Barnsley win at Anfield
FA Cup round-up
Football League review
SPL round-up
SFA lose appeal
Dalglish joins Killie
The FA Cup fifth round served up yet more shocks as Barnsley came from behind to beat Liverpool 1-2 at Anfield. Dirk Kuyt put the home side ahead after 32 minutes but Stephen Foster headed an equaliser on 57 minutes before Brian Howard struck an injury-time winner for the Championship side.
League One Bristol Rovers also find themselves in the last eight of the FA Cup for the first time in 50 years after a deflected Ricky Lambert free-kick seven minutes from time gave them a deserved victory against Southampton at the Memorial Stadium.
Manchester United knocked out Arsenal 4-0 at Old Trafford with goals coming from Wayne Rooney and a double from Darren Fletcher either side of a Nani strike. To add insult to injury Arsenal had Emmanuel Eboue sent-off on 48 minutes.
The other fifth round ties saw Chelsea ease past Huddersfield Town 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, Cardiff City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 at Ninian Park while Chris Brunt, Roman Bednar (2), Ishmael Miller and Zoltan Gera were all on the scoresheet as West Bromwich Albion beat managerless Coventry City 0-5 at the Ricoh Arena. The home side capitulated after having Michael Doyle harshly sent-off by referee Mark Halsey.
Watford battled back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Charlton Athletic at The Valley. The Hornets remain in second place level on points with leaders Stoke City who they trail on goal difference. Darren Ambrose and a Danny Shittu own-goal gave Charlton a commanding half-time lead but John-Joe O’Toole and another goal, this time at the right end, from Shittu salvaged a point for the visitors. Leicester City beat Norwich City 4-0 at the Walkers Stadium - ending their 13 game unbeaten run. Darel Russell also saw red for the visitors. Ipswich Town beat Blackpool 2-1 at Portman Road while struggling Colchester United picked up a vital point in a 1-1 draw at Hull City.
Top beat bottom in League One as Swansea City beat Port Vale 0-2 at Vale Park while Nottingham Forest climbed to third with a 1-0 home victory over Swindon Town. Nathan Tyson scored the only goal of the game. The League One clashes between Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United at Gresty Road and Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United at Keepmoat Stadium were postponed due to frozen pitches.
Hereford United moved into second place in the League Two table with a 2-0 win against Chesterfield at Edgar Street. Sherjill MacDonald and Gary Hooper were on target for the Bulls. Darlington slipped to third following a surprise 1-2 home defeat against relegation candidates Mansfield Town. In fact, it was a good day for all those clubs stuck in the lower reaches of the league as four of the bottom five all won. As well as Mansfield, Bury, Notts County and Dagenham & Redbridge picked up three points. The League Two matches between MK Dons and Wrexham at stadium mk and Morecambe and Shrewsbury Town at Christie Park were postponed due to frozen pitches.
In the Scottish Premier League, Celtic closed to within a point of table-toppers Rangers with a 3-0 victory over Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park. Jan Venegoor of Hesselink, Scott McDonald and Andreas Hinkel were all on the mark for the home side. Elsewhere, Falkirk demolished St Mirren 4-0 at the Falkirk Stadium, Motherwell beat fellow Fir Park tenants Gretna 1-3 and Inverness Caledonian Thistle drew 1-1 against Dundee United at Caledonian Stadium.
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The Scottish Football Association have lost an appeal to UEFA. The SFA wanted one of Scotland’s Uefa Cup slots to the fourth-placed team in the Scottish Premier League but their pleas were rejected. This means a continuation of the current system, which sees the beaten Scottish Cup finalists automatically qualify for the UEFA Cup - if the winners have already qualified for European competition.
Kilmarnock have signed Paul Dalglish until the end of the season after the 30-year-old left Houston Dynamo last month.
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