Sport 23-09-2004 Carling Cup Round-Up who: Bournemouth AFC what: Beat Blackburn Rovers on penalties in Carling Cup second round where: Ewood Park, BLACKBURN when: Last night snippet: After a long journey north last night, League One strugglers Bournemouth pulled off a giant-killing in the Carling Cup second round, beating Premiership side Blackburn Rovers on penalties after holding them to a 3-3 draw after extra time at Ewood Park. "Central defender Eddie Howe was mobbed by his ecstatic team-mates," says The Telegraph`s William Johnson, "after ramming home the decisive 16th spot-kick of an exciting finale to a fluctuating contest to squeeze the underdogs through on a 7-6 margin." Elsewhere, another Premiership side only barely escaped a similar humbling. Everton travelled to Bristol City, who held on to a 2-2 draw for 120 minutes before losing 3-4 on penalties in a cup tie described by The Telegraph`s Christopher Davies as "pulsating". Meanwhile, Southampton thrashed Northampton Town 0-3, Aston Villa beat visiting QPR 3-1, Fulham beat Paul Gascoigne`s Boston United 1-4 at York Street and Tottenham Hotspur showed no mercy to Oldham at Boundary Park where they went home 0-6 winners. Finally, The Guardian reports that West Bromwich Albion manager Gary Megson has got two games to save his job after his team were unceremoniously dumped out of the Carling Cup by lowly Colchester United on Tuesday night. [... more]

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