Aston Villa were beaten at Sheffield Utd, Crystal Palace went out at Sunderland and Norwich were another Premiership to be beaten by league opposition. They went down by a goal to nil at West Ham.
Robert Earnshaw scored twice as WBA won for ther first time under Bryan Robson.
Scunthorpe led Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at one stage before going down three goals to one. Notts County also led against Premiership opposition but Middlesbrough came back to win.
Former Bluebirds Richie Carpenter and Alan Mahon scored for Brighton and Wigan respectively but both ended up on the losing sides against Spurs and Derby.
League two team Yeovil thumped Championship strugglers Rotherham 3 - 0 at Millmoor while our West Walian cousins Swansea were 2 mins from a win at Reading but had to settle for a replay.
3rd round scores (29 played of 32 matches). Three ties are still to be played.
Burnely v Liverpool (18th Jan), Arsenal v Stoke and Yeading v Newcastle (both 9th Jan).
| Birmingham | 3 | Leeds | 0 | FT | ||
| Heskey 11 Carter 21 , 65 | ||||||
Attend: 25,159 | Half-time: 2-0 | |||||
| Bournemouth | 2 | Chester | 1 | FT | ||
| Maher 33 Elliott 56 | Ellison 69 | |||||
Attend: 7,653 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||||
| Cardiff | 1 | Blackburn | 1 | FT | ||
| Lee 35 | Gamst Pedersen 5 | |||||
Attend: 14,145 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Charlton | 4 | Rochdale | 1 | FT | ||
| Hughes 19 , 56 Fortune 44 Murphy 64 | Holt 51 | |||||
Attend: 13,955 | Half-time: 2-0 | |||||
| Chelsea | 3 | Scunthorpe | 1 | FT | ||
| Kezman 26 Crosby og 58 Gudjohnsen 86 | Hayes 8 | |||||
Attend: 40,019 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Coventry | 3 | Crewe | 0 | FT | ||
| McSheffrey 25 , 69 John 45 | ||||||
Attend: 7,629 | Half-time: 2-0 | |||||
| Derby | 2 | Wigan | 1 | FT | ||
| Idiakez 71 Junior 79 | Mahon 30 | |||||
Attend: 14,457 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||||
| Hartlepool | 0 | Boston Utd | 0 | FT | ||
Attend: 5,342 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Hull | 0 | Colchester | 2 | FT | ||
| Williams 27 Fagan 29 | ||||||
Attend: 14,027 | Half-time: 0-2 | |||||
| Ipswich | 1 | Bolton | 3 | FT | ||
| Miller 70 | Giannakopoulos 60 Pedersen 65 , 68 | |||||
Attend: 20,080 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Leicester | 2 | Blackpool | 2 | FT | ||
| Edwards og 15 Williams 82 | Clarke 32 Southern 77 | |||||
Attend: 16,750 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Luton | 0 | Brentford | 2 | FT | ||
| Hargreaves 71 Tabb 89 | ||||||
Attend: 6,861 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Man Utd | 0 | Exeter | 0 | FT | ||
Attend: 67,551 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | Peterborough | 2 | FT | ||
| Logan 45 Arber 57 | ||||||
Attend: 4,407 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||||
| Northampton | 1 | Southampton | 3 | FT | ||
| Williamson 30 | Phillips 29 Crouch 41 Redknapp 53 | |||||
Attend: 7,183 | Half-time: 1-2 | |||||
| Notts County | 1 | Middlesbrough | 2 | FT | ||
| Scully 2 | Junior Doriva 54 Job 76 | |||||
Attend: 13,671 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||||
| Oldham | 1 | Man City | 0 | FT | ||
| Vernon 14 | ||||||
Attend: 13,171 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||||
| Plymouth | 1 | Everton | 3 | |||
| Gudjonsson 34 | Osman 16 McFadden 18 Chadwick 84 | |||||
Attend: 20,112 | Half-time: 1-2 | |||||
| Portsmouth | 1 | Gillingham | 0 | FT | ||
| Yakubu 49 | ||||||
Attend: 14,252 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Preston | 0 | West Brom | 2 | FT | ||
| Earnshaw 76 , 83 | ||||||
Attend: 13,005 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| QPR | 0 | Nottm Forest | 3 | FT | ||
| Reid 24 Commons 25 Folly 82 | ||||||
Attend: 11,140 | Half-time: 0-2 | |||||
| Reading | 1 | Swansea | 1 | FT | ||
| Ingimarsson 88 | Connor 32 | |||||
Attend: 13,642 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||||
| Rotherham | 0 | Yeovil | 3 | FT | ||
| Jevons pen 61 Way 87 Stolcers 90 | ||||||
Attend: 5,397 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Sheff Utd | 3 | Aston Villa | 1 | FT | ||
| Cullip 55 Liddell 82 , 83 | Barry 47 | |||||
Attend: 14,003 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Sunderland | 2 | Crystal Palace | 1 | FT | ||
| Welsh 44 Stewart pen 60 | Collins og 41 | |||||
Attend: 17,536 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Tottenham | 2 | Brighton | 1 | FT | ||
| King 40 Keane 83 | Carpenter 48 | |||||
Attend: 36,094 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||||
| Watford | 1 | Fulham | 1 | FT | ||
| Helguson pen 42 | Knight 17 | |||||
Attend: 14,896 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| West Ham | 1 | Norwich | 0 | FT | ||
| Harewood 81 | ||||||
Attend: 23,389 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Wolverhampton | 2 | Millwall | 0 | FT | ||
| Seol 8 Cort 11 | ||||||
Attend: 12,566 | Half-time: 2-0 | |||||