FA Cup, 3rd round replays
Kenny Miller ousted underdogs Kidderminster from the FA Cup as Wolves movedinto the fourth round with a 2-0 replay victory at Molineux tonight.
On a night of third-round rematches which saw Northampton and Scunthorpe upsetthe form book elsewhere, Wolves took time out from their Premiership struggles to make class tell against their Division Three visitors and Black Country neighbours.
Scottish striker Miller was on target in the 36th and 65th minutes to carryDave Jones' team through to a last-32 tie at home to West Ham.
Division Three Northampton landed a home meeting with Premiership leaders Manchester United by making light of their Nationwide League inferiority againstRotherham at Millmoor.
The hosts scored first via Paul Hurst in the 19th minute but ended up 2-1 losers following goals either side of half-time from Richard Walker (36) and Martin Smith (54).
Scunthorpe will also face Premiership opposition later this month after their2-0 win at home to Barnsley.
A trip to Portsmouth awaits the Irons, for whom Steve Torpey (18) and JamieMcCombe (74) were the glory boys.
Joe Keith provided both Colchester's goals at Layer Road, where the DivisionTwo side came through 2-1 at home to erstwhile Conference survivors Accrington.
Keith put his team one up in the 11th minute and appeared to have finished thejob in the 84th - immediately before the visitors were reduced to 10 men whenSteve Halford was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Stanley refused to give up and trailed by only one goal when Paul Mullinstruck a minute from time. But the Us' hung on to claim the reward of a trip toCoventry.
Preston won through to a fourth-round tie at Swansea with a 2-1 victory over their fellow Division One hopefuls Reading at the Madejski Stadium, where thevisiting goalscorers were Richard Cresswell (28) and George Koumantarakis (47).
Shaun Goater made Craig Brown's side sweat out the closing stages by getting agoal back in the 84th minute - but it was too little too late for the Royals.
Stoke are the form club in Division One but could not make it count at home tobottom-of-the-table Wimbledon.
A goal just after the half-hour from Adam Nowland saw Stuart Murdoch's Donsscrape a 1-0 win at the Britannia Stadium and secure a trip to face PremiershipBirmingham in the fourth round.
A last-minute equaliser from the hosts' substitute Ricky Shakes took Premiership Bolton and Tranmere into extra-time at the Reebok Stadium, where Eugene Dadi (82) had put the Division Two side in front.
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