Seagulls send Magpies packing

FA Cup review : Brighton pulled off the shock of the FA Cup's fourth round by dumping Newcastle United out of the competition with a 1-0 victory over the Magpies.

Will Buckley's shot was deflected past Tim Krul by the unlucky Mike Williamson to send the visitors tumbling out.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew played his strongest team but saw Leon Best miss their clearest chance when he headed over in the first half.

Last year’s runners-up Stoke City booked their place in the fifth round with a convincing win over Derby County at Pride Park.

The visitors made a great start, taking the lead in the fifth minute through Cameron Jerome, and Robert Huth added a second nine minutes from time for a 2-0 win at local rivals Derby.

Bolton , the team Stoke beat 5-0 in the semi-finals in 2011, are also through thanks to Chris Eagles’ 56th-minute winner against Swansea — visiting keeper Gerhard Tremmel culpable.

Luke Moore had put the Swans ahead but it was quickly cancelled out just before half-time by Darren Pratley, scoring for the first time since a goal for Swansea in last season’s play-off semi-final.

A goal from Simeon Jackson five minutes from time earned Norwich a 2-1 win at West Brom in another all Premier League clash after Marc Antoine Fortune had cancelled out Grant Holt’s first-half opener.

Once again it was Crawley who provided the shock of the day, when the League Two side defeated the Championship’s Hull City 1-0 thanks to Matt Tubbs’ 57th-minute goal to reach the fifth round for the second successive year.

League One Sheffield Wednesday looked to have followed up their fourth-round win over West Ham by knocking out another Championship side as Clinton Morrison lobbed them ahead at Blackpool but Kevin Phillips equalised in injury time via a dubious penalty.

League Two Swindon were the heroes of the third round after knocking out top-flight Wigan but they went down 2-0 to Leicester today as Jermaine Beckford made it five goals in the competition this season.

Birmingham were comfortable 4-0 winners against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane thanks to goals from 17-year-old Nathan Redmond, Wade Elliott and a brace from Irishman Adam Rooney.

Rickie Lambert’s 31st-minute goal looked like it would be enough for Championship high-fliers Southampton to beat Millwall but Darius Henderson struck four minutes from time to secure a 1-1 draw.

In the all League One clash, Damion Stewart’s own goal (12) put Stevenage into the fifth round for the first time in their history as they beat Notts County 1-0.

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