Manchester City are favourites to win this season's FA Cup and salvage something from a troubled season but the seven other clubs left in a wide-open draw may never have a better opportunity to win the trophy.

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Manchester City is the only thing standing in the way of a soccer fairy tale in the FA Cup. Take away City — the behemoth of the English game over the past decade — and the clubs remaining in the famous old competition heading into this weekend's quarterfinals have not won a major trophy between them this century.

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Preston North End are looking to achieve something no team has managed in 45 years - win the FA Cup as a team playing outside the top flight. They have won twice before - in 1889 and 1938 - and were beaten finalists in 1964. The last team to win the competition who did so when not playing in the top tier of English football was West Ham in 1980.

Marcus Rashford ensured that no Ireland international would be added to the list of just six that have won the FA Cup since the turn of the century.

The final place in the FA Cup semi-finals is on offer as Bournemouth host Manchester City in the quarter-finals this afternoon. Crystal Palace eased past Fulham and Nottingham Forest saw off Brighton on penalties yesterday,

Pep Guardiola takes Manchester City back to Bournemouth in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday hoping to avenge the defeat that sparked their stunning decline this season.Looking back at City's first-ever defeat to Bournemouth,