Watch Birmingham City vs Wigan Athletic Live Streaming
Watch Birmingham City vs Wigan Athletic Live StreamingAnd one more thing: throughout their illustrious history, Manchester United have never successfully defended a knockout competition, as they would do by beating Martin O'Neill's men following their shoot-out triumph over Tottenham 12 months ago.
But whatever happens on February 28, it will not be as significant as the events at Old Trafford in January 27.
For the previous six months, Ferguson had listened to the increasingly confident noises swirling out of Eastlands.
He had to stare at the poster of Carlos Tevez, declaring: "Welcome to Manchester", not finding it anything like as amusing as everyone else.
He had tried to dismiss Manchester City as "the noisy neighbours" following a 4-3 epic at Old Trafford in September.
He had heard, but not responded to the boastful comments of City chief executive Garry Cook, who claimed it was a matter of when and not if his side would book their long-awaited Wembley appearance. It was time for something to be done.
