Swansea City were poised to land a plum tie at Liverpool in the fourth round when they crashed out of the FA Cup at Havant back in January.
The then runaway League One leaders were shocked by the non league side who enjoyed their day in the spotlight and led twice at Anfield before eventually being overrun.
And with this year’s draw throwing them another away trip to non league opposition in Histon, the Swans midfielder believes that this time around they can finally put that defeat to bed and progress to Round Four.
Speaking to Wales on Sunday, Britton said โItโs good to have the opportunity to put it to bed
โAnd at least we donโt need to be told about what weโre going to face. We know itโs going to be tough.
โWe had five games against non-league sides last year and theyโre all fresh in the memory, especially the one we lost.
โWe just have to make sure we donโt make the same mistake twice.
โWhen youโre a league side, you donโt expect to get beaten by a non-league side, whoever you are.
โItโs not a nice feeling when you lose in your own division, let alone in the cup against a side quite a few divisions below you.
โAnd then when we lost the opportunity to play Liverpool, that hurt in its own right.
โI, for one, havenโt had the chance to play in a massive stadium against a side like that.
โBut shocks happen and we had to bounce back, which we did.
โYou canโt beat yourself up about it forever.
โPeople still give me stick โ Jason Scotland constantly reminds me โ but itโs gone, itโs in the past.
โThe whole night was just a horrible experience.
โThe weather was terrible, the pitch was bad, the fans were right on top of you. It wasnโt nice at all.
โFor the next day or two we were down, but we had two quick games and won both, so it clearly didnโt affect us.
โBut we can remember what it felt like and we will use that against Histon.
โIt was a little bit disrespectful,โ admitted Britton in reply to questions about Histon’s reaction to the draw, โbut in a way I can understand it.
โTheyโve done well to get to the third round and it might have been their only chance to have drawn one of the top sides in the country.
โThey would have had their hearts set on a Premiership team or a day out at a big club.
โWe know weโre not a glamour tie.โ