FA Cup

Well the VERY early game may as well not have been played...

Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds FT

Won't much suit either team I think. Arsenal have rather more pressing affairs at the top of the Premiership & Leeds will well remember going on a great FA cup charge last year (beating Manchester United in the process) that almost succeeded in destroying their promotion to the Championship. This time round they are lying 3rd. in that league with the possibility of the even more profitable & desirable option of a return to Premiership football next season.
No one could score from open play & United went in front from the spot after 54 minutes. They clung on until right at the end when another penalty evened it up on final whistle time. You don't want to deliberately throw a match but I think either side would have preferred a result. There is talk about the match must have a result & no replays to liven up interest in the Cup. After this match as a Manchester United fan I am dead against that idea......that attitude might change after the clash with Liverpool tomorrow....
In the slightly later kick off game that is currently still playing...

Millwall 0-3 Birmingham L

Looks like it will take a miracle for Brum not to progress...

Final score in the Millwall game.

Millwall 1-4 Birmingham FT

With the exception of the late kick off between Stevenage v Newcastle at 7:30 all the other matches well underway.
Jon will be gutted that current score is Scunthorpe 0-2 Everton - wazza will be searching for a blue top with Chang on it..

Here are the results with the exception of the late Saturday Newcastle game.

# Arsenal 1-1 Leeds
# Blackburn 1-0 QPR
# Bolton 2-0 York
# Brighton 3-1 Portsmouth
# Bristol City 0-3 Sheff Wed
# Burnley 4-2 Port Vale
# Burton Albion 2-1 Middlesbrough
# Coventry 2-1 Crystal Palace
# Doncaster 2-2 Wolves
# Fulham 6-2 Peterborough
# Huddersfield 2-0 Dover
# Hull 2-3 Wigan
# Lincoln City 3-4 Hereford
# Millwall 1-4 Birmingham
# Norwich 0-1 Leyton Orient
# Preston 1-2 Nott'm Forest
# Reading 1-0 West Brom
# Scunthorpe 1-5 Everton
# Sheff Utd 1-3 Aston Villa
# Southampton 2-0 Blackpool
# Stoke 1-1 Cardiff
# Sunderland 1-2 Notts County
# Swansea 4-0 Colchester
# Torquay 1-0 Carlisle
# Watford 4-1 Hartlepool
# West Ham 2-0 Barnsley

Banjo, I take it you mean

Stevenage 3-1 Newcastle

Stevenage were only formed in 1976 - admittedly out of the ashes of Stevenage Borough Football Club.
They finally gained promotion to the Football League last year. I think in 1996 they were actually in the position to be promoted but were denied by the League as their ground did not meet League standards.
Up until last night there most prestigious Cup result was in the 1997-1998 season. Then they held Newcastle United (yes, you read that correctly) to a 1-1 draw at home before going out (rather unluckily some said) 2-1 back at St. James Park. I guess many at the club will see this result as setting that injustice to rights...