Upfront: FA Cup final preview, with Karen Carney
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We're here with a bonus episode of Upfront! Today, Rachel looks ahead to this Sunday's FA Cup final alongside three-time winner and England legend, Karen Carney!
They discuss some of the key matchups as Chelsea and Manchester City, the WSL's two in-form sides, do battle at Wembley. We also can't help asking Karen about her time working under Emma Hayes and England's chances at the Euros this summer!
Over 40,000 tickets have already sold for what will be a cracking game at Wembley this Sunday. Head to www.thefa.com/ticketing to get yours now!
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| 0:00.0 | picture this static cars idling engines angry horns now picture you zooming |
| 0:12.0 | past it all light and breezy the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic book |
| 0:21.0 | your train journey via vantewescoast.co.uk a vantewescoast feel good travel |
| 0:41.4 | hi guys Rachel from up front here it's the vitality women's FA Cup final this Sunday 15th |
| 0:46.8 | May at Wembley and we are so so excited for this blockbuster game it's the most prestigious |
| 0:53.7 | event in the domestic football calendar this season and this final promises to be the |
| 0:58.0 | biggest yet we'll be down there for a very special episode you'll hear soon but ahead |
| 1:03.0 | of the game I headed over to the Chelsea corner earlier this week to speak to an English |
| 1:07.0 | footballing legend Karen Karney won the tournament with Arsenal Chelsea |
| 1:11.0 | and Birmingham and played 144 times for her country I spoke to her about Sunday's final |
| 1:16.2 | and how Man City and Chelsea have emerged as the WSL's two informed teams we also look |
| 1:21.2 | ahead to the Euros and what should be an incredible summer for England here she is |
| 1:33.0 | so we're kind of finishing what's been a pretty amazing WSL season with what will |
| 1:37.8 | equally be an exciting FA Cup final Chelsea against Manchester City many each other in |
| 1:42.9 | the league cup final earlier this season it's going to be amazing amazing occasion at |
| 1:47.2 | Wembley what are you reckon what's the FA Cup final the most you know as a player that |
| 1:53.2 | that's the day you remember the league's great and it's your bread and butter you want |
| 1:56.2 | to win the league and you get your Champions League but the FA Cup was always been that |
| 2:00.1 | special one bespoke game the final I mean where it was all about that for the women's |
| 2:08.0 | competitions it's just so decorative it's so it's just unreal and then to go to Wembley |
| 2:14.4 | if you win to walk the steps to plan a pitch and it feels like I know it sounds really |
| 2:20.0 | weird but it's their FA Cup it's got so much history behind it and you feel that as a player |
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