Lowly Newport County came from behind to send Championship side Leeds United crashing out of the FA Cup on Sunday but Premier League West Ham stayed alive with a goalless draw at Shrewsbury. Elsewhere, Tottenham scored three goals in just eight second-half minutes to see off the challenge of League One side AFC Wimbledon while Arsenal took on Nottingham Forest.
In the early kick-off, on-loan forward Shawn McCoulsky headed in a dramatic 89th-minute winner for Welsh club Newport to seal a 2-1 victory against 1972 Cup winners Leeds and send the crowd at Rodney Parade wild. Leeds had taken an early lead in the third-round tie when Gaetano Berardi's deflected long-range shot found the net.
But Newport, currently 11th in League Two - the fourth tier of the English game - levelled 14 minutes from time when Leeds defender Conor Shaughnessy sliced into his own net. It is another miserable result in the FA Cup for Leeds, who crashed out in the fourth round last year to non-league Sutton United.
West Ham had goalkeeper Joe Hart to thank for keeping them in the Cup with a 0-0 draw after an uninspired performance against Shrewsbury Town of the third tier. The England goalkeeper, returning to the club where he started his career, was handed a cap from the crowd as he battled against the slanting winter sun.
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