Shock as Brighton dump Newcastle out of FA Cup

Brighton 1 Newcastle 0

Gus Poyet once again ended Newcastle’s FA Cup hopes as npower Championship Brighton pulled off a fourth-round shock.

As a Chelsea player in 2000, Poyet’s two goals knocked Newcastle out in the semi-final at Wembley as the Blues went on to lift the trophy.

And 12 years later the Brighton manager masterminded a famous win for his side as Will Buckley’s shot, deflected into his own net by Mike Williamson, sent the Magpies packing.

Brighton had already knocked Sunderland out of the Carling Cup this season at their new Amex Stadium, and thanks to Buckley’s lung-busting run and shot 15 minutes from time, they secured a north-east double scalp.

Newcastle had not been to Wembley since that Poyet-inspired Chelsea defeat but Magpies boss Alan Pardew, a runner-up as a player and a manager, clearly saw the competition as a realistic chance for some silverware.

He named his strongest available line-up with only skipper Fabricio Coloccini missing after he failed to shake off a groin injury.

But they wasted the few opportunities Brighton afforded them with Leon Best the chief culprit.

Best found himself unmarked 18 yards out early on but his low drive flew narrowly wide.