In order to beat the gridlock, many people rose early to travel the 200 miles from the North West to Wembley.
For Man City supporters, the six-hour travel paid off when their team defeated United 2-1 in the first Manchester derby final in the 151-year history of the game, keeping their treble hopes alive.
The Red Devils, who won their own trophy triple in 1999, were vying for the year's second trophy.
Marty Harris, a 46-year-old United supporter, got up at 4 a.m. for a £300 flight from Edinburgh to Birmingham, then took a carpool to Watford before taking the tube to Wembley with his little son.
I came from Cheshire on Friday night to avoid the strikes, so I'm currently here, so that's why I'm staying in a
We don't mind the added expense, said Sharon, 44. Absolutely, it was worthwhile.
After being transported to the game by a friend, FA Cup specialist Phil Annets, who wrote in the official matchday program, required a ride back to Oxfordshire.
"I think it's vindictive by the strikers to try to impact as many people as possible," the 58-year-old stated.
Early in the morning, hundreds of buses and vehicles left the North West for the customary four-hour journey down the M6 and M40 highways towards North West London.
But for those who got caught in two lengthy traffic jams on the M1, the trip took longer than six hours.
Ralph Cooper, a 56-year-old supporter of Manchester United, said: "Even if it would have taken me two
At a cost of £60 per fan, the FA also organized 120 unique bus trips, with 60 departing from various sites for each club.
Additional parking was also made available in Fryent Park, which is just 25 minutes' walk from the stadium.
The 90,000-seat stadium had sold out of event day parking two weeks prior.
The FA's head of external operations, Tom Legg, had said of the two-day travel chaos: "This additional strike action will severely impact fans who might have been considering travelling to London from Manchester the night before the final."
At the far northern end of the Jubilee line in sleepy suburban Stanmore in North West London, where the Metropolitan line had been momentarily suspended owing to signal failure, fans fought for parking spaces.
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