What is the song they play before the FA Cup final?
Before Crystal Palace and Manchester City step out on the Wembley turf on Saturday, fans will enjoy an FA Cup final tradition.
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The sound and colour of FA Cup final day provides one of the highlights of the English football calendar. In the 2025 final, Crystal Palace and Manchester City supporters will be decked out with club scarves and banners as they trade terrace chants. But before kickoff, there will also be a unifying moment that stretches back almost a century.
Prior to the UK national anthem of 'God Save the King', those in attendance at Wembley will be invited to join in with the traditional cup final hymn 'Abide With Me'. MORE: Top 3 predictions by pundits for Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace in FA Cup final Why do they sing Abide With Me at the FA Cup final?
Abide With Me is a Christian hymn written by Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte in 1847. It is a prayer asking for God to be present in life and death, good times and bad. Lyte is believed to have written the lyrics when suffering from tuberculosis and sadly died three after finishng them.