FA Cup round-up: Championship West Brom thrash non-League Chesterfield to reach fourth round | Football News

West Brom ruthlessly opened up a 70-place gap between themselves and National League side Chesterfield as they won the FA Cup third round replay 4-0 at The Hawthorns.

John Swift scored the first goal and the next two came from Tom Rogic and Jake Livermore before substitute Jovan Malcolm headed home the fourth.

Carlos Corberan’s in-form side made it 10 wins in 12 games in all competitions to set up a fourth-round clash at Championship side Bristol City.

West Brom’s effort failed in the second minute due to Grady Diangana’s aerial challenge on goalkeeper Lucas Covolan, who headed the ball over the line.

Albion finally took the lead in the 23rd minute after a wild clearance from Jamie Grimes saw Livermore beat Darren Oldaker to a header and then feed Swift for a classy, ​​curling left-foot finish from 16 yards.

West Brom made the game safe with two goals in six second-half minutes as Rogic doubled his lead in the 49th minute after some poor defending by Chesterfield.

A swift 70-yard pass saw Adam Reach reach the line and cross, and midfielder Rogic punished Jeff King’s dallying from close range.

Livermore went on the run in the 55th minute after the defense failed to clear Swift’s corner.

Substitute Malcolm turned home Taylor Gardner-Hickman’s cross in the first minute to complete the rout.

Birmingham so upset at Forest Green

Championship side City of Birmingham produced a second-half comeback to avoid an FA Cup third-round defeat at the bottom of League One Forest Green Rovers.

Goals from Lukas Jutkiewicz and Kevin Long gave the Blues a 2-1 win at the New Lawn Stadium to set up a showdown with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

A Ben Stevenson stunner after seven minutes put Rovers in front but the Blues fought back to reach the fourth round.

Forest Green’s early pressure was rewarded when the short-corner action worked neatly for Stevenson and planted a fine curling effort into the top corner from 25 meters.

Visiting captain Jutkiewicz gave Rovers goalkeeper Lewis Thomas no chance after the break when he fired a low effort from the edge of the area into the bottom corner.

Neil Etheridge produced a superb double at the other end to deny Regan Hendry’s superb strike and Matt Stevens’ follow-up to keep the scoreline level.

But Tahith Chong’s corner pleased Long who got back in front to complete the comeback after 65 minutes.

Bell stunner earned Bristol City an extra-time win at Swansea

Sam Bell scored a superb winner nine minutes from the end of extra-time City of Bristol Place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win Swansea.

The Robins substitute cut in from the left and fired past goalkeeper Andy Fisher to complete the replay and reward the club with a home tie against West Brom.

It was 20-year-old Bell’s first senior goal for the club as Swansea pressed hard for a second equaliser, but Kyle Naughton fired wide.

Mark Sykes’ third goal in two games put Bristol City ahead against the run of play with a composed finish after a defense-splitting pass from substitute Bell just after the hour mark.

But Swans substitute Ollie Cooper scored in the 73rd minute, seconds after coming on. The midfielder was alert enough to stab the ball in from Matt Grimes’ cross for his sixth goal of the season.

Luton’s stoppage-time score winner at Wigan

Elijah Adebayo scored a dramatic stoppage winner Luton advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory at Wigan.

Extra time was on the cards after Cauley Woodrow quickly canceled out Thelo Aasgaard’s opener in the second half, but Adebayo struck from close range at the death to seal the winner in the 98th minute.

If the first period was lacking in excitement and quality, the second half burst into life with two goals in five minutes.

Within minutes of the restart, Luton half cleared a Wigan throw-in, allowing Aasgaard – who scored a last-minute stunner to win the league game at Kenilworth Road in September – to volley into the top corner from 18 yards.

However, the response from Luton was excellent, and Woodrow equalized in the second attempt, after Ben Amos had done well to parry away the first effort.

But there was a late twist, with the ball played in from Luton’s left and Adebayo slotted home from close range to delight the traveling fans behind the goal who could be looking forward to their fourth round home game against League Two Grimsby.