There were some positives – New boss Luke Williams happy with Swansea’s victory

New Swansea manager Luke Williams was satisfied with his side’s 2-0 FA Cup third round win against Morecambe.Second-half goals from Charlie Patino and Jerry Yates saw the Sky Bet Championship club into the fourth round despite a somewhat laboured performance.Williams was only unveiled two days ago, joining from League Two Notts County after the Swans hierarchy took more than a month to appoi

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Swansea ease past Morecambe to progress in Luke Williams’ first match in charge

Swansea eased their way into the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 win against Sky Bet League Two strugglers Morecambe.Second-half goals from midfielders Charlie Patino and Jerry Yates saw the Sky Bet Championship side safely into the hat and secured victory in new manager Luke Williams’ opening match in charge.While Swansea were never seriously troubled, they were laboured at times and made ha

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Cameron Dawson saves two Cardiff penalties and helps send Sheff Wed through

Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Cameron Dawson saved two penalties inside the opening seven minutes in his side’s 4-0 FA Cup win against Cardiff.Josh Windass fired the Owls ahead in the second minute in a whirlwind start to this third-round tie at Hillsborough before Dawson kept out quickfire spot-kicks from Ryan Wintle and Callum Robinson.The 28-year-old keeper was in inspired form for his h

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Matty Cash’s late deflected strike earns Aston Villa FA Cup win at Middlesbrough

Matty Cash’s late winner saw Aston Villa progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup as they beat Middlesbrough 1-0.Carabao Cup semi-finalists Boro were denied another cup run when Cash’s deflected strike found the bottom corner in the 87th minute.The Premier League side had threatened from corners in the second half and a set-piece ultimately proved to be Boro’s undoing as Unai E

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Chelsea produce second-half goal blitz against Preston to progress in FA Cup

Chelsea scored three times in 11 second-half minutes to ease into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win over Preston at Stamford Bridge.A frustrating showing from Mauricio Pochettino’s side, in which they hogged the ball throughout the first half but carved few openings, burst to life 13 minutes after the break with Armando Broja heading in his second goal of the season from Malo Gus

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Valerien Ismael pleased with Watford’s second-half reaction against Chesterfield

Watford head coach Valerien Ismael was pleased at the second-half reaction from his side, as they spared their FA Cup blushes with a 2-1 win over Chesterfield.A goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time from Tom Dele-Bashiru broke the hearts of the National League leaders, who would have felt they deserved at least a replay.Watford won their first FA Cup third-round tie at home since 2018, and pro

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Troy Deeney criticises players after Forest Green let rare win slip at Salford

Troy Deeney expressed his anger as he was denied a first Forest Green win in a dramatic 2-2 draw at Salford, whose new manager Karl Robinson saw red in his first game in charge.New Ammies boss Robinson was sent off 14 minutes into his Moor Lane bow to set the tone for an action-packed afternoon.The hosts had handed their new head coach – who was appointed on Friday – a dream start thro

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Russell Martin backs two-goal Ryan Fraser to be ‘big player’ for Southampton

Manager Russell Martin admitted Ryan Fraser has done everything possible to start for Southampton after his sensational performance in the 4-0 FA Cup home win over Walsall.Fraser scored twice and set up another as Saints strolled into the fourth round and moved to a 19th game unbeaten in all competitions.The Scotland international has been forced to wait for his chances after arriving on loan from

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New boss Ian Foster excited to see who Plymouth will face in FA Cup fourth round

Plymouth’s new head coach Ian Foster expressed his delight at Argyle progressing to the FA Cup fourth round following a 3-1 home win over League Two strugglers Sutton.Playmaker Morgan Whittaker took his tally to 14 goals with a stoppage-time strike and won a second-half penalty, converted by Ryan Hardie to make it 2-1 after Sutton striker Lee Angol had cancelled out Luke Cundle’s first

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Michael Appleton keeping faith Charlton can improve going forward

Charlton manager Michael Appleton remains positive about his side’s fortunes going forward despite them conceding another late goal in a 3-3 draw at Port Vale.The Addicks led on three occasions, through Corey Blackett-Taylor, Daniel Kanu and Tyreece Campbell, but goals from Ethan Chislett and Uche Ikpeazu were added to by Gavin Massey’s fantastic curling effort in the second minute of

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