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SirStanleyBowles- 01-14-2008
Birmingham take last FA Cup place
Birmingham City became the last club to qualify for round five of the FA Women's Cup when they won 4-1 in their delayed fourth-round tie at Sunderland. Three goals in the final 14 minutes swept Blues to a meeting with Fulham. Late goals were also a feature of Sunday's two Premier League games as Blackburn Rovers beat Doncaster Belles 3-2 and Chelsea beat Cardiff City 5-0. The other two league matches, at Leeds United and Watford, were postponed due to waterlogged pitches. Women's Premier League Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Doncaster Rovers Belles Rovers took an early lead but then had to come from behind to clinch a victory that took them up to second in the table, two points behind leaders Bristol Academy. After Karen Hanson's fifth minute opener Donny hit back and were 2-1 ahead at the interval through goals by Precious Hamilton and Liz Hansen. The home side won the game with two goals in the last half hour, Katie Anderton netting her 23rd of the campaign then Nicky Twohig hitting the winner. Chelsea 5-0 Cardiff City Chelsea took until the 59th minute to break through against their relegation-threatened opponents, Dunia Susi giving Blues the lead. Four goals then arrived in the final seven minutes as Danielle Buet, Ellen White, Emma Whitter and Eni Aluko all put their names on the scoresheet. Victory lifted Chelsea two places to sixth in the table while Cardiff were left second from bottom, nine points adrift of the safety places. FA Women's Cup, Round Four Sunderland 1-4 Birmingham City Central defender Jemma Buttler scored her first ever senior goal to give Birmingham a 13th minute lead. An even contest followed, but substitute Becky Hall's 76th minute goal seemed to wrap up victory for the visitors. Northern Division Sunderland refused to give up, however, and they halved the arrears through an 83rd minute header by Lucy Bronze. But Blues were quickly back in front as midfielder Chelsea Weston hit a 20 yard free-kick with such force that goalkeeper Helen Alderson had two fingers dislocated in a vain attempt to keep the ball out of the net. The visitors made good use of the subsequent stoppage time, captain Laura Bassett completing the scoring with 96 minutes showing on the clock. Fifth round draw Chelsea v Leeds United Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers Belles Watford v Newcastle United Lincoln City v Portsmouth Leicester City v Everton Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool Fulham v Birmingham City Arsenal v West Ham