Sheffield pulls off Cup upset at QPR
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SHEFFIELD United pulled off the first major shock of FA Cup when the third-tier English side triumphed 3-0 at Premier League outfit Queens Park Rangers yesterday.
Rangers, struggling near the foot of the Premier League table, had more misery heaped on it at its Loftus Road home, with a second-half double from winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce sealing the emphatic victory for League One’s sixth-placed team.
Crystal Palace, under new manager Alan Pardew, sidestepped any possible embarrassment with a 4-0 stroll at Conference side Dover Athletic.
Another Premier League team Sunderland also prevailed 1-0 against the Championship’s Leeds United, a goal from Patrick van Aanholt ensuring the result mirrored that of the team’s famous 1973 Cup final.
QPR entered the match with some trepidation, having won only two FA Cup games in a decade and lost its previous Cup encounter with a League One side when beaten by MK Dons.
So this match against confident visitors who had already despatched Premier League teams Southampton and West Ham en route to the League Cup semifinals again had an ominous look for them once Marc McNulty, United’s top scorer, struck after 36 minutes.
Campbell-Ryce cashed in four minutes after half time when he bundled the ball home from a yard out. Then he sealed the handsome win as he rounded the keeper to roll in the third in the game’s dying moments.
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