A new name on the trophy

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Build-up to the Women’s FA Cup final starts on Sunday at 13:50 BST on BBC One and iPlayer, with kick-off at 14:30

History will be made at Wembley on Sunday when a new name will be etched on the Women’s FA Cup trophy.

Manchester United take on Tottenham at a sold-out Wembley in a match you can watch live on BBC One and listen to on BBC Radio 5 Live.

BBC Sport will bring you all the build-up across TV, radio and online as both teams look to claim their first piece of major silverware.

Gabby Logan presents live coverage on BBC One and iPlayer from 13:50 BST and will be joined by former FA Cup winners Fara Williams, Anita Asante and Ellen White.

Robyn Cowen will be on commentary duties alongside Rachel Brown-Finnis, who lifted the FA Cup with Everton in 2010.

You can also listen to full match commentary of the game on 5 live from 14:30, where Jonathan Pearce will be joined by two-time FA Cup winner Izzy Christiansen.

White, who won the trophy with Arsenal in 2011 and 2013, believes the final is too close to call.

“I just want there to be drama, goals and excitement,” she told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Women’s Football Weekly podcast. “I don’t know which way it’s going to swing.

“It’s going to be incredible to have someone else’s name on that trophy – what it will do for the club, the fans and the players will be amazing.

“It’s what dreams are made of, it’s such an iconic trophy at an iconic stadium.

“I’m really looking forward to being there, witnessing it and seeing everything about it.”

‘It’s going to be tighter than everyone thinks’

Robert Vilahamn’s Tottenham have already written themselves into the record books by reaching the final for the first time, while Marc Skinner’s United are playing in the showpiece for the second successive season after losing 1-0 to Chelsea last year.

United forward Nikita Parris has won the competition twice with Manchester City but wants to help deliver a major trophy to the other side of Manchester.

“With it being Manchester United’s first potential silverware, it’s massive for the club,” she told the Women’s Football Weekly podcast.

“That brings a different type of energy but ultimately as a team we’re focused on making sure we control what we can control in the game and delivering in both boxes.

“Having been in an FA Cup final before, the form going into it has no bearing. It’s just a one-off game and both teams will feel they have the edge to win it.

“It’s going to be tighter than everyone thinks.”

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Tottenham have secured a sixth-placed finish in the Women’s Super League and are seven points behind United in fifth.

In a dress rehearsal for Sunday’s final, the two sides recently played out a 2-2 draw in the league which saw Spurs concede a stoppage-time equaliser.

Captain Bethany England said Spurs’ mental approach to the game has been key to make sure the occasion does not get the better of players.

“We have to be very sensible in our approach to this game,” she told the Women’s Football Weekly podcast.

“We have recently just played Manchester United and everyone can probably get a bit too high with the highs and low with the lows and this is going to be a completely different ball game at a sold-out Wembley.

“The pressures of it, the people that have never played on that pitch before, it’s a different type of game to playing at Leigh Sports Village.”

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