Walters shows mettle as extra-time goals lift Stoke

Jon Walters bounced back from his Chelsea nightmare in style by netting a brace to help Stoke to a 4-1 extra-time victory over Crystal Palace in last night’s FA Cup third-round replay at the Britannia Stadium.

Ireland international Walters endured a miserable time of it in the Potters’ 4-0 Barclays Premier League defeat to the Blues on Saturday, scoring two own-goals and missing a penalty.

However, Walters headed home to put Stoke 2-1 up in the fifth minute of extra-time before adding his second of the evening with 10 minutes remaining.

Substitute Cameron Jerome then wrapped up the win with a strike in the dying moments.

The game had gone into the additional period after Palace had made it 1-1 in the 87th minute through substitute Glenn Murray’s penalty, which equalised Kenwyn Jones’ 69th minute header.

Brede Hangeland headed a late extra-time winner as Fulham snatched a place in the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of Blackpool.

The managerless Championship side looked to have dumped out their Premier League visitors when Nathan Delfouneso struck after 82 minutes at Bloomfield Road.

But Kieran Richardson came off the bench to rescue Fulham in injury time and Hangeland headed home in the 116th minute to book a date with Manchester United or West Ham.

Eddie Howe’s unbeaten return as Bournemouth boss ended as the Cherries lost 1-0 to Wigan.

Roberto Martinez made nine changes to his team from that which drew at Fulham and one of those to come into the side, Argentina forward Mauro Boselli, struck a tremendous first-half goal to put the Barclays Premier League outfit into the next round.

Tom Cairney struck with three minutes of extra-time remaining to break Leyton Orient hearts and send Steve Bruce’s Hull into the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-1 victory.

Orient forward Dean Cox (87) sent the game into extra-time after Nick Proschwitz on 41 minutes had smashed in the opener.

MK Dons reached the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in their short history with a replay victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

Shaun Williams’ first-half penalty and a fortuitous second goal from a Dean Bowditch free-kick saw the League One team overcome their Championship opponents at stadium:mk.

Clayton Donaldson grabbed a 76th-minute winner as Brentford saw off Southend 2-1 at Griffin Park.

Paul Hayes gave Brentford the lead but Southend equalised through Barry Corr before Donaldson’s goal set up a west London derby with Chelsea in the fourth round.