villa last won the fa cup in 1982.
villa last won the fa cup in 1982.
when did villa last win the fa cup?
1982
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villa began 2013 with a 2–2 draw against swansea city at the liberty stadium. wayne routledge gave the swans an early lead, before an andreas weimann strike on the stroke of half-time brought villa level. villa looked to have snatched a vital win, when they earned an 84th-minute penalty (their first in almost a year) which was converted by christian benteke. however, a stoppage time equaliser from danny graham made sure the points were shared. the club gained their first win of the new year, as they beat ipswich town 2–1 in the fa cup on 5 january. villa had to come from behind however, as michael chopra's deflected shot gave ipswich a half time lead. darren bent equalised immediately after the break with a goal against his former club and andreas weimann booked villa's place in the fourth round with an 83rd-minute winner. villa were then drawn to face millwall at the den in the fourth round of the fa cup to be played on 25 january. the first leg of the league cup semi-final against bradford city was next for villa three days later. the match did not go the way villa would have thought, wanted or hoped for though as they lost 1–3 to the bantams at valley parade. bradford took the lead early in the first half as nahki wells beat the offside trap to finish neatly past shay given after a deflected shot. matt duke made a series of inspired saves throughout both halves keeping villa at bay, before rory mcardle put bradford 2–0 up in the 77th minute. villa pulled a goal back five minutes later through andreas weimann, but bradford regained their two-goal advantage when carl mchugh fired a header past given to give bradford a shock victory and leave villa with all the work to do in the second leg to reach the final. villa's league cup hangover continued as they were beaten 0–1 by fellow strugglers southampton in a must win six-pointer. rickie lambert converted a highly controversial penalty won by jay rodriguez, who looked to have gone done with no contact under the challenge of enda stevens. this result meant southampton leapfrogged villa, who dropped back into the relegation places for the first time since november. the team then competed in a local derby against west bromwich albion, where they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2–2. christian benteke and gabriel agbonlahor gave villa a half time lead but chris brunt pulled a goal back immediately after the break for the baggies. they continued to attack, controlling the game, and eventually peter odemwingie equalised meaning the points were shared. villa's misery then continued, as the team was knocked out of the league cup by fourth-tier bradford city. after losing 1–3 in the first leg, villa had to win by two clear goals to take the tie to extra-time. however, they could only manage a 2–1 victory (3–4 on aggregate) and exited the competition as a result. yet more gloom and doom followed as the team were knocked out of a second cup in four days. after losing 1–2 against millwall in the fa cup. darren bent gave villa the lead but danny shittu equalised five minutes later for the hosts, with villa conceding from yet another corner. just as a replay looked on the cards, john marquis grabbed the winner for the championship outfit, to send them through and pile even more pressure onto the extremely fragile villa team and manager paul lambert. villa's awful january was compounded in their last game of the month, against newcastle united. newcastle raced into a 2–0 half time lead after goals from papiss cissé and yohan cabaye but christian benteke pulled a goal back for villa early in the second half from the penalty spot. however, it was not enough as the toon held on for the win, despite a major villa fightback. this result was villa's fourth home defeat in a row.
2012–13 aston villa f.c. season