Boy of Summer

United’s new home kit for the 2009/10 campaign has been officially unveiled and you can now see it in all its glory in our special gallery on ManUtd.com.

The red kit, which can be pre-ordered online now, celebrates 100 years of Old Trafford with a large chevron across the chest, reflecting the design of the shirts worn by United when the stadium first opened during the 1909/10 season.

The back of the shirt has an engineered mesh, which is a series of small chevrons, a performance feature to offer the players even greater ventilation during games. Inside the black round-neck collar is a high quality woven label in red, white and black, while engineered into the side seam is a small label that reads ‘The Theatre of Dreams Since 1910.’

The shirt is made from Nike Dri-Fit fabric, which keeps the players drier, cooler and lighter by drawing sweat from the body to the fabric’s surface, while it’s three-dimensional construction gives more air space around the skin to reduce clinging.

The white shorts have a red stripe along the side, a red devil graphic on the back of the waist band, while the draw cords feature ‘MUFC’ on the tips. The black socks have a red chevron on the calf.

The players will don the kit for the first time during their pre-season tour of Asia next month. The squad fly out to the Far East on 16 July – the day the kit goes on sale and on which pre-orders will be delivered.

Wayne Rooney says it’s an honour to wear the shirt week in, week out and is looking forward to pulling on the latest design.

“It’s always exciting to see the new kit,” he told ManUtd.com. “It’s important that we like it and get used to it before the season starts [on tour]. I’m really excited about playing in it.”

Ji-sung Park echoed those sentiments, adding: “It always feels great to put the kit on and there is always a great meaning behind our kits. History is very important at this club and it’s something all the players are aware of.

“I really like the chevron feature – I like to think of it as ‘V’ for victory and hopefully we can win every game we play in the new kit.”

Everton scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history, but it was Chelsea who lifted the trophy with a 2-1 win.

Goals by Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard cancelled out the early opener from Louis Saha as Guus Hiddink ended his reign as Chelsea manager with a Wembley win.

Everton stunned Chelsea by taking the lead after just 25 seconds with the fastest goal in FA Cup final history.

Marouane Fellaini’s header from the left corner of the area fell perfectly for Louis Saha who swivelled and hit a first-time left foot drive which flashed past Petr Cech.

The keeper was beaten by the power and suddenness of the shot as the Merseysiders got off to the perfect start.

Tony Hibbert became the first player booked, clipping the heels of Florent Malouda in full flight. Frank Lampard curled the free-kick over the bar.

Malouda made another strong run forward and forced a good save from Tim Howard but Ashley Cole was flagged offside.

Michael Essien fired over from 15 yards as Chelsea pressed for an equaliser.

fifth goal
It arrived in the 21st minute as Frank Lampard swept the ball wide left for Malouda with time and space to measure a cross which was powerfully headed home from 10 yards by Didier Drogba.

The Ivory Coast striker got in ahead of Joleon Lescott to score his fifth goal in as many domestic cup finals

Lampard fired over from the edge of the area then Malouda found space behind Hibbert again only to see his shot blocked by Joseph Yobo. The follow-up by Nicolas Anelka was comfortably stopped by Howard.

Hibbert was finding it tough going and Cole darted in behind him but blazed wide of the near post from a tight angle two minutes before the break.

Half-time: Chelsea 1-1 Everton
Everton made a switch at the start of the second half, taking off the struggling Hibbert and sending on Lars Jacobsen.

David Moyes also made a tactical change pushing Tim Cahill further forward and dropping Fellaini deeper into midfield.

Phil Neville was booked for a challenge on John Mikel Obi two minutes into the second half as Chelsea continued to have the upper hand despite Everton.

Anelka tried an audacious lob on the run, flicking the ball deftly from a tight angle but wide of the far right post.

The Blues made their own switch on the hour sending on Michael Ballack in place of Essien

Cahill seemed to hurt a thigh as he let fly from 25 yards with Cech getting behind it well. John mikel Obi was booked for a foul on Saha.

glorious chance
Everton had a glorious chance to regain the lead on 66 minutes when Leighton Baines crossed from the left and Saha ran in unchecked for a free header.

He met it well and with some force but put it over the bar to the obvious frustration of Moyes.

Malouda broke well and his cross hit Drogba at the near post and flashed wide.

Chelsea took the lead on 71 minutes when Anelka played the ball forward through the inside right channel for Lampard just outside the area.

He was initially closed down but checked back inside. He stumbled but had time to regain his footing before hammering a powerful left-foot shot. Howard got a hand to it but could not keep it out.

bounced down
It almost got worse for Everton as Lampard threaed a pass through the inside left channel for Malouda.

He looked offside but the flag stayed down and he blazed over with only Howard to beat.

Malouda went even closer on 77 minutes. He let fly from 35 yards with a powerful swerving shot which beat Howard and hit the underside of the bar.

The ball looked to have crossed the line as it bounced down but play was waved on and Chelsea continued to press with Drogba heading at Howard after the Toffees sent on Vaughan for Saha.

Moyes made his final change eight minutes from time replacing Osman with Gosling.

Lampard thought he had won a penalty when he was upended by Steven Pienaar but referee Howard Webb not only waved away the appeal but booked the England star for diving with six minutes on the clock.

Cahill fired just wide from 30 yards and in stoppage time Anelka got behind Lescott but flicked the shot over the bar on the run.

FC Barcalona 2-0 Manchester United FC

FC Barcelona were crowned European champions for a third time – and the second in four seasons – as a vibrant display of pass and move, capped by goals in either half from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi, defeated Manchester United FC in Rome.

Holders toppled
United, bidding to become the first team to successfully defend the trophy in the UEFA Champions League era, began an open contest at breakneck speed as Cristiano Ronaldo threatened three times. After ten minutes, however, Eto’o put the Spanish champions ahead and they never looked back. Xavi Hernández struck a post early in the second period and, though the clinching second goal did not arrive until the 70th minute – via, unusually, the head of Messi – Josep Guardiola’s side were worthy winners. The 38-year-old becomes the sixth man to lift the European Champion Clubs’ Cup as player and coach; United are the sixth club to lose the final as holders.

Relentless Ronaldo
Fourteen of the players who started the game had featured in a UEFA Champions League final before, yet initially it seemed United’s experience would prove more telling. Ronaldo made his presence felt by unleashing a dipping free-kick that Víctor Valdés could only parry; former United defender Gerard Piqué’s last-ditch tackle prevented Ji-Sung Park from converting the rebound. Ronaldo then had Valdés scrambling across goal twice in as many minutes with shots from distance. If an early breakthrough looked imminent, disastrously for United it arrived when Barcelona struck with their first real attack.

Eto’o brilliance
Fit-again Andrés Iniesta was the orchestrator, finding Eto’o inside the area, but there was still plenty for the striker to do with Nemanja Vidić in close attendance. One swift turn inside the centre-back later, Eto’o was free to prod a shot inside Edwin van der Sar’s near post. United’s vocal supporters were stunned into silence and their team mirrored that reaction, with Barcelona enjoying the better of the half thereafter. Perhaps not surprisingly against the competition’s best defence, however, clear chances were at a premium. Long-range efforts from Messi and Xavi, and a low Messi cross fumbled by Van der Sar, were the best Barça could muster.

United reprieves
Sir Alex Ferguson had said beforehand that his best team-talks “usually come to me about three in the morning” and the Scot sorely needed inspiration in his half-time instructions, opting to introduce Carlos Tévez for Anderson. This did little to stem the tide. Thierry Henry tricked his way past Rio Ferdinand only to shoot weakly against Van der Sar before Xavi curled a free-kick beyond the keeper, the post coming to United’s rescue. Then Wayne Rooney’s right-wing centre bounced over Park’s lunge as the holders began to edge their way back into proceedings, disrupting Barcelona’s rhythm though creating little of their own.

Messi decisive
Twenty minutes from time, that hard work was undone. Xavi was allowed to advance down the right; with time and space, the midfielder measured a pinpoint cross for Messi, enjoying similar freedom, and the UEFA Champions League’s top scorer produced a fabulous header for his ninth goal of this campaign. Valdés promptly denied Ronaldo to preserve the two-goal cushion, yet the better openings continued to come at the other end – Van der Sar frustrating Carles Puyol twice and Iniesta. Sir Alex therefore missed out on joining Bob Paisley as the only manager to lift three European Cups. Instead, Guardiola’s superbly inventive Barça became the first Spanish side to win league, cup and UEFA Champions League in the same season.