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Wednesday 8th February 2012


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- Blackpool through to face Everton
Blackpool defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 to set up an FA Cup fifth round tie at Everton. The Seasiders were on their way as early as seven minutes, when the much sought after Matt Phillips steered home a low shot. Lomana Lua Lua added a second before the quarter hour mark, and Ludovic Sylvestre's second half goal put the game beyond doubt.

- Late drama as Millwall win
Liam Feeney scored in injury time as Millwall dumped Southampton out of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win at St Mary's. Liam Trotter gave the Championship strugglers the lead, but Southampton turned the game around thanks to goals from Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert. Dany N'Guessan's equaliser looked to have forced extra time before Feeney's stunning winner helped the London club set up a clash with Premier League Bolton in the fifth round.

- Swindon through to Wembley
Paulo Di Canio's Swindon will face Chesterfield at Wembley in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final after they saw off Barnet in the south section area final. Alan Connell's header from Paul Caddis' cross was enough to fire the League Two title chasers through to the final on March 25th, the fifth time in Swindon's history they will have been to Wembley.

- Birmingham up to third
Nathan Redmond's late goal was enough to fire Birmingham to a 1-0 win over Portsmouth, and up to third place in the Championship. The highly-rated 17-year-old scored with a swivelled volley in the 86th minute, as Chris Hughton's men kept up their promotion push, with the win leaving them just two points behind second placed Southampton.

- Dunfermline still bottom
Dunfermline remained bottom of the SPL table, despite a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock. Andy Kirk's goal on the stroke of half time earned a point for the home side, after they had fallen behind to James Fowler's deflected shot. The Pars are now level on points with 11th placed Hibernian, who have a game in hand.

- Van der Sar has advice for De Gea
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar says his successor to the number one shirt at Old Trafford, David de Gea, has to "deal" with his tough start to life at the club. The Dutchman said: "He has to deal with that. They paid a lot of money for him and he has to come through that. It's always difficult if you're coming into a new club and new league, especially the English one. It's a very demanding one and can be very tough."

- Donovan enjoying Everton spell
USA international forward Landon Donovan says he has found it easy to settle into life on Merseyside during his second loan spell at Everton. He said: "Last time I came over it was easy. I'm not sure why, but this time it was even easier. I got here just before New Year and I was able to travel with the team to the West Brom game and just be around the guys and take it all in again."


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