We came close on Sunday afternoon when the second part of our double - Blackburn to draw with Spurs - was let down by Wigan's failure to beat Aston Villa at home.

So we still go into tonight's FA Cup replay between Hartlepool and Rochdale at Victoria Park with some confidence.

The first match was tied 1-1 and the winners have the prospect of facing either Macclesfield or Walsall in the next round.

Significantly, Hartlepool warmed up with a win over Accrington in League Two at the weekend while Rochdale went down 3-2 at Barnet.

However, Pools will definitely be without on-loan striker Darryl Duffy after Hull City once more refused permission for him to play in this cup tie so they will have to reshuffle again.

Rochdale boss Steve Parkin will have the same side available to him but we don't think that will be good enough to see them through.

We reckon Hartlepool will make full use of their home advantage with a bit to spare so we will take Betterbet.com's 9/5 for the home side to be winning at half-time and full-time.