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Down and out Liverpool ousts Leeds from F.A. Cup
Updated: Saturday January 27, 2001 1:49 PM
LONDON (AP) -- Liverpool reached the fifth round of the F.A. Cup Saturday with a 2-0 victory at Leeds with goals from Nicky Barmby and Emile Heskey. Meanwhile, Premier League rival Arsenal hammered first-division Queens Park Rangers 6-0 to join Liverpool in the final 16 of England's top cup. The major casualty in the fourth round was Premier League Everton, which went down 3-0 at home against first-division Tranmere. Non-conference Kingstonian sprang a surprise, drawing at second-division Bristol City 1-1 to force a replay. Leicester also continued Aston Villa's woes. Villa, winless in five straight league game, lost 2-1 to the Foxes. In all other fourth-round F.A. Cup games Saturday: Blackburn 0, Derby 0; Crewe 0, Stockport 1; Manchester City 1, Coventry 0; Southampton 3, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Sunderland 1, Ipswich 0; Wycombe 2, Wolverhampton 1. Much of the suspense Saturday took place in two third-round replays. Premier League Charlton needed 30 minutes of extra time to beat a stubborn non-league Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0. In the other third-round replay, first-division Wimbledon - playing with 10 men at the end - also scored in 30 minutes of overtime to oust second-division Notts County 1-0. In three fourth round F.A. Cup matches on Sunday, it was: Bolton vs. Scunthorpe, Gillingham vs. Chelsea, Manchester United vs. West Ham. In England's first-division on Saturday. leader Fulham was stopped 1-0 at home by Birmingham, moving the winners up to fifth place. In two other games: Grimsby 2, Portsmouth 1; Norwich 2, Watford 1. In Scotland, Rangers won 2-0 a home against Brechin to reach the fourth round. In all other third-round games: Alloa 0, Aberdeen 3; Berwick 0, Hearts 0; Dundee 0, Falkirk 0; East Fife 1, Livingston 4; Hibernian 6, Clyde 1; Inverness 4, Ayr 3; Kilmarnock 1, Partick 0; Montrose 0, Dundee United 2; Peterhead 4, Morton 1; Ross County 2, Buckie Thistle 1; St. Johnstone 0, Dunfermline 0; St. Mirren 1, Motherwell 2; Stirling 2, Raith Rovers 0. Celtic also played at Stranraer on Sunday in a third-round Scottish Cup game. A look a third-round replays and fourth-round games in the F.A. Cup. Dagenham & Redbridge 0, Charlton 1 (0-0) In a third-round replay, Dagenham & and Redbridge gave Charlton all it could handle before Shaun Newton scored two minutes into 30 minutes of extra time to secure the victory over a side that lies some 100 places below it in the pecking order of English soccer. Notts County 0, Wimbledon 1 (0-0) It was a similar story in this third-round replay with Trond Andersen scoring in the 119th minute as first-division Wimbledon won over the second-division side. In the fourth round of the F.A. Cup: Aston Villa 1, Leicester 2 (0-1) Arnar Gunnlaugsson got the winner in the 84th with both teams down to 10 men. Villa's Darius Vassell was sent off in the 34th with Ade Akinbiyi giving Leicester a 1-0 lead eight minutes later. Leicester's Callum Davidson was sent off in the 45th. Julian Joachim equalized in the 76th for Villa. Blackburn 0, Derby 0 (0-0) Derby lived to fight another day after it survived a strong penalty appeal in the no-goal match. Blackburn appealed for a spot-kick in the second half when Bjorn Bragstad challenged Alan Mahon. Bragstad did not appear to make contact with the ball as he tackled the Irishman, but nothing was given and play went on. Bristol City 1, Kingstonian 1 (0-0) Phil Wingfield gave non-league Kingstonian a 1-0 lead in the 57th. But substitute Tony Thorpe scrambled the ball home just seconds before the final whistle and four minutes into injury time as Kingstonian was deprived of one of the greatest shocks in F.A. Cup history. Crewe 0, Stockport 1 (0-0) Jarkko Wiss got the winner in the 85th as Stockport reached the final 16. Wiss was on hand to stab home Kevin Cooper's left-wing cross 10 minutes after Crewe had wasted a chance to win the game. Everton 0, Tranmere 3 (0-1) John Aldridge's first-division side humiliated its Premier League neighbors to reach the final 16. Steve Yates gave Tranmere a 1-0 lead in the 22nd followed by goals from Jason Koumas (35th) and Yates against in the 62nd. In the last 16 months in English cup play, Tranmere has beaten six Premier League teams: Everton, West Ham, Coventry, Leeds, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. Leeds 0, Liverpool 2 (0-2) This looked nothing like the Leeds side that defeated Liverpool earlier in the season 4-3. Robbie Fowler's 87th-minute shot rebounded off a post and was spectacularly finished off by Nicky Barmby. Two minutes later, Barmby's fellow substitute Emile Heskey lashed home the second. Manchester City 1, Coventry 0 (0-0) Coventry dominated the first half but Man City got the victory when Shaun Goater scored in second-half injury time. Queens Park Rangers 0, Arsenal 6 (0-2) Queens Park Rangers were humilated but had only themselves to blame with several goals going in off their own boots. Christopher Plummer and Matthew Rose each scored own-goals for QPR. Sylvain Wiltord scored twice for the Gunners with others for Robert Piers and Dennis Bergkamp. Southampton 3, Sheffield Wednesday 1 (1-0) Kevin Davies, Jason Dodd on a penalty and James Beattie scored as Southampton advanced. Wedensday's only strike came from Andy Booth in the 66th. Sunderland 1, Ipswich 0 (1-0) Daniele Dichio scored in the 23rd as Sunderland advanced over its Premier League rival. Wycombe 2, Wolverhampton 1 (1-0) Second-division Wycombe sent first-division Wolves packing as
Sam Parkin got the winner in the 85th. Andy Rammell gave Wycombe a
1-0 lead in the 37th with Carl Robinson equalizing in the 59th.
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