 Given akagadzwa mubatsiri wenguva pfupi kuna Paul Lambert musi wa 15 Kubvumbi 2014, mushure mekunge kirabhu yamisa Ian Culverhouse naGary Karsa, vachimirira kuferefetwa kwemukati nekuda kwechikonzero chisina kuziviswa. Given akatamba mumitambo yese yeAston Villa ye2014-15 FA Cup iyo yakatungamira pakuonekwa mu2015 FA Cup Final aine makore makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe, iyo Villa yakarasikirwa ne4-0 kuArsenal. Mukombe uyu wakatanga nekukunda Blackpool 1-0, ndokuenderera mberi nekukunda Bournemouth neLeicester City 2-0, uye kukunda West Bromwich Albion 2-0. Mumutambo we semi-final, Villa yakauya kubva pachinangwa pasi kuti ikunde Liverpool 21, ichiisa kirabhu yavo yekutanga FA Cup yekupedzisira kubvira 2000. 