Leyton Orient, an English Football League One team, hopes to create one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history when they host reigning Premier League champions Manchester City this Saturday. The match will be broadcast live on BBC One.
Commentator Chris Sutton says that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola always takes the FA Cup very seriously. He believes that this season's FA Cup is Manchester City's best chance to win a trophy. Sutton has made predictions for all 16 fourth-round matches and given his judgment on who will advance to the fifth round.
This week, Sutton's opponents are Jez and Andy Williams of the indie band Doves, who are both Manchester City fans and certainly don't want to see Leyton Orient winning headlines. Doves' new album, "Constellations For the Lonely," will be released on February 28th. Their latest single, "Cold Dreaming," is out now, and they will be touring the UK in February and March.
Drummer Andy and guitarist Jez are both lifelong Manchester City fans. Jez admits that he briefly supported Manchester United. Jez told BBC Sport: "Andy supported Man City, and because we're twins, I wanted to be my own person, so I picked the opposite team. That was when we were six or seven, I thought, if he's blue, I'm going to be red! So, I went red, but then I saw the light and soon switched to the right side."
Andy explained that Colin Bell and Mike Summerbee are Manchester City legends, and although their era was before our time, they are still important figures in Manchester. We used to go to Mike Summerbee's soccer school, and I won a penalty shootout, which is the only football trophy I've ever won, and I still keep it in my studio, a plastic thing. Summerbee was the goalkeeper, and I had a technique where I would run back and forth with my run-up and then just kick it. I think everyone was laughing at me, so he just let me score. I thought I was being clever, but probably looked a bit daft!"
Andy said, "We used to go to Maine Road to watch them play, and I think our next hero was Georgi Kinkladze." Jez added, "And Paul Dickov and the Goat (Shaun Goater). They were all great. Obviously, they were in what I call the dark days, but they were inspiring, weren't they? When they shone, they really shone. Especially Kinkladze, with runs like the goals he scored against Leicester and West Ham in the FA Cup."
Andy said, "I was there. Those were very tough days for City, but when Kinkladze or Uwe Rosler did something special, the whole place would light up. We needed players like that to give us those moments. There have been a few people like that over the years - not just great players, but proper City people."
Chris Sutton, Jez Williams, and Andy Williams were interviewed by Chris Bevan of BBC Sport.