article_snippet: Whoever agreed to schedule Aston Villa’s FA Cup quarter-final with West Bromwich Albion at 5.30 on a Saturday evening showed a dangerous lack of foresight.
article_snippet: A spokesman said: ‘Both West Brom and Villa, along with the police, agreed to the kick-off time and raised no objections.’
article_snippet: If you look at the four games for the FA Cup quarter-finals this week, you couldn't probably have picked a worse one to have on a Saturday tea-time than a local derby between two big clubs.'
article_snippet: West Brom sources suggested the kick-off time did cause concern but no formal objection was made.
highlights_snippet: Aston Villa moved into the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 defeat of West Brom at Villa Park on Saturday .
  