Derry City v Drogheda United: FAI Cup up for grabs as Candystripes and Drogs go head to head at the Aviva

It's Irish football's showpiece as the season comes to an end with the FAI Cup final today.

Kick-off at Lansdowne Road is 3.00pm and you can follow all the action as it happens in our liveblog.

Derry City–:–Drogheda UnitedDylan O'ConnellA famous Derry man has arrived Dan McDonnell: James McClean is outside the stadium posing for some photos. He made it clear on social media yesterday that he'd be coming to support his former club. Daniel McDonnellDylan O'ConnellHeroes of the past remembered Aidan Fitzmaurice: Part of the FAI Cup final day is to honour the jubilee team before the day's events and today it's the turn of 1999 winners Bray Wanderers, Cup winners Mick Doohan and Colm Tresson on stage. Aidan FitzmauriceDylan O'ConnellStarting line-ups Seán O'Connor has the team sheet in hand: Teams are in here at Lansdowne Road and Drogheda are unchanged from their semi-final victory over Wexford, with local lad Ryan Brennan captaining the Louth side for their first final in 11 years. Derry are looking to put their huge league disappointment behind them and win a second cup in three years, and Ruaidhrí Higgins has made two changes from that final day defeat to Shels with Patrick and Shane McEleney coming in for Colm Whelan and Duncan Idehen. After struggling with a muscle injury in recent weeks, Pat Hoban makes the bench and will hope to lift his third cup later on today. Drogheda United: Dennison; Quinn, Webster, Bolger; Ahui, Brennan, Farrell, Kane, Markey; Pierrot, James-Taylor. Derry City: Maher; Boyce, Wisdom, Connolly, S McEleney; Diallo, O'Reilly, P McEleney, McMullan, Duffy; Mullen. Dylan O'ConnellManager focus – Kevin Doherty Seán O'Connor has chatted to Drogheda United's manager as he looks back on his own journey in football.Dylan O'ConnellIt's FAI Cup final day in the capital city, with the absence of a Dublin club for the first time in six years notable. Derry City – winners of this competition two years ago – will be keen to secure silverware after underperforming in the Premier Division this season, finishing fourth after showing an inability to capitalise on Shelbourne's rough patch. Opponents Drogheda United find themselves in an unusual position in that they could potentially lift the cup and be relegated to the First Division, with a play-off final against Bray Wanderers set for six days' time. We were told yesterday that 40,000 tickets have been sold for the Aviva Stadium so there's every chance last year's record attendance of 43,881 will be broken today. Kick-off is 3pm, the game will be shown live on RTÉ 2 and the RTÉ Player, and Independent.ie will provide you with build-up, live updates and reaction.