1658: And the final whistle has now gone in Yorkshire where Sheffield Wednesday have beaten QPR 2-1 to bring this afternoon's clockwatch to an end.
Reading and Liverpool grabbed important victories in the Premier League, however the headline makers of the day so far are Portsmouth who beat Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup.
1657: Hogan Ephraim has been dismissed for QPR against Sheffield Wednesday for violent conduct.
1656: St Johnstone and St Mirren will have to replay their Scottish Cup tie as they have drawn 1-1. Queen of the South, however, have progressed after beating Dundee 2-0.
1655: Its all over in Reading where Steve Coppell's side have claimed a vital 2-0 victory over Manchester City. That is a huge three points for the Royals.
1654: Stoke and Bristol City have drawn against Burnley and Leicester respectivley as they continue their challenge for a place in the Premier League.
1653: Jimmy Bullard's late goal now means Fulham have drawn with Blackburn as the full-time whistle is blown in Lancashire.
1652: The full-time whistle goes at Anfield and Liverpool have claimed a convinving 3-0 win over Newcastle.
1650: There is late drama in the Championship! Liam Lawrence has fired home a penalty to give Stoke an equaliser against Burnley. Tony Pulis' side will be delighted with that goal.
1649: Queen of the South are set to progress in the Scottish Cup as they hold a 2-0 lead over Queen of the South thanks to Ryan McCann's strike.
1648: Dave Kitson cuts in from the right flank and rolls the ball past Joe Hart to double Reading's lead against Manchester City. What a big three points this could be for Reading!
1647: Jimmy Bullard's curling free-kick from the edge of the Blackburn box beats Brad Friedel and finds the back of the net to pull Fulham level.
1645: Darel Russell is punished for his foul on Jay Tabb with a second booking to leave Norwich with only nine men on the field. They trail Coventry 1-0.
1644: Kevin Lisbie diverts Phil Ifil's cross past Speroni to equaliser for Colchester, however the linesman has flagged for offside and Crystal Palace retain their 2-1 lead.
1643: Dave Rainford's penalty pulls Dagenham within a goal of Peterborough in a crucial match in League Two.
1642: John Arne Riise's dipping effort is saved with ease by Harper in the centre of Newcastle's goal. Liverpool are well set for victory at Anfield.
1641: Matt Oakley's powerful effort from long range is well saved by Basso in the Bristol City goal. Leicester still cannot find a way to break the deadlock.
1640: Coventry are pushing for a second goal of the afternoon against 10-man Norwich in the Championship.
1639: Lewis Alessandra's goal means Oldham have a 3-1 advantage over in-form Tranmere in League One.
1637: Liverpool are making another change with their first goalscorer of the afternoon, Jermaine Pennant, coming off to be replaced by Sami Hyypia. They have a 3-0 lead over Newcastle. Peter Crouch has also come on to take Torres' place.
1636: Ben Watson's goal has given play-off chasing Crystal Palace the lead against Colchester in the Championship.
1635: Chris Brown's driven effort beats Nicky Weaver and finds the back of the net as Preston quickly retake the advantage against Charlton.
1634: Craig Mackail-Smith has scored against his former club, Dagenham, to double Peterborough's lead in League Two.
1633: Paddy McCarthy, who joined Charlton in the summer from Leicester, equalises for the Addicks in their Championship clash with Preston.
1631: Andy Dorman, who was recently playing in America, pulls St Mirren level in their Scottish Cup tie with St Johnstone.
1630: Gareth McAuley's header is scrambled off the Bristol City goalline as Leicester continue to push for the afternoon's first goal at the Walkers Stadium.
1629: Obafemi Martins's volley from 40 yards crashes against the Liverpool bar with Reina well beaten. What an effort that was from the Newcastle striker!
1628: James Beattie's close range header breaks the deadlock for Sheffield United in their Championship clash with Plymouth at Home Park.
1626: Dirk Kuyt has come onto replace Gerrard at Anfield as Liverpool look to rest their skipper before they face Inter Milan on Tuesday. They are leading Newcastle 3-0.
1625: Neil Kilkenny runs onto Jonny Howson's square ball before firing the ball home to give Leeds a 2-0 lead against Northampton.
1624: Stern John slams the ball home are a goalmouth scrambled to pull Southampton level against Blackpool in the Championship.
1623: Liverpool are in complete control against Newcastle and look very likely to increase their advantage before the afternoon is over.
1622: Shane Long meets Kevin Doyle's cross with a neat finish from close range to give Reading what could be a valuable lead against Manchester City.
1620: Peterborough, who were top of League Two until Friday night, have a 1-0 advantage at Dagenham thanks to George Boyd's strike
1619: Danny Livesey turns Peter Murphy's cross home to double Carlisle's lead against Brighton in League One.
1618: Jason Roberts' cross from the right flank is headed home by Morten Gamst Pedersen to give Blackburn a 1-0 advantage over Fulham at Ewood Park.
1616: Gerrard and Torres are doing superbly this afternoon and the Liverpool skipper has seen his powerful effort well saved by Harper. The Reds lead 3-0 against Newcastle.
1615: Gary Doherty is sent-off for Norwich for a second bookable offence at the Ricoh Arena where Coventry lead 1-0.
1613: Kasey Keller is forced to tip Paul Konchesky's looping clearance over the top of the Fulham bar. That could have been an own goal to give Blackburn the advantage.
1612: Deon Burton fires home a penalty to give Sheffield Wednesday a 2-1 lead against QPR. The Owls won the spot-kick when Sean McAllister was fouled by Lee Camp.
1611: Kaspars Gorkks' calm finish pulls Blackpool level against Southampton in the Championship.
1610: Gerrard runs onto Torres' through ball and calmly dinks the ball past Harper and into the back of the net to give Liverpool a 3-0 lead over Newcastle. Rafael Benitez's side look well set for victory now.
1609: Queen of the South have a surprise lead against Dundee in the Scottish Cup as a result of Stephen Dobbie's goal.
1608: However Bury, who are also struggling in League Two, have doubled their lead at home to Morecambe thanks to Andy Bishop's penalty.
1606: Things are going from bad to worse for Mansfield as Adam le Fondre has given Rochdale a 2-0 advantage against the League Two relegation candidates.
1605: Steve Howard, who is unmarked and six yards from goal, sees his weak header well saved by Basso as Leicester look to take the lead against Bristol City.
1604: The second-half is underway at Anfield where Liverpool hold a 2-0 lead over Newcastle after two goals at the end of the opening period.
1550: It is also half-time in the afternoon's over game in the Premier League where Reading are drawing with Manchester City.
1549: It is half-time at Anfield where Liverpool lead Newcastle 2-0. At Ewood Park Blackburn and Fulham are drawing 0-0.
1548: Graham Kavanagh's looping header goes over Lee Camp's head and into the back of the net to pull Sheffield Wednesday level against QPR in the Championship.
1547: Steven Gerrard slides Torres through on the Newcastle goal and the Liverpool striker side-steps Harper before firing the ball into the empty net to double the Reds' advantage.
1546: Michael Johnson is being booked for diving after he fell under Ivar Ingimarsson's challenge in Manchester City's clash with Reading.
1544: Jose Enrique's attempted clearance cannons off Pennant and drifts over the head of Harper and into the back of the net to give Liverpool the lead against Newcastle. What a lucky break that was for Rafael Benitez's side.
1543: Blackburn are still dominating against Fulham, however they are still failing to trouble Roy Hodgson's side too much.
1542: Marek Matejovsky's driven effort from the edge of the Manchester City box is well saved by Joe Hart. Reading have looked a lot more dangerous since Dunne was forced to come off.
1541: Liverpool are enjoying a sustained period of possession against Newcastle, however they are still looking a long way from breaking the deadlock.
1539: Andy Dawson's corner is headed home by the unmarked Michael Turner to double Hull's lead against Scunthorpe in the Championship.
1538: Newcastle winger James Milner is currently receiving treatment at Anfield, however he will be fine to continue for Kevin Keegan's side.
1537: Former Barnet midfielder Nick Bailey's effort gives play-off chasing Southend a 1-0 lead against Luton in League One.
1535: Two goals to bring you in League One where Danny Whitaker has pulled a goal back for Port Vale at Doncaster and Danny Graham's strike gives Carlisle the lead at home to Brighton.
1534: Newcastle are frustrating Liverpool at Anfield and at the moment they are building on their improved performance against Blackburn last week.
1533: Jody Morris has been impressive for St Johnstone so far this afternoon and they now have the lead against St Mirren in the Scottish Cup thanks to Liam Craig's penalty.
1532: Worrying news at Reading as Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne has had to be substituted after colliding with Stephen Hunt. It was, however, a fair tackle by the Reading winger.
1530: Gregory Vignal's driven penalty gives Southampton the advantage at Blackpool. The Saints won the penalty when Stern John was fouled in the box.
1529: Craig Fagan's effort is well saved by Scunthorpe keeper Joe Murphy, however Henrik Pedersen is on hand to fire into an empty net to give Hull a 1-0 lead in the Championship.
1528: Struggling Mansfield have fallen behind to Gary Jones' strike for Rochdale in League Two.
1527: Blackburn are looking the better side against Fulham. Roy Hodgson's side's lone frontman Eddie Johnson is looking very isolated in attack.
1525: Vedran Corlucka somehow manages to send Elano's free-kick over the top of the Reading bar from five yards. What a chance that was for Manchester City to claim a 1-0 advantage.
1524: However they are not in the lead for long as Kevin Lisbie runs through one-on-one with Julian Speroni and cooly levels the scores for Colchester.
1523: James Scowcroft's finish from four yards gives Crystal Palace a 1-0 lead against Colchester in the Championship.
1521: Newcastle are looking comfortable against Liverpool and so far they have not been unduly worried by Torres. It is still 0-0 there.
1520: Doncaster double their advantage against Port Vale in League One with Mark McCammon the man on target.1519: Reading are failing to threaten the Manchester City goal in the Premier League. So far only Kevin Doyle has caused the City defence any problems.
1517: Damien Delaney runs onto Rowan Vine's through ball and finishes calmly to give QPR a 1-0 lead at Sheffield Wednesday. Brian Laws' side are in big trouble in the Championship.
1516: Chris Brown's neat finish gives Preston a surprising advantage at Charlton. Alan Pardew's side had been making the early running.
1515: David Prutton's long ball makes its way through to Bradley Johnson after Bournemouth's Neil Young and David Forde collide. The winger fires into the empty net to give Leeds a 1-0 lead in League One.
1514: Doncaster, who are second in League One, have the lead against struggling Port Vale thanks to a goal from former Notts County striker Paul Heffernan.
1513: Jermaine Pennant's cross from the right is turned away from the Newcastle box by a clearance from Faye. Liverpool are on top at Anfield.
1512: Fernando Torres' driven effort is tipped behind for a Liverpool corner by Newcastle keeper Steve Harper.
1511: Adebayo Akinenwa gives Northampton a surprise lead at in-form Walsall in League One.
1510: Abdoulaye Faye's flicked header is turned away from Liverpool's goal by Jose Reina as Newcastle make the early running at Anfield.
1509: Leroy Lita, who joined Charlton on loan from Reading this week, has started brightly for the Addicks in their Championship clash with Preston.
1508: Kevin Thornton's cross is slotted home by a calm finish from Jay Tabb to give Coventry the advantage against Norwich in the Championship.
1507: Marvin Elliott's cross is met by Michael McIndoe. The Bristol City winger turns with the ball and fires a powerful effort just past the right hand post of the Leicester goal.
1506: Tom Soares blazes a close-range effort over the top of the of the Colchester bar as Crystal Palace look to take an early lead.
1504: Kyle Lafferty's powerful effort beats Carlo Nash to give Burnley the lead against high-flying Stoke in the Championship.
1503: Reading have started at a high tempo against Manchester City and already Liam Rosenior has threatened down the right flank for the Royals.
1502: DJ Campbell cuts in from the right flank and sees his powerful effort well saved by Adriano Basso in Leicester's clash with Bristol City.
1500: The afternoon's action is underway and Liverpool are enjoying an early spell of possession against Newcastle.
1456: Dundee manager Alex Rae names himself on the bench amid a selection crisis for his side's Scottish Cup quarter-final at Palmerston against Queen of the South.
Rae is without seven first-team players through injury, suspension and ineligibility and brings in the likes of strikers Bob Davidson and Jan Zemlik, while on-loan Hibernian midfielder Patrick Noubissie makes his debut.
Queen of the South are boosted by the return of defenders Robert Harris and Jim Thomson, who return from injury and suspension respectively.
The home side are looking to reach their first semi-final since 1950 as well as extending an unbeaten run to 10 matches.
1453: Blackburn name an attacking line-up as they look to beat Fulham at Ewood Park.
Former Rovers boss Roy Hodgson took his Barclays Premier League strugglers to the club that sacked him a decade ago, in desperate need of points this afternoon.
Yet they seem set for a testing afternoon - with David Bentley, Steven Reid and Tugay in midfield roles behind strikers Roque Santa Cruz and Benni McCarthy.
Rovers midfielder David Dunn is deemedfit enough only for the bench after struggling with a calf strain.
Fulham, without an away win all season, look to be relying on Eddie Johnson up front - with top scorer Clint Dempsey in midfield.
1452: Jody Morris is handed his first start for St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup quarter-final clash against St Mirren at McDiarmid Park.
Morris scored after coming on as a substitute in last weekend's 3-2 First Division defeat by Dundee and is one of three changes made by Saints manager Derek McInnes.
Steven Anderson and Liam Craig return from suspension, as Rocco Quinn and Paul Sheerin drop to the bench, while Sean Lynch is not named in the squad.
St Mirren welcome back Craig Dargo from a foot injury, with Stewart Kean making way from the side that lost to Kilmarnock in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League last time out.
1450: Reading boss Steve Coppell keeps faith with a winning team as the Royals look to move out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone against Manchester City this afternoon.
Victory at Middlesbrough last week with a goal from James Harper in stoppage time ended an eight-game losing run, and the Royals will move out of the bottom three with a point at the Madejski Stadium.
City, meanwhile, are looking for a win to re-ignite their push for a top-six finish and European qualification.
Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is able to bring back Brazil midfielder Elano, fit again following a knee injury, but Martin Petrov is suspended.
Stephen Ireland is on the bench, and will be hoping for a chance to impress watching Republic of Ireland assistant boss Liam Brady.
1449: Liverpool are without Javier Mascherano, with a muscle injury, and Steve Finnan, who is still struggling with a hamstring problem for their clash with Newcastle.
But with Tuesday's Champions League away game with Inter Milan no doubt in mind, boss Rafael Benitez rests Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel to the bench with Yossi Benayoun, Jermaine Pennant and Lucas Leiva coming into the side.
Newcastle, who have not won in 13 visits to Anfield and have gone 11 league games without a victory, are without Joey Barton with Charles N'Zogbia the only change to the side that lost at home to Blackburn last weekend.
1445: The final-whistle has gone at Old Trafford and Portsmouth have beaten Manchester United 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup. We will now bring you the team news for the pick of this afternoon's kick-offs at 1500GMT.
1425: Sulley Muntari has scored with a penalty to give Portsmouth a 1-0 lead against 10-man Manchester United at Old Trafford in their FA Cup quarter-final. Tomasz Kuszczak had been given his marching orders for a foul on Milan Baros.
1345: It is half-time at Old Trafford in the early kick-off in the FA Cup between Manchester United and Portsmouth and the score is 0-0. The home side, however, will feel they should have had a penalty when Cristiano Ronaldo was knocked to the ground by a strong challenge from Sylvain Distin.
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