Sundays Football FA Cup (3rd round results)

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FA Cup third round results & reports:
Oldham upset Fulham, Barnet shock Sheff Utd & Man City his seven against Rotherham (January 06, 2019)

Oldham dumped Fulham out of the FA Cup third round while Sheffield United lost to non-league side Barnet and Man City hit seven against Rotherham.

FA Cup results

Fulham 1-2 Oldham Athletic
Manchester City 7-0 Rotherham United
Millwall 2-1 Hull City
Preston North End 1-3 Doncaster Rovers
QPR 2-1 Leeds United
Sheffield United 0-1 Barnet
Woking 0-2 Watford

Fulham pay the penalty

Aleksandar Mitrovic missed a hotly-contested penalty as Fulham were dumped out of the FA Cup 2-1 by League Two side Oldham.

Callum Lang headed in the visitors' 89th-minute winner to stun the Premier League hosts and prompt extended touchline celebrations from caretaker boss and lifelong supporter Pete Wild.

Denis Odoi's goal early in the second half meant Fulham were expecting to coast home, only for Oldham to turn the tide as Bournemouth loan striker Sam Surridge equalised from the penalty spot

And then Lang buried Gevaro Nepomuceno's teasing cross, to spark exuberant celebrations on both the Oldham bench and among the delirious travelling supporters.

Replacement striker Mitrovic had spurned the chance to put Fulham back in front from the spot just moments before Oldham's winner but the Serbia striker's first touch after replacing captain Tom Cairney was to step up and strike the penalty - only to see goalkeeper Daniel Iversen produce a fine save at full stretch.

Non-league Bees sting Blades

Barnet produced one of the biggest shocks of the FA Cup third round as the last non-league side in the competition knocked out Championship high-fliers Sheffield United with a 1-0 win at Bramall Lane.

Shaquile Coulthirst's first-half penalty saw the Bees eliminate a side 83 places above them in the Football League pyramid.

It was a particularly special occasion for Barnet caretaker boss Darren Currie, whose uncle Tony has a stand named after him at Bramall Lane after a glittering eight-year spell with the Blades from 1968-76.

United boss Chris Wilder made 10 changes to his promotion-chasing side, with only defender Martin Crainie keeping his place from the win at Wigan.
Seven up for Man City

Manchester City made no mistake as they cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup by thrashing Championship Rotherham 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium in Pep Guardiola's biggest win as City boss.

Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and a Semi Ajayi own goal put a strong City side into a comfortable half-time lead.

Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez, Nicolas Otamendi and Leroy Sane completed the rout as the Millers were outclassed after the break.

FA Cup round-up: Championship leaders Leeds go out

Jake Bidwell's second-half header handed QPR a 2-1 FA Cup victory over Leeds United and a rare place in the fourth round.

Bidwell headed home Luke Freeman's left-wing corner with 15 minutes remaining to give the west London club their first third-round win without the need of a replay in 23 years.

Leeds had hit back after Aramide Oteh's 23rd-minute penalty put Rangers ahead at Loftus Road.

Watford captain Troy Deeney came off the substitutes' bench to wrap up their FA Cup third-round win over non-league Woking.

The Premier League outfit made hard work of seeing off their hosts, Will Hughes giving them a first-half lead before Deeney was introduced late on to secure a 2-0 victory in Surrey.

A massive 110 places separated the two clubs in the football pyramid as they took to the pitch at the Laithwaite Community Stadium - but National League South promotion hopefuls Woking gave a spirited performance.

Substitute Shane Ferguson's brilliant late double earned Millwall a place in the FA Cup fourth round as they came from behind to record a 2-1 win over Hull at the Den.

A much-changed Hull side had taken the lead shortly after half-time through Jon Toral but Ferguson levelled with nine minutes to go with a superb curler before adding a free kick that was even better just three minutes later.

Two goals in the final 20 minutes saw Doncaster cause an FA Cup third round upset with a 3-1 win at Preston North End.

The League One side hit the front thanks to John Marquis' fifth-minute header during an open first half. They were pegged back by an Andrew Hughes header as the Championship outfit started the second period strongly.

But Tom Anderson scrambled the ball home with 18 minutes to go to put the visitors in control and Rovers sealed their place in the fourth round for the first time in nine seasons when Mallik Wilks slotted home in the 87th minute.