Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shay Given ya bayyana ciwon da har yanzu ke ci gaba daga shawarar Ruud Gullit na yin watsi da shi a gasar cin kofin FA ta 1999 tsakanin Newcastle da Manchester United. Mai tsaron gidan na Jamhuriyar Ireland ya buga kowane zagaye na tseren Newcastle amma an sauke shi a madadin Steve Harper don wasan kwaikwayon Wembley, wanda Sir Alex Ferguson ya ci 2-0. Given har yanzu ba ta sami cikakkiyar cikakkiyar ziyara a filin wasa na kasa ba. Ya taka leda a wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin FA na 1998 da Arsenal ta yi, da kuma rashin nasarar da Chelsea ta yi a wasan kusa da na karshe a 2000. Shay Given zai fara wasa a Aston Villa da Liverpool a wasan kusa da karshe na gasar cin kofin FA a Wembley ranar Lahadi. Yana da lambar cin kofin FA daga 2011 amma ya kasance mai maye gurbin da ba a saba gani ba a wasan karshe da Stoke tare da Joe Hart a raga. Yana neman ya rama wa Liverpool. "Abin farin ciki ne na kasance wani bangare na lashe shi tare da Man City amma idan ba ku yi wasa ba, ba shi da daraja iri ɗaya", in ji shi. Ban san inda lambar yabo ta ke ba don gaskiya. <unk>1999 ya kasance wani abu ne na fuska a fuska. Ka taɓa samun kan shi, ina tsammani? Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba. Ruud Gullit bai ma gaya mani ba, ya sa kocin mai tsaron gida Terry Gennoe ya gaya mani cewa ba na wasa. Amma ba za ka iya duba baya a kwallon kafa ba, dole ne kawai ka duba gaba. Ina so in lashe kofin kuma in yi tarihi a Aston Villa. Dan wasan mai shekaru 38 ya buga duka wasanni hudu na gasar cin kofin FA na Villa a wannan kakar kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai tsabta. Manajan Villa Tim Sherwood ya tabbatar da cewa Given zai fara aiki a ranar Lahadi, kwana daya kafin Irishman ya cika shekaru 39. Manajan Tim Sherwood ya tabbatar da cewa Given, wanda zai cika shekaru 39 gobe, zai ci gaba da zama a kofin maimakon a maye gurbinsa da lamba daya Brad Guzan. Given ya buga kowane zagaye na gasar, yana farawa a karkashin Paul Lambert, kuma yana yin ceto mai mahimmanci a hanya. Given ya yarda ya ji matches na wannan girma ya wuce da shi a lokacin da ya fita a kan aro a Middlesbrough karshe kakar, kamar yadda Lambert jettisoned 'yan wasan da ya bukata don cire kashe da albashi lissafin. A watan Afrilun da ya gabata, ya kasance yana taimakawa tsohon manajan Villa a matsayin mai horarwa lokacin da Ian Culverhouse da Gary Karsa...
Shay Given zai fara wasa da Liverpool a gasar cin kofin FA kwana daya kafin ya cika shekara 39. Tim Sherwood ya tabbatar da labarin yayin da yake shirin wasan kusa da karshe na ranar Lahadi. Given ya taka leda a dukkan wasannin hudu na gasar cin kofin FA na Aston Villa a wannan zangon.