Lemerre was hoping that players from Arsenal and Chelsea will be injury free following the Uefa Cup and FA Cup finals respectively.
Cardiff has recently hosted a Rugby World Cup final, FA Cup finals, world championship boxing and rallying, Grand Prix speedway and Ashes Test cricket.
In the past 15 years, just three FA Cup finals have featured a matchup between top-four clubs, while recent finals featured unheralded teams such as Millwall, Southampton, Cardiff and Portsmouth.
Roberts has impressed hugely as an attacking left-back in Tranmere's run to the FA Cup quarter-finals.
The Blues are second behind leaders Manchester United in the Premier League and have a spot in the FA Cup semi-finals.
Sunderland, who still have hopes of automatic promotion, made five changes to the side that lost to Millwall in the FA Cup semi-finals.
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Spurs, who also reached the FA Cup semi-finals, have been locked in a battle with City, Aston Villa and Liverpool for most of the season in the race for fourth place.
In his 608 games in charge at Boundary Park, Royle guided Athletic to two FA Cup semi-finals, a League Cup final and the top flight for the first time in 68 years.
City had dominated but failed to create clear-cut chances, though Richards' eventual breakthrough ensured there will be a Manchester derby in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1926, when City beat United at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
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After the Hammers sealed a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals, manager Avram Grant said the German midfielder had shown no ill effects in what was his first game since suffering a thigh injury while playing for his country in August.
On Monday, the Institute of Groundsmanship, the Football Association and the consultants who oversee Wembley groundstaff held talks in an attempt to find a long-term solution to a problem which reared its head once again during the FA Cup semi-finals on 10 and 11 April.
Milner's performances last season helped Villa reach the 2010 Carling Cup final and the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
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Hughton is also being urged to promote from within the club to boost his ranks, with the club's academy side reaching the 2009-10 FA Youth Cup semi-finals against Aston Villa.
In cup competitions the Red Devils have fared little better, losing in the FA Cup final last season and the League Cup semi-finals in 2005.
The club are in the last 16 of the Champions League, the Carling Cup semi-finals and the fourth round of the FA Cup.
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To reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and to beat that tally would be a real good season for us.
O'Neill has never reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as a manager before, a strange anomaly for a manager who has won the League Cup twice with Leicester and the Scottish Cup on three occasions with Celtic.
He has been chairman since 1994, and has overseen a spell which has included an FA Cup final appearance, three League Cup finals, including a win, and a Uefa Cup final for the Teessiders.
And with the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Portsmouth to be played at the venue on 15 May - as well as three Football League play-off finals, the Blue Square Premier play-off final, FA Trophy and FA Vase finals and England's World Cup warm-up match against Mexico during the month - Wembley Stadium announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new surface.
James lost Zola's searching cross in the crowd, gifting Di Matteo his third goal in Wembley finals - one league cup and two FA Cup strikes.
The Black Cats are through to the semi-finals of this season's FA Youth Cup and the 17-year-old believes the team are focused on the job ahead.
As well as knocking the Ewood Park side out of the Carling Cup earlier this season, Villa also came out on top in the third round of the FA Cup in 2010 on their way to the semi-finals.
He also managed Ipswich Town for more than 13 years between 1969 and 1982, winning the FA Cup in 1978 and the Uefa Cup in 1981, and guided England to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup.
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