Ruud Gullit
Ex-Chelsea manager at Wembley on BBC One

"I think Manchester United have the best chance to win."

Alan Shearer
Ex-England captain at Wembley with BBC One

"What an unbelievable stage to go out on and produce a bit of magic, to beat Manchester United. I'm going to go for Crystal Palace as well.

"It's huge for them to be here, and what an achievement it would be to go home with the FA Cup. They've got the players to do it."  

Danny Murphy
Ex-Liverpool midfielder at Wembley on BBC One

"I've got a good feeling about today, I think it'll be a good game. I've got a feeling Palace might edge it, by one goal."

What an occasion. The FA Cup final might not demand the nation's glare for an entire day any more but drink this in. Superb build-up now. RAMP. 

Steve Coppell and Alex Ferguson - the managers in charge of Crystal Palace and Manchester United back in the 1990 FA Cup final reflect.

Coppell: "I can't believe it. Haven't changed at all have I? I can't remember much of the game but the occasion was enormous for Palace. We'd been knocking on the door, coming from nowhere, and all of a sudden we had history as a club."

Ferguson: "I remember it vividly, everything that happened. Some managers never get here so you have to treat it as a special day. It was a wonderful start for me and the time we had at United."

Messrs Ferguson and Coppell stride out onto the Wembley pitch to place the FA Cup at the mouth of the tunnel. Don't touch it! It's bad luck. 

'This mentality is unstoppable' reads a banner in the Palace end. That could have been Fergie's tagline. 

Wembley really rocking now, particularly the Palace end. There aren't many fans louder...

[No offence intended to anyone who thinks they are louder...]

Image source, AP

Wayne Rooney in midfield. Is that the future? I think it's probably the present...

Image source, Getty Images

The managers from the 1990 final - Sir Alex Ferguson and Steve Coppell - are in the tunnel with the trophy and they will bring it out onto the field.

Two legends of the game. 

Image source, Reuters

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Basel

"Some very colourful flag action from Crystal Palace's fans. They are already packed into their end - bit more space in the Manchester United end as the teams return to the dressing room to get their final instructions from Alan Pardew and Louis van Gaal."

Image source, Reuters

Alan Shearer
Ex-England captain at Wembley with BBC One

"I spoke to Wayne Rooney last summer about him dropping deeper, it's something he expected and wanted to do. He knows he's not as quick as he was. But he's still got plenty to offer by dropping into midfield. His range of passing is good, he works hard defensively, and he still expects to get his fair share of goals arriving late in the box. But he's not England's number one centre forward any more."

Manchester United fan Moses Kamara thanks his fellow supporters who helped him get a ticket today after he travelled from Sierra Leone...

Yannick Bolasie is a potential match-winner in that Crystal Palace side. Wilfried Zaha is another.

Alan Pardew is about to deliver his biggest pre-match chat in years. Possibly ever. 

Danny Murphy
Ex-Liverpool midfielder at Wembley on BBC One

"Yannick Bolasie doesn't perform consistently enough for me but he is so quick and has two good feet. He can be a threat from any position, a real handful, and Palace will need him to have a big game today. Their attacking players haven't been scoring enough goals."

If you missed it  earlier this is that absolutely MASSIVE cruise ship. Biggest in the world.

Just 25 minutes until kick-off now. The bookies make Manchester United 5/6 favourites, with Palace at around 4/1.

But the bookies have taken a smacking all season...

Alan Shearer
Ex-England captain at Wembley with BBC One

"I like Marcus Rashford a lot. Roy Hodgson's planning to take four strikers to the Euros but a very good game from him today could twist his arm and get him in the final England squad. What a season he's had."

Anthony Martial has scored 17 goals in all competitions this season - a superb first season in the Premier League you'd have to say.

He's United's top scorer. Palace's top scorer is Dwight Gayle. With seven. 

Danny Murphy
Ex-Liverpool midfielder at Wembley on BBC One

"Anthony Martial is one of those players you just love to watch, he's got a real strut about him and is so calm in front of goal. His temperament too, for a young man, is amazing. He's always so cool and calm."

Ruud Gullit
Ex-Chelsea manager at Wembley on BBC One

"Palace are the underdogs, but you never know; a cow can catch a rabbit... You don't see it often but it could happen... so they could still win this game.

"Van Gaal is a character. But we Dutch are not all like that... He is a teacher, and he thinks he has to teach everyone a lesson. If you have a different opinion then he goes against you. He's done it everywhere; Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Ajax and now here. 

"But he has problems with senior players, that's why he brings the young players, and has such a good ability to teach them."