January 07, 2008	Monday	Zilhaj 27, 1428

LONDON, Jan 6: High-flying Everton were knocked out of the FA Cup 1-0 by third division Oldham Athletic in the third round on Saturday, becoming one of four Premier League sides to go out to lower league opposition.

Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers were the other upset victims, while Havant & Waterlooville carried the minor league flag into Monday’s fourth-round draw after snatching a late 1-1 draw at third division leaders Swansea.

Holders Chelsea beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 at home while last year’s runners-up Manchester United went through with a 2-0 success at Aston Villa.

Everton are one of the form teams in the Premier League and their only two defeats in their last 17 games came at the hands of Manchester United and Arsenal.

However, Oldham added their name to that elite list thanks to Gary McDonald’s 25-metre strike at the end of the first half, with Everton hitting the post in the last minute.

Coventry, 17th in the Championship (second division) and in severe financial trouble, won 4-1 at Blackburn with two goals by Michael Mifsud and one each from Elliott Ward and Dele Adebola.

Third division Huddersfield were also celebrating after a 2-1 home win over Birmingham, while Bolton, having rested Nicolas Anelka and most of the rest of their leading players, lost 1-0 at home to Sheffield United.

An 87th-minute equaliser by Rocky Baptiste earned Havant their replay against a Swansea side who had scored 20 goals in their previous six games.

Conference side Cambridge United led at Wolverhampton Wanderers but lost 2-1.

In other all-Premier games Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 with Reading West Ham United and Manchester City drew 0-0 while Wigan Athletic won 3-0 away to Sunderland.

Results:

Aston Villa 0 Manchester Utd 2

Everton 0 Oldham Athletic 1

Barnsley 2 Blackpool 1

Blackburn Rovers 1 Coventry City 4

Bolton Wanderers 0 Sheffield Utd 1

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Mansfield Town 2

Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 2

Charlton Athletic 1 West Bromwich 1

Chasetown 1 Cardiff City 3

Chelsea 1 Queens Park Rangers 0

Colchester Utd 1 Peterborough Utd 3

Huddersfield Town 2 Birmingham City 1

Ipswich Town 0 Portsmouth 1

Norwich City 1 Bury 1

Plymouth Argyle 3 Hull City 2

Preston North End 1 Scunthorpe Utd 0

Southampton 2 Leicester City 0

Southend Utd 5 Dagenham & Redbridge 2

Sunderland 0 Wigan Athletic 3

Swansea City 1 Havant & Waterlooville 1

Swindon Town 1 Barnet 1

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Reading 2

Tranmere Rovers 2 Hereford Utd 2

Watford 2 Crystal Palace 0

West Ham Utd 0 Manchester City 0

Walsall 0 Millwall 0

Wolverhampton 2 Cambridge Utd 1

—Reuters