It was April 14th (not today) granted!!! but in 1999, the FA Cup Semi-Final Replay; Manchester United v Arsenal followed a 0-0 after extra time first tie, at Villa Park. Villa Park hosted it again and the game was a whole lot more exciting as United and The Gunners produced "a game of the century".
The link tells the story; it had everything,,,,,, Wegner, Ferguson's over time, Elleray (Public school Geographer teacher), Keane's Red Card, Giggs' chest rug, Overmars, The Romford Pele, Phil Neville, Bergkamp, Schmeichel....
The next round, THE FINAL, was a formality for United who put Newcastle United to bed 2-0.
I saw it.
IN:
Round 3 Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 2-1 and Man U 3-1 Middlesbrough b oth at home.
Round 4 Newcastle beat Bradford City 3-0 and MU beat Liverpool 2-1 both at home.
Round 5 Newcastle drew 0-0 at home v Blackburn Rovers and won away 0-1, United 1 v 0 Fulham
Round 6 Q-Final Man U 0-0 v Chelsea and then won 2-0 away; Newcastle 4 v 1 Everton
Semi: Newcastle Utd 2-0 Tottenham, Man U as above.
Some eccentricities from the previous rounds:
Barnsley reached the Quarter-final Rd v6 and lost at home to Spurs 0-1.
Barnsley beat Bristol Rovers in Round 5 4-1
In Round 5 Arsenal and Sheffield Utd played a "Void game"...see below
https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/ars-ne-wenger-offers-fa-cup-rematch
In Rd 3 Rushden and Diamonds held Leeds Utd to a 0-0 at home and then lost 3-1 in replay.
In Rd 2 Darlington held Man City to a 1-1 draw and then lost 1-0 in extra time.
In Rd 1 Bedlington Terriers hosting the North-east beat Colchester Utd from the South-east 4-1!
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