Third Round of the FA Cup – Arsenal and Newcastle make a shock exit. Tottenham narrowly avoided one.

FA CUP – Round Three

| Manchester City did the expected against Swindon. A 4-1 win.
| A more clinical Leicester City thrashed Watford to advance.
| League 1 side Cambridge United knocked out Premier League side Newcastle United.
| Cambridge United is currently 16th in League 1, while Newcastle is a point from the bare bottom of the Premier League table.
| Championship side Huddersfield Town knocked out Burnley.
| Brighton needed extra time to beat Brighton
| Queen Park Rangers won on penalties against Rotterdam United.
| Fourth-tier Hartlepool United knocked out second-tier Blackpool.
| The lowest-ranked team: Kidderminster Harriers [6th tier] knocked out Reading by coming from a goal down to win 2-1.
| Nottingham Forest knocked out the most successful club in the competition.
| Tottenham avoided humiliation at home to Morecambe.
| Surprisingly, Norwich City won.
| Scott Mctominay’s goal won it to send Manchester United through at Aston Villa’s expense.


Jan 7.
Swindon Town 1-4 Manchester City

Jan 8.
Coventry City 1-0 Derby County
Burnley 1-2 Huddersfield Town
Mansfield Town 2-3 Middlesbrough
Hartlepool United 2-1 Blackpool
Bristol City 0-1 Fulham (aet)
Millwall 1-2 Crystal Palace
Boreham Wood 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (aet)
Kidderminster Harriers 2-1 Reading
Leicester City 4-1 Watford
Port Vale 1-4 Brentford
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
Barnsley 5-4 Barrow (aet)
Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Rotherham United
Swansea City 2-3 Southampton (aet)
Chelsea 5-1 Chesterfield
Hull City 2-3 Everton (aet)
Birmingham City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (aet)
Yeovil Town 1-3 AFC Bournemouth

Jan 9.
Luton Town 4-0 Harrogate Town
Cardiff City 2-1 Preston North End (aet)
Stoke City 2-0 Leyton Orient
Liverpool 4-1 Shrewsbury Town
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Morecambe
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Sheffield United
Charlton Athletic 0-1 Norwich City
West Ham United 2-0 Leeds United
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal

Jan 10.
Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

ROUND FOUR

Crystal Palace vs Hartlepool United
Bournemouth vs Boreham Wood
Huddersfield Town vs Barnsley

Peterborough United vs Queens Park Rangers
Cambridge United vs Luton Town
Southampton vs Coventry City

Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle
Everton vs Brentford
Kidderminster Harriers vs West Ham United

Manchester United vs Middlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool vs Cardiff City

Stoke City vs Wigan Athletic
Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City
Manchester City vs Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Norwich City