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All the key match information ahead of The FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic

Manchester City v Wigan Athletic
The FA Cup with Budweiser
The Final
5.15pm, Saturday 11 May 2013
Wembley Stadium
Live on ITV & ESPN
Winning club receives £1.8m and runner-up £900,000
Buy the official match programme online here
Download the digital match programme via Apple Newsstand

Kit Colours
Manchester City
Blue shirts, white shorts, blue socks

Wigan Athletic
Black shirts, black shorts, black socks

Match Officials
Referee
Andre Marriner (Birmingham FA)
Assistant Referees Stephen Child (London FA) and Simon Long (Cornwall FA)
Fourth Official Anthony Taylor (Cheshire FA)
Reserve Assistant Referee Gary Beswick (Durham FA)

*Extra-time/penalties
Should the scores be level after 90 minutes of play, a half hour of extra-time will be played. When the match is drawn after extra-time, the winner shall be determined by kicks from the penalty mark

FA Cup Match Ball
Nike Maxim FA Cup

Table of events
3.15pm Turnstiles open
Music and general announcements
3.45pm Teams arrive
Players pitch inspection
3.55-4.15pm Marching Display by the Band
of the Grenadier Guards
4.25-4.55pm Players warm up
5pm On-pitch pre-match entertainment featuring the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
FA Cup hymn Abide with Me performed by Amore alongside the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Cliff Masterson
Ceremonial placing of The FA Cup
5.05pm Teams enter the Stadium
Presentation of the Teams to the Chief Guest and Official Party
5.10pm National Anthem led by Amore and the Band of the Grenadier Guards
Fair Play handshake
Exchange of Captains’ pennants
Photos
Coin toss
5.15pm Kick-off
6pm Half-time
Battle of the Bands FA Cup Anthem winning performance from Reverend And The Makers
6.15pm Second half
7pm Full-time*
Presentation of medals and The Cup to match officials, runners-up and winners The presentations will be made from the Royal Box followed by celebrations at the winners’ board on the pitch

The official Cup Final programme features even more Opta stats and facts and will be available to buy on match day around Wembley Stadium and online here. Fans can also download the full digital version straight to their devices via the Apple Newsstand, click here to get the app.