The FA Youth Cup final takes place on Tuesday night, as Arsenal's under-18s host their West Ham counterparts at the Emirates.
Managed by Jack Wilshere, Arsenal have enjoyed a fabulous run to the final, as have Kevin Keen's Hammers. Wilshere, still only 31 following his retirement from playing last year, has shown his "amazing" coaching prowess by guiding a talented group to the club's 10th final, as young Gunners such as Ethan Nwaneri and Amario Cozier-Duberry aim to write another chapter in the history of Arsenal's famous Hale End academy.
West Ham don't do too badly for themselves either, forgers of some of the finest talent English football has ever seen and reaching their first final since winning the competition in 1999. In that side were future England internationals Joe Cole and Michael Carrick.
Wilshere was part of Arsenal's last FA Youth Cup-winning team back in 2009. A Gunners line-up including Francis Coquelin, Emmanuel Frimpong, Kyle Bartley, Luke Ayling and Henri Lansbury beat Liverpool 6-2 over two legs.
Now it's time for Wilshere to taste success from the dugout, a role which he's loving. The 31-year-old, whose injury-ridden playing career ended last July, beamed the semi-final victory over Manchester City earlier this month: "For me, right now, it feels like one of the top moments of my career as a coach, obviously as a coach as I am young coach, but as a player as well it feels like it's up there.
"They are so good and so easily coachable, then this creates a belief in them and you see it at the the end. They scare me because they leave one-on-one on the backline, but they want to push, they want to attack. I love that spirit of: 'Let's go and score a goal'."
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Keen is of a similar mindset, promising to attack Tuesday's final 'the West Ham way'. The former Hammers midfielder, who spent a decade at the club, added: "Reaching this final is a big thing. Our group of players have worked really hard and they deserve to finish off the season with this big, grand final at Arsenal. It'll be a tough game and it will be a fantastic occasion."
Arsenal's run to the final has been a dramatic one, summed by their 3-2 win at home to Cambridge United in the quarter-finals when right-back Michael Rosiak scored a 93rd-minute winner. West Ham had been drawn away from home in every round until semi-final and they comfortably dispatched Southampton 6-1, with recent Premier League debutant Divin Mubama netting a hat-trick.
When is the FA Youth Cup final?
Arsenal U18s face West Ham U18s in the FA Youth Cup final on Tuesday, April 25.
Kick-off at the Emirates Stadium is 7pm BST.
How can I watch it live?
The FA will live stream the match through their FA Player platform.
It's free, although fans will be required to sign up.
