FA Cup Third Round Result 22th January 2011

Crawley Town 2-1 Derby County
I can hardly believe it. Another one!
I knew about Glenn Wilson already but I had no idea that Scott Neilson was the grandson of Cliff Jones, which means he’s eligible to play for Wales! How exciting is that?
Oh yes, and non-league Crawley beat Championship side Derby…
It was a very exciting game which Crawley deserved to win. They dominated and fully deserved their lead, matching, if not surpassing, their more illustrious visitors. Derby should have taken the lead early on when they were awarded a penalty but Crawley goalkeeper Michael Kuipers wasn’t going to be beaten as easily as all that. Instead, it was Crawley who took the lead.
Although Derby did find an equaliser from somewhere, a replay would probably have been triumph enough – if just a little bit disappointing, given the way they’d played. But Crawley weren’t giving up as easily as all that and in stoppage time, they got a second goal. The winner was scored by Torres - not a sentence that’s been written very often this season.
Glenn and Scott both came close to scoring for Crawley.
Gareth Roberts and Robbie Savage were in Derby’s starting line-up but they were both substituted, not that long before Crawley scored again.
Crawley face fellow giant-killers Torquay United in the next round.