Villa get Wolves in FA Cup
We are already on the way to Wembley in the League Cup, wouldnt it be nice to be going twice in one season? Well why not? Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool all out, so why can’t we win the domestic double?
Home wins over Blackburn and Brighton see us sitting pretty, and surely one of the favourites but we have to remember Chelsea, Man City and Spurs won’t be easy. And then theres Stoke and Birmingham City who are on good runs at the moment.
Here is the draw in full:
Wolves/Crystal Palace v ASTON VILLA
Man City v Stoke City
Derby v Birmingham City
Bolton v Tottenham/ Leeds
Chelsea v Cardiff City
Fulham v Notts COunty
Reading v WBA
Southampton v Portsmouth
Villa 3 Brighton 2
The scoreline probably doesnt suggest it but Villa won a game they fully deserved today, and if we are honest it could of been 5 or 6 for them in the end..
The 6,000 travelling Brighton fans treated the game as if it was there very own cup final and sung from start to finish and were always behind there side.
Villa took the lead early on when Marc Albrighton broke free, crossed the ball into the area only for Nathan Delfouneso to open the scoring.
However, Brighton were soon level when Tommy Elphick stunned the home crowd by pulling the Seaguls level.
Normal serviced resumed in the second half when Ashley Young headed home from a Stewart Downing cross, and it was soon three when Fabian Delph scored what proved to be the winning goal.
Nicky Forster grabbed a late injury time consolation goal for Brighton.
Villa will be happy this game is over and done with and will look for another home tie against a lower league side in the next round. Derby anyone?
FA Cup Draw: Villa get Brighton
Villa were today drawn against Gus Poyet’s Brighton & Hove Albion which will be played on January 23rd or 24th. The game will be played at Villa Park.
FA Cup fourth round draw in full:
Southampton v Ipswich Town
Reading/Liverpool v Burnley
Milwall/Derby v Brentford/Doncaster
Bristol/Cardiff v Leicester City
Stoke City v Arsenal
Notts County/Forest Green v Wigan Athletic
Scunthorpe United v Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion v Plymouth Argyle/Newcastle United
Everton v Nottingham Forest/Birmingham City
Accrington Stanley/Gillingham v Fulham
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield United/QPR
Portsmouth/Coventry City v Sunderland
Preston North End v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion
Tranmere/Wolves v Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
