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FA Cup round-up: Tottenham taken to extra-time after heroic display from Tamworth

Newcastle recover after Bromley take early lead at St James’ Park; League Two’s Doncaster knock out Championship side Hull shoot-out

Tottenham's Son Heung-Min prepares to take a corner kick during the FA Cup third-round match against Tamworth at The Lamb Ground. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
Tottenham's Son Heung-Min prepares to take a corner kick during the FA Cup third-round match against Tamworth at The Lamb Ground. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
Sun Jan 12 2025 - 19:34

Part-timers Tamworth produced a heroic display to take Tottenham to extra-time before the Premier League club limped into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-0 win.

The National League outfit pushed Spurs all the way at a buoyant Lambs Ground on an occasion for the whole town to be proud of – albeit with a tinge of disappointment after they missed out on a potential-lucrative replay.

Tamworth had threatened to win the tie in second-half stoppage-time before Ange Postecoglou watched two of his substitutes help them progress.

Dominic Solanke’s deflected effort broke the deadlock in the 101st-minute before Dejan Kulusevski clinched the hard-fought victory with a second, six minutes later.

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Brennan Johnson added unjust gloss to the score with a third after 118 minutes, but it failed to sour a memorable occasion for the non-league club, who received a standing ovation after extra-time.

Spurs take on fellow Premier League outfit Aston Villa next.

Newcastle made only slightly easier work of League Two Bromley, recording a 3-1 win at St James’ Park after summoning Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes off the bench.

Bromley had taken a shock lead through Cameron Congreve inside just eight minutes, with Lewis Miley levelling before the interval. But Eddie Howe sent for the big name reinforcements and was rewarded when Gordon converted a penalty early in the second half.

Will Osula ended the scoring by grabbing his first goal for the club, who have now won eight games in a row for the first time since 2016.

Another fourth-tier side did keep their name in the hat, Doncaster edging Championship side Hull in a shoot-out. Luke Molyneux’s effort looked enough to give Rovers the win until Gustavo Puerta levelled 10 minutes from time.

Harry Clifton scored the winning spot-kick after Mason Burstow and Alfie Jones missed for the Championship side, sending Grant McCann’s men through to a plumb meeting with Crystal Palace. Palace scraped through 1-0 at the expense of League One Stockport thanks to an early goal from Eberechi Eze.

Southampton enjoyed some respite from their Premier League relegation battle, seeing off Swansea 3-0.

Record signing Kamaldeen Sulemana ended a 37-game goal drought against the Welsh side and Tyler Dibling netted twice to hand manager Ivan Juric his first win in charge.

Ipswich also came out with a morale-boosting 3-0 triumph at the expense of Bristol Rovers.

Kalvin Phillips opened the scoring with his first goal since December 2023, before Jack Clarke and Ireland international Jack Taylor made it safe in the first half.

FA Cup fourth-round draw:

Manchester United v Leicester

Leeds v Millwall or Dagenham

Brighton v Chelsea

Preston or Charlton v Wycombe

Exeter v Nottingham Forest

Coventry v Ipswich

Blackburn v Wolves

Mansfield or Wigan v Fulham

Birmingham v Newcastle

Plymouth v Liverpool

Everton v Bournemouth

Aston Villa v Tottenham

Southampton v Burnley

Leyton Orient or Derby v Manchester City

Doncaster v Crystal Palace

Stoke v Cardiff

Ties to be played from February 7th-10th.