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| Saturday, 4 January, 2003, 19:42 GMT FA Cup clockwatch ![]() Third round action: LATE GAME: Result: Southampton 4-0 Spurs 1925: Southampton 4-0 Tottenham 1910: Robbie Keane wriggles round Annti Niemi but again fails to find the net. 1901: Southampton 3-0 Tottenham 1858: Robbie Keane twists and turns in the box but is denied by Saints keeper Antti Niemi. 1855: Southampton 2-0 Tottenham 1851: Spurs switch to a back four with Darren Anderton on for Chris Perry as they look to get back into the game. Half-time: Saints are full value for their half-time advantage, creating several other presentable opportunitites before the break, while Spurs have struggled to get out of first gear. 1800: Southampton 1-0 Tottenham 1745: The game at St Mary's is under way. Team news: EARLIER RESULTS: Arsenal 2-0 Oxford Utd Gillingham P-P Sheff Wed (waterlogged pitch) Major goalflashes and incidents: Full-time: Shrewsbury complete the shock of the day by beating Everton 2-1 with a brace from Nigel Jemson. Non-league Farnborough also survive by overcoming Darlington 3-2, while West Ham eventually defeat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in an Upton Park thriller for their first home win of the season. 1649: Marlon Harewood has a Forest equaliser controversially ruled out for pushing. 1648: Shrewsbury 2-1 Everton 1643: West Ham 3-2 Nottm Forest 1638: Ipswich 4-0 Morecambe 1637: West Brom 3-1 Bradford 1636: Ipswich 3-0 Morecambe 1635: Charlton 3-1 Exeter 1634: Everton's Niclas Alexandersson somehow drags the ball across goal when it looked easier to score. 1633: Aston Villa 1-4 Blackburn 1630: Arsenal 2-0 Oxford 1629: Scunthorpe 0-2 Leeds 1628: Ipswich 2-0 Morecambe 1627: Charlton 2-1 Exeter 1626: Bolton 1-1 Sunderland 1625: It's all happening at Stamford Bridge. Boro's Dean Windass has a goal disallowed for a foul on Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini... who is then sent off, despite not appearing to retaliate in any way. 1624: A penalty straight after the West Ham equaliser at Upton Park... but the spot-kick is for Forest after David Johnson is fouled. He gets up to take it... but puts it wide. Is that the reprieve the Hammers need? 1623: West Ham 2-2 Nottm Forest 1621: Aston Villa 1-3 Blackburn 1618: Shrewsbury 1-1 Everton 1613: Aston Villa 1-2 Blackburn 1612: Charlton 1-1 Exeter 1610: West Ham 1-2 Nottm Forest 1605: Matches resume after the break, with Everton looking like the biggest potential casualty unless they can overturn a 1-0 deficit away at Shrewsbury. 1542: Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn 1540: Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough 1539: Shrewsbury 1-0 Everton 1534: Everton keeper Richard Wright has made two superb saves to stop Shrewsbury taking the lead at Gay Meadow, the second from Luke Rogers. 1531: Scunthorpe 0-1 Leeds 1527: West Ham 1-1 Nottm Forest 1526: Charlton 1-0 Exeter 1523: West Brom 3-0 Bradford 1522: Morecambe are down to ten at Ipswich as Jim Bentley is sent off for hauling down Pablo Counago. 1521: Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn 1520: Bolton 1-0 Sunderland 1519: West Ham 0-1 Nottm Forest 1518: Arsenal 1-0 Oxford 1512: West Brom 2-0 Bradford 1505: West Brom 1-0 Bradford 1504: Early drama at Highbury as Oxford's Steve Basham has a goal ruled out for offside. 1502: Ipswich 1-0 Morecambe 1500: Kick-off in all but one of Saturday's remaining ties. Full-time at Old Trafford, where Man Utd run out 4-1 winners over Portsmouth, a scoreline which somewhat flatters the home side. 1419: Man Utd 4-1 Portsmouth 1414: Svetoslav Todorov has a goal ruled out for offside. 1410: Man Utd 3-1 Portsmouth 1357: Rio Ferdinand's free header is hacked off the line by Kevin Harper. 1354: Nigel Quashie bursts clear from the halfway line but blazes the ball over with only Roy Carroll to beat. Will Pompey live to regret that miss? 1345: Paul Scholes replaces Kieran Richardson for Man Utd, but it's Pompey who are looking the more likely to score. 1335: The second half kicks off at Old Trafford. 1310: Man Utd 2-1 Portsmouth
1248: Man Utd 2-0 Portsmouth 1235: Man Utd 1-0 Portsmouth 1234: Ruud van Nistelrooy fails to convert from close range. 1230 GMT: Man Utd and Portsmouth kick off, and the third round of the FA Cup is under way. Team news: (1500 kick-offs) Dominic Matteo returns to the Leeds line-up at Scunthorpe. Sam Allardyce makes nine changes to his Bolton side at home to Sunderland, who give a first start since March 2001 to winger John Oster. Chelsea recall John Terry, Mario Stanic, Jesper Gronkjaer and Eidur Gudjohnsen while Middlesbrough drop both Alen Boksic and Massimo Maccarone. Wayne Rooney starts his last game for Everton before his four-match ban, while young defender Peter Clarke also plays for the Toffees away at Shrewsbury. Darius Vassell only makes the Aston Villa bench, while Blackburn are without Andy Cole. Ian Pearce starts up front again for West Ham while Nottingham Forest are without Des Walker, who has a thigh problem. Thomas Gaardsoe is missing for Ipswich, while non-league visitors Morecambe are without the injured Keith Hill. (1230 kick-off) Portsmouth are able to welcome back Paul Merson and Steve Stone, while on-loan Arsenal defender Stathis Tavlaridis comes in for the injured Arjan de Zeeuw. |
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