West Ham suffered another Upton Park nightmare as they conceded four first-half goals and were booed off the pitch by their fans.

Ireland produced one of the greatest displays in their history to stun world champions Australia at a rain-lashed Lansdowne Road in Dublin today.

Sylvain Wiltord notched his first goal since mid-September to give Arsenal a well-deserved half-time lead against Newcastle at Highbury.

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 1

Shamrock Rovers 2 St Patrick's Athletic 1

Arsenal defender Ashley Cole insisted that the Gunners’ Champions League victory in Rome had proved they can beat any side in Europe on their day.

Sunderland 0 Manchester City 3

Paul Devlin’s penalty rescued a point for 10-man Birmingham – but their disciplinary problems are beginning to mount after striker Geoff Horsfield collected his second straight red card of the season.

Eidur Gudjohnsen inspired the victory over Aston Villa which cranked up Chelsea‘s title challenge up a gear.

Six more players have been called up to the All-Stars football tour.

Gillingham player-boss Andy Hessenthaler has accused Leeds’ counterpart Terry Venables of snubbing both him and his coaches at the end of tonight’s FA Cup fourth-round replay defeat.

Roscommon 0-11 Tyrone 0-10

West Ham 0 Liverpool 3

Geremi dealt Newcastle’s remote hopes of the Premiership title a potentially fatal blow by snatching the derby honours for Middlesbrough.

The IRFU has announced that Ulster prop forward Justin Fitzpatrick is to be suspended for 10 days.

JP McManus's Janidou is the 7-1 favourite with Paddy Power for the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Fulham 3 Birmingham 1

Southampton 4 Tottenham 0

West Ham 3 Nottingham Forest 2

Steve Stone grabbed an FA Cup lifeline for Portsmouth at Old Trafford this afternoon.