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DANNY MURPHY: Aston Villa, Leeds, Wolves and West Ham can become FA Cup legends this weekend but they MUST play their best teams

Aston Villa, Leeds, Wolves and West Ham are traditional big clubs who haven’t won a major trophy between them for more than 25 years.

In that context, the FA Cup is particularly important, so they should all pick the strongest team available for their third-round ties this weekend.

These players and managers will go down in history if they can lift the cup. For Wolves and West Ham, you have to go all the way back to 1980 for their last trophy.

Steven Gerrard takes Aston Villa to Old Trafford in the final tie of the third round of the FA Cup

I was brought up on the FA Cup, not just watching on television but also going to Wembley for the 1986 final between Liverpool and Everton.