It's Aston Villa v United in the 3rd round of the FA Cup again...

United fans will be reasonably happy on hearing the news that the Reds have been drawn against in-form Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup. The champions demolished Villa 4-1 at Villa Park in October, but Martin O'Neill is doing a fine job and his young team are a match for anyone in the Premier League as they showed against Arsenal on Saturday when narrowly losing to the league leaders.

United beat Villa 2-1 at Old Trafford in the third round last year and it will be the fourth time in seven seasons that the two clubs will have met in the FA Cup.

The champions also beat Villa in 2002 and 2004.

Evening News United corrrespondent gets facts wrong over FA Cup record..

Later today United take on Chelsea in the much anticipated FA Cup Final, the Red Devils are of course going for a domestic league and cup double. United have actually won the double three times in the years 1994, 1996 and 1999.

However the Manchester Evening News United correspondent has got his facts wrong here because Stuart Mathieson says that the odds are stacked in the Red's favour because we've always won the FA Cup when we've been crowned League Champions. In point of fact United won the League in 1956-57 but then went on to lose the FA Cup Final to Aston Villa.....oh dear....

Mathieson's FA Cup shocker..