"They must be sick of each other by now. City were pretty comfortable when they got the better of them over two legs in the Carabao Cup semi-final, but I think it will be a lot closer this time."
"My eldest brother went to that game, where poor old [Manchester City keeper] Bert Trautmann broke his neck. That cup run was where 'Keep Right On' [the club's anthem] started, and then it was sung at the final too."
"We had finished sixth in the old Division One that season, with a very good team - that was as good as we got, really. We've only made it to the semi-final once since, and there is a Manchester City connection there too."
Newcastle and Manchester City meet for the fifth time this season in an FA Cup fifth-round tie at St James' Park on Saturday. Manchester City dominated their previous Carabao Cup semi-final encounters, but BBC Sport expert Chris Sutton predicts this FA Cup match will be significantly closer. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, a Birmingham City fan, joins Sutton as a guest predictor for the weekend's eight fifth-round ties. Knight reflects on Birmingham's FA Cup history, including their loss to Manchester City in the 1956 'Trautmann final' and their semi-final defeat to Fulham in 1975. Birmingham has never won the FA Cup despite reaching the final twice.
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