Crystal Palace will get the opportunity to avenge their 1990 FA Cup Final defeat at the hands of Manchester United after both sides made it through the Semi-Finals to square off in the final of the world’s most prestigious domestic cup competition.

Both Louis Van Gaal and Alan Pardew have had better seasons. Both could quite easily find themselves in the dole queue come the summer. And yet on May 21 both managers will stand tall and proud as they lead their respective teams onto the Wembley turf as the finalists of the FA Cup.

Man United was the first side to make it to the final after a thrilling encounter against Everton. The blue half of Merseyside haven’t won a trophy since beating United in the FA Cup back in 1995. United haven’t earned any silverware since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club with a Premier League title in their trophy cabinet.

If the record books didn’t show otherwise, you would never know Sir Alex was ever at this great club such has been their inept performances in the past two seasons. And yet, in the past few weeks, there have been signs that the fast flowing lava-like attacks that made his Red Devils the scourge of world football were returning.