Wednesday’s former player Nigel Jemson snatched an 85th-minute winner for Oxford to consign the early Premiership pacesetters to a painful exit The sides had drawn 1- 1 at Hillsborough in the first leg. Substitutes not used: Hislop (gk), Watson, Elliott.Referee: S Piller (Hungary).. Manchester City’s hopes of a comeback after their 4-1 humiliation at Lincoln were dashed after 17 minutes of the return leg of their Coca- Cola Cup second-round tie when Gijsbert Bos scored for the Third Division side at Maine Road for the only goal of the night

There were shocks for both Sheffield clubs. Substitutes not used: Nilsson, Karlsson, Wyberg, Nordberg (gk).Newcastle United: Srnicek, Barton, Beresford, Batty (Clark, 70), Peacock, Lee, Shearer, Ferdinand, Asprilla (Kitson, 70), Albert, Gillespie. Newcastle’s embarrassment increased five minutes later when Robert Andersson’s shot fell for Svensson to convert off the bar.Halmstads: H Svensson, Jonsson, Arvidsson, T Andersson, Smith, M Svensson, Ljungberg (Selakovic, 80), R Andersson, Anderssen, Vought, Lennartsson. In the 74th minute, it was Arvidsson who was first to the loose ball, beating Darren Peacock to slide home from a couple of yards.

Fortunately for Newcastle it mattered little as the Swedes were never going to score the six they needed in the second half.But Keegan will not have been over-impressed by the performance of his side as their Uefa Cup ambitions were put in a more realistic light.Keith Gillespie, in for David Ginola, was one of four changes from the first leg which included Warren Barton making his first start of the season.Both Halmstads goals were similar, with Srnicek unable to hold shots from Robert Andersson. Halmstads 2 Newcastle United 1 Newcastle win 5-2 on agg

Les Ferdinand provided a moment of magic that partially lifted an uncomfortable evening as Newcastle were left grateful for their first-leg advantage in the Orjans Vall Stadium.
When Ferdinand crashed home a ferocious volley just before the break, Newcastle looked on course for a comprehensive first-round victory.But the Swedish part-timers made them pay for being too relaxed with late goals from Torbjorn Arvidsson and Magnus Svensson. Klinsmann missed a penalty in the 1-0 defeat of Valencia, a result that left the Spanish team 3-1 aggregate winners.. The Leicester City striker, Mark Robins, has put in a transfer request.The elimination of the holders, Bayern Munich, from the Uefa Cup last night is bound to increase speculation that their former Spurs striker, Jurgen Klinsmann, is poised for a return to English football. “If they are not careful, we won’t have a club in Birmingham and the ground will be shut down,” Sullivan said.
The Wimbledon manager, Joe Kinnear, yesterday insisted he wants to keep Dean Holdsworth even though the pounds 5m-rated striker is still on the transfer list, and has once again been linked with Everton.

Substitutes not used: Shaw, Filan (gk), Jess.Referee: P R Alcock (Redhill).. The Birmingham City owner, David Sullivan, has given the Football Association his backing should they choose to ban the club’s fans from away games following violent scenes at the end of Saturday’s First Division game at Manchester City. Substitute not used: Sutton (gk).Coventry City (4-4-2): Ogrizovic; Borrows, Daish, Burrows, Hall; Telfer, McAllister, Richardson, Salako; Whelan, Dublin. But, after Whelan’s shot had been blocked on the line, Salako contrived to scoop the rebound over the bar from six yards out.Salako, who hit the bar in the 64th minute, was picked out as one of Coventry’s outstanding performers by their manager, Ron Atkinson.Despite the loss at least the home supporters appeared to have heeded the dire warnings of the club’s owner, David Sullivan, over their behaviour last Saturday.Birmingham City (4-4-2): Bennett; Edwards (Legg, 84), Bruce, Breen, Adlett; Devlin, Castle, Horne, Donowa (Bowen, 73); Furlong, Newell. He left the field complaining bitterly, but it was his colleagues who had most to grumble about as they were obliged to weather Birmingham’s desperate, but wild final efforts.The action in the Coventry penalty area grew increasingly frenzied as the referee played nearly five minutes of injury time. That the visitors survived was largely due to Dion Dublin who performed manfully as a stand- in centre-half.Those last moments of desperation might have been avoided in the 88th minute when Coventry appeared sure of a second goal on the break. Birmingham City 0 Coventry City 1 Coventry win 2-1 on aggregate

Premiership strugglers they may be, but Coventry demonstrated last night that they were still a class above their First Division near-neighbours as they secured a Coca-Cola Cup third-round place thanks to a characteristically smart free-kick from their captain, Gary McAllister.
The Scottish international gave his side a 2-1 aggregate win after 62 minutes with a shot which took a deflection after Barry Horne had brought down John Salako on the edge of the box.But the visitors, whose increasing domination of the match ought to have been reflected by more goals, made life hard for themselves when Liam Daish, the former Birmingham player, was sent off 15 minutes from time.Daish, who scored a late equaliser in last week’s first leg at Highfield Road, was dismissed for a second bookable foul on Paul Furlong.

Substitutes not used: Jackson, Boyle, Beeney (gk).Referee: A Wilkie (Chester-le-Street).. Substitute not used: Brydon (gk)Leeds United (3-4-2): Martyn; Jobson, Palmer, Wetherall; Kelly, Couzens, Ford, Harte; Sharpe, Wallace, Gray. Gray headed down Sharpe’s left wing cross and Wallace beat Newell with a scissors kick from the penalty spot.Leeds took advantage of further hesitancy in the home rearguard after 29 minutes. Sean Gregan and his colleagues had more than one opportunity to clear the danger before Harte struck with an angled first time volley, though admittedly a deflection helped the Republic of Ireland defender’s shot on its way past Newell.Harte and his uncle, Gary Kelly, were dropped back from midfield to confront Darlington with a five-man defensive wall after the break and a miss-timed attempted clearance by Martyn presented the rare possibility of a breach, but Palmer came to the rescue, blocking Roberts’ sweeping shot.Darlington (4-4-2) Newell; Brumwell, Crosby, Gregan, Barnard; Twynham (R Kelly, 85), Atkinson, Oliver (Painter, 69), Carss; Blake, Roberts. No sooner had hopes of an upset risen, however, than Wallace shot them down.For the third time in the tie the former Saint put Leeds ahead. Nigel Martyn was at full stretch to keep out a Mark Oliver drive in the 11th minute.