FA Cup – Spurs 1 Aston Villa 2
A look back at Villa’s FA Cup win against Spurs, that sets up a home tie against Newcastle United at Villa Park.
Villa’s trip to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium had everything a cup tie should.
Noise, needle, moments of quality, moments of chaos, and a sense that one team understood the occasion far better than the other. Aston Villa went to Tottenham, took the FA Cup seriously, and left having knocked Spurs out for the second season running.
The My Old Man Said podcast’s post-mortem episode doesn’t run chronologically, instead it picks out the moments that defined the game. Villa’s control in the first half. Two exquisite goals that reflected preparation and confidence. Spurs’ brief second-half push. And the way Villa weathered it without ever losing their grip.
There’s discussion of Emi Buendía’s influence, Morgan Rogers’ physicality, Youri Tielemans’ intelligence in tight spaces, and why this game suited Villa’s evolving style perfectly. There’s also a wider conversation about mentality. About why some Villa sides of the past have treated the FA Cup as a burden, and why this one clearly doesn’t.
From the scenes in the away end to the handbags at full-time, this felt like a team enjoying competition rather than managing it. Villa didn’t just progress. They owned the occasion.
A proper cup tie. Properly won.
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