grown over the last few years and it’s a real honour to be part of one of the biggest days in the calendar. As a lifelong Manchester United fan I’ll be hoping the Reds lift the trophy at full-time, but Chelsea have had a great season and I’m sure it’ll be an incredible day whoever comes out on top.”

The 2025 Adobe Women’s FA Cup Final will kick off at 13:30 on Sunday 18 May, with Olly Murs’ performance part of the build-up coverage on BBC One from 12:50.

Tickets for the match are still available to purchase at wembleystadium.com/tickets.

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Limited general admission tickets in the neutral section are still available to purchase from wembleystadium.com/tickets. The finalist clubs have been allocated 20,000 tickets each to sell which can be purchased directly from the clubs.

Manchester United have been allocated the East end at Wembley, while Chelsea will be in the West.

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The sold-out Final is to be contested by Chelsea and Manchester United on Sunday at 14:30, and will be broadcast live in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer with coverage starting at 13:50.

Fans wanting to soak up the atmosphere will be able to enter the dedicated fanzone from 10:30am, where a food and drinks village will also be open.

Once inside the stadium, BBC Radio 1 DJs Arielle Free and Charlie Hedges will begin the proceedings at 13:00 and warm up the crowd with a set full of energy and popular tracks.

As kick-off approaches, Sammy Rowland of Hashtag United will bring out the match ball and place it on the plinth. With 11 goals, Sammy is the current leader of the Mitre Golden Ball competition, which recognizes the top scorer in this season’s competition.

The pre-match ceremony will see Ceremonial Military representative, the Army’s Corporal Lois Jacobs place the trophy onto the pitch side plinth. Seventy Staff and Air Cadets from Buckinghamshire Army Cadet Force and Thames Valley Wing Air Cadets will display the Chelsea and Manchester United club crest banners on the pitch.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will lead out the traditional presentation party, which will also include Debbie Hewitt MBE (The FA’s Chair), Sue Hough MBE (Chair of The FA Women’s Football Board) and Kirsty Leece (Chief Risk Officer at Vitality).

Following the entry of the presentation party, British Iranian soprano Jasmine Faulkner will perform the National Anthem. A British Sign Language interpreter, Joanna Aldridge,
will be present to interpret the National Anthem and other key moments in the afternoon’s running order.

During half-time, Vitality – the competition’s Principle Partner – will encourage fans in stadium and at home to get active and benefit from the health and wellbeing aspects of sport in a special ‘Find What Moves You’ half-time performance, led by former Pussycat Doll and Dancing On Ice Star, Kimberly Wyatt.

On conclusion of the Final, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will present the trophy to the winning captain from the Royal Box.

In addition, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour will be coming to Wembley on Sunday. The FA is giving ticket holders for the match and local residents access to have their photo taken with the iconic trophy.

The trophy will be on display in the Samovar Space on Olympic Way. Local residents will be able to have their photo taken between 10:30 – 11:30, before it opens up to Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final ticket holders between 11:30 – 13:30.

Residents and fans will also be able to meet former England international goalkeeper and Women’s FA Cup winner, Carly Telford.

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Suffolk-based official Emily Heaslip will lead a team including assistant referees Georgia Ball and Chloe-Ann Small, with Abigail Byrne as fourth official and Sophie Dennington as reserve assistant referee.

The match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium connected by EE will also see a VAR in place for the first time in the Final, with Michael Salisbury supported by assistant Sian Massey-Ellis. Goal Line Technology will also be in use at Wembley.

The full match official line-up is as follows:

Referee: Emily Heaslip (Suffolk FA)
Assistant Referees: Georgia Ball (Derbyshire FA) and Chloe-Ann Small (Hampshire FA)
Fourth official: Abigail Byrne (Cambridgeshire FA)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Sophie Dennington (Berks & Bucks FA)
VAR: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire FA)
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis (Birmingham FA)

Heaslip, who referees in the Barclays Women’s Super League, said: “I’m honoured to be appointed as the referee for the Vitality FA Women’s Cup Final.

“It’s a dream of every player to walk out at Wembley Stadium, and that’s the same for every match official. We’ll be determined to repay the trust put in us by The FA and the PGMOL to officiate at this stage of one of the biggest club competitions in football.”

Select Group Women’s Professional Game director Bibi SteinhausWebb added: “The FA Cup is a special competition and I’d like to offer my congratulations to those who have been appointed to officiate the Final.

“As part of the continued development of our officials, we have been preparing for the introduction of technology in this season’s Vitality FA Women’s Cup Final for a sustained period of time.

“Anything that can aid our match officials in their decision making has to be welcomed, especially given how the game continues to evolve and produce more complex situations which need to be judged on a match-by-match basis.”

The Final will be screened live on BBC One in the UK and will kick-off at 2.30pm BST

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The Final, which will be contested by holders Chelsea and Manchester United on Sunday 14 May, is set to pass the record set last season of 49,094, where Chelsea defeated Manchester City 3-2 in a closely contested encounter.

The women’s professional game in England has seen a significant uplift following the Lionesses’ memorable UEFA Women’s EURO victory, with numerous attendance records broken over the season in the Barclays Women’s Super League and Barclays Women’s Championship. Fans now have the opportunity to help create another memorable moment for the season by helping to break another record.

Baroness Sue Campbell, The FA’s Director of Women’s Football, said: “We had a strategic ambition to sell out the Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium by 2024, so to have done that a year early is a fantastic achievement.

“Those fans lucky enough to have a ticket, should be treated to a brilliant spectacle as well as having the opportunity to be part of Women’s FA Cup Final history. It’s always one of my favourite days of the season and a showcase of the best women’s football. I can’t wait to see a packed stadium and hear the atmosphere the fans generate with the world watching on.”

The Final will kick-off at 2.30pm and will be live on BBC One.

The awards were established to commemorate the top scorers in this season’s competitions, from the Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round and Vitality Women FA Cup First Round Qualifying.

Adam Boyes receives his award from Ian Rush

Adam Boyes scored an incredible eleven goals for Northern Premier League Division One East side Marske United FC throughout the competition, with five coming in one match, and Chloe Williams had an equally impressive record, scoring 12 goals in four games for Liskeard Athletic and a remarkable seven in a single tie.

Boyes and Williams were invited to Wembley Stadium connected by EE as guests of The FA to carry out the match balls on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May, and watch the respective Finals. Liverpool’s legendary striker Ian Rush, who scored a record five goals across three Final victories, presented Adam’s award and Chloe received hers from Faye White who was a winner of the competition on nine occasions with Arsenal.

The FA’s Director of Professional Game Relations, Andy Ambler, said: “The Emirates FA Cup and Vitality Women’s FA Cup give clubs and players across the pyramid the chance to test themselves and take on the very best. I’m delighted that we were able to introduce a top scorer award across historic seasons for both competitions. In Chloe and Adam, we have two worthy winners and in beating off some of the biggest names in football to claim their prize they’ve showcased exactly what makes these competitions so special.”

Baroness Sue Campbell, The FA’s Director of Women’s Football, added: “In what was an incredible weekend of football, featuring teams at the very pinnacle of our sport, we were thrilled that two top players from the lower leagues could have their thoroughly deserved moment in the spotlight. Hopefully this day will live long in their memories and inspire players at every level to believe that anything is possible.”

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A crowd of 49,094 contributed to a fantastic atmosphere within Wembley Stadium connected by EE as they watched Chelsea win the competition for the fourth time. The previous record was set in 2018 when 45,423 were present to see Chelsea defeat Arsenal at the national stadium.

In a season that has seen game-changing broadcast deals for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and unprecedented interest in the women’s game, this record attendance at Wembley Stadium highlights the momentum generated ahead of this summer’s UEFA Women’s EURO in England.

Baroness Sue Campbell, The FA’s Director of Women’s Football said: “That was a special day for the women’s game. The atmosphere in and around the stadium from early this morning has been absolutely fantastic, it’s exactly the sort of occasion we hoped for when we committed to hosting the Final at Wembley Stadium every season. The picture of Olympic Way packed with families, friends, girls and boys is an image that will live with me for a long time.

“This has been a landmark domestic season for women’s football. We have seen a huge growth in TV and digital audiences throughout the season and nearly 50,000 at Wembley today shows the appetite to attend live women’s football in this country. I’m delighted they’ve been rewarded with a great spectacle between two top teams.

The momentum certainly doesn’t stop here. After a fascinating FA Women’s National League Play-off Final next Saturday, there’s a hugely exciting summer ahead. A major tournament on home soil provides us with an incredible opportunity to not only drive participation, refereeing, and coaching but also be even more ambitious with our desire to grow the fanbase. Days like this are just part of the journey, not the end.”

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The Final will be contested by Chelsea and Manchester City on Sunday 15 May 2022 at 14:30 BST, and it will be broadcast live in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

DJ Char Stape will kick-off the proceedings at 13:15 with an energetic DJ set that will get the crowd pumping ahead of an action-packed afternoon.

Shortly before kick-off, UK recording artist RAYE will perform a live set of her most popular hits Bed, Secrets and Waterfall in the stadium’s bowl before performing the National Anthem.

Throughout the season, The FA has been running the very first Mitre Golden Ball competition, which will recognise the top scorer in this season’s competition. As current leader in the standings going into the Final, Chloe Williams (12 goals) of Liskeard Athletic, will take part in the pre-match build up by bringing the match ball out ahead of the fixture and placing it on the plinth.

Ceremonial Military rep and Royal Navy Able Seaman, Sophie Perrin, will walk out and place the Vitality Women’s FA Cup trophy on the plinth ahead of kick-off. She will also present the winning team with the trophy in the Royal Box after the conclusion of the game. Sophie joined the Royal Navy in 2015 and has represented the Navy’s football team for the past six seasons around multiple deployments across the world. She also plays for Plymouth Argyle in the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier League.

The pre-match ceremony will see 70 Staff and Air Cadets from Herts and Bucks Wing, Air Training Corps and Staff and Army Cadets from Bucks Army Cadet Force display the Chelsea and Manchester City club crest banners on the Wembley pitch.

The Women’s Football Board Chair, Sue Hough MBE, will lead out the traditional presentation party, which will also include The FA’s Chair, Debbie Hewitt MBE, Elaine Oram, Chair of the Women’s Football Ambassadorial Panel, and Klare Iveson, Marketing Director for Vitality who will all be presented to both teams.

Players from both Chelsea and Manchester City will join together after the National Anthem for a group photo where a Ukrainian flag will be displayed with a message of ‘peace’ in a moment of solidarity for all those affected by the ongoing conflict in that country.

During half-time, Vitality – the competition’s Principle Partner – will have Wembley Stadium moving and grooving with a special half-time fan work-out, led by former Pussycat Doll and Dancing On Ice Star Kimberly Wyatt. The activity is inspired by Vitality’s primary objective of the partnership, to inspire more women and girls to be active and benefit from the health and wellbeing aspects of the sport.

A British Sign Language interpreter, Joanna Aldridge, will be present at both the Emirates FA Cup Final and the Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final for the very first time to interpret the National Anthem and other key moments in the afternoon’s running order.

Details on where to watch the Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final can be seen here.

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The FA Women’s Championship club have been partnered with the leading educational recruitment company since 2014, in what is now one of the longest-running shirt sponsorship deals in the country.

Since the relationship began, the club and Vision for Education have sent hundreds of children to England’s national stadium to watch international or cup final fixtures.

And that is continuing in 2022, with 50 pupils and members of staff from across the region given free tickets and travel to watch the Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Manchester City on Sunday, May 15.

They will be joining a bumper crowd at Wembley Stadium, with over 40,000 tickets already sold for the showpiece event.

The excited students from Consett Academy, Durham Johnston, Belmont Community School and Farringdon Community Academy were presented with their tickets by Durham Women midfielder and Northern Ireland international Sarah Robson.

Vision for Education Branch Manager Paul Hillas said: “We are delighted we can offer students from schools in the Durham and Sunderland local authorities a once in a lifetime experience and visit the new Wembley Stadium to watch the Vitality Women’s FA Cup final.

“Having been unable to do this for the past two seasons during COVID, we are thrilled that we can give back to the students in the schools we work closely with.

“Thanks to our partnership with Durham Women we are able to offer students an experience and day out they will never forget!

“We hope that by doing this, more girls will become interested in football and it will go some way to help create football stars of the future.”

Durham Women Marketing Officer Mark Donnelly added: “This is always one of the highlights of the year, and seeing the excitement of the pupils is brilliant.

“It’s great that we can work with Vision for Education on exciting initiatives like this to give pupils in the region the chance to experience such a big fixture at Wembley.

“I’m sure it will be a fantastic spectacle for them all to watch, and it will hopefully inspire them to push on further with their own sporting ambitions.”

To find out more about Vision for Education and how they can work with you, visit https://www.visionforeducation.co.uk/

To find out more about Durham Women FC, visit durhamwfc.co.uk.

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In addition, Henderson will also have the honour of singing the national anthem ahead of kick-off.

Performing tracks such as This Is Real and Ghost, the X Factor star will take to the pitch to get the crowd pumping ahead of a fierce London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Ella’s performance is one of several events taking place on the day to celebrate the historic 50^th year of the biggest domestic cup competition in women’s football. Full details of the celebrations will be released in the coming days.

Ahead of the day, Ella said: “It’s an honour to be playing at Wembley Stadium ahead of this year’s Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final, it’s the biggest day in the diary for the teams and their fans alike, and so special given the 50^th anniversary. I know there’s a huge crowd attending with over 40,000 tickets sold already, and I can’t wait to be on the pitch to get the occasion, and a real celebration of women’s football, started”.

Kelly Simmons The FA’s Director of the Women’s Professional Game added: “The 50^th anniversary of the Women’s FA Cup is a true celebration of the game, and an opportunity to reflect on its remarkable growth as we near the end of another remarkable year for the women’s game that has seen increased visibility and interest. To have issued over 40,000 tickets is a wonderful illustration of the growth of the women’s fan base and the dedicated following the women’s teams now have. Ella’s performance will ensure the matchday starts on a high, and we are thrilled to have her play at Wembley Stadium.”

Tickets for The Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final are available via ticketing.thefa.com.

Further details around special matchday activities will be shared across The FA’s social platforms in the build-up to the game via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The match will be shown live on BBC One, with live coverage of the pre-match build-up beginning at 1.30pm.

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