Wednesday, February 24, 2010

FA Cup: Stoke City, Reading, Aston Villa, Spurs Take Replays In Advance To Elite Eight

The Round of 16 in England's FA Cup concluded Wednesday with four replays.

At Stoke-On-Trent, England:


Goals from Dave Kitson in regulation time (79'), Ryan Shawcross (95') and Tuncay Samil (99'), both in overtime, carried Stoke City to a 3-1 overtime win at home in their replay with Manchester City.

At West Bromwich, England:

In a battle of League Championship clubs, Brian Howard's goal at 90 minutes forced overtime, and Gylfi Sigurdsson added the game winner in the 95th minute as Reading defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-2 in overtime to become the only remaining non-Premiership club left in the tournament.

For the Royals, it will be their first appearance in the quarterfinal round since 1927.

At Birmingham, England:

Two late penalty kicks from John Carew (81',89') broke open a deadlocked match as Aston Villa defeated visiting League Championsip (and now relegation-threatened) Crystal Palace 3-1.

At London:

A pair of bookend goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko (23', 87') helped to carry Tottenham Hotspur to a 4-0 home brassknuckling of fellow Premiership club Bolton Wanderers.

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