Portsmouth won the FA Cup, while Manchester United won the Premier League to set up today's Wembley curtain raiser

United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney watch from the stands with several team-mates as the game gets underway

England manager Fabio Capello is also in north-west London and takes his place alongside FA chief Brian Barwick

United skipper Gary Neville makes his first start in around 18 months, while Peter Crouch partners Jermain Defoe up front for Pompey

Nani makes a couple of impressive forays forward for United in a largely forgettable opening 45 minutes

United have the best of it but Darren Fletcher misses a sitter and is beaten to the ball by Pompey keeper David James in another attack

Carlos Tevez has a shot well saved by James and should have had a penalty after being hauled down by Pompey's Hermann Hreidarsson

Both sides miss chances to win it - substitute Frazier Campbell fires over, while Pompey's Lassana Diarra's free-kick clears the bar

There is no extra time, so it is straight to penalties - Diarra replicates his earlier free-kick to hand United the early advantage

Tevez puts United ahead but Defoe levels before Ryan Giggs restores the Red Devils' lead after two penalties apiece

Pompey fall further behind when Edwin van der Sar saves from Arnold Mvuemba and Michael Carrick scores to make it 3-1

And when Glen Johnson bangs his must-score penalty into stands, United can celebrate a record 13th victory in the season opener

All that is left is for Neville to lead his team-mates up the steps to collect the trophy and medals in front of an approving Ferguson