FOOTBALL: Andy's banking on home help

WEST Brom midfielder Andy Johnson, who got the winner at Sunderland in the third round, reckons the Baggies can keep their Cup run going all the way to the semi-finals.

Johnson said: "Fulham don't have the firepower to pose a threat. Phillips and Quinn were a threat, but we shut them out. That game gave us a chance to prove we were capable of competing with the big- spending clubs and we did just that."

Since then Leicester and Cheltenham have both been dispatched 1-0 at The Hawthorns, and Johnson believes the home crowd will be a telling factor today.

"There will be 25,000 fans shouting us on," he said. "Fulham will bring a few but they won't be heard."

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