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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