FA Cup fourth round LIVE: Results and reaction from FA Cup ties
Follow all the action from the FA Cup’s 3pm kick-offs
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow all the action from the FA Cup’s fourth round ties this afternoon.
Six fixtures get underway at 3pm, with Championship leaders Norwich City travelling to Barnsley. Brighton are hoping to avoid the same fate as West Brom when they welcome Blackpool to the Amex, with the Seasiders having produced one of the shocks of the third round.
Sheffield United are looking to keep their momentum alive after this competition brought their first win of the season against Bristol Rovers in the previous round. Meanwhile, West Ham are in flying form and won’t want to risk any negative drop when they take on Doncaster. All-Championship ties between Millwall and Bristol City and Nottingham Forest’s trip to Swansea complete the mid-afternoon ties. Follow all the action live below:
Swansea 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest - Cullen
7 mins: GOAL! Swansea take the lead with a counter attack. They break down the right hand side and Wayne Routledge whips a cross into the middle of the box. Liam Cullen breaks away from his marker and slots it home with a nice finish.
Brighton 0 - 0 Blackpool
6 mins: Percy Tau brings down a long ball and drifts inside. He shoots and James Husband does well to block it and put the ball out for a corner. Lewis Dunk then wins the header and puts it just over the bar.
Swansea 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
5 mins: There's an early free-kick for Aston Villa loanee Conor Hourihane on the left. He whips it into the box but it comes all the way out to the far side and gets cleared.
West Ham 1 - 0 Doncaster - Fornals
2 mins: GOAL! It’s the first goal of the afternoon and West Ham United have taken the lead over Doncaster! Pablo Fornals with the opener for the Hammers. Perfect start.
Brighton 0 - 0 Blackpool
2 mins: Not much happening at the Amex Stadium in these early stages. As expected Brighton dominating possession and pushing Blackpool back into their own half.
FA Cup 3pm kick offs
Here we go then. All the goals and major incidents from all six FA Cup games this afternoon. We’re underway:
Barnsley 0 - 0 Norwich
Brighton 0 - 0 Blackpool
Millwall 0 - 0 Bristol City
Sheffield United 0 - 0 Plymouth
Swansea 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest
West Ham 0 - 0 Doncaster
Sheffield United vs Plymouth
Blades boss Chris Wilder says there’s still belief in his players despite them being bottom of the Premier League. He said:
"There's still belief in the players, we keep going.
"We'll dust ourselves down, as we've done this week, and see if we can get a result and through to the next round.
"I see no downside to winning a game of football, whether it is an eight-versus-eight out there on the training pitch, a pre-season friendly at Stocksbridge, an FA Cup tie or a Premier League game."
Southampton vs Arsenal
Reaction from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta who says he is disappointed to be out of the FA Cup:
Really sad to be out of the competition. Disappointed to be out and the way we conceded.
"We had issues in the first half and unforced errors as a result of the high-press they do. In the second half we had two or three big chances but not enough.
"It was an even game. In the first half they won a lot of second balls. In the second half we added more quality. We became more dominant and created chances but it wasn't enough.
"We are looking in the market and see what we can do."
Brighton vs Blackpool
Brighton boss Graham Potter isn’t letting the Premier League survival race distract his players from this match. His side are 17th in the table, five points clear of Fulham but he says their focus is on Blackpool:
We've got to get into a mentality just to focus on the next match and try to win the next match,
"As soon as you start looking too far ahead, you cause yourself a problem."
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