Seagulls snatch Cup success

Gus Poyet once again ended Newcastle's FA Cup hopes as npower Championship Brighton pulled off a shock 1-0 fourth-round win.

As a Chelsea player in 2000, Poyet's two goals knocked Newcastle out in the semi-final at Wembley as the Blues went on to lift the trophy. And 12 years later the Brighton manager masterminded a famous win for his side as Will Buckley's shot, deflected into his own net by Mike Williamson, sent the Magpies packing.

Newcastle wasted the few opportunities Brighton afforded them with Leon Best the chief culprit. Best found himself unmarked 18 yards out early on but his low drive flew narrowly wide. He squandered an even better chance in the 12th minute when Shola Ameobi headed the ball back across the Brighton six-yard box to his strike partner, who planted his header wastefully over the top.

Peter Brezovan palmed a fierce close-range shot on the turn from Ameobi around the post, and he also kept out a low drive from Yohan Cabaye after the break.

Tim Krul was called into action for the first time in the second half when he parried Craig Mackail-Smith's near-post shot wide in the 70th minute. And five minutes later Krul was beaten when Buckley got the piece of luck his barnstorming run probably deserved.

The £1million summer signing from Watford picked up the ball in his own half and charged forward into the Newcastle area before side-stepping Cabaye. His shot looked to be going wide but it took a huge deflection off Williamson to wrong-foot Krul and bounce into the net.