NOTTS BOUNTY.. AT CARDIFF
The Lions were thrashed 6-0 by Spurs in last season’s quarter-finals – and Cahill says bringing them back to The Den for a rematch in the last 16 this year is all the motivation they need to see off League One Rochdale in tonight’s fourth-round replay.
Returning messiah Cahill, 38, and his manager Neil Harris (below) were team-mates when Millwall reached the final 14 years ago and he roared: “Let’s recreate the same sort of history.”
But to make Cahill’s dreams become reality, the Lions will have to clear more fences than a Grand National horse.
Millwall needed a stoppage-time equaliser from
Ben Thompson to force a replay at Spotland, where Cahill – whose second coming in Bermondsey was a romantic distraction from Premier League gluttony in the transfer window – could make the bench.
Tottenham will also have to honour their part of the bargain by seeing off Newport at the second time of asking at Wembley tomorrow night.
And Scotland Yard are thought to be less enthusiastic about policing 3,000 Spurs fans along the Old Kent Road.
But Lion king Cahill, who scored the semi-final winner against Sunderland in 2004, fancies another FA Cup run after rejoining his first club on a shortterm contract until the end of the
Swansea Notts County
4th rnd replay, Liberty Stadium, 8.05pm
v NOTTS COUNTY have been given a helping hand from Cardiff as they look to beat the Bluebirds’ bitter rivals.
Cardiff have treated Kevin Nolan’s Magpies to the use of their training ground for tonight’s FA Cup replay.
The League Two outfit believe they can spring a shock after Jon Stead’s equaliser held the Premier League side to a 1-1 draw at Meadow Lane. County coach Mark Crossley said: “Our chairman owns Ilkeston Town and Cardiff used their ground before their FA Cup win at Mansfield.
“They were grateful and returned the favour for us. It was an instant
‘yes’ from them – not a problem.
“We’ve found excellent training facilities and a plush hotel down here. Everything has been about studying Swansea’s strengths and weaknesses.”