Eidur Gudjohsen wants to win the cup

Last updated : 15 February 2003 By Rob Stanway

Eidur Gudjohnsen
"It will be a very hard game and we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. "Cup Final day for me last year was so enjoyable. You wake up with cramps in your stomach because you are looking forward to everything.

"The day did have everything for me last year - except getting my hands on the trophy. Now I want to experience being on the winning side.

"You can get over the disappointment, of course, because the final is always played close to the end of the season. But it still nags away that we didn't win it. If we can do it this time it'll be the greatest day of my career so far."

And about Stoke...
"Everyone knows the tradition of the FA Cup, there are always teams that are going to be knocked out that we would not expect - just as we have seen this year.

"What we have to do is concentrate on our game and be professional about things and hopefully we can progress to the next round."

Gudjohnsen, 24, admitted: "Everyone in Iceland follows Stoke on TV and they will all be staying in to watch the game.

"It will be a hard game - I know their Icelandic players very well, having played with them for the national team.

"Their centre-half Petur Marteinsson is a good friend of mine. We played against each other in the Icelandic League and then together for the Under-21s and senior national side.

"I was the one who rang him up to tell him about the draw - he was out shopping with his wife and didn't have a clue we had drawn Stoke."