25-01-2018, 05:58
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Jeff Astle scores Albion's opener in the FA Cup quarter-final decider against Liverpool, 18th April 1968
Our FA Cup adventure continues (though perhaps not for much too much longer) at Anfield on Saturday night, as we take on Liverpool in the hope of finding a way into the hat for the fifth round.
Leaving aside the deeply unpopular kick-off time and the needless disrespect of Liverpool electing not to wear armbands in their match on Monday night - both issues which leave Albion fans feeling a bit more of a grudge about this tie than usual - there's probably no better point to come face to face with the likes of Liverpool, having held them to a goalless draw in the league before Christmas and seen them slip up at Swansea at the start of the week, while Albion in contrast have been getting some momentum together and fully deserved three points from our Merseyside trip last Saturday.
Pardew put out a strong team against Exeter in the third round, and there's no reason why he shouldn't do the same at Anfield this weekend. Fifty years since our last cup win - en route to which we overcame Bill Shankly's great Liverpool side - is it possible Albion can get one step closer to a long-overdue repeat of '68?
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley