HARRY KANE scored the winner for Spurs as they beat Portsmouth 1-0.
And Leicester have joined them in the fourth round with a victory at Gillingham.
Teams from every rung of English football’s ladder have been battling it out this season in the world’s oldest football competition – but today, the big boys enter the fray.
Manchester United got things underway last night with a 3-1 win over Everton, while today we’ll see Tottenham play Portsmouth and Liverpool take on Wolves.
The likes of Boreham Wood and Forest Green are also in action!
- Preston 3-1 Huddersfield – FT
- Reading 2-0 Watford – FT
- Tottenham 1-0 Portsmouth – FT
- Gillingham 0-1 Leicester – FT–
- Forest Green P-P Birmingham (water logged pitch)
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton – FT
- Hull City 0-1 Fulham LIVE
- Middlesbrough 1-2 Brighton LIVE
- Fleetwood 1-1 QPR LIVE
- Ipswich 1-0 Rotherham LIVE
- Bournemouth 1-3 Burnley LIVE
- Blackpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest LIVE
- Chesterfield 3-2 West Brom LIVE
- Millwall 0-2 Sheffield United LIVE
- Boreham Wood 0-1 Accrington Stanley LIVE
- Shrewsbury 0-0 Sunderland LIVE
- Brentford vs West Ham (5.30pm)
- Coventry vs Wrexham (5.30pm)
- Luton vs Wigan (5.30pm)
- Grimsby vs Burton (5.30pm)
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Newcastle (6pm) – BBC One and iPlayer
- Liverpool vs Wolves (8pm) – ITV 4 and ITVX
- When is the FA Cup fourth round draw?
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The ability to bounce back
Fleetwood showed after going behind to QPR just before the break what the most important thing is in a cup competition.
If you do happen to fall behind, you need to find a way back into the game as quickly as possible.
Three minutes after QPR’s goal, The Fishermen were back on level terms.
Goals aplenty in cup
With the second halves not far away, we have been treated to a deluge of goals in the first 45 minutes.
Some upsets on the cards with Burnley currently leading at Bournemouth.
The big story could be Chesterfield if they can hold on to their lead against Championship side West Brom.
FA Cup half-time scores
Blackpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Boreham Wood 0-1 Accrington Stanley
Bournemouth 1-3 Burnley
Chesterfield 3-2 West Brom
Fleetwood 1-1 QPR
Hull City 0-1 Fulham
Ipswich 1-0 Rotherham
Middlesbrough 1-2 Brighton
Millwall 0-2 Sheff Utd
Shrewsbury 0-0 Sunderland
Goal: Chesterfield 3-2 West Brom
Armando Dobra may be the answer to the question of who scored the goals to give us our first shock of the day.
National League Chesterfield are now ahead against The Baggies after going one-nil down very early on.
Goal: Bournemouth 1-2 Burnley
Anass Zaroury does well to adjust his feet in the box and passes it into the bottom corner.
Vincent Kompany’s side have worked hard for this lead.
Goal: Fleetwood 0-1 QPR
The Hoops take the lead through Sam Field.
Fleetwood have never reached round four of the competition and will find it difficult to do so this season.
Goal: Millwall 0-2 Sheff Utd
Jayden Bogle has doubled The Blades lead at The Den.
James McAtee assisted as Bogle’s left-footed shot goes into the roof of the net.
Goal: Middlesbrough 1-2 Brighton
Adam Lallana puts the south coast side back in front.
A bit of a scrappy goal as a chance presented itself and it was Lallana, following up a shot who chested into the net.
Goal: Millwall 0-1 Sheff Utd
Daniel Jebbison scores with a shot into the far corner from the right hand edge of the box.
Well worked by the visitors and a great finish.
Goal: Chesterfield 1-2 West Brom
Karlan Grant gets in behind the home side’s defence and there is no catching him with his pace.
He drives towards goal and finds the bottom corner.
Goal: Blackpool 1-0 Forest
Marvin Ekpiteta has put the home side ahead.
Since the start of the game, they have been putting the Premier League side under pressure.
Now they have got what they deserve.
Goal: Middlesbrough 1-1 Brighton
Chuba Akpom has drawn Carrick’s side level.
They have scored in every game under his management.
Goal: Bournemouth 1-1 Burnley
Ryan Christie has managed to pull the Premier League side level.
His right-footed shot beats the keeper, much to the delight of the home fans.
Goal: Chesterfield 1-1 West Brom
Tyrone Williams has drawn the National League side level.
Not what the travelling fans would have expected after take the lead early in this game.
Goal: Middlesbrough 0-1 Brighton
Pascal Gross has given The Seagulls the lead against Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough side.
Solly March saw his shot saved but Gross was following up to slot home.
Goal: Boreham Wood 0-1 Accrington
Ryan Astley has given the visitors the lead.
Boreham Wood were responsible for a few upsets last season but Accrington are looking to make sure that they themselves are not another victim.
Goal: Bournemouth 0-1 Burnley
Manuel Benson gives Vincent Kompany’s team the lead.
Against the run of play but the perfect start for the visitors.
Goal: Chesterfield 0-1 West Brom
Brandon Thomas-Asante has given The Baggies the lead via an assist from Karlan Grant.
Games begin to kick off
We get to the 3pm section of today’s football bonanza.
10 games kick off now, so we will be hoping for plenty of goals.
Fans will hoping for some upsets now.
Chesterfield vs West Brom:
Chesterfield: Fitzsimons, King, Grimes, Williams, Clements, Jones, Mandeville, Akinola, Oldaker, Dobra, Quigley
West Brom: Button, Gardner-Hickman, Ajayi, Kelly, Ashworth, Diangana, Livermore, Rogic, Reach, Grant, Thomas-Asante
Bournemouth vs Burnley:
Bournemouth: Travers, A Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Zemura, Billing, L Cook, Rothwell, Christie, Solanke, Anthony
Burnley: Peacock-Farrell, Roberts, Harwood-Bellis, Beyer, Taylor, Cullen, Brownhill, Gudmundsson, Manuel, Zaroury, Barnes
Boreham Wood vs Accrington:
Boreham Wood: Ashmore, Agbontohoma, Evans, Ilesanmi, Coxe, Payne, Broadbent, Lewis, Brunt, Ndlovu, Newton
Accrington: Savin, Astley, Conneely, Rodgers, Perritt, Coyle, McConville, Leigh, Hamilton, Whalley, Pressley
Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest:
Blackpool: Maxwell, Lyons, Ekpiteta, Thorniley, Husband, Carey, Patino, Poveda-Ocampo, Hamilton, Beesley, Lavery
Forest: Hennessey, Toffolo, McKenna, S Cook, N Williams, O’Brien, Colback, Fewster, Furtado Scarpa, Surridge, Dennis
Early bird catches the worm
Here are the results from the early kick-offs in the FA Cup:
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton
- Gillingham 0-1 Leicester
- Preston 3-1 Huddersfield
- Reading 2-0 Watford
- Tottenham 1-0 Portsmouth
No side having to worry about replays so far, with just one Premier League casualty which was to be expected.
Sides will be happy to be in the hat for the draw and can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend’s action.
FT: Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton
A game that Palace dominated in the main and they are out of the this season’s FA Cup.
Viera’s side were guilty of not finding the target enough during spells in the final third.
The Saints were more clinical with their chances and come away with a place in the fourth round.
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