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04 January 2009
Kettering added to the Blue Square Premier's representation in round four after they beat Eastwood Town 2-1 at Rockingham Road.
Arsenal saw off the challenge of Championship Plymouth with a 3-1 win at the Emirates Stadium while West Ham beat Barnsley 3-0.
Sunderland beat Bolton 2-1 with Djibril Cisse scoring the decisive goal, while their north-east rivals Newcastle were held goalless at Hull in another all-Premier League affair.
Fulham beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 with a late goal from Andrew Johnson while Middlesbrough held off a late rally to beat Blue Square Premier side Barrow 2-1 at the Riverside thanks to an Afonso Alves double.
Leon Osman broke the deadlock two minutes before half-time as Everton beat Macclesfield 1-0 at Moss Rose, while West Brom were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Peterborough, Craig Mackail-Smith forcing the replay with a close-range finish three minutes from time.
Portsmouth were held to a 0-0 draw by Bristol City and their were other stalemates in the matches between Leicester and Crystal Palace, and QPR and Burnley.
League One sides Millwall and Crewe will have to try again after the duo played out a 2-2 draw at the New Den while second-half goals from Joe Ledley and Ross McCormack gave Cardiff a 2-0 win over Reading at Ninian Park.
Norwich and Charlton face a replay after a 1-1 draw but three of their fellow Championship sides cruised through with Coventry brushing aside Blue Square Premier side Kidderminster 2-0, Ipswich beating Chesterfield 3-0 and Watford claiming a 1-0 win over Scunthorpe.
A number of matches fell victim to the weather. Sheffield United's game with Leyton Orient, Cheltenham's match against Doncaster, the midlands derby between Birmingham and Wolves and Swansea's trip to Histon were all called off.
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