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FA Cup round-up: Tottenham taken to extra-time after heroic display from Tamworth

League Two’s Doncaster knock out Championship side Hull after penalty shoot-out

Tottenham's Son Heung-Min prepares to take a corner kick during the FA Cup third-round match against Tamworth at The Lamb Ground. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
Tottenham's Son Heung-Min prepares to take a corner kick during the FA Cup third-round match against Tamworth at The Lamb Ground. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
Sun Jan 12 2025 - 15:40

Part-timers Tamworth produced a heroic display to take Tottenham to extra-time before the Premier League club limped into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-0 win.

The National League outfit pushed Spurs all the way at a buoyant Lambs Ground on an occasion for the whole town to be proud of – albeit with a tinge of disappointment after they missed out on a potential-lucrative replay.

Tamworth had threatened to win the tie in second-half stoppage-time before Ange Postecoglou watched two of his substitutes help them progress.

Dominic Solanke’s deflected effort broke the deadlock in the 101st-minute before Dejan Kulusevski clinched the hard-fought victory with a second, six minutes later.

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Brennan Johnson added unjust gloss to the score with a third after 118 minutes, but it failed to sour a memorable occasion for the non-league club, who received a standing ovation after extra-time.

League Two Doncaster caused a third-round upset with a penalty shoot-out victory at Hull after the game finished 1-1 following extra-time.

Harry Clifton scored the winning spot-kick after Mason Burstow and Alfie Jones missed for the Championship side.

Luke Molyneux had given Doncaster the lead after 51 minutes but Hull equalised in the 80th minute when Gustavo Puerto followed up Burstow’s low hit that struck the base of the left post.

Joe Ironside missed Rovers’ first penalty of the shoot-out, but Grant McCann’s side kept their nerve to claim a significant scalp.