England manager Roy Hodgson was in Preston to do the draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals, alongside legendary English player Sir Tom Finney’s son, Brian.
The draw gave us some nice ties – here’s all you need to know about them.
Liverpool v Blackburn
What better way to close your eyes and remember a simpler time for the nascent Premier League than by basking in some old-fashioned fixture nostalgia?
Twenty years ago, after the final game of the 1994/95 season, Blackburn were confirmed as champions at Anfield despite a 2-1 defeat.
It was a different world then: Kenny Dalglish was still a cutting edge coach, Tim Sherwood was a title-winning captain rather than a relegation-scrapping coach and silverware could still be bought by homegrown sugar-daddies like Jack Walker rather than overseas sugar-daddies like Roman Abramovich.
Source: DSG
