Freddie Ljungberg's wonder-goal, David Seaman saving from Eidur Gudjohnsen... and 'it's only Ray Parlour' - the last time Arsenal and Chelsea met in the FA Cup final

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'He's put him through... Oh it's alright, it's only Ray Parlour... Oh no!'

Tim Lovejoy, commentating for Sky on their celebrity fan feed, has become the defining soundtrack to the 2002 FA Cup final.

In a world before memes and gifs, before every moment was analysed on Twitter and went viral on Facebook, the Chelsea fan and Soccer AM presenter's gaffe was so foolhardy that it became almost as famous as the goal it described.

Ray Parlour's wonderstrike put Arsenal ahead in the 2002 FA Cup final against Chelsea

Parlour celebrates after his driving run and curling shot into the top corner in Cardiff

After famously delcaring 'it's only Ray Parlour' Chelsea fan Tim Lovejoy was left red-faced

On Saturday a London club will go into the showpiece looking to complete the double against a city rival who finished outside the top four - in a mirror image of the showpiece 15 years ago.

Back in 2002 it was Arsenal who were the dominant force, winning the Cup in Cardiff before wrapping up the league title days later at Old Trafford - the uneasy order a product of the FA's short-lived and ill-advised experiment of having the Cup final before the end of the domestic season. 

This year the tables are turned - though the current Gunners are not quite as far off their rivals as that season's Chelsea side were, a place and five points closer to the champions than the 2002 Blues. But the set-up is extremely similar.

Back in 2002 there was no hint of the 3-4-2-1 systems that are likely to be on show this week at Wembley - both sides lined up 4-4-2, and the names on both sides are evocative of a very different time.

The final was a scrappy affair in the first half, with more nasty tackles than brilliant chances

Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira battles with a young Frank Lampard for the ball

Arsenal, who would go on to be Invincible two years later, boasted a front two of Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry, with Freddie Ljungberg and Sylvain Wiltord on the wings in the absence of the injured Robert Pires. Tony Adams was coming to the end of his career, Ashley Cole was yet to cross London, and Sol Campbell was enjoying a magnificent first season with the club.

Chelsea still had the likes of Marcel Dessailly, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Graeme Le Saux in their side, with John Terry on the bench due to illness and Gianfranco Zola also coming on. Frank Lampard was the only member of the starting line-up who would stay a regular during the Roman Abramovich era.

The game is best remembered for the second half, and rightly so - the first was a turgid affair, typified by scything tackles rather than cutting edge with the ball.

Le Saux set the tone inside two minutes with a studs-up challenge to the chest on Lauren that, 15 years later, would surely have merited a red card but back then was only yellow. 

John Terry, who came off the bench at half time, squares up to Thierry Henry

Freddie Ljungberg curled home a superb second goal after shrugging off a weak Terry tackle

The Swede celebrates after doubling the Arsenal lead and making the game safe late on

Lampard fired a shot at David Seaman from long range, Bergkamp and Lauren both looped headers off target, but the game barely got going. 

That all changed after the break. Carlo Cudicini had to be at full stretch to deny Henry, Seaman acrobatically tipped Gudjohnsen's shot over the crossbar, and then, with 20 minutes to play, Parlour struck.  

Lovejoy's commentary has become the stuff of hubristic folklore, but it does Parlour a disservice, both in terms of his career as a whole - when he scored from range on a semi-regular basis - and the goal itself.

Taking on a pass from Wiltord, the midfielder checked back inside Desailly and William Galas, before bending a sublime effort in via the fingertips of Cudicini.

Ten minutes later Ljungberg produced a remarkably similar finish, after shrugging off Terry, to wrap up the win, celebrating wildly as a jubilant Lee Dixon charged onto the pitch from behind the goal.

Adams was in a similar position that day to the one Terry is now, an ageing captain who had missed much of the season, and he chose to lift the trophy with Patrick Vieira rather than take the glory himself.

But Arsenal's hero of the day was clear. It was 'only' Ray Parlour.  

Arsene Wenger celebrates at the final whistle along with his staff and Dennis Bergkamp

Terry and Eidur Gudjohnsen slump to the floor after the final whistle, with Chelsea well-beaten

Tony Adams shared the glory of lifting the cup with Vieira as the Gunners celebrated

Arsenal would go on to win a second double in four years after beating Manchester United