Watford cup favourite
NZPA-Reuter London Elton John’s Watford club have been installed as clear favourites for the English Football Association (F.A.) Cup after being drawn to meet either Plymouth Argyle or Derby County in the semi-finals on April 14. The pop star chairman’s first division side, which won, 3-1, at Birmingham in the quarter-finals on Saturday, are likely to meet Southampton or Everton in the final at Wembley on May 19. Leading London bookmakers have made Everton the second favourite after
the semi-final draw yesterday. Everton, already through to the League Cup final against Liverpool, will meet the winner of the quarter-final replay between Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday. Southampton is third favourite, but faces a tricky task in overcoming Sheffield Wednesday at its home ground, the Dell, next week after its 0-0 draw at Hillsborough yesterday. The draw for the semi-finals has given Sheffield Wednesday’s nucleus of former Everton players every incentive to win the replay.
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Press, 14 March 1984, Page 56
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