FA Cup - Brighton send Newcastle packing
Brighton and Hove Albion pulled off an FA Cup fourth round shock as they beat Newcastle 1-0 at the Amex Stadium.
Will Buckley's 77th-minute shot went in off Newcastle defender Mike Williamson, who will be 'credited' with an own-goal.
The Championship side gave a superb account of themselves, but were fortunate not to concede a late penalty when Lewis Dunk used his hands to block a Yohan Cabaye shot.
Cabaye could find himself in trouble with the FA after appearing to kick out at Adam El-Abd in an incident not spotted by referee Lee Probert.
The first half was a largely tedious spectacle, with both sides' reluctance to play a high, pressing game resulting in long periods of unchallenged sideways passing.
While Brighton held their own admirably, it made for snooze-inducing 'entertainment'.
The best chances fell to Leon Best. After 10 minutes, he produced some superb control to trap a long ball, then fired just wide on the turn.
Two minutes later, he found himself with a free header from Ameobi's nod across the six-yard box, but could only put the ball over.
Danny Simpson also had an opportunity when played in by Hatem Ben Arfa, but Peter Brezovan was equal to the full-back's shot.
The absence of top scorer Demba Ba and new signing Papiss Cisse at the African Cup of Nations was keenly felt, as Ameobi and Best struggled for a way through.
On 52 minutes, Ameobi spun away from Gordon Greer and found Best, whose shot was saved by Brezovan.
The resultant corner came out to Danny Guthrie, whose long-range volley was deflected over - and from that corner the ball dropped to Ameobi, whose left-foot shot again brought the best out of Brezovan.
As time wore on, Newcastle's challenge faded. On 70 minutes, Craig Mackail-Smith cracked a 25-yard shot that Tim Krul tipped behind for a corner.
Then came the goal, as Buckley embarked on a mazy dribble inside from the left and saw Williamson divert the ball past Krul.
Newcastle tried to mount a comeback, and should have had the opportunity to level from 12 yards when Dunk handled Cabaye's 89th-minute shot. But fortune smiled on Brighton, who take their place in Sunday's fifth-round draw.
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Brighton pull Newcastle down to their level and beat them. the toon were awfull - Best and Ameobi couldnt find away through a lower league defence, what a sad endictment of their skill ( or lack of it) Are there any defenders in the Premier league terrified by Ameobi and Best ????????......... dont think so ! I would never put my mortgage on them scoring more 10 goals a season. Where was Lovekands ? surely he was worth a run at them Its down to Demba and Cisse now
a couple of days ago kuyts(N/CASTLE GOAL KEEPER) sed he couldnt believe how newcastle had gon so long without a trophy....well heres a clue....in england we play for the FA cup......english players know that in this tornament all clubs are equal.......lower clubs up their game.....sumthing newcastle didnt respond to.....gutted we lost?...YES......surprised....NOT IN THE LEAST.....too many foriegners in english clubs.....dont understand the passion we hav for this trophy....well dun brighton....hats off to u....
Dustbinladen's wife didn't take a beating this weekend
pardew cup matters more than the league 4 @#$% sake sack him now sad mag
High-flying Seagulls - and not a trawler in sight. :-))
Seem to remember skunks gloating when Brighton beat SAFC. Dear oh dear it's all gone quiet. HO HO HO. ftm
I'm from sunderland and I envy NEWCASTLE with a real passion
Lucky Brighton send Newcastle packing. every game played these days has a bad refereeing decision. THAT WAS A PENALTY !! We were mugged
Well done Brighton - you showed them geordies how to play.
Well done Brighton, better team on the day and good luck in the next round. No complaints from me, Newcastle were awful and got what they deserved.
Well done Seagulls, I am proud of you, all and Thank you Gus Poyet
"ba,ba,ba" feed him and he will score
This is why 3rd and 4th round FA is brilliant. Well done Brighton! All the best in the next round, from a Fulham supporter.
er surely a home tie is favourite 'surrey seagull' you mug. have a little think..twit
Well done Brighton.........By far the better side!!!!!!!!!!
Your starting to sound like moaning Arsene Mr Pardew, that display was woeful. We could have played till next Saturday and still not scored. Brighton got through on merit, your team was wrong your tactics were wrong the result proves it.
fourth round shock? well i wasnt shocked. we have a skeleton squad and two wanna bee strikers. i didnt even watch it i knew we were going to be terrible.
guys.... please dont think we are better than we are ok? we have a few good players and a lot of poor strikers and defender and lack quality in the middle still.
investment is minnimal so the success rate will always reflect that. well done brighton .
Well done Brighton from sunny California!
Well played Brighton. Worthy winners and best of luck in the next round; hope you pull out a plum draw!
From Toon fan.
just want to say well done to my boys.great defensive display by the seagulls.and ive been slateing the defence for weeks!!.certainly wasnt outplayed no matter what pardew says.(i dont expect any diffrent from ex palace)
must say the toon fans were a good bunch.plenty of good banter and quite a few stayed and clapped brighton off at the end which is class in my book...my only gripe is west stand upper running out of bloody pies yet again!!!.
cant wait for the draw arsenal or liverpool away would be us seagull fans in dreamland
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