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FA Cup: No-thrills Simon Grayson on Aston Villa, Preston - and managing in Nepal

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Preston North End face Aston Villa in the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday, 30 March .

Former Aston Villa player Simon Grayson is in Nepal for the 2025 Nepal Super League season.

Preston and Aston Villa battle for a place at Wembley in the semi-finals of the competition this weekend .

Grayson is a four -time promotion-winning Preston boss closing in on 800 games as a manager.

Grayson joined Villa from Leicester City in June 1997 , 15 months after Villa won the League Cup by beating Leeds in the 1996 final.

Villa have not won a major trophy since but Grayson believes that could be about to change under Unai Emery .

Grayson says winning the FA Cup could be a big opportunity for Villa this season .

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