Villa scrape past Gillingham

Gillingham 1 Aston Villa 2

Sun, 04 Jan, 2009 - 16:06

Gillingham 1 Aston Villa 2

Birthday boy James Milner grabbed both goals as Aston Villa reached the fourth round of the FA Cup for only the second time in eight seasons - but they were given a scare by Gillingham.

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