F.A Cup 3rd Round

Histon won the only 2nd round tie earlier on today as they defeated high flying league 1 side Leeds. Straight after the game the players eagerly anticipated the 3rd round draw and this is how it looks:

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Barrow
Hull v Newcastle
Hartlepool v Stoke
Chelsea v Southend
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff v Reading
Ipswich v Chesterfield/Droylsden
Charlton v Norwich
West Brom v Peterborough/Tranmere
Torquay v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester United
Millwall v Carlisle/Crewe
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green v Derby
QPR v Burnley
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Wigan
Morecambe/Cheltenham v Doncaster
Arsenal v Plymouth
Notts County/Kettering v Eastwood
Bournemouth/Blyth Spartans v Blackburn
Macclesfield v Everton
Watford v Scunthorpe
Sunderland v Bolton
Coventry v Kidderminster
Gillingham/Stockport v Aston Villa

Ties to be played January 3/4.

Eastwood Victorious over Wycombe

Eastwood pulled off the surprise of the day as they beat League Two high-flyers Wycombe 2-0 in their FA Cup second-round tie at Coronation Park.

A superb curling effort from Lindon Meikle gave the Northern Premier League minnows the lead in the 34th minute after some good work by Anton Foster down the right flank.

Wycombe, who boast an impressive unbeaten league record, piled on the pressure in search of an equaliser but they struggled to beat Shane Redmond who had an excellent match in the Eastwood goal.

The underdogs then put their name into the hat for the third-round draw when Peter Knox finished a superb counter-attacking move in the 89th minute.

Non-league side Forest Green booked their passage into the third round with a 2-0 win over League Two side Rochdale at the New Lawn Stadium.

The Blue Square Premier side took the lead after 27 minutes when Jonathan Smith struck to the delight of the home fans.

Josh Low then doubled the lead 11 minutes into the second period when he scored from just inside the area after a break from a Rochdale corner.

A Matt Fryatt hat-trick helped Leicester to a 3-2 win over Dagenham and Redbridge at the Walkers Stadium.

Matt Richie's fourth goal of the season gave the visitors a shock lead before Fryatt shot into the roof of the net to equalise two minutes later.

Ben Strevens' low drive put the League Two side back ahead before Fryatt converted a 30th-minute spot-kick to level before scoring the winner on 55 minutes.

Hartlepool survived a second-half scare to see off Blue Square North side Fleetwood 3-2 at the Highbury Stadium.

The home side went ahead with an Andy Bell strike after 14 minutes before Michael Mackay turned home a Jamie McCunnie cross to equalise.

The League One side then raced into a two-goal lead thanks to Mackay's second and Joel Porter's 12th strike of the season.

Adam Marlow pulled one back for Fleetwood after 66 minutes but, despite more pressure, they could not find an equaliser.

Droylsden were leading 1-0 at Chesterfield thanks to a Carl Lamb goal before referee Steven Cook abandoned the match due to fog.

Morecambe's match with Cheltenham at Christie Park also fell victim to the fog.

Barry Hayles levelled for Cheltenham after Rene Howe's penalty had put Morecambe ahead before the game was called off.

A second-half header from Danny Granville gave Leyton Orient a 2-1 win over Bradford at Valley Parade.

Michael Boulding had equalised Jason Demetriou's opener before Granville headed home Dean Morgan's corner to win the match.

Loanee Junior Stanislas scored either side of the break as Southend beat Luton 3-1 at Roots Hall.

James Walker also bagged for the hosts while Luton's consolation came from Michael Spillane.
Stefan Moore and Mark Creighton were on target for Kidderminster as they beat UniBond League side Curzon Ashton at the Aggborough Stadium.

A Gary Alexander double and helped Millwall to a 3-0 win over League Two side Aldershot at the New Den.
The midfielder scored either side of half-time before Ashley Grimes rounded off the win with two minutes to spare.

A double strike from Elliot Benyon helped Torquay see off Oxford in the all-Blue Square Premier affair at Plainmoor.

Neither Peterborough nor Tranmere could break the deadlock at London Road while Gillingham and Stockport will also have to replay their goalless draw at Priestfield Stadium.

Goals from Graham Kavanagh and Danny Graham gave Carlisle a 2-0 win over Grays Athletic in their first-round replay at the New Recreation Ground.

Courtesy of http://www.sportinglife.com/

2nd Round Ties

As the Second round of the F.A Cup started yesterday many teams were battling for a place in the 3rd round with the prospect of playing a big Premier League Club. And here are the results:

Bournemouth 0 - 0 Blyth Spartans

Attend: 4165
Half-time: 0-0

Bradford 1 - 2 Leyton Orient

Boulding 58
Demetriou 14 Granville 65
Attend: 5065
Half-time: 0-1

Eastwood Town 2 - 0 Wycombe
Meikle 34 Knox 90
Attend: 1955
Half-time: 1-0

Fleetwood Town 2 - 3 Hartlepool United
Bell 14 Warlow 66
Mackay 17 , 47 J Porter 56
Attend: 3280
Half-time: 1-1

Forest Green 2 - 0 Rochdale
Smith 27 Low 56
Attend: 1715
Half-time: 1-0

Gillingham 0 - 0 Stockport
Attend: 4419
Half-time: 0-0

Kidderminster 2 - 0 Curzon Ashton
Moore 38 Creighton 65
Attend: 2070
Half-time: 1-0

Leicester 3 - 2 Dag & Red
Fryatt 11 , pen 30 , 55
Ritchie 9 Strevens 25
Attend: 7791
Half-time: 2-2

Millwall 3 - 0 Aldershot
Alexander 30 , 77 Grimes 88
Attend: 6159
Half-time: 1-0

Peterborough 0 - 0 Tranmere
Attend: 5980
Half-time: 0-0

Scunthorpe 4 - 0 Alfreton Town
May 30 Hooper 62 , 83 Togwell 90
Attend: 4249
Half-time: 1-0

Southend 3 - 1 Luton
Stanislas 34 , 84 Walker 90
Spillane 80
Attend: 4111
Half-time: 1-0

Torquay 2 - 0 Oxford Utd
Benyon 41 , 83
Attend: 2647
Half-time: 1-0

First Round Replay
Grays Athletic 0 - 2 Carlisle
Graham 27 Kavanagh 52
Attend: 1217
Half-time: 0-1

Friday 28 November
Second Round
Barrow 2 - 1 Brentford
Brown pen 39 Henney 71
MacDonald 50
Attend: 3120
Half-time: 1-0

Port Vale 1 - 3 Macclesfield
Dodds 71
Green 9 , 73 Gritton 90
Attend: 4684
Half-time: 0-1

Histon are ready

As Histon gear up for there 2nd round home tie against Leeds United the mood at the camp seems top.

After Histon won 5 -2 over Oxford United at the weekend the mood couldnt be happier for the players. Gearing up for the big game on Sunday it is a chance for many players to prove a point and give all the pundits someone to talk about. Last season it was Havant & Waterlooville who says it isnt going to be Histon F.C this year. Histon are sitting top of the Blue Square Premier with 40 points from 19 games.

Steve Fallon, the current manager, has had a great time at Histon. Since joining in 1999 he has won no further than 4 promotions. A player to look out for is striker Jack Midson who has scored 10 goals this season and 2 in the F.A Cup. The game for Sunday is sold out after the last ticket went on Sunday the 23rd of November.

F.A Cup 2nd Round Games on T.V

With all of the Second Round ties confirmed the F.A have decided and confirmed on these games to be on T.V from the 28th to the 30th of November.

Friday 28 November 2008
7.45pm on Setanta Sports 1
Barrow v Brentford

Saturday 29 November 2008
5.30pm on Setanta Sports 1
AFC Bournemouth v Blyth Spartans

Sunday 30 November 2008
12.15pm on ITV1
Histon v Leeds United

1st Round Replays Continued

Yesterday even more F.A Cup drama occured as the 1st round replays continued:


Altrincham 0-0 Luton
Luton win 4-2 on pens
Attend: 2397
Half-time: 0-0

Barrow 4 - 0 Eastbourne Borough
Brodie 45 Brown 47 Henney 57 Logan 76
Attend: 2031
Half-time: 1-0


Dag & Red 2 - 1 Hereford
Benson 17 Taiwo 33
K Taylor 34
Attend: 1409
Half-time: 2-1

Dorchester 1 - 3 Oxford United
Mudge 22
Constable 78 Trainer 110 Odubade 120
Attend: 1474
Half-time: 1-0

Droylsden 1 - 0 Darlington
Tipton 26
Attend: 1672
Half-time: 1-0

Fleetwood Town 2 - 0 Leiston
Bell 48 Warlow 79
Attend: 2010
Half-time: 0-0

Hartlepool 2 - 1 Brighton
Porter pen 67 Liddle 70
Forster 28
Attend: 3288
Half-time: 0-1

Lincoln City 1 - 2 Kettering
John-Lewis 54
Westcarr 68 Christie 90
Attend: 3953
Half-time: 0-0

Oldham0 - 1 Cheltenham
Montrose 22
Attend: 2552
Half-time: 0-1

Rochdale 3 -2 Barnet
Le Fondre 56 , 73 , 105
O'Flynn 10 Adomah 19
Attend: 2339
Half-time: 0-2

Rotherham 0 - 3 Aldershot
Hudson 15 , 81 Morgan 55
Attend: 2431
Half-time: 0-1

Southend 2 - 0 AFC Telford
Francis 74 Walker 79
Attend: 4415
Half-time: 0-0


Stockport 5 - 0 Yeovil
Dicker 6 Rose 16 McNeil 42 Pilkington 48 Vincent 90
Attend: 3260
Half-time: 3-0

1st Round Replays

Northampton Town 2-5 Leeds United
Crowe 43, 89
Beckford 12
Hughes 27 (o.g)
Parker 40
Beckford 45, 54

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
First Round Proper Replay
Thursday 13 November 2008

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Shuker 69

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
First Round Proper Replay
Thursday 13 November 2008
Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers FC
Live on Setanta Sports

A look into Curzon Ashton

Curzon Ashton play there home games in Ashton Under Lyne at the Tamesdie Stadium which can spectate up to 4,000. They formed from 2 clubs in 1963 who were Curzon Road F.C. and Assheton Amateurs F.C.

There current manager is Gary Lowe and there Chairman goes by the name of Harry Galloway. They are currently playing in the Unibon First Division North and are sitting in 13th place out of 21 teams. There current sponsor is Greggs and they go by the name of 'The Blues'.

So far this season they are in the 2nd round of the F.A Cup after beating Exeter 3-2 on Saturday at the Tameside Stadium. With the goals coming from Worsley, Ogoo and Norton. Most people will remember Agoo's goal most as his fantastic dipping half volley over the keeper sent 'The Blues' 2-0 up. James Ogoo, formally of Oldham, is a current Gambian International and is probably the fittest player at the club according to manager Gary Lowe.

To see more about Curzon Ashton visit there official website at http://www.curzon-ashton.co.uk/

AFC Wimbledon 1 - 4 Wycombe

Tonights 1st round tie has just finished at The Fans' Stadium Kingsmeadow as Wycombe met AFC Wimbledon.

The result is as follows:

AFC Wimbledon 1 - 4 Wycombe
Hatton 55
Harrold 8 Harrold 35 Phillips 61 Harrold 73
Att: 4,528

Wycombe overcame AFC Wimbledon 4-1 to book their place in the second round of the FA Cup.
AFC Wimbledon, in the first round of the competition for the first time, fought bravely but were undone by a Matt Harrold hat-trick and Matt Phillips strike.
Peter Taylor's Wycombe, unbeaten in League Two this season, took the lead after just nine minutes when Harrold seized on a defensive mistake and finished coolly past Andy Little.
Harrold rounded Little in the 36th minute to make it 2-0 but the goalkeeper denied him a third before half-time with an excellent save.
The Wombles started the second half brightly and reduced the arrears in the 56th minute when Sam Hatton turned home Tom Davis' cross.
However, Phillips restored Wycombe's two-goal cushion from John Mousinho's pass six minutes later and Harrold completed his hat-trick with another assured shot on 74 minutes.
Wycombe go on to face non-league side Eastwood in round two.

Wycombe a good Cup team

Wycombe have been in a fair share of cup upsets over the years.

In 2001 Lawrie Snachex took them to the semi finals after beating Harrow Borough, Millwall, Grimsby Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wimbledon and Leicester City but lost 2 -1 at Villa Park in a great game against Liverpool.

As a non-League club they knocked out Newport County (3-1 in 1973), AFC Bournemouth (2-1 in a replay in 1974) and Colchester United (2-0 in 1985). The Isthmians also held First Division Middlesbrough to a 0-0 draw in 1975 at their old Loakes Park ground, one which sloped from side to side.

Wycombe tonight face a difficult AFC Wimbledon.


AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe Wanderers

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
First Round Proper
Monday 10 November 2008
Kingsmeadow, Kingstonian FC
Live on Setanta Sports
Winning clubs will receive £20,000 from The FA

Second Round Draw

The second round draw was made today and looks as follows:

Chesterfield v Darlington or Droylsden

Peterborough v Accrington or Tranmere

Eastwood Town v AFC Wimbledon or Wycombe Wanderers

Notts County v Kettering Town or Lincoln City

Leicester City v Hereford or Dagenham & Redbridge

Eastbourne Borough or Barrow v Brentford

Bradford City v Leyton Orient

AFC Telford United or Southend United v Luton Town or Altrincham

Team Forest Green Rovers v Barnet or Rochdale

Histon v Leeds United or Northampton Town

Scunthorpe United v Alfreton Town

Torquay United v Oxford United or Dorchester Town

Leiston or Fleetwood Town v Brighton & Hove Albion or Hartlepool

Morecambe v Cheltenham or Oldham Athletic

Gillingham v Yeovil Town or Stockport County

Millwall v Aldershot or Rotherham

Carlisle or Grays Athletic v Crewe Alexandra

Bournemouth v Blyth Spartans

Kidderminster Harriers v Curzon Ashton

Port Vale v Macclesfield Town

Ties to be played weekend of November 29/30.


The First round replays to be played are to be played on November 18th:

Southend v Telford
Tranmere v Accrington
Rotherham v Aldershot
Rochdale v Barnet
Hartlepool v Brighton
Grays v Carlisle
Oldham v Cheltenham
Droylsden v Darlington
Barrow v Eastbourne
Dagenham v Hereford
Lincoln v Kettering
Fleetwood v Leiston
Altrincham v Luton
Dorchester v Oxford
Stockport v Yeovil

First Round results continued

3 more games took place in the F.A Cup 1st round today and here are the results:


AFC Hornchurch 0 - 1 Peterbrough
Mackail Smith, 90
Att: 3,000

Havant and W 1 - 3 Brentford
Simpemba 73
Williams 42 MacDonald 66 Elder 83
Att: 1,631

Team Bath 0 - 1 Forest Green
Mohamed, 75
Att: 906

First Round results continued

No fewer than 34 1st round games were completed yesterday and there were some great shocks here are the results:


AFC Telford 2- 2 Southend
Adams 70 , 83
Laurent 34 Christophe 90
Attend: 3631
Half-time: 0-1


Accrington Stanley 0 - 0 Tranmere
Attend: 2126
Half-time: 0-0

Aldershot 1 - 1 Rotherham
Grant pen 90
Cummins 54
Attend: 2632
Half-time: 0-0

Alfreton Town 4 - 2 Bury Town
McIntosh 4 Fortune-West 61 Law pen 65 Clayton 90
Johnson 23 Reed 34
Attend: 1060
Half-time: 1-2

Barnet 1 - 1 Rochdale
Yakubu 67
Dagnall 49
Attend: 1782
Half-time: 0-0

Blyth Spartans 3 - 1 Shrewsbury
Reay 1 , 29 Leeson 53
Holt 68
Attend: 2742
Half-time: 2-0

Bournemouth 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Pearce 76
Attend: 3935
Half-time: 0-0

Brighton 3 - 3 Hartlepool
McLeod 19 Cox 38 Fraser 78
Hawkins og 53 Brown 55 Monkhouse 69
Attend: 2545
Half-time: 2-0

Bury 0 - 1 Gillingham
Barcham 71
Attend: 2161
Half-time: 0-0

Carlisle 1 - 1 Grays Athletic
Madine 84
Stuart 52
Attend: 3921
Half-time: 0-0

Cheltenham 2 - 2 Oldham
Murray 5 Owusu pen 45
Taylor 49 Whitaker 76
Attend: 2585
Half-time: 2-0

Chester 0 - 3 Millwall
Grabban 76 Harris 79 Grimes 90
Attend: 1932
Half-time: 0-0

Chesterfield 3 - 1 Mansfield
Winter 32 , 58 Ward 51
Arnold 78
Attend: 6612
Half-time: 1-0

Colchester 0 - 1 Leyton Orient
Demetriou 80
Attend: 4600
Half-time: 0-0

Crewe 1 - 0 Ebbsfleet United
Donaldson 34
Attend: 2593
Half-time: 1-0

Curzon Ashton 3 - 2 Exeter
Worsley 26 Ogoo 56 Norton 79
Basham 84 Moxey 90
Attend: 1259
Half-time: 1-0

Darlington 0 - 0 Droylesden
Attend: 2479
Half-time: 0-0

Eastbourne Borough 0 - 0 Barrow
Attend: 1216
Half-time: 0-0

Eastwood Town 2 - 1 Brackley
Cooke 54 Meikle 65
Winters 20
Attend: 960
Half-time: 0-1

Harlow 0 - 2 Macclesfield
Brisley 65 Dunfield 86
Attend: 2149
Half-time: 0-0

Hereford 0 - 0 Dag & Red
Attend: 1825
Half-time: 0-0

Histon 1 - 0 Swindon
Wright 66
Attend: 1541
Half-time: 0-0

Huddersfield 3 - 4 Port Vale
Collins 45 Craney 51 Williams 65
Dodds 27 , 85 Howland 79 Richards 90
Attend: 6942
Half-time: 1-1

Kettering 1 - 1 Lincoln City
Geohaghan 85
N'Guessan 86
Attend: 3314
Half-time: 0-0

Kidderminster 1 - 0 Cambridge United
Richards pen 17
Attend: 1717
Half-time: 1-0

Leicester 3 - 0 Stevenage
Dyer 37 Fryatt 52 King 69
Attend: 7586
Half-time: 1-0

Leiston 0 - 0 Fleetwood Town
Attend: 1250
Half-time: 0-0

Luton 0 - 0 Althrincham
Attend: 3200
Half-time: 0-0

Milton Keynes Dons 1 - 2 Bradford
Johnson 43
Daley 2 Lee 82
Attend: 5542
Half-time: 1-1

Morecambe 2 - 1 Grimsby
Taylor 45 , 77
Stockdale 88
Attend: 1713
Half-time: 1-0

Oxford Utd 0 - 0 Dorchester
Attend: 3196
Half-time: 0-0

Sutton Utd 0 - 1 Notts County
Butcher 75
Attend: 2041
Half-time: 0-0

Torquay 2 - 0 Evesham
Sills 28 , 75
Attend: 2275
Half-time: 1-0

Walsall 1 - 3 Scunthorpe
Ricketts 25
Hooper 42 , 58 Hurst 90
Attend: 2318
Half-time: 1-1

Yeovil 1 - 1 Stockport
Skiverton 60
Davies 44
Attend: 3582
Half-time: 0-1

So a round up of yesterdays games from the F.A Cup first round and a few shocks in there and my performance of the day goes to Blyth Spartans as they beat Shrewsbury 3 -1 in convincing style thanks to two fantastic goals by 19 year old Reay.

First Round results

The first round kicked off at Elland Road on Friday the 7th November:

Leeds 1 - 1 Northampton
Robinson pen, 37
McGleish, 9
Att: 9,531

About this blog

This blog is all about the F.A Cup and i will give you all the information on fixtures, results and top goal scorers throughout the competition so keep visiting for all the latest information.

I am starting with the first round but there will be a club profile every week so you can smarten up your knowledge on some of the unkown teams in the F.A Cup.