FACTBOX-FA Cup final facts and figures

LONDON (Reuters) - Facts and figures relating to Saturday's FA Cup final between Cardiff City and Portsmouth at Wembley Stadium:

* Saturday's final is the 127th since the competition began in the 1871-72 season. Although Portsmouth first entered the FA Cup in 1899 and Cardiff in 1910, they have never played each other in the competition before.

* Manchester United have appeared in a record 18 finals, winning the competition a record 11 times. This will be Portsmouth's fourth appearance in the final, and Cardiff's third.

* Portsmouth's only victory was in 1939 when they upset hot favourites Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 in the last final to be played before World War Two. Their other appearances ended in a 2-0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers in 1929 and a 2-1 loss to Manchester City in 1934.

* As a result of winning the cup in 1939, Portsmouth held it for the next seven years until the competition re-started in 1945-46 -- the longest any club has managed to keep the cup for.

* Cardiff famously became the first, and so far only club, from outside England to win the FA Cup when they beat Arsenal 1-0 in 1927. Their only other appearance was in 1925 when they lost 1-0 to Sheffield United. The Cup final hymn Abide With Me was first sung at the 1927 final.

* Portsmouth's record FA Cup win came in the first match they played in the competition, beating Ryde from the Isle of Wight 10-0 in a first qualifying round match in 1899. Their record win in the competition proper was a 7-0 victory over Stockport County in 1949.

* Cardiff's record win came in 1931 when they beat non-league Enfield 8-0. On their way to this season's final Cardiff were losing to non-League Chasetown in the third round before recovering to beat them 3-1.

* Cardiff were involved in an extraordinary FA Cup coincidence in the 1950s. They were drawn to play away at Leeds United in three successive third round matches in 1955-56, 1956-57 and 1957-58. Cardiff won all three games 2-1.