Sir Bobby to Present the FA Cup

By Matthew Jones
May 17 2003

Sir Bobby Robson will be guest of honour at Cardiff on Saturday, and will be presenting the FA Cup Trophy to the winning captian after the match. Although he is looking forward to the day, he would much rather be at the stadium with Newcastle as one of the finalists.

Robson Guest of Honour

Newcastle United manager Sir Bobby Robson will be the guest of honour at Saturday's FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Southampton at The Millenium Stadium.
Sir Bobby has mixed emotions about the day as he prepares to be presented to the teams before kick off. He will then present the FA CUP to the captain of the winning team. He admits that he would much rather be at the Millennium Stadium with The Magpies' as one of the finalists.
Speaking to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle he said: "I'm honoured to be in charge on Saturday. But I would love to be there as an actual manager.
"It's a great honour for me and I'm thrilled about it. The FA Cup final is always a special occasion and of course I'd love to be there with Newcastle and be one of the managers trying to win the cup rather than presenting it.
"But to say I'm delighted would be an understatement. One of the great joys of my football life is the FA Cup final.
"As a young player I used to get tickets and would be among the 100,000 crowd watching the drama unfold and as a manager at Ipswich I watched as my players went up the steps to receive their trophy after beating Arsenal.
"I was so proud and I never dreamt that one day I would be the man to present the cup and medals to the winning team."

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