Phil Dowd to referee for FA Cup final Match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley

Phil Dowd referee has been chosen to officiate the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley and the 49-year-old has previously taken charge of the 2010 Carling Cup final and this season's Community Shield, and was fourth official at the 2006 FA Cup final to he is delighted to have been awarded the 5th May showpiece and will be fulfilling a dream by officiating the match was honoured and privileged when I found out Dowd told the FA's official website.

And they are would never have thought in my wildest dreams that when I first started refereeing in 1984 that one day I'd be refereeing the FA Cup final watching the final as a boy was something I always loved to do in the david elleray FA Referees Committee Chairman, said: "I would like to congratulate Phil and the team on their appointments for this year's FA Cup final, which is fully deserved.

A huge honour to be selected as a match official for what remains the world's most famous and best-loved cup competition and i am sure Phil and the others will be really looking forward to both the build-up to the final and walking out onto the Wembley pitch on 5 May for the dowd assistants for the final will be Stuart Burt and Andrew Garratt, Michael Jones is the fourth official and Simon Long is the reserve assistant referee and the liverpool booked their spot in the final by beating Merseyside rivals Everton 2-1 on Saturday to the following day Chelsea thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 5-1.

Tom Cleverley is One of five Manchester United Players in the England Equad

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere and Manchester United's Michael Carrick have both withdrawn and the cleverley, 21 came on as a substitute during United's 3-2 Community Shield victory over Manchester City on the Sunday.

He has spent most of his United career out on loan, first at Leicester then at Watford and last season at Wigan and Cleverley played for England at Under-20 level before making his Under-21 debut against Macedonia in a 2009 and the United and England team mate Ashley Young believes the midfielder has a promising future ahead of him.

ENGLAND EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS 2 September Bulgaria away, 6 September Wales home and the 7 October Montenegro away.

International career for a Cleverley was called up to a Noel Blake's England Under-20 team for the first time on 12 March 2009 and following a dislocated shoulder suffered while on the loan at Leicester City a few days later and he was forced to withdraw from the squad and was replaced by the Manchester City midfielder Adam Clayton.

Manchester United first team Paul Scholes' retirement before the 2011–12 season left an opening in Manchester United's central midfield and theCleverley has been identified by the manager Sir Alex Ferguson as a potential homegrown replacement for Scholes and he was praised by Ferguson after playing and the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 victory over Barcelona in the preseason friendly match.