Football fans are to press ahead with a boycott of catering outlets at the new Wembley during today's FA Cup final.

The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) claim the action is to protest against the distribution and cost of tickets, along with the high prices of food inside the stadium and cup final programmes.

The FSF will meet FA officials on Monday but say the boycott will take place.

Steve Powell, head of development for the FSF, said: ''We are meeting the FA on Monday and I've no doubt they will jump up and down and shout at us, but tough.

''If they are not prepared to sit down and talk to us about matters such as ticket prices, distribution and food prices then they have to expect that these things are going to kick off.

''Football fans are fed up of being treated as turnstile fodder.

"They are fed up with being treat as people who will pay whatever they are asked. What we are doing is asking fans to boycott the catering outlets inside the stadium.''

Sir Alex Ferguson sympathises with the fans' plight.

''It is ridiculous,'' said the Manchester United manager. ''The prices are extortionate. You can only kill the game that way.''

Wembley insist they have taken fans' concerns on board already and that a survey of 1,500 fans after the England Under-21 game found customers were concerned about queues and temperature of food more than prices.

Wembley managing director Alex Horne said: ''The FA have been open about the ticket prices and allocations.

''The fans are entitled to their choice inside the stadium. We hope that they will use some of the 688 outlets on the concourses.''

Of the 25,000 tickets allocated to each club, only 4,000 were available for £35 and the rest £60 or £95.

A matchday programme will cost £10, but the FA said the price of programmes had been the same, £8.50, for the previous four years and that every purchase includes a £1 donation to the British Heart Foundation.