Shades of ’99 as United eye Cup upturn

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But, in the wake of a fourth round romp that could have ended in a double-digit victory, there is one area in which the 2013 United squad need to catch up with their predecessors — by winning the FA Cup.

It is a curious anomaly in the modern game. United, record 11-time winners of the FA Cup, have not won the world’s most famous club cup competition since 2004, a fact that leaves Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher as the only current Reds with winner’s medals in their collection.