Deeney:

When Watford visited Woking in the third round, few would have dreamed of a Wembley showdown, with then-Centurions Manchester City, in the final.

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But the game that followed was far from a fairytale, with Watford 2-0 down by half-time, and going on to concede four more, as City ran away as 6-0 victors to claim their sixth FA Cup.

In light of Manchester City being found guilty, pending appeal, of 114 out of the 115 charges put against them by the Premier League, there has been a lot of talk about the potential of stripping titles from the Cityzens.

Crucially, however, there is no suggestion that City could have their domestic or European honours taken away as, for the time being at least, proceedings are strictly related to the Premier League.

But a discussion about whether City fairly won such silverware has, inevitably, rolled on regardless.

Deeney told TalkSport that the heavy defeat inflicted upon Watford on that day means he does not feel cheated, even following City’s unprecedented guilty verdict.

“No, we got spanked, so it doesn’t matter,” Deeney laughed.

“I was doing a podcast with Sam [Matterface] and [Alex] Crook the other day, and they were saying about basically being elevated to that point, like, ‘Oh, you’re now an FA Cup champion, how does it feel?’

“I was like, ‘Terrible’, I don’t feel like I’ve earned it. The whole point of sport is to feel like you’ve earned it, and to fight for those things, and to get elevated to it is a bit silly.”

As well as potentially stripping City of their Premier League titles, forcing them to apply to enter the EFL, is also an option, and has been strongly discussed among supporters of all clubs.

But Deeney was clear that he did not support the idea, which he said would be unfair to current EFL clubs.

“I’ve been really quiet on this City thing because I want to see it play out,” he said. “I feel like everyone’s just jumping on the bandwagon, maybe because it’s an international break and it’s a slow news week.

“But there’s been some ridiculous comments that I’m seeing, like ‘Send them to League Two’ was one of the things I read the other day.

“Because that’s going to be fair to the whole of the EFL, isn’t it, to see them run through every team 100-0 every week, that would be great.”

As well as being opposed to the suggestion of banishing City to the depths of the EFL, Deeney also emphasised that he does not want to discuss the matter too much while the process is ongoing, and criticised those who have set their stool out on it.

“The process hasn’t ended, that’s the point, so they could go to an appeal, and this could all be wrong and the decision could be reversed,” he insisted. “Then would everyone take back their opinion? I don’t think so.

“So, I always try to wait until the end result of it and then we can go, ‘Okay, here’s the facts, here’s what we know is definite, let’s go ahead with that’.”