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By TAMARA PRENN and JOE BERNSTEIN AT GOODISON PARK and MATT BARLOW AT CRAVEN COTTAGE Published: 05: 09 AEDT, 10 January 2025 | Updated: 08: 56 AEDT, 10 January 2025 View comments Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Everton take on Peterborough at Goodison Park in the FA Cup third round, while Sheffield United face Cardiff City and Fulham play Watford. By Tamara Prenn There will be few complaints after that command second-half performance in west London. By Tamara Prenn It's full-time across the country for the first of this long weekend of FA Cup Third Round ties. Everton 2-0 Peterborough Sheffield United 0-1 Cardiff City Fulham 4-1 Watford By Tamara Prenn Not the result Everton will have wanted as they made pretty heavy going of the tie in the first-half, but the one that was needed. After a difficult day, the players have their win, Coleman and Baines are unbeaten, and it was a promising outing for academy talent Harrison Armstrong. One downside, however, is not getting to see father and son. On the pitch, as the two teams shake hands, they share a moment now. Shame. History will have to wait. By Tamara Prenn Extremely straightforward from Ndiaye, who strolls, hesitates, and forces the young Peterborough 'keeper the wrong way before slotting his effort home. A necessary result on a difficult night for Everton seems incoming. By Tamara Prenn Not hesitating from the referee as Branthwaite is dragged down in the box by Katongo waiting for a freekick - it's cut-and-dried, and Everton have the chance to double their lead. .. By Tamara Prenn It doesn't look like we're going to see Young vs Young, with Ferguson opting to introduce Mothersille for O'Brien-Brady during the break as his fifth substitute. A little mean, yes, but Young Jnr, who has been a rare presence on the Peterborough bench this season, might not be able to do what the manager is still gunning for - find the equaliser. By Tamara Prenn Broja is taken off not towards the bench, but towards the emergency exit which will likely see him rushed to hospital in a waiting ambulance. His right ankle is now heavily strapped. .. disappointing scenes for the Chelsea loanee, so desperate to string together a proper run after his ACL injury in December 2022. Ten minutes of added time, after that. By Tamara Prenn Broja is being given gas and air as the stretcher is unfurled. It looks really serious for the Albanian international, whose face is still contorted in pain. Coleman and Baines swap out Broja, who is clapped off as he leaves the pitch, for Lindstrom, and Mangala for Doucoure. By Tamara Prenn Marco Silva's side have surely booked their place in the next round now, as Timonthy Castagne makes it four in front of a rapturous home crowd. By Tamara Prenn Bilokapic is nearly responsible for the mother-of-all howlers after straying well off his line into the middle of the Peterborough half in an attempt to stop a sprinting Broja - but he doesn't! Only some Hail Mary defending from Fernandez keeps Everton from, you imagine, doubling their lead. Broja stays down after the challenge for some time, but Everton can't win possession and shut down proceedings. Eventually, Peterborough fire wide of the mark, and medics can get onto the pitch. It looks nasty, as Broja loses his footing and possibly hurting his ankle before falling onto his back, and he puts his head in his hands in agony as he's attended to. Broja has been very, very unlucky with injuries in his career. .. By Tamara Prenn A clever sliding pass across the pitch is sent to the feet of Hayes, who tries to trip into the box, but Everton swarm the burgeoning Peterborough attack. But as Ndiaye attempts to get away, he's caught briefly, forcing a reset to the goalkeeper. By Tamara Prenn It's all Everton now, as they gradually turn up the volume and trap Peterborough in their own half. Another Ferguson substitute also puts Young vs Young out of reach by another few degrees, as Dornelly is substituted in favour of Odoh. By Tamara Prenn Harrison sends in low, outswinging corner to an unmarked Keane at the top of the box, and he attempts to volley it in, but badly funks his touch, starving a waiting Broja in the six-yard box. Patterson is hooked; now it's one Young down as Ashley is introduced for Everton. One to go. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn It's Coleman and Baines' time to make changes, swapping out Armstrong - who has done well here - for Jack Harrison, and Beto for Armando Broja. By Joe Bernstein At Goodison Park By Tamara Prenn Watford are being left in their dust at Craven Cottage, as Joachim Andersen is the next Fulham star to write his name on the scoresheet. He makes hay with a well-worked corner, shooting in a volley which Jonathan Bond can do nothing about. By Tamara Prenn Peterborough fluff their lines after a strong passage of play that sees the ball drop nicely for Dornelly in the centre of the box. Under pressure, he ushers it Lindgren, who is eventually bullied off the ball by nervous Everton defenders. Playing like that, however, could get them something if Everton go to sleep. A change by the visitors now, De Havailland is swapped on for Kyprianou. By Tamara Prenn As Everton begin to string attacks together, the Goodison crowd wakes up somewhat, and the next corner is greeted with a roar of support. Patterson's corner is not really worthy of it, however, sent too high and wide of the jostling pack. By Tamara Prenn Armstrong, who has been a ray of light for Everton this evening, battles hard to keep hold of the ball against Hayes high up on the right of the Peterborough goal, but relents and draws a clever freekick level with the corner flag. Patterson sends the ball long, and it's given a helping hand by sharp defending from Peterborough. By Tamara Prenn Hayes is clattered to the growd by Patterson by the Everton corner flag, much to the vocal disgust of the travelling support. When it comes, Peterborough hoof in the corner, but Beto gets a powerful head to it to push the ball up the pitch. By Tamara Prenn Even if the crowd may be slightly subdued still, Everton have sprung out of the starting gates for this second-half, and put together a string of promising attacks. Gueye comes closest, but sees his attempt fly wildly over the crossbar. Good movement from Patterson, another who didn't flourish under Dyche, in the build-up. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn . .. and it doesn't take long for the Mexico international to make his mark! Just four minutes into the second-half, Fulham have pulled ahead, after winning a penalty via Adama Traore. It's marginal as to whether he's inside the box, but the decision stands due to the lack of VAR on the night, and Jimenez slots home with no fuss. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn Peterborough ring the changes at half-time, swapping Jones for Lindgren as they look to drag themselves level with the hosts. Right, admin done: let's return to the action, shall we? By Joe Bernstein At Goodison Park By Tamara Prenn Cool as you like. By Tamara Prenn As things stand at half-time - and ticking towards the final whistle in Sheffield - it's. .. Sheffield United 0-1 Cardiff City Everton 1-0 Peterborough Fulham 1-1 Watford And, as a reminder, it's goodbye third-round replays, so all these fixtures must be decided tonight. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn You've read how Matt Barlow's described it. Now, see for yourself. .. By Tamara Prenn Keeping this brief, there's only one minute of added time, as Patterson again looks to find something for Everton from the right. But play skids away from the hosts, with Jones seizing the ball on the run and powering through the Everton half, before getting the shot away to stretch the side netting. With that, the whistle blows on the first-half. By Tamara Prenn This time, he can get to it! Beto, returning to the side, enjoys a needle-sharp pass from Armstrong after a clever give-and-go from Ndiaye, and he twists past a lurching Bilokapic to find the back of the net cleanly. A sigh of relief is almost audible at Goodison Park. By Tamara Prenn Everton seem really unwilling, or incapable, of taking the game by the scruff of the neck when in possession, but there's a bright moment here when Branthwaite bends a promising ball into the box from 30 yards out looking for Beto. The forward can't get a confident head to it, and the effort goes begging, but Baines and Coleman will be demanding much, much more of that. Meanwhile, there's a family reunion on the touchlines. By Tamara Prenn Peterborough nearly claim something from their strongest showing yet. .. Quick as a flash, Hayes streaks through for The Posh's first attack with teeth, but Jones’s shot is ably blocked by Mykolenko for their opening corner of the match. It’s a limp one, but some reckless defending from everton doesn’t clear it, and Hayes’ shot comes for close that the visitors cheer it in! Branthwaite eventually clears it to save Everton’s bacon. By Tamara Prenn By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage It's all go in west London as Watford waste no time picking up their equaliser. Game on. By Tamara Prenn Everton are fighting to put Peterborough under pressure, but the visitors are defending coolly and competently, demanding a level from the Toffees that they're yet to reach. Branthwaite looks for a route through on the left, but can't work his way through, switching play to the right. As Patterson looks to sneak into the box, he's felled by Kyprianou, who squares up to him and knocks him off course. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn What a goal that might have been! Mangala is on the edge of the area and takes a high-flying ball on the volley with the aim of leathering it past Bilokapic - but it smacks the crossbar instead. Something to check we're all awake, there. Moments later, the Toffees have another glimpse of what might have been when Fernandez defending almost ushers the ball into the back of his own net. Time for an Everton corner. By Tamara Prenn 'Move the ball! ' Ferguson yells, keen for Peterborough to take advantage of Everton, who look very much on their level as things stand. The hosts try to set up another attack now, down the right, with Beto passing in to Gueye while under pressure from Nevett. Gueye's eventual shot is nicely powered, but not too testing for Bilokapic from the edge of the area. By Tamara Prenn 17-year-old Harrison Armstrong floats a well-weighted ball into the jostling throng in the six-yard box, but Everton are chaotic in its aftermath, with Mangala the worst offender as he scuffs an effort hopelessly wide. By Tamara Prenn 'Shall we sing this song for you? ' the travelling fans taunt, which echoes around a now-subdued Goodison Park, as reality, perhaps, begins to settle in. But there's more noise now as Everton wins a freekick on the right of the box, after Hayes topples Patterson on the run. By Tamara Prenn Sir Alex Ferguson, father of Posh manager Darren, has been sighted in the stands, a week on from his visit to Wrexham to watch the side in League One action. By Tamara Prenn Mykolenko surges down the left looking for a long ball, but is dogged by Dornelly, who wins the footprint and snuffs out the trace of danger. But Everton come again, Ndiaye dribbling through to the penalty area from the left, but he only has Beto for support. Regrouping as Peterborough flood the area, play is momentarily halted by a second ball on the pitch. By Tamara Prenn Peterborough won't be cowed early, and look confident as they make to push into Everton's half. There's little pressure from Everton to close them down either, but a misplaced pass allows Branthwaite to scoop back possession. Collins for Peterborough attempts to sneak up the pitch from the visitors' corner flag, but a sliding tackle from Mykolenko shuts down the budding movement, forcing a goalkick. By Tamara Prenn By Tamara Prenn As anticipated, the Premier League outfit are quick to take control of possession and prepare for their first assault through Beto. He sneaks round the edge of the box, encountering some non-threatening resistance, and gets the shot away just north of the D. The ball flies true to Bilokapic's gloves, and finally, Peterborough can get their first touch of the ball. By Tamara Prenn A final word from Joe Bernstein: . .. and the hosts get things going, playing from right to left. By Tamara Prenn Both teams stream onto the pitch, and we'll be underway in just a matter of moments. Should be an interesting one! By Tamara Prenn Darren Ferguson also speaks, and comes out firmly on Team Dyche: By Joe Bernstein At Goodison Park By Tamara Prenn . .. is, of course, fan-made FA Cup trophies. I always appreciate the use of tinfoil, and that this one is even larger than life-size should give the Football Association some pause as to the grandeur of their own cup. However, points are deducted for a lack of club-themed ribbons. Where's the aspiration, the realism? 8/10 By Tamara Prenn The former Everton man has his say on the Friedkins' trigger-happy dismissal, and it's not all positive. .. By Tamara Prenn First comes the sacking, then the memes, in the 21st century footballing cycle, and Liverpool City Council have been quick to jump on Dyche's dismissal to help inform supporters about the inclement weather on Merseyside. Conditions are so frosty that the tie was subjected to a safety meeting earlier this afternoon, but evidently, it's been cleared to go ahead. With or, more accurately, without Dyche. By Tamara Prenn Few have braved the sub-zero temperatures giving the match an odd, Covid-19 era, feel to it, but there's some liveliness in the sparse away end as Cian Ashford sneaks past Rhys Norrington-Davies to draw first blood on the road. Cardiff have been the stronger of the two sides thus far, and Ashford makes them pay! By Tamara Prenn Tonight's League One opponents are having a torrid time two divisions below this evening's hosts, having had just won just one of their last seven league ties. Were they to win at Goodison Park, not only would they call time on the ground's FA Cup history, but they would draw themselves level in the head-to-head, having lost 2-1 to the Toffees in the League Cup in September 2006 in their only other meeting. By Tamara Prenn . .. Premier League veteran Ashley exhanges a few words with his starlet son. By Tamara Prenn Both Coleman and Baines and Darren Ferguson have taken some of the shine off this potentially historic match-up by placing both father and son on the substitutes benches. But miracles happen. .. and should history be made, make sure you're well briefed thanks to Joe Bernstein's piece, below. By Matt Barlow At Craven Cottage By Tamara Prenn By Tamara Prenn Father and son Young start on the bench! By Tamara Prenn Let's cast our minds back to. .. mere days ago. .. and contemplate the former manager's remarkable cool-headed attitude to speculation about his future. By Tamara Prenn Whoever Everton do choose to position in their dugout, first on the to-do list will be getting the side scoring. Evidently. By Tamara Prenn The managerial merry-go-round having been in full swing for several weeks, it now seems harder to guess who the Friedkins have earmarked to take over from Dyche and turn around Everton's season. Former manager David Moyes remains free since leaving West Ham at the end of last season, and is a popular suggestion among supporters. So too is the wildcard pick of Jose Mourinho - but those awaiting his inevitable injection of chaos into the Premier League would be mindful to remember the same owners sacked him at Roma last year. By Tamara Prenn Putting aside the fact that interim coaches Coleman and Baines may not have had the most extensive preparation for tonight's fixture, Goodison seems positively haunted by their oh-so-recent former manager. Fans piling through the turnstiles will be able to read Dyche's thoughts in the programme, for what they're worth - and BBC Sport are reporting that some only learned of his sacking from the televisions on the concourse. Quite the jumpscare. By Tamara Prenn In a decision which makes Tottenham's dismissal of Jose Mourinho the week before their Carabao Cup final in 2021 seem positively level-headed, new owners The Friedkin Group have called time on Dyche's battling stint on Merseyside as the club sit just one point above the Premier League relegation places. For more information, why not have a sift through the article below. .. By Tamara Prenn By Joe Bernstein At Goodison Park And here's his first bulletin from a nippy Liverpool. .. By Tamara Prenn Hello and welcome to Mail Sport's coverage of tonight's FA Cup action, as Fulham welcome Watford and Sheffield United play Cardiff. .. but in truth, most of our attention will be focused on Everton's tie with Peterborough - not least because the Toffees have sacked Sean Dyche just three hours before kick-off. Instead, the hosts will be lead by captain Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines, in a move that although a number might have welcomed, few could have anticipated so deep into matchday. There's just under an hour until our first kick-off in Yorkshire, but until then, we'll bring you team news, build-up, and more - much more - on Dyche's shock exit. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group