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Two Premiership teams were beaten by clubs from lower leagues in the 3rd round last year…..Stoke who lost 0-2 at Hartlepool whilst the shock of the round was when Forest beat Manchester City away via a 0-3 scoreline.

Five Premier clubs failed to make it through to the fourth round via three other all-Premiership encounters. The full list of 3rd round results involving Premier sides:

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Fulham 2

Tottenham 3 Wigan 1

Hartlepool 2 Stoke 0

Portsmouth 0 Bristol City 0 (Portsmouth won the replay 2-0)

West Ham 3 Barnsley 0

Hull 0 Newcastle 0 (Hull won the replay 1-0)

Chelsea 1 Southend 1 (Chelsea won the replay 4-1)

Manchester City 0 Nottingham Forest 3

WBA 1 Peterborough 1 (WBA won the replay 2-0)

Middlesbrough 2 Barrow 1

Arsenal 3 Plymouth 1

Macclesfield 0 Everton 1

Sunderland 2 Bolton 1

Preston 0 Liverpool 2

Gillingham 1 Aston Villa 2

Southampton 0 Manchester United 3

Blythe Spartans 0 Blackburn 1

Top ten all time Cup winners:

11–Manchester United

10–Arsenal

8–Tottenham

7–Liverpool

7–Aston Villa

6–Blackburn

6–Newcastle

5–Chelsea

5–Everton

5–WBA

Most appearances in the final:

18–Manchester United

17–Arsenal

13–Newcastle

13–Liverpool

13–Everton

10–Aston Villa

10–WBA

9–Chelsea

9–Tottenham

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