, ▁" We ' ve ▁done ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁work ▁with ▁Card iff ▁and ▁hopefully ▁it ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁great ▁occasion , ▁but ▁we ' ll ▁take ▁a ▁view ▁about ▁how ▁it ' s ▁worked ▁after ▁the ▁final ▁and ▁decide ▁whether ▁to ▁still ▁hold ▁the ▁match ▁there ." ▁A ▁new ▁pitch ▁was ▁re - la id ▁in ▁May , ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁made ▁attempts ▁to ▁ease ▁traffic ▁on ▁the ▁M 4 ▁by ▁opening ▁three ▁more ▁turn - offs ▁than ▁they ▁did ▁for ▁the ▁League ▁Cup ▁final . ▁ ▁The ▁final ists ▁received ▁a ▁total ▁allocation ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 5 2 , 0 0 0 ▁tick ets , ▁which ▁was ▁an ▁estimated ▁increase ▁of ▁ 1 0 % ▁on ▁previous ▁W emble y ▁final s . ▁Se at ▁prices ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁exceed ed ▁£ 7 0 , ▁though ▁some ▁ticket ▁tout s ▁charged ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁£ 1 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁che apest ▁tick ets ▁cost ▁£ 2 0 ; ▁the ▁rest ▁were ▁pr iced ▁at ▁£ 4 0 ▁and ▁£ 5 5 . ▁ ▁Build - up ▁Ar sen al ▁were ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁FA ▁Cup ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁time , ▁their ▁first ▁in ▁over ▁three ▁years . ▁They ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁cup ▁seven ▁times ▁previously ▁( in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 3