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May 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leeds hunts another Cup shock at Tottenham

Leeds manager Simon Grayson
23 January 2010 / REUTERS, LONDON
Leeds United’s victory at Manchester United gave its fans a taste of the stage they feel their club should still be playing on, and today’s FA Cup fourth round tie at Tottenham Hotspur offers a juicy second bite.
The fourth round draw was short on blockbuster ties but the clash between a club still climbing off the canvas after a spectacular fall from grace since reaching the Champions League semi-final in 2001, and one with a massive Cup pedigree, will guarantee an old-fashioned atmosphere at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, whose side lost 2-0 at Liverpool on Wednesday, can never be accused of taking the Cup lightly and will have his sights set on a May afternoon at Wembley.

”Cup final day is the best day of the year for me,” Redknapp, who won the competition with Portsmouth in 2008, told www.thefa.com.

With Jermaine Beckford’s goal having dispatched 11-times winners United and seven-times winners Liverpool humbled by Reading, two of English soccer’s big four have already bitten the dust. Chelsea and Arsenal will not be taking anything for granted either, as the face testing away ties.

Arsenal, top of the Premier League after a 4-2 win over Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday, is away at Stoke City on Sunday, while Chelsea travels to Championship (second division) Preston North End today.

“It gives you a better chance with two of the big guns out,” Redknapp added. “But we’ve drawn a team in Leeds which will present a difficult game for us.

Leeds’s joy at beating United was tempered by league slip-ups against Wycombe Wanderers and Exeter City but they have been boosted by the news that the prolific Beckford is staying at Elland Road, despite interest from Everton.  “It’s another away draw for us,” Leeds manager Simon Grayson told the club’s Web site (www.leedsunited.com). “But we’ll take great confidence from our win at Manchester United.”

Portsmouth face Sunderland and Everton host Birmingham City in the other all Premier League ties.

 
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