FA Cup - Round-up: Swansea oust holders Pompey

Eurosport - Sun, 25 Jan 17:05:00 2009

Swansea City scored the day's biggest upset when they knocked holders Portsmouth out of the FA Cup with a deserved 2-0 fourth-round win at Fratton Park.

2008-2009 FA Cup Portsmouth-Swansea Jermaine Pennant Leon Britton - 0

Portsmouth, who beat Cardiff City in the Cup final in May, had no answers against another Welsh side, Championship Swansea winning with goals from Nathan Dyer and a penalty from Jason Scotland.

Dyer, on loan from Pompey's arch-rivals Southampton, opened the scoring after 26 minutes when he chested down and shot past David James in one sweet movement.

Swansea doubled their lead just before the interval when Nadir Belhadj fouled Jordi Gomez and Scotland scored from the penalty spot.

Peter Crouch hit the woodwork in the second half and Jermaine Pennant made his debut for Pompey, but Tony Adams's side were well beaten.

Click the links below the photos for full reports on Hartlepool v West Ham, Kettering v Fulham, Chelsea v Ipswich, Doncaster v Aston Villa and Manchester United v Tottenham.

Other games involving Premier League teams:

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 BURNLEY 2

Burnley, dramatically beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals of the League Cup on Tuesday, took the lead after 25 minutes when Graham Alexander scored from a penalty after Jonathan Greening fouled Robbie Blake.

But the Baggies struck back when Robert Koren volleyed home from 25 metres after 31 minutes and Do-Heon Kim put them ahead with a flighted freekick that took a deflection late in the first half. Martin Paterson scored a late qualiser to earn Burnley a replay.

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WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 MIDDLESBROUGH 2

Middlesbrough, in the relegation zone of the Premier League, took the lead against Championship leaders Wolves just before the break when Brazilian striker Afonso Alves lofted the ball over goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey to score.

The home side equalised after 63 minutes when Sam Vokes took advantage of a mix-up in the Boro defence to score before Martin Emnes scored seven minutes from time to give Boro victory.

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HULL CITY 2 MILLWALL 0

Hull made it through to the fifth round for the first time in 20 years as goals from Michael Turner and Ian Ashbee earned a 2-0 win over the League One side.

Turner headed in Andy Dawson's freekick before Ashbee scored from 20 metres to wrap up the victory.

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SUNDERLAND 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0

Sunderland and Blackburn failed to produce a goal at the Stadium of Light although Sunderland had a 65th minute effort from David Healy ruled out for offside.

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CHELSEA 3 IPSWICH TOWN 1

Michael Ballack scored twice and Frank Lampard hit the other as Chelsea beat Ipswich Town 3-1 to reach the fifth round for the 11th successive season.

Ballack side-footed home after 16 minutes to put Chelsea ahead but Ipswich struck back after 34 minutes when Alex Bruce, the son of Wigan manager Steve, stabbed home from close range after Chelsea failed to deal with a freekick.

Ballack put Chelsea back in front after 59 minutes with a well-taken freekick before Lampard made it 3-1 with a late goal.

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DONCASTER ROVERS 0 ASTON VILLA 0

Championship strugglers Doncaster Rovers played above themselves and hit the bar twice although Villa went close with efforts from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Curtis Davies, while Agbonblahor also hit the bar late on.

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KETTERING TOWN 2 FULHAM 4

Fulham needed two late goals from Andrew Johnson and Bobby Zamora to see off minor league side Kettering who twice equalised through Craig Westcarr.

Simon Davies scored for the visitors with a superbly taken volley after 12 minutes before Westcarr equalised in the 36th minute. Danny Murphy put Fulham ahead 13 minutes from time, Westcarr made it 2-2 with a penalty before Fulham regained control.

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HARTLEPOOL UNITED 0 WEST HAM UNITED 2

West Ham wrapped up a straight-forward victory over Hartlepool with two goals at the end of the first half at Victoria Park.

Swiss international Valon Behrami opened the scoring after 44 minutes before Mark Noble doubled the score in first-half stoppage time from a penalty after Hartlepool defender Michael Nelson was harshly punished for a handball as he was outside the area.

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MANCHESTER UNITED 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1

Manchester United came from behind to beat Spurs at Old Trafford after Roman Pavlyuchenko had headed the visitors into the lead after five minutes.

United, who also beat Spurs at the same stage in last season's competition, came back with two goals in three minutes with Paul Scholes scoring from a deflected shot in the 35th minute and Berbatov making it 2-1 with a superb shot past goalkeeper Ben Alnwick soon after.

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Other results:

TORQUAY 0-1 COVENTRY CITY

WATFORD 4-3 CRYSTAL PALACE

SHEFFIELD UTD 2-1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

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  1. YOUR ONLY GOBBY WHEN YOUR WINNING, GOBBY WHEN YOUR­ WINNING, YOUR ONLY GOBBY WHEN YOUR­ WINNING................................SO MUCH FOR THE­ PORTSC"M BIG FAN­ BASE...................................................­ ...............HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA HA

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 25 Jan 7:17PM

  2. are the highlights of the FA cup games on any channel­ the nyt?

    From yip, on Sun 25 Jan 5:41PM

  3. WELL DONE DYER....................THE YOUNG LAD WAS­ GOOD TO HIS WORD............HE REVELLED IN THE STICK­ AND SAID THE MORE STICK HE GOT, THE HARDER HE'D­ FIGHT..................SO THE PORTSC"M FAITHFUL­ FILTH SCORED AN OWN­ GOAL..............................BRILLIANT............­ ....TYPICAL OF THOSE INBREDS.............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 25 Jan 11:42AM

  4. scott b - YOU ARE THE IGNORANT FOOL, YOU PORTSC"M­ TRAMP...................I'M A SPURS FAN AND STATING­ FACT THAT SOUTHAMPTON ARE A BIGGER CLUB THAN­ PORTSC"M........................THE TABLES MEAN­ NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIZE OF A CLUB, NOR THE­ AMOUNT OF FILTHY THUGS THAT BEAT UP INNOCENT OPPOSING­ FANS..............................PORTSC"M ARE­ FINISHED....................YOUR LUCKY SPELL IS OVER,­ ADAMS IS BACK ON THE BOTTLE, YOUR GANGSTER MONEY IS NOW­ PULLED..................GAME OVER...................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 25 Jan 11:36AM

  5. Swansea shows that you need a team to play football not­ money.

    From siggcarm023, on Sun 25 Jan 8:34AM

  6. I had no interest in watching the games at present....I­ found a hot place, you guys should try it ___Wealthy­ beauty co m_____a great place for rich people to meet­ their soul mates....

    From zjmdj001, on Sun 25 Jan 2:36AM

  7. HULL CITY 2 v 0 MILLWALL ,anyway who won the fight­ with the thugs? well done lads you show your selfs up­ yet again, do not think you will ever learn.

    From Gary S, on Sun 25 Jan 1:30AM

  8. SEASONS WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT WE ONLY GOT ONE GOOD­ PLAYER WHICH IS JASON WHAT ABOUT BODDLE AND ANGLE­ RANGLE AND PRATTLEY AND DOURIS DE RISE(GOALKEEPER) DO U­ WANT ANYMORE GOOD PLAYERS, WHO HAVE U GOT U ONLY GOT 1­ GOOD PLAYER WHICH IS LEGLEY SO WHAT R U TALKING­ ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!COME BACK WHEN U KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT­ FOOTBALL M8;P;P;P;P;P;P;P COME ON ARSANEL BEAT­ THE @#$% CARDIFF SIDE

    From Chris C, on Sun 25 Jan 12:37AM

  9. Saints are the best team on the south coast , your­ having a laugh mate, when was the last time you looked­ at the table , you poor ignorant fool,

    Say hello to­ Administration and Division 2 for me

    You Nothing­ Without Le Tissier

    From scott b, on Sun 25 Jan 12:09AM

  10. no chance son, Arsenal are on an unbeaten run of 9­ games and are nowhere near as clueless as portsmouth­ at the moment, get a grip

    it will be close but Arsenal­ will gring out a win 2-0

    From scott b, on Sun 25 Jan 12:06AM

  11. FORGET ABOUT SWANSEA! THERE IS ONLY MAN IN THAT TEAM TO­ ALWAYS WATCH, AND THATS SCOTLAND ( OUTSTANDING PLAYER )­ AS IT GOES FOR POMPEY, GIVE THEM A CHANCE WITH THE­ CHANGE OVER AND THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK. AS FAR AS SPURS­ ARE CONCERNED SEE YOU IN THE CHAMIONSHIP NEXT SEASON.­ HARRY LEFT A GOOD TEAM WHICH HE BUILT FOR WHAT? (M0NEY)­ IF HE AINT GOT ENOUGH. HE FAILED AT LIVERPOOL AND WILL­ FAIL AT SPURS.

    WATCH ANOTHER SHOCKER TOMOROW THE­ MIGHTY GUNNERS FALL AT THE FAMOUS NINIAN PARK.

    COME ON­ THE CITY.

    From seasons12379, on Sat 24 Jan 11:27PM

  12. ROCK AND ROLL - Whats with the 'phoney cockney­ accent' jibe? If you can't tell the difference­ between a Cockney , London, and Pompey accent then­ you're obviously not a real Londoner. What have­ accents got to do with football anyway you pathetic­ wind-up merchant. Isn't it your bedtime?

    From Simon L, on Sat 24 Jan 10:43PM

  13. I see ROCK AND ROLL is still hanging around like a bad­ smell. So.. you're a spurs Fan, well go and write­ about them, instead of leaving the nonsensical banal­ tripe that you write here. Swansea played the better­ football today, Pompey have got problems that Adams or­ the management need to sort out very soon. I'm not­ really interested in what Saints are doing. I work­ quite a bit in Southampton and only once has the­ friendly banter turned a bit nasty. That was when your­ 'saviour' Harry Redknapp' left Pompey in­ the S**t, went to Saints, got them relegated, then came­ back. If an offer comes in from a bigger club(which is­ most teams in the premier at the moment), he will leave­ you too.
    How did you get on against Man Utd. today? We­ beat them last year, at Old Trafford. enough said?
    Go­ back to your miserable life and start playing Russian­ Roulette.
    Play up Pompey - please

    From Simon L, on Sat 24 Jan 10:37PM

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    From , on Sat 24 Jan 9:55PM

  15. The first statement remotely intelligent from a­ portsmouth supporter.

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sat 24 Jan 9:44PM

  16. lets hope the chairman gets rid of adams before we get­ relegated otherwise he will never sell the club. Adams­ is a W##k#r.

    From SALLY, on Sat 24 Jan 8:59PM

  17. PETER IAM A PROUD SWANSEA JACKS FAN SO WHAT R U TALKING­ ABOUT NOOBHEAD

    From Chris C, on Sat 24 Jan 8:30PM

  18. YES YOU IDIOT "LAST SEASON" MAN U ARE A GREAT­ TEAM THAT HAD AN OFF DAY WITH PORTSC"M LAST YEAR.­ THEY PLAYED WELL TODAY, THAT'S­ LIFE.......................WHAT'S YOUR TRAMPY­ EXCUSE, YOU INBRED MUPPET????????????????

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sat 24 Jan 8:06PM

  19. ROCK AND ROLL, why don't you concentrate (if you­ can with a brain the size of a goldfish) on supporting­ your p*ss poor team, just dumped out by Utd. Even­ Pompey managed to beat them on their own turf last­ season.

    From Peter S, on Sat 24 Jan 7:54PM
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    STOP WHINGEING PORTSC"M FILTH. YOU LOSE YET AGAIN.­ GOING DOWN TRAMPS..................................UP­ THE SPURS AND WELL DONE THE SWANS..................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sat 24 Jan 7:44PM
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