FA Cup 2012, Fourth Round Replays: Sunderland Make It Through After Extra Time

Blackpool hadn’t made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup in more than twenty years, so even though they were favourites against League One Sheffield Wednesday there was still some question about how seriously they’d take their match at Hillsborough. The crowd certainly wasn’t into the match - about twenty people showed up - and their pessimism was soon justified when Blackpool went ahead with two long-range shot in the first few minutes, the first a rolled effort by Matt Phillips which bobbled its way past Stephen Bywater and into the bottom corner and the second a beautiful curling strike by Lomana LuaLua after a lovely run that covered half the pitch.

Millwall didn’t seem intimidated by the fact that these two sides were at opposite ends of the Championship table and started brightly, with Liam Trotter netting via deflection in the 17th minute. Although the goal hardly stung the hosts into action, and the Saints had an equaliser before halftime when Adam Lallana weaved his way through the Millwall defence before firing Southampton level, and once level they continued to press the attack until finally going ahead in the 77th minute through Richard Lambert.

Schedule

Sheffield Wednesday vs. Blackpool - Tuesday, 2:45 p.m. ET, 7:45 p.m. local