A trip to Aston Villa in FA Cup fourth round

A trip to Aston Villa in FA Cup fourth round
A trip to Aston Villa in FA Cup fourth round

We have been drawn against them twice in the fourth round previously, losing 1-0 in 1920 before edging them a year later by the same scoreline, with both games hosted at the Lane.

In total we have faced the Birmingham-based side on 11 occasions in the FA Cup, prevailing seven times, including en route to lifting the trophy in 1921, 1961, 1962 and 1982.

Of those meetings, we have yet to be defeated in an FA Cup tie with the Villans at Villa Park.

Villa’s West Midlands home is also famed for hosting numerous semi-finals in the competition before they were moved to Wembley in 2008. We played in the first semi-final to be hosted there, defeating West Bromwich Albion 4-0 on route to lifting the trophy in 1901.

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We then lost there in the 1948, 1953 and 1956 semi-finals, but ran out winners there in 1961, 1982 and 1987

Fourth round draw in full

Manchester United vs Leicester City
Leeds United vs Millwall or Dagenham and Redbridge
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea
Preston North End or Charlton vs Wycombe Wanderers
Exeter City vs Nottingham Forest
Coventry City vs Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mansfield Town or Wigan Athletic vs Fulham
Birmingham City vs Newcastle United
Plymouth Argyle vs Liverpool
Everton vs AFC Bournemouth
Aston Villa vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Southampton or Swansea City vs Burnley
Leyton Orient or Derby County vs Manchester City
Doncaster Rovers vs Crystal Palace
Stoke City vs Cardiff City


Senegal

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