Right, that’s it from me. But make sure you join Rob Smyth for the evening game: Preston North End v Arsenal.
You should be able to see all the full-time scores above. Millwall, Derby and Wolves have all ousted Premier League opposition, while Lincoln and Sutton continue to fly the non-league flag by taking league sides to replays. Elsewhere there has been a bit of a non-league cull, with Eastleigh, Barrow and Stourbridge all losing.
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Full-time at Adams Park: And seventh-tier Stourbridge exit the competition at the hands of Wycombe Wanderers.
Full-time at The Hawthorns: Derby spring a surprise and beat West Brom 2-1.
Full-time at the Macron Stadium: Bolton have held Crystal Palace to a 0-0 draw.
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Full-time at the New York Stadium: Oxford win 3-2 to oust Championship strugglers Rotherham from the competition.
Full-time at the bet365 Stadium: Stoke City are dumped out by Wolves.
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And it’s all over at Gander Green Lane: Sutton are in the fourth round draw for the first time since THAT win over Coventry in 1989. They’re in the hat but they have to travel to AFC Wimbledon for a replay.
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Full-time at Griffin Park: no shock for Eastleigh – Brentford run out 5-1 winners.
And full-time at Portman Road: Ipswich will have to travel to Sincil Bank for a replay with Lincoln after a 2-2 draw.
Full-time at the Den. League One Millwall knock out Premier League Bournemouth.
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GOAL! Millwall 3-0 Bournemouth
This is getting a little embarrassing for Eddie Howe’s side. Shane Ferguson makes it 3-0 in injury time.
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GOAL! Rotherham 2-3 Oxford United
Tom Adeyemi pulls Rotherham back into it.
GOAL! Hull 2-0 Swansea
Josh Tymon scores a second for Marco Silva’s side.
GOAL! Norwich 2-2 Southampton
A late equaliser for the Canaries thanks to Steven Naismith.
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GOAL! Rotherham 1-3 Oxford United
Kane Hemmings confirms Oxford’s place in the fourth round.
GOAL! Wycombe 2-1 Stourbridge
More magic-killing! Adebayo Akinfenwa nods Wanderers in front once more.
GOAL! Ipswich 2-2 Lincoln
Heartbreak for the Imps! Tom Lawrence scores his and Ipswich’s second to deny the non-leaguers.
GOAL! Huddersfield 4-0 Port Vale
Jack Payne gets his second and Huddersfield have four.
Lincoln are holding on now at Portman Road. Five minutes plus stoppages to go.
GOAL! Rotherham 1-2 Oxford United
Phil Edwards puts the League One side ahead once more.
GOAL! Huddersfield 3-0 Port Vale
No one will want to draw Huddersfield in the fourth round. Harry Bunn makes it three.
GOAL! Stoke 0-2 Wolves
Matt Doherty doubles Wolves’ advantage with 10 minutes to go.
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More misery from Forest – Eric Lichaj has missed a penalty.
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GOAL! Watford 2-0 Burton
There’s not going to be a shock at Vicarage Road. Former Liverpool forward Jerome Sinclair scores his first goal for the Hornets.
GOAL! Hull 1-0 Swansea
Abel Hernández scores the first goal of the Marco Silva era.
GOAL! Wycombe 1-1 Stourbridge
A huge goal at Adams Park. Dan Scarr equalises for seventh-tier Stourbridge.
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GOAL! Huddersfield 2-0 Port Vale
That should be that at the John Smith’s Stadium. Kasey Palmer doubles the Huddersfield lead.
GOAL! Brighton 2-0 MK Dons
Tomer Hemed gives Albion a two-goal cushion.
Hull have announced an attendance of 6,608 at the KCom Stadium, including 210 away fans. I’d say that’s a reasonably impressive boycott given they average over 20,000 in the Premier League.
GOAL! Everton 1-2 Leicester
What a turnaround at Goodison. Musa bags his second to put the Foxes in front.
GOAL! Norwich 1-2 Southampton
Not a great couple of minutes for sides in Suffolk and Norfolk. Yoshida heads Saints back in front.
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GOAL! Ipswich 1-2 Lincoln
Oof. Here we are then! Theo Robinson has put the National League leaders back ahead at Portman Road.
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GOAL! Everton 1-1 Leicester
Everton’s lead lasts just a couple of minutes thanks to Ahmed Musa.
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GOAL! Barrow 0-2 Rochdale
That is surely that for the Cumbrian side. Ian Henderson’s second goal of the game, his sixth in his last four appearances, makes safe for Rochdale.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Leicester
Romelu Lukaku scores his fifth goal in seven games to give the hosts the lead at Goodison.
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GOAL! QPR 1-2 Blackburn
Rangers are back in it. Jake Bidwell’s penalty halves the Blackburn lead.
GOAL! Accrington 2-1 Luton
Omar Beckles restores Stanley’s lead.
GOAL! Wigan 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Yanic Wildschut piles the misery on the long-suffering Forest fans.
GOAL! QPR 0-2 Blackburn
QPR’s recent dismal record continues – Liam Feeney doubles the advantage for the visitors.
GOAL! Accrington 1-1 Luton Town
Jake Gray equalises for the Hatters.
GOAL! Rotherham 1-1 Oxford United
Danny Ward equalises for the Championship’s bottom side.
GOAL ! West Brom 1-2 Derby
Tom Ince has completed a very quick turnaround at the Hawthorns.
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GOAL! Wycombe 1-0 Stourbridge
The lowest placed side left in the competition, seventh-tier Stourbridge, had the best of the first half but Sam Wood has put the Chairboys ahead at Adams Park.
GOAL! Norwich 1-1 Southampton
Steven Whittaker equalises for the Championship side from the penalty spot.
GOAL! Millwall 2-0 Bournemouth
Callum Wilson was thrown on at half-time by Eddie Howe in place of Jordan Lee but it has not had the desired effect. Shaun Cummings has doubled the lead for the League One team.
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GOAL! West Brom 1-1 Derby
Darren Bent has equalised for the Championship side.
Well, at half-time the shocks could be coming at the Den, where Millwall lead Bournemouth, or the bet365 Stadium where Wolves lead Stoke. Oxford United, leading Rotherham, are the only other side beating a team from the divisions above.
GOAL! Brentford 5-1 Eastleigh
Romaine Sawyers. 5-1. A tough team talk for Martin Allen.
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GOAL! Wigan 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Forest, in desperate need of some cheer, haven’t found any so far at the DW Stadium. Will Grigg may not be on fire but he has prodded his side into the lead from close range.
GOAL! Accrington 1-0 Luton
Sean McConville puts Stanley ahead in the battle of the League Two sides.
GOAL! Rotherham 0-1 Oxford Utd
The U’s have missed a penalty but they’re still ahead against the Championship side before half-time. Ryan Taylor, who was born in Rotherham and played well over 100 games for the Millers in a six-year spell with the club, has given the League One team the lead.
GOAL! Birmingham 1-1 Newcastle
Lukas Jutkiewicz has put Gianfranco Zola’s side back on level terms at St Andrew’s.
“Elliot Carr-Barnsley’s point about Cliff Hercules and the mighty Aylesbury United reminded me of the time when the big man should’ve scored for the Ducks against Bobby Robson’s England,” writes Mac Millings.
GOAL! Brentford 4-1 Eastleigh
Eastleigh had hit the bar at 3-1 but Tom Field has his second of the afternoon and the Bees have a three-goal lead once more.
GOAL! Norwich City 0-1 Southampton
Virgil van Dijk adds a few more pounds to his asking price with a fine finish to give Saints the lead against Norwich.
Oxford United have a penalty against Rotherham … but Chris Maguire sees his spot-kick saved by Lewis Price.
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GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Derby
Matt Phillips gives Albion the lead against Steve McClaren’s side.
Also away from the FA Cup, Alan Smith’s caretaker spell in charge of Notts County has got off to a shaky start – his team are 3-0 down at Morecambe.
GOAL! Brentford 3-1 Eastleigh
They still have a mountain to climb but Eastleigh are on the scoreboard – Ayo Obileye scores from a couple of yards out after a corner from the visitors.
GOAL! Stoke City 0-1 Wolves
Another Premier League team are behind to lower-league opposition. Helder Costa has put Wolves 1-0 up at Stoke.
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GOAL! Huddersfield 1-0 Port Vale
Jack Payne puts the Championship team ahead at the John Smith’s Stadium.
GOAL! Millwall 1-0 Bournemouth
Crank up your shockometer – League One Millwall are ahead against the Bournemouth second string. Steve Morison has put the Lions in front.
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Away from the FA Cup, it has been a fine afternoon for Bristol Rovers. It’s not half past three yet and they’re already 4-0 up against Northampton.
“Would those FA Cup rules about only one person giving tactical instructions have prevented Coventry – with their two co-managers – from winning in 1987?” wonders Stuart Goodacre. Presumably not, as long as only one talked to the players.
GOAL! Watford 1-0 Burton Albion
Christian Kabasele has scored for the Premier League side. It’s an upset-free zone this afternoon at the moment.
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GOAL! Brentford 2-0 Eastleigh
And it’s looking bleak for Martin Allen and Eastleigh. Tom Field has doubled Brentford’s lead.
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GOAL! Barrow 0-1 Rochdale
Another non-league side slips behind early on. Ian Henderson has given League One Rochdale the lead.
“Just to add to your QPR stat,” writes Elliot Carr-Barnsley. “In 1995 their third round tie was at home against Cliff Hercules’ mighty Aylesbury United, then in the equivalent of the National League South I think, at home. Failure to progress at least to the fourth round would have been embarrassing even by their standards.”
GOAL! Ipswich 1-1 Lincoln
The non-league side are ahead for just six minutes – Tom Lawrence equalises for the Championship side.
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GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Eastleigh
Graham Stack, once of Arsenal, can’t keep out Yoann Barbet’s penalty at Griffin Park.
GOAL! Brighton 1-0 MK Dons
The Championship leaders take the lead thanks to Beram Kayal.
GOAL! QPR 0-1 Blackburn
QPR’s utterly miserable time in the Cup is showing no sign of abating – Joel Lynch’s own goal puts Rovers ahead.
GOAL! Birmingham 0-1 Newcastle United
Daryl Murphy gives Rafa Benítez’s side the lead.
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GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Lincoln City
The first FA Cup goal of the afternoon: and it’s gone to non-league Lincoln City at Portman Road. The Imps, leaders of the National Premier, are 1-0 up against Ipswich thanks to Theo Robinson’s sixth-minute goal.
Also at Gander Green Lane, AFC Wimbledon supporter Barry James photographed before the match today and back in 2002 for the club’s first-ever match against Sutton United:
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Someone has been attracted to The Cup Magic on offer at Gander Green Lane:
Special guest in for the Sutton match pic.twitter.com/NVFz56hR5c
— Jack Lang (@jacklang) January 7, 2017
It’ll be interesting to see the attendance at the Kcom Stadium in Hull. Home fans have organised a boycott for the fixture.
We can't offer a "come on City" for #hcafc at kick-off today, because like virtually everyone else, we aren't there. Sad day. #AllamOut
— Amber Nectar (@Amber__Nectar) January 7, 2017
Those FA Cup rules (pdf) I mentioned earlier are rather eye-opening. Some things I didn’t know:
- “In all Rounds of the Competition, the number of Clubs’ players and Officials seated on the team benches, in the designated technical area, must not exceed 14 unless the team bench facility provides more than 14 individual seats.”
- “Only one person has the authority to convey tactical instructions to the players during the match. He is allowed to move to the edge of the technical area to issue instructions to his team.”
So if you see 15 people on a bench without 15 seats, or an assistant manager conveying tactics to a player …
Rotherham v Oxford Utd
Rotherham: Price, Fisher, Broadfoot, Wood, Mattock, Forde, Adeyemi, Vaulks, Newell, Ward, Odemwingie. Subs: Kelly, Taylor, Kelvin Wilson, Blackstock, Belaid, Yates, McMahon.
Oxford Utd: Eastwood, Edwards, Nelson, Dunkley, Johnson, Hall, Lundstram, Ledson, MacDonald, Taylor, Maguire. Subs: Skarz, Sercombe, Buchel, Ruffels, Hemmings, Rothwell, Raglan.
Referee: James Adcock (Nottinghamshire)
Birmingham v Newcastle
Birmingham: Legzdins, Spector, Shotton, Robinson, Grounds, Kieftenbeld, Gleeson, Davis, Che Adams, Fabbrini, Jutkiewicz. Subs: Tesche, Cotterill, Brown, Stewart, Dacres-Cogley, Morrison, Kuszczak.
Newcastle: Sels, Yedlin, Lascelles, Hanley, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Tiote, Lazaar, Murphy, Mitrovic. Subs: Clark, Dummett, Gayle, Ritchie, Hayden, Gouffran, Darlow.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
“Good morning from the colonies, Sir John!” writes Anonymous. “Noted a Dempsey starting for Fleetwood Town against Bristol City. I know he’s probably not related to Clinton Drew Dempsey, but thought you might have some background on the lad. Love the FA Cup, just wish there were a few more Yanks involved. But we’ll take what we can get.”
Well, one American involved is Bournemouth’s Emerson Hyndman, who makes his first start for the club today:
Brighton v Milton Keynes Dons
Brighton: Maenpaa, Hunt, Hunemeier, Goldson, Adekugbe, Kayal, Sidwell, March, Towell, Murphy, Hemed. Subs: Stephens, Skalak, Ankergren, Murray, Norwood, Duffy, Ince.
Milton Keynes Dons: Martin, Baldock, Walsh, Lewington, B Williams, Upson, Potter, Agard, Aneke, Reeves, Maynard. Subs: Powell, Nicholls, Rasulo, Brittain, Furlong, Tshimanga, Thomas-Asante.
Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Brentford v Eastleigh
Brentford: Bentley, Dean, Egan, Barbet, Colin, McEachran, Yennaris, Woods, Field, Sawyers, Vibe. Subs: Saunders, Hofmann, McCormack, Bonham, Clarke, Jota, Mepham.
Eastleigh: Stack, Dugdale, Essam, Hoyte, Odoffin, Obileye, Togwell, Coulson, Green, Constable, Bird. Subs: Reason, Wilson, Mandron, Childs.
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
Millwall: Archer, Webster, Cummings, Hutchinson, Craig, Onyedinma, Thompson, Williams, O’Brien, Gregory, Morison. Subs: Worrall, Romeo, Butcher, Ferguson, Abdou, Smith, King.
AFC Bournemouth: Federici, Lee, Marc Wilson, Mings, Brad Smith, Surman, Hyndman, Pugh, Ibe, Grabban, Mousset. Subs: Steve Cook, Gosling, Callum Wilson, Lewis Cook, Allsop.
Referee: Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire)
I think that may be 11 changes for Bournemouth. The FA rule on team selection for the Cup under “Provisions Concerning Players” is the pointlessly vague: “Each team participating in a match shall represent the full available strength of each competing club,” with note on what action would be taken in the event of that rule being breached. So while teams in the EFL Trophy faced fines earlier in the season for fielding weakened teams in that not-at-all-farcical competition, the Cherries almost certainly won’t.
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Sunderland v Burnley
Sunderland: Mannone, Love, Manquillo, Djilobodji, Van Aanholt, Denayer, Rodwell, Larsson, Januzaj, Defoe, Borini. Subs: Mika, O’Shea, Ethan Robson, Asoro, Maja, Honeyman, Embleton.
Burnley: Pope, Tarkowski, Gudmundsson, Keane, Ward, Arfield, Defour, Darikwa, Barton, Gray, Vokes. Subs: Lowton, Mee, Marney, Barnes, Kightly, Hendrick, Robinson.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
Ipswich v Lincoln City
Ipswich: Gerken, Emmanuel, Webster, Berra, Knudsen, Ward, Bru, Dozzell, Lawrence, Pitman, Sears. Subs: Douglas, McLoughlin, McDonnell, Morris, Fowler, Webber, Bialkowski.
Lincoln City: Farman, Wood, Waterfall, Raggett, Habergham, Hawkridge, Woodyard, Power, Arnold, Robinson, Rhead. Subs: Long, Muldoon, Marriott, Miles, Fixter, McCombe, Walker.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Barrow v Rochdale
Barrow: Flatt, Beeley, Livesey, Diarra, Anderton, Rowe, Harvey, Hughes, Williams, Harrison, Bennett. Subs: Haworth, Hannah, Coughlin, Meikle, Murray, Wright, Anderson.
Rochdale: Logan, Rafferty, McGahey, McNulty, Lund, Keane, Camps, Rathbone, Andrew, Henderson, Davies. Subs: Lillis, Canavan, Mendez-Laing, Noble-Lazarus, Allen, Cannon, Owuso.
Referee: David Webb (County Durham)
West Brom v Derby
West Brom: Myhill, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Galloway, Yacob, Fletcher, Phillips, Morrison, McClean, Rondon. Subs: Foster, Robson-Kanu, Gardner, Chadli, Harper, Field, Wilson.
Derby: Carson, Baird, Keogh, Shackell, Hanson, de Sart, Bryson, Johnson, Ince, Bent, Camara. Subs: Venam, Russell, Pearce, Vydra, Weimann, Mitchell, Guy.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Huddersfield v Port Vale
Huddersfield: Coleman, Cranie, Hudson, Stankovic, Holmes-Dennis, Billing, Whitehead, Payne, Palmer, Lolley, Brown. Subs: Ward, Smith, Mooy, Bunn, Wells, Schindler, Hefele.
Port Vale: Alnwick, Purkiss, Streete, Smith, Knops, de Freitas, Grant, Kelly, Taylor, Thomas, Cicilia. Subs: Forrester, Pereira, Miguel Santos, Amoros, Shalaj, Hart.
Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne & Wear)
Bolton v Crystal Palace
Bolton: Alnwick, Wilson, Wheater, Beevers, Andrew Taylor, Thorpe, Spearing, Clough, Vela, Henry, Madine. Subs: Moxey, Chris Taylor, Proctor, Osede, Trotter, Clayton, Turner.
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Kelly, Fryers, Lee, Ledley, Flamini, Mutch, Remy, Campbell. Subs: Tomkins, Cabaye, Townsend, Husin, KaiKai, Wan Bissaka, Perntreou.
Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)
Victory on Saturday would see Bolton equal a club record of 11 consecutive home wins, which was set between Sep 1904-Jan 1905.#BWFC #CPFC pic.twitter.com/HXuEkrT31a
— BWFC Stats (@bwfcstats) January 6, 2017
Stoke v Wolverhampton
Stoke: Grant, Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Afellay, Imbula, Shaqiri, Krkic, Arnautovic, Crouch. Subs: Bardsley, Allen, Muniesa, Whelan, Adam, Given, Ngoy.
Wolverhampton: Ikeme, Iorfa, Hause, Williamson, Doherty, Saville, Evans, Helder Costa, Enobakhare, Mason, Bodvarsson. Subs: Burgoyne, Edwards, Batth, Dicko, Coady, Price, White.
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
Wigan v Nottm Forest
Wigan: Haugaard, Buxton, Power, Wildschut, Warnock, Powell, Morsy, MacDonald, Jacobs, Grigg, Burn. Subs: Le Fondre, Gomez, Flores, Woolery, Jaaskelainen, Luke Burke, Barrigan.
Nottm Forest: Henderson, Lichaj, Hobbs, Lam, Mancienne, Dumitru, Cash, Pereira, Osborn, Bendtner, Assombalonga. Subs: Mills, Carayol, Pereira Lica, Perquis, Grant, Stojkovic, Vellios.
Referee: Oliver Langford (W Midlands)
Wycombe v Stourbridge
Wycombe: Blackman, Jombati, Stewart, Pierre, Jacobson, Bloomfield, Gape, O’Nien, Cowan-Hall, Akinfenwa, Kashket. Subs: Brown, Thompson, Bean, Hayes, Wood, Weston, De Havilland.
Stourbridge: Matthew Gould, Green, Scarr, Duggan, Westlake, Dodd, Leon Broadhurst, Tonks, Lait, Brown, Benbow. Subs: Canavan, Malhotra, Heath, Pierpiont, Smickle, Gater, Chris Knight.
Referee: Darren England (South Yorkshire)
Sutton Utd v AFC Wimbledon
Sutton Utd: Worner, Downer, Collins, Beckwith, Amankwaah, Deacon, Bailey, Eastmond, Gomis, Tubbs, Biamou. Subs: John, Hudson-Odoi, Fitchett, May, Spence, Monakana, Shaw.
AFC Wimbledon: Shea, Fuller, Charles, Robinson, Kelly, Parrett, Reeves, Bulman, Barcham, Taylor, Elliott. Subs: Francomb, Poleon, Barnett, McDonnell, Egan, Owens, Robertson.
Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
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QPR v Blackburn
QPR: Ingram, Hall, Onuoha, Lynch, Perch, Wszolek, Luongo, Gladwin, Bidwell, Mackie, Eze. Subs: Cousins, El Khayati, Ngbakoto, Lumley, Shodipo, Hamalainen, Manning.
Blackburn: Raya, Greer, Williams, Lowe, Bennett, Marshall, Akpan, Mulgrew, Feeney, Graham, Gallagher. Subs: Steele, Stokes, Nyambe, Tomlinson, Mahoney, Brown, Travis.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Accrington Stanley v Luton
Accrington Stanley: Chapman, Pearson, Beckles, Hughes, Donacien, O’Sullivan, Conneely, Brown, McConville, Edwards, Kee. Subs: Rodgers, Parish, Davies, Clark, Gornell, McCartan, Boco.
Luton: Walton, Rea, Cuthbert, Mullins, Justin, Smith, Lee, Gray, Sheehan, McQuoid, Vassell. Subs: D’Ath, O’Donnell, Cook, Marriott, Ruddock, Senior, King.
Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire)
Watford v Burton Albion
Watford: Pantilimon, Cathcart, Kaboul, Britos, Mason, Kabasele, Doucoure, Capoue, Sinclair, Ighalo, Deeney. Subs: Prodl, Watson, Dja Djedje, Arlauskis, Stewart, Folivi, Eleftheriou.
Burton Albion: McLaughlin, Brayford, McFadzean, Flanagan, Harness, Palmer, Naylor, Williamson, Dyer, Miller, Varney. Subs: Murphy, Mousinho, Akins, Ward, Bywater, McCrory, Barker.
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Manchester United have beaten Reading 4-0 in the lunchtime kick-off.
So the two games selected for TV here in the UK have finished 5-0 and 4-0.
Bristol City v Fleetwood Town
Bristol City: Fielding, Hegeler, Flint, Wright, Little, Brownhill, Smith, Bryan, Tomlin, Djuric, Abraham. Subs: O’Donnell, Golbourne, Freeman, Engvall, Wilbraham, Paterson,
Pack.
Fleetwood Town: Cairns, McLaughlin, Bolger, Pond, Davies, Bell, Glendon, Dempsey, Bobby Grant, Ball, Cole. Subs: Neal, Jonsson, Davis, Nirennold, Long, Hunter, Sowerby.
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Norwich v Southampton
Norwich: McGovern, Whittaker, Martin, Klose, Olsson, Tettey, Howson, Josh Murphy, Pritchard, Naismith, Jerome. Subs: Jarvis, Jones, Lafferty, Jacob Murphy, Bennett, Morris, Godfrey.
Southampton: Lewis, Stephens, Yoshida, van Dijk, Bertrand, Sims, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Reed, Long, Tadic. Subs: Clasie, Davis, Rodriguez, Romeu, Redmond, Taylor, McQueen.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
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Hull v Swansea
Hull: Jakupovic, Meyler, Livermore, Dawson, Robertson, Snodgrass, Huddlestone, Mason, Clucas, Henriksen, Diomande. Subs: Hernandez, Maloney, Weir, Marshall, Tymon, Bowen, Clackstone.
Swansea: Nordfeldt, Naughton, van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Kingsley, Dyer, Fer, Ki, Cork, Sigurdsson, Borja Baston. Subs: Fabianski, Amat, Britton, Llorente, Routledge, Rangel, Fulton.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
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Everton v Leicester
Everton: Robles, Funes Mori, Ashley Williams, Holgate, Coleman, Davies, Barry, Barkley, Baines, Lukaku, Valencia. Subs: Jagielka, Deulofeu, Kone, Mirallas, Cleverley, Oviedo, Hewelt.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Chilwell, Gray, Mendy, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Ulloa. Subs: Hernandez, Musa, James, Kapustka, Okazaki, Zieler, Fuchs.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
A full-strength selection from Everton, while Leicester have made changes.
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For a proper belt-and-braces approach we should at least mention the seven ties that did not crop up in the preamble.
QPR are currently The Worst FA Cup Team on the planet. They’ve won just two of their last 23 FA Cup ties. That’s two wins since 2001. And since 1995 they’ve been past the fourth round only once, a dismal record for a club of their stature. Blackburn Rovers are the visitors to Loftus Road today.
Bristol City are on a miserable run in the Championship, with the pressure mounting on manager Lee Johnson. There’s every chance of Fleetwood Town, eight unbeaten in League One and in the play-off places, adding to his pain at Ashton Gate today.
Luton Town’s trip to Accrington Stanley means we’re guaranteed to have League Two representation in the fourth round.
With Rotherham United rock bottom of the Championship there’s every chance they’ll be meeting Oxford United in a league fixture next year. If the League One side win at the New York Stadium today it would barely really register as a shock.
Stoke City haven’t made much impact on the competition since reaching the final in 2011 but will expect to beat Wolves at the bet365 Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion, beaten finallists in 1983, are top of the Championship and will fancy their chances of kicking off a decent Cup run at home to MK Dons, and Port Vale have happy memories of a 4-3 Cup win over Huddersfield in 2008-09 but have their work cut out at the John Smith’s Stadium today.
The full 3pm fixture list
Accrington Stanley v Luton Town; Barrow v Rochdale; Birmingham City v Newcastle United; Blackpool v Barnsley; Bolton Wanderers v Crystal Palace; Brentford v Eastleigh; Brighton & Hove Albion v MK Dons; Bristol City v Fleetwood Town; Everton v Leicester City; Huddersfield Town v Port Vale; Hull City v Swansea City; Ipswich Town v Lincoln City; Millwall v Bournemouth; Norwich City v Southampton; QPR v Blackburn Rovers; Rotherham United v Oxford United; Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers; Sunderland v Burnley; Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon; Watford v Burton Albion; West Bromwich Albion v Derby County; Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest; Wycombe Wanderers v Stourbridge.
Preamble
Hello all. And welcome to one of the great afternoons in the football calendar.
3pm. Saturday. FA Cup third round day.
And it’s an intriguing set of fixtures. With the broadcasters disappointingly but oh-so-predictably picking the usual suspects for their TV games, scattering the big six across the weekend, we’re conveniently left with the real ties-of-round this afternoon. Take Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon, 1989 giant-killers v 1988 Cup winners, and local rivals to boot. Or Stourbridge, of the Evostick Premier, the seventh tier of the English football pyramid, with the chance to claim the scalp of League Two high-flyers Wycombe Wanderers. Or Barrow, who welcome League One Rochdale and their biggest attendance in 27 years to Holker Street.
Or National Premier leaders Lincoln City, making waves under the managerial stewardship of the Cowley brothers, who will really fancy their chances of an upset at Portman Road against Mick McCarthy’s horribly inconsistent Ipswich Town. Or could the big shock come at Griffin Park, where Martin Allen returns with Eastleigh to face Championship Brentford. Derby County, Norwich City and Burton Albion could all turf our Premier League sides, with West Brom, Southampton and Watford their respective opponents.
There’s Big Sam’s return to Bolton with Crystal Palace. And there’s three all-Premier League ties (if that’s the sort of thing that floats your boat) – Everton v Leicester, Hull v Swansea (with new managers in both dugouts) and Sunderland v Burnley.
And who knows what we might see elsewhere. Can Blackpool, Nottingham Forest or Millwall – three sides having a pretty miserable time of it off the field – give their fans something to cheer about? Will Gianfranco Zola or Rafa Benítez come out on top when Newcastle visit Birmingham? Stick with me to find out.
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