The strangest FA Cup Final you’ll ever see.

Played in an empty Wembley in the middle of August, the 2020 final felt less like a showpiece and more like a very serious, very tense behind-closed-doors league game — all thanks to Covid.

In this episode, we revisit Arsenal vs Chelsea, a game shaped by one long ball, one calm captain in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and a Chelsea side sent into chaos by cat-botherer Kurt Zouma!

We break down how the match unfolded on the pitch, how both teams’ league seasons fed directly into the final, and why this win mattered far more to Arsenal than it did to their opponents.

This is The Final Countdown. A podcast dedicated to all the great finals from the annals of football. Each week your hosts, Adam and Lewis, will do a deep dive (with a generous helping of nostalgia and humour) into one of the greats!