Double which was won four days later at Old Trafford.

Freddie Ljungberg became the first player in 40 years to score in successive FA Cup finals.

2003 – The “Indoors” Final

17th May 2003

Arsenal 1 Southampton 0

Millennium Stadium

Attendance: 73,726

David Seaman (captain), Lauren, Martin Keown, Oleg Luzhny, Ashley Cole, Robert Pires, Ray Parlour, Gilberto Silva, Freddie Ljungberg, Dennis Bergkamp (Sylvain Wiltord), Thierry Henry.

Goalscorer: Pires (38).

Arsenal retained the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history, in this all-Premiership clash, with a Robert Pires shot from short range. The Gunners were hot pre-match favourites and the gulf in class on the pitch was reflected in their almost total dominance, especially shown in the form of Dennis Bergkamp and man of the match Thierry Henry.

This was the first FA Cup Final tooverwhelming superiority was even slightly reflected. An absolute stunner by Alexis Sanchez just after the break put the result beyond doubt. The rest of the game had the same lopsided feel as captain Per Mertesacker extended the lead with a header and Olivier Giroud scored right on the stroke of the final whistle.

2017 – The “Unexpected Win” Final

27th May 2017

Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1

Wembley Stadium

Attendance: 89,472

David Ospina, Rob Holding, Per Mertesacker (captain), Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Francis Coquelin), Hector Bellerin, Granit Xhaka, Danny Welbeck (Olivier Giroud), Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez (Mohamed Elneny).

Goalscorers: Sanchez (4), Ramsey (79)

A defence put together with elastoplast was the lynchpin of this unexpectedly deserved win. Per Meresacker in his only start of the season was magnificent and in only the fourth minute it