Round-up: Sunderland slain

Paul Ince got the better of former Manchester United team-mate Steve Bruce as a much-changed Black Cats turned in a poor performance.

The hosts only came alive once they were trailing 2-0 after keeper Simon Mignolet had fumbled Craig Westcarr's fifth-minute flick into his own net before 34-year-old Lee Hughes struck with 15 minutes remaining.

Darren Bent's 81st-minute penalty kept the tie alive until the final whistle, but County held out to claim a famous victory which was little more than they deserved.

Another north east side also made a disappointing cup exit when Shaun Harrad struck in injury time as Burton caused a FA Cup upset at the Pirelli Stadium and piled more misery on Middlesbrough with a 2-1 win.

Harrad scored twice in the last 10 minutes as the League Two club came from behind to record a famous victory.

Gary O`Neil had marked his return to the Boro team with a fabulous free-kick to give the Championship club the lead just before the hour mark.

Ian Holloway sent his Blackpool reserves on FA Cup duty and watched them tumble out at the hands of Southampton, who won 2-0.

In a third-round shock of sorts, League One Saints overcame top-flight opposition thanks to second-half goals from Lee Barnard and Guly Do Prado.

Another Premier League side to fall were West Bromwich Albion, whose FA Cup hopes ended - as they did last season - with defeat at Reading.

Shane Long scored his seventh goal in six games to lead the Royals to a 1-0 win at the Madejski Stadium.

Dave Kitson's early red card proved costly as last year's finalists Portsmouth crashed out of the FA Cup in a 3-1 defeat at npower League One leaders Brighton.

A late Cesc Fabregas penalty earned Arsenal a 1-1 draw and saved them from FA Cup embarrassment in a pulsating game at home to Leeds United.

The Arsenal skipper converted a spot-kick in the 90th minute to cancel out Robert Snodgrass' earlier spot-kick at the Emirates in a lunchtime kick-off.

In the other early kick-off Birmingham strolled into the fourth round of the FA Cup as they made light work of a potential upset by brushing aside Championship team Millwall with a 4-1 hammering at the New Den.

A brace from Matt Derbyshire and a superb free-kick from David Murphy put the midlanders 3-0 up at half-time.

Steve Morison missed a second-half penalty just after the break for the hosts before Cameron Jerome came off the bench to head home with his first touch to make it 4-0.

Millwall grabbed an injury-time consolation through substitute Danny Schofield but the gulf in class between the two sides was evident throughout and Birmingham fully deserved the win.

Everton stated their determination to win the FA Cup by powering into the fourth round with an emphatic 5-1 win over Championship strugglers Scunthorpe.

Louis Saha and Jermaine Beckford got the Merseysiders off to a flying start at Glanford Park before Seamus Coleman, Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines made sure of victory.

Aston Villa gave Gerard Houllier a much-needed win as the visitors edged past Sheffield United 3-1 at Bramall Lane.

After first-half goals from former United full-back Kyle Walker and Marc Albrighton Villa appeared to be comfortable.

But a penalty from Jamie Ward and a red card for Ashley Young made life uncomfortable for the Premier League side until Stiliyan Petrov struck in stoppage time.

Diomansy Kamara scored his first hat-trick in English football as Fulham proved they were serious about another crack at the FA Cup this season after sweeping past Peterborough with a 6-2 win.

Dickson Etuhu and substitutes Zoltan Gera and Jonathan Greening also found the net, while Lee Tomlin and a Grant McCann penalty salvaged some pride for the visitors, who survived an even heavier beating.

Cardiff earned themselves a replay at Cardiff City Stadium after holding Stoke to a 1-1 draw in their FA Cup third round tie at the Britannia Stadium.

Michael Chopra put the npower Championship side in front in the eighth minute, the Potters defence allowing him time to head against the post and then slot home the loose ball.

Tuncay equalised on 45 minutes after latching onto Ricardo Fuller's header, but although the hosts dominated the second period, the Bluebirds managed to keep their Premier League opponents at bay.

West Ham's cup king Jonathan Spector was on target again but Avram Grant's struggling side made hard work of beating Barnsley 2-0 at Upton Park.

The American, playing in a central midfield role, put the Hammers ahead again today before substitute Frederic Piquionne rifled home a late second.

Junior Hoilett's first goal for more than 16 months was enough to give Blackburn a 1-0 victory over Championship leaders QPR after Rovers has missed a host of chances in their FA Cup third round tie at Ewood Park.

Mame Biram Diouf (twice), Ryan Nelsen, Gael Givet and El Hadji Diouf could all have given their side a comfortable lead in front of a crowd of just 10,284 fans.

Mohamed Diame netted twice as Wigan booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 victory over Hull for the second successive season.

The midfielder scored the only goal of a low key first half in the 21st minute before teenage striker Callum McManaman grabbed his first for the Latics 11 minutes after the break.

The game really came to life in the final quarter of an hour as substitute Nick Barmby netted either side of Diame's second but there was not to be a final twist as the visitors held on.

Stephen Hunt's second-half spot-kick salvaged a replay for 10-man Wolves at the Keepmoat Stadium after a 2-2 draw with Doncaster in a thrilling tie which either side could have snatched late on.

George Elokobi's 75th-minute red card for a tough challenge on James Coppinger left the Barclays Premier League visitors clinging on for their second chance.

Hunt's penalty had cancelled out Rovers' half-time lead with Billy Sharp and James Hayter scoring twice in as many minutes to cancel out Nenad Milijas' stunning long-range opener.

Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander stepped off the bench to fire Bolton through to the FA Cup fourth round and deny non-league York the replay they would have deserved, courtesy of a 2-0 win.

England striker Davies smashed the ball home from close range in the 83rd minute, after York, of the Blue Square Premier, had almost taken a shock lead at the other end.

The teams had looked to be heading for a Bootham Crescent replay before Davies, who boss Owen Coyle brought off the bench for the second half, intervened, and Elmander finished off York in the 89th minute with a sweet strike from 25 yards.

Sheffield Wednesday swept aside Championship strugglers Bristol City 3-0 with an impressive second-half display.

City, 17th in the table but unbeaten in their last three league matches, dominated the first half and appeared set for a comfortable passage through, but goals from Wednesday trio Gary Teale, Neil Mellor and Clinton Morrison after the break turned the game on its head.

In another upset for Championship sides, Former Norwich loanee Jimmy Smith fired League One's Leyton Orient into the fourth round of the FA Cup after a surprise win at Carrow Road.

Smith, who was with City for three months in 2007, headed his side in front in the 20th minute with his second goal in as many games.

Luke Chambers struck an 89th-minute winner to send Nottingham Forest through and condemn Phil Brown to a losing start to his Preston reign in a 2-1 defeat.

North End midfielder Darren Carter fired the hosts ahead in the 35th minute with a 25-yard strike but Paul Anderson levelled with a superb effort five minutes after the restart and defender Chambers prodded home the winner from close range.

Keiren Westwood saved a Neil Danns penalty as Coventry survived a late fightback from Crystal Palace to book their place in the FA Cup fourth-round draw with a 2-1 win.

Just 8,162 were present at the Ricoh Arena to see two early goals from Freddy Eastwood and Carl Baker in as many first-half minutes put the hosts firmly in control, before Danns hit back gave the visitors hope in the final ten minutes.

Swansea booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup after hammering Colchester 4-0 at the Liberty Stadium.

Garry Monk had headed his side into the lead, before Darren Pratley converted Cedric Van der Gun's cross on 35 minutes. Van der Gun added the third and Scott Sinclair completed the rout late on.

Managerless Burnley ensured Jim Gannon made a losing start to his tenure at Port Vale with a comfortable 4-2 win over the League Two side in their FA Cup third round clash.

Marvin Sordell scored twice to help Watford advance in the Cup as battling Hartlepool were beaten 4-1.

Lee Novak proved the difference as Huddersfield made it to the FA Cup fourth round for only the second time in 11 years with a 2-0 win over minnows Dover.

Eunan O'Kane scored the only goal of the game as League Two Torquay dumped League One Carlisle out of the competition.

And in a thrilling all-League Two match-up Hereford saw off fellow strugglers Lincoln to earn their place in the third round of the FA Cup with a 4-3 victory. The winners now have a trip to Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday.