Havant they done well to set up Liverpool tie as Swans stunned

How? Well, that is a question League One leaders Swansea will be asking themselves after they found themselves 3-0 down inside 37 minutes of their third-round replay at Westleigh Park.

Swansea pulled a goal back when Guillem Bauza scored six minutes before half time, but they blew their chance of a comeback when Havant keeper Kevin Scriven saved Leon Britton's penalty kick.

'What division are you in?' taunted 4,500 Havant fans when substitute Tom Jordan scored their fourth goal in the 65th minute and at times it was hard to tell.

Liverpool, with the silverware to match the superstars, are next up for Havant on Saturday, January 26, but they will start their fourthround tie on a level playing field.

Forget the five European Cups or the record 18 League titles Liverpool proudly display in the trophy cabinet and consider the team who boast the Russell Cotes Cup and the Southern Combined Counties Floodlit Cup.

Sensational stuff. For the next 10 days Havant will dream of the legendary sign 'This is Anfield', the Shankly Gates and the shivers that will run down their spine when the Kop sing You'll Never Walk Alone.

Last night they were sinking pint after pint with their fans in their tiny clubhouse as they spoke of shackling Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and £22million striker Fernando Torres.

Havant manager Shaun Gale said: 'This is unbelievable, this is a fairytale, this is the moment and I am so proud of my players.

'Swansea underestimated us and they paid the price. They could not cope with our dead ball and that is why we are through. 'They called us a dirty team, a rough team and yet all four of our goals were of the highest quality.'

Gale's side went ahead after just four minutes when Swansea skipper Garry Monk put through his own net. Havant captain Jamie Collins scored their second and Rocky Baptiste added a third.

Woking, Altrincham, Hereford, Sutton, Wimbledon and Blyth Spartans have all made it through to the fourth round in the FA Cup's 128-year history and Havant have now joined them.

Collins said: 'If I was offered £1million not to lead my team out at Anfield I wouldn't accept it.

'To be in that centre circle shaking hands with Steven Gerrard will be something special.'

They will lose at Liverpool but they can dream a thousand dreams before then.

Brett Poate's dead-ball delivery caused Swansea problems all night and the League side were behind when Monk diverted Poate's cross into his own net.

Soon it was 2-0. Poate, sent off for a two-footed tackle in the first game, delivered another corner and skipper Jamie Collins' grasscutter trickled into the net.

It prompted extraordinary scenes, even before Havant added a third, when Swansea's defence again failed to clear a cross from Richard Pacquette and Baptiste arrived at the far post to score.

Swansea were shellshocked, Bauza atoned for his earlier miss with a deflected goal, but then came the pivotal moment of this tie when Havant defender Jay Smith gave away a penalty.

Britton stepped up to the spot but Scriven pulled off a magnificent save.

But the keeper could not stop Jason Scotland making it 3-2 from close range, though Jordan, son of Portsmouth coach Joe Jordan, settled it.

When they sober up they can turn their attention to Saturday's Blue Square South game at Newport County but there are Liverpool connections at every turn.

If they need inspiration, John Aldridge began his career with Newport — and looked what happened to him.

HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE (4-4-2): Scriven 8; Gregory 7, Smith 7 (Jordan 46min, 7), Warner 7, Poate 8; Harkin 7, Collins 8, Oatway 7 (Wilkinson 43, 7), Potter 7; Pacquette 7 (Slabber 77), Baptiste 8.

Booked: Potter, Collins, Warner.

SWANSEA CITY (4-4-2): De Vries 5; Anderson 6 (Butler 51, 5), Lawrence 5, Monk 5, Painter 5 (Duffy 77); Rangel 5, Pratley 4, Britton 5, Robinson 6; Scotland 6, Bauza 6.

Booked: Pratley, Butler.

Man of the match: Brett Poate.

Referee: Andy D'Urso.