• Portsmouth face Tottenham or Fulham in other tie
• Tough tie for the Cup holders

Chelsea were rewarded for their 2-0 victory over Stoke City in the FA Cup sixth round with a tough semi-final tie against Aston Villa.

Villa fought back from 2-0 down to defeat Reading 4-2 to reach the semi-final, their second appearance at Wembley this season after their Carling Cup final defeat.

“I think at this stage any tie will be tough,” said the Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins after the draw.

In the other semi-final Portsmouth will face the winner of the replay between Tottenham and Fulham.

The Spurs manager Harry Redknapp now has the incentive of a possible semi-final meeting with his former side whom he led to FA Cup glory in 2008.

The ties will be played on the weekend of 10 and 11 April at Wembley Stadium.

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• Government advisers have concerns over housing and shops
• Club have been looking for sponsor for naming rights

Tottenham’s hopes for a new stadium have received a blow after the government’s architectural watchdog refused to fully support the club’s Northumberland Development Project.

Spurs want to build a ground adjacent to their White Hart Lane site and although the design of the 56,250-capacity arena has been praised, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) has criticised aspects of the proposals.

Cabe, whose report will be considered by Haringey Council before a decision is made on Spurs’ planning application, has concerns over housing, a supermarket and the public square that have been included in plans.

“For these reasons, although we support the design of the stadium, regrettably we cannot support the planning application as a whole,” Cabe’s design review said. “We are concerned that an overall master plan for the site is not evident: the three components – the stadium, supermarket, and housing – feel like very separate projects without convincing spatial relationships between them.”

Spurs submitted a planning application in October and the proposed stadium was included as a possible venue should England win their bid to host the 2018 World Cup. The club have been looking for a sponsor to take the naming rights for the stadium.

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