Congratulations to Portsmouth on winning the 2008 English FA Cup after a hardfought and often scrapping game against plucky Championship side Cardiff City. Only a Kanu goal after Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman spilled a cross allowed the Premier League side to sneak in front and it was often Cardiff on the front foot for most of the game.

Neither side had won the Cup since before the Second World War so it was pleasing to see a winner from outside the usual suspects of the top tier of Premier League clubs. Winning the FA Cup also gives Pompey a direct route into next season's UEFA Cup which is the first time they have ever qualified for European competition, a feat which should finally put to an end any lingering resentment at manager Harry Redknapp's brief interlude as manager at bitter south coast rivals Southampton.