Officials confirmed for FA Cup final between Manchester City and Crystal Palace

The match officials have been confirmed for the FA Cup final, with Stuart Attwell selected to lead Manchester City and Crystal Palace out at Wembley on Saturday.

Adam Nunn and Dan Robathan have been selected as the assistant referees while Darren England will be the fourth official.

Craig Taylor will be the reserve assistant referee while Jarred Gillett will be the video assistant referee, joined in the booth by support VAR Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Darren Cann.

Attwell returns to Wembley having refereed the 2023 Community Shield between Manchester City and Arsenal, when the Gunners prevailed 4-1 on penalties.

Atwell has refereed three FA Cup games this season including both of the finalists. The 42-year-old was in the middle for Crystal Palace's 1-0 win over Stockport and Manchester City's 2-1 win over Bournemouth, but has refereed neither in the league this term.

Traditionally, referees are only awarded one FA Cup final, though that tradition was temporarily broken for the 2020 and 2021 FA Cup finals, when it was decided that a past referee would oversee proceedings due to crowd limitations.

Anthony Taylor (who'd refereed the 2017 final between Arsenal and Chelsea) and Michael Oliver (who'd refereed the 2018 final between Manchester United and Chelsea) took charge of the 2020 and 2021 finals, allowing an official the chance to referee a final in front of a full stadium from 2022 onwards.

Liam Williams

• Manchester City F.C.
• Crystal Palace F.C.
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