The showpiece English FA Cup and Scottish Cup finals on Saturday will see Arsenal face Aston Villa at Wembley and Falkirk play Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Hampden Park.
A global TV audience of half a billion people is expected to watch the Gunners take on Villa.
Arsenal, seeking a record 12th FA Cup, face a club who last won it in 1957.
In Scotland, top-flight Inverness CT and second-tier Falkirk make for an unexpected final line-up.
Arsenal v Aston Villa (17:30 BST)
Arsenal are odds-on favourites to win the world's longest-running cup competition, which brings the English season to a conclusion.
The London side, managed by Arsene Wenger, won last year's FA Cupto move level with Manchester United with 11 wins in the competition.
They beat Villa 3-0 and 5-0 in the league this season and finished 14 places above them, in third. Villa narrowly avoided relegation, ending the top-flight season one place above the drop zone.
Tim Sherwood's side have not reached this stage since 2000, when they were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea.
The BBC will be broadcasting the climax to the prestigious tournament for the first time since 2008.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"It's not easy to get to the FA Cup final and it's not easy to finish in the top three in England.
"We have been remarkably consistent since January and that's why I think we have a good chance next season."
Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood:
"I know what the boys are capable of in one-off games. On big occasions, they've produced the goods and we need to do it one more time.
"The boys performed on a huge stage as underdogs against Liverpool [Villa recorded a 2-1 win in the semi-final], but we deserved to win that game and we're hoping we can do the same."
TEAM NEWS
Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck will miss the final after failing to recover from a knee injury.
Attacking midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, full-back Mathieu Debuchy and captain Mikel Arteta are in contention after returning to training following recent injuries.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given could be set to take his place in goal having recovered from a groin injury.
Full-back Aly Cissokho, midfielder Kieran Richardson and defender Jores Okore trained along with Given on Friday, but centre-back Ciaran Clark is out with a knee injury.
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