Cardiff manager Dave Jones insists his team won't crack under the pressure of playing in English football's richest single match when they face Blackpool in the Championship play-off final today.

Jones's side will book a place among England's elite teams for the first time since 1960 if they win at Wembley and, just as significantly for a club struggling with financial problems, net an estimated £50 million jackpot in the process.

Taking on the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will bring the south Wales club massively increased income streams through TV revenue, merchandising and gate receipts.

It would also be the perfect way to welcome Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan's consortium, who are ready to put a substantial stake into a club which only avoided a winding-up order over an unpaid tax bill earlier this month.

Jones is confident playing in such a high-stakes encounter won't reduce his players to a bag of nerves because they have already proved they can handle the play-off pressure by winning their penalty shoot-out against Leicester in the semi-finals.

"In the main I have nothing but admiration for these players," Jones said.

"We have battled injuries, illness and retirements as well as all the off-the-field problems.

"We haven't carried the biggest of squads but we have a camaraderie that binds the squad and staff together and they have all been superb."

Jones knows what it takes to win a big game at Wembley after leading Cardiff to FA Cup semi-final success there against Barnsley in 2008.

That result brought Cardiff's first FA Cup final appearance for 81 years but defeating Blackpool would mean much more to a club starved of top-flight football for over half a century.

Few pundits expected Blackpool to achieve anything more than avoiding relegation this season.

But, under Ian Holloway's astute management, they clinched a play-off place on the final day of the season, then eliminated heavily-favoured Nottingham Forest with two impressive victories in the semi-finals.

Key to Blackpool's bid for a first promotion to the top-flight since 1971 has been the form of captain Charlie Adam.

Former Rangers midfielder Adam, 24, quit Ibrox after struggling to hold down a regular first-team place but has scored 18 times for the Seasiders this season.

"Winning promotion would show that I made the right decision to come here but I've got nothing to prove to Rangers or anybody else," Adam said.

"All I have to do is show my manager here what I'm capable of and hopefully we can earn the right to face some of the best players in the world and walk out at Old Trafford, Anfield and Stamford Bridge next season."

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