Colchester United fail in their bid to pull off one of the great FA Cup shocks.

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Despite taking the lead, the League One Us’ lose 1-3 at Chelsea.

The Quarter Finals will see an all-Premiership line-up as Preston North End and Stoke City also bow out. - Colchester United fail in their bid to pull off one of the great FA Cup shocks. Despite taking the lead, the League One Us’ lose 1-3 at Chelsea. A Ricardo Carvalho own goal gave Colchester a deserved lead but they eventually fall to a Joe Cole brace.

- The Quarter Finals will see an all-Premiership line-up as Championship duo Preston North End and Stoke City also bow out. Middlesbrough win 2-0 at Deepdale with two goals from Ayegbeni Yakubu. Birmingham City win 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium with a Mikael Forsell goal. Blues reach the last eight for the first time since 1984. A last minute equaliser from 17 year-old Micah Richards earns Manchester City a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

- In the Premiership, two goals from Andreas Johansson give Wigan Athletic a 2-2 draw on their first visit to Champions League hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur. Meanwhile, Spurs reveal that they would consider re-naming their famous White Hart Lane ground.

- In the SPL, Celtic confirm their dominance with a 8-1 win at Dunfermline Athletic. Maciej Zurawski hits four goals and it’s the first time in SPL history that a team has scored eight in a game since the current Scottish top flight format was formed in 1998.

- In Italy, Roma equal a Serie A record with their tenth consecutive victory as a Simone Perrotta goal seals a 1-0 win against Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico. The ten-in-a-row feat has also been achieved by Juventus (1931-32), AC Milan (1950-51) and Bologna (1963-64). Roma have the chance to break the record in next weekend’s derby with Lazio.