Chelsea’s hopes of the Quadruple are dashed as they bow out of the Carling Cup.

Charlton Athletic win the Third Round tie at Stamford Bridge on penalties.

The two surviving League clubs - Grimsby Town and Barnet - are also knocked out.- Chelsea’s hopes of the Quadruple are dashed as they bow out of the Carling Cup. Charlton Athletic win the Third Round tie at Stamford Bridge 5-4 on penalties at the end of a 1-1 draw after extra time. Only Robert Hutch fails to convert in the shoot-out.

- The two surviving League Two clubs - Grimsby Town and Barnet - are also knocked out. Alan Shearer is battered and bruised at Blundell Park but nets the Newcastle United winner ten minutes from time. Barnet keeper Ross Flitney is sent-off after only two minutes at Old Trafford as Manchester United stroll to a 4-1 win. Birmingham City, Bolton Wanders, Middlesbrough and Championship club Leicester City also advance to the last sixteen.

- In the SPL, champions Rangers fall further behind in the title race after throwing away a two-goal lead at Livingston to draw 2-2. Hearts maintain their three-point lead with a second win under interim boss John McGlynn as Kilmarnock go down to a Edgaras Jankauskas goal at Tynecastle. Celtic beat Motherwell 5-0 with a Stilian Petrov hat-trick.

- Sir Alex Ferguson concedes that Manchester United can no longer compete with Chelsea in the transfer market. The United boss told Century FM: ‘If Chelsea go for a player we are interested in, we are not going to beat them, so there is no point even going for him.’

- Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe wins £250,000 libel damages over a newspaper claim. The Times’ Martin Samuel wrote in August 2004 that Mr Lowe acted ‘shabbily’ by suspending manager Dave Jones who was facing child abuse charges in January 2000.