Bolton v Arsenal
The FA Cup
Fourth Round
5.40pm, Saturday 27 January 2006
Live on BBC1
Winning clubs will receive £40,000, televised clubs receive £150,000





28 January 2006
Preview: Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers

With Bolton having already beaten Arsenal at the Reebok this season, the Trotters will be confident of Cup success.

Stelios Giannakopoulos is hoping that he can pile further misery on Arsenal, after scoring winning goals against the North London side on their previous two visits to Reebok.

With Arsenal losing out to Wigan in the League Cup final on Tuesday evening The FA Cup could represent their final chance of silverware this season but they will have to overcome a defiant Bolton side.

Stelios said: "We feel excited as it is a big match for us. We have beat Arsenal already in the league this season at our home ground, so why not do it again?

"Against Watford it was a good game for us but difficult also, they are one of the top teams in the Championship. I was pleased to score in the game but it was more important that we got through to the next round."

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce is not convinced that it is a good time to play the Gunners.

He said: "They have had a little bit of a blip and the title might be out of their grasp now so they have to concentrate on the other competitions. The FA Cup is now probably their best chance of a trophy this season.

"They'll come at us all guns blazing so I'm not sure it's the best time to play them."

Meanwhile Thierry Henry is desperate to become the first man to lift the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium. The Arsenal captain has won the trophy three times since joining from Juventus in 1999.

But he admits it would give him the greatest pleasure of all to get his hands on the famous trophy in May. Current FA Cup holders Arsenal face Bolton on Saturday in the Fourth Round of the competition.

And Henry said: "Throughout my time here we have played a lot of finals at the Millennium Stadium, won quite a lot, and lost once.

"We have some great memories - there is no doubt that there is something about the cup for us.

"In my first year here we lost in the third round to Leicester, but since then we have always been to at least the semi-finals. Let's hope we can do that again this year.

"I'm sure there will be a lot of teams hoping to make history and be the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley. And we would love to be the team to lift the trophy."