Summary
Birmingham City and Aston Villa will hardly be short of incentives when they meet in the Carling Cup quarter-final at St Andrew's next week - but, as well as considerable local bragging rights, the victors will also be able to enjoy some very favourable omens.
For the two old rivals have met in the competition three times before - and on two of those occasions, the winners of this local skirmish went on to lift the cup itself.See the full content of this document
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Omens Are Good for Derby Victors
In 1963, Blues had only minutes to wait to collect the silverware after beating Villa in the two-legged final.
Thirty-one years later Ron Atkinson's Villa side had plenty of work still to do after seeing off Blues in the second round but ul...See the full content of this document
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