FA Cup third round - in pictures

Bristol City's goalkeeper David James punches the ball clear of his area against Crawley Town. However the former England keeper had to pick the ball out of his net in the 73rd minute when Matt Tubbs slotted the ball into the bottom right corner after a lovely defence-splitting pass from Sergio Torres. Final score: 1-0 Photograph: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

A bumper crowd at Bristol Rovers' Memorial Stadium greeted Premier League Aston Villa and for over half an hour the League two team could still dream of FA Cup glory but a 30-yard shot from Marc Albrighton brought them down to earth. From then on the home side's heads seemed to go down and they allowed Villa to stroke the ball about, seemingly at will, so much so it looked like they were on the training ground. Gabriel Agbonlahor was brought on just after half-time and this proved a good move by Alex McLeish, as the Villa striker notched with a fine finish just after the hour mark. With 12 minutes to go a fine individual goal by Ciaran Clark put Villa in control. Scott McGleish got a consolation goal in the final minute and then was given a chance to get another from the penalty spot following a hand ball by Stephen Warnock. However his weak penalty was saved by Brad Guzan. Final score: 1-3 Photograph: David Davies/PA

Tottenham played host to League Two side Cheltenham for the first competitve match between the two clubs. A capacity crowd at White Hart Lane, including 5,000 travelling fans, saw Jermain Defoe open the scoring midway through the first half. Roman Pavlyuchenko stroked the ball home from six yards just before half-time to double Spurs' lead and Giovani dos Santos chipped a third with three minutes to go for a comfortable victory. Final score: 3-0 Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

There's a clash between East London and South East London at Victoria Road Stadium when Dagenham & Redbridge take on Millwall. It's a close contest despite the home side missing 11 first-team players, but Millwall just shaded it and should have won but wasted a number of chances. Final score: 0-0 Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

A pensive looking Owen Coyle sits in the dug-out at Moss Rose ahead of Bolton Wanderers' game against Macclesfield Town. He had reason to be worried as the Premier League side were trailing to the League Rwo side 64 league places below them until David Wheater headed home with 13 minutes to go. Final score: 2-2 Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images

MK Dons played host to Premier League opposition and frustrated QPR for much of the first half. They even took the lead just after the hour when Dean Bowditch dispossessed the dallying Helguson and stroked the ball past Radek Cerny. Heidar Helguson made amends in the penultimate minute of the match when he rolled the ball into an empty net following a defensive mix-up to deny the League One side a shock win. Final score: 1-1 Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Championship side Doncaster Rovers' recent run of good form and results would have given them a confident glow going into the tie against League One Notts County, however Martin Allen's side were quick out of the blocks and caused the home side no end of problems before Jeff Hughes gave them the lead eight minutes before half-time. The Yorkshire side made a brighter start to the second half and just after the hour mark Giles Barnes had a great chance to equalise but blasted the ball over the bar. Shortly after that miss Hughes scored from the spot after Sheehan was hacked down by Bennett. Final score: 0-2 Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Why not take advantage if you live next to a football ground as these Fleetwood fans have done at the Highbury Stadium … Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

… bet they're glad their house isn't close to the visiting fans' end of the ground as the Blackpool fans celebrate Matt Phillips' second goal. Lomana LuaLua opened the scoring midway through the first half and then Phillips got his first just after half-time. Tom Ince gave the visitors a 3-0 lead before Jamie Vardy pulled one back to give the home side some hope. This was extinguished shortly afterwards when Phillips notched twice in the space of four minutes. Final score: 1-5 Photograph: Paul Burrows/Action Images

Three goals from Clint Dempsey in the eighth, 61st and 81st minutes and a further goal from Damien Duff meant Fulham eased past Charlton and into the fourth round. Final score: 4-0 Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

There's an all Premier League clash at St James Park where Newcastle took on Premier League strugglers Blackburn Rovers. After surviving a couple of scares the visitors took the lead just after the half hour mark when Goodwillie prodded home a loose ball following a corner. They held the lead until twenty minutes from the end when a wonderful individual goal by Hatem Ben Arfa got the home side back in the game. It was Messi-esque as the French international picked the ball up 40 yards out before setting off on a jinky, bamboozaling dance through the Blackburn defence then firing the ball home from six yards out. The Magpies continued to push for a winner and they got it deep into injury time when Gutierrez exchanged passes with Best before clipping the ball into the net. Final score: 2-1 Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Former Birmingham City player Roger Johnson had a return to St Andrew's that he'd rather forget. Firstly he was jeered relentlessly by the home supporters and then the Wolverhampton Wanderers' captain landed awkwardly and limped off just after the half-hour mark. In a poor match the only moment of quality came in the dying seconds when Birmingham keeper Colin Doyle pulled off an outstanding double save to deny the visitors. Final score: 0-0 Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

It was a game of two halves at the City Ground with Nottingham Forest the better team in the first period and Leicester shading it in the second. Both teams had chances, including Leicester's Lloyd Dyer who blasted over the bar. Final score: 0-0 Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

Non-league Salisbury City cause chaos in the Sheffield United penalty area but the League One side were better overall and won courtesy of goals from Chris Porter, Ched Evans and an own goal by Daniel Webb. Final score: 3-1 Photograph: Christopher Lee/Getty Images

It's League Two versus Premier League at the County Ground in Swindon and after Callum McManaman gave Wigan the lead in the 35th minute it seemed as if it would be plain sailing for the top-flight club. Swindon seemed undeterred by this and equalised five minutes later courtesy of a glancing header by Alan Connell. Substitute Paul Benson sent the home crowd wild in the 76th minute when he his 25-yard drive took a big deflection off his legs and left Ali al-Habsi stranded Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

… it was all too much for Swindon Town manager Paolo di Canio who during an emotional post-match interview dedicated the victory to the fans and his father as well as calling for a plaque to be placed at the stadium to honour his players' victory as 'Today we did something special.' Final score: 2-1 Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

John Eustace channels the spirit of Terry Butcher as Watford take on Bradford City at Vicarage Road. It must have worked as Troy Deeney, Marvin Sordell and Craig Forsyth all got on the scoresheet for the home side. Final score 4-2 Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Robert Earnshaw, left, pulled a goal back for Cardiff City towards the end of the first half but the Welsh side had no answer to West Brom's Simon Cox who notched a hat-trick at The Hawthorns. Final score: 4-2 Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images