FA Cup - Round-up: Derby win for Wolves

Eurosport - Wed, 14 Jan 09:51:00 2009

Wolves recorded their first win at St Andrews for almost eight years as they put in a solid performance to beat Midlands rivals Birmingham 2-0.

FOOTBALL; Birmingham City's Kemy Agustien (l) shows his frustration in the defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers; Jan 2009 - 0

Wanderers had not won in three prior to the match but took the lead seven minutes before the break when Andrew Keogh raced onto a Michael Kightly through-ball to slot past Maik Taylor.

Sam Vokes then doubled Wolves' advantage shortly after the break when he latched on to a Kightly pass just inside the area and finished from close range to book a fourth-round tie with Middlesbrough.

West Brom progressed as they defeated Peterborough 2-0 at London Road.

Traffic congestion delayed kick-off by 15 minutes but on-loan Jay Simpson's first Baggies goal gave the visitors the advantage after 18 minutes when he smacked a 25-yard drive past Joe Lewis.

Paul Robinson then doubled the Barclays Premier League side's advantage just before the break when he glanced a downward header past Lewis from a Do-heon Kim cross.

Sheffield United survived a first-half scare to breeze past League One side Leyton Orient 4-1 at Brisbane Road.

JJ Melligan gave Orient a shock lead from the spot after 38 minutes before United hit back through Greg Halford and Billy Sharp.

Kyle Naughton's second senior goal put the Blades 3-1 up before Halford sealed the win with a header 12 minutes from the end.

United will face Charlton in the next round after Darren Ambrose's goal helped them beat Norwich 1-0 at Carrow Road to register their first win in 19 matches.

Swansea will play Portsmouth in the next round after they ran out 2-1 winners at Bridge Road despite a spirited effort from non-league Histon.

The Swans broke the deadlock with a 25-yard screamer from Gorka Pintado before Guillem Bauza added a second.

The Blue Square Premier side sensed a way back in to the game when they pulled one back through Josh Simpson but could not find an equaliser.

Millwall set up a fourth-round tie with either Newcastle or Hull as they beat Crewe 3-2 at Gresty Road.

Crewe took the lead through Luke Murphy but were immediately pegged back by a Scott Barron strike before Neil Harris restored the visitors' lead - and broke Teddy Sheringham's club scoring record.

Shaun Miller broke free in the box to put Crewe level with a right-foot strike shortly afterwards before Zak Whitbread's header put Millwall through with four minutes left.

Cheltenham and Doncaster will replay after playing out a goalless draw at Whaddon Road.

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  1. wolves fully wripped birminghamm apart last night i was there all brummy did was
    1] lose the ball very cheaply
    and 2] randomly lob it up field,
    wolves were all over them, only danger jerome.

    From david_t_azzopardi, on Wed 14 Jan 10:01PM

  2. weel doon kevin costner 4 dancing with wolves it was cold last night but the pies were warm.. oh yea an i fingered the bar maid when i got home...

    From Jasoptimum851, on Wed 14 Jan 12:03PM

  3. C.MON THE VILLA!!

    From sean d, on Wed 14 Jan 12:02PM

  4. oi mugpgits!!! minnows is no way an explanation for wolves.
    they are one of the pioneeing teams of the game!
    they helped invent the european cup, started floodlight matches and was one of the founding members of the football leauge.

    W*NKER!!!

    From Chris H, on Wed 14 Jan 10:27AM

  5. Go on you lions!! I feel another FA cup run brewing...watch this space...

    From f1a5h_1, on Wed 14 Jan 9:43AM

  6. No 2. Of course wolves would win in a game that is comparatively unimportant, wait till we get back to the league again. I can see Reading overtaking wolves within the next month and then the expected panick will set in.

    From Boddo, on Wed 14 Jan 9:10AM

  7. Charlton not winning in 19 matches, just bottled it up for the yella boys. What, o what is going on at Carrow road. 3rd round exit AGAIN.

    From blaggerboy56, on Wed 14 Jan 7:31AM

  8. Mighty Blades !

    From kevin, on Wed 14 Jan 7:03AM

  9. "Put the Dons through with 4 minutes"

    Bloody Dons????? Lions I think you'll find.

    Either Hull or Newcastle, will be a great away day!!

    From six49racing, on Wed 14 Jan 6:21AM

  10. Wolves are minnows and not comparable to manutd in any department, even on winning games. Its not acceptable.

    From Majoser, on Wed 14 Jan 6:12AM

  11. back to winning for the wolves

    From gary, on Tue 13 Jan 11:27PM

  12. its like man. united beating chelski

    From Taiwo, on Tue 13 Jan 11:15PM
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