FA Cup roundup: Brighton and Sheffield United advance to semifinals

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City prospect Tommy Doyle fired Sheffield United into the FA Cup semifinals on Sunday after which discovered he should miss out on the most important sport of his younger profession.

The 21-year-old midfielder is on mortgage at Sheffield and attributable to competitors guidelines is ineligible to play towards his father or mother membership after Man City and Sheffield had been drawn towards one another within the subsequent spherical.

It means Doyle might be a spectator for the match at Wembley, when Premier League champions City might be favourites to advance to the ultimate.

Doyle struck within the first minute of second-half stoppage time as Sheffield beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in an exciting quarterfinal conflict between the 2 second-tier sides.

Blackburn had twice taken the lead by way of Ben Brereton and Sammie Szmodics.

Sam Gallagher’s own-goal and Oliver McBurnie evened the rating on every event earlier than Doyle’s late winner.

But he barely had time to get pleasure from his celebrations earlier than studying Sheffield had been drawn towards City.

FAIRY TALE ENDS

Grimsby’s FA Cup fairy story is over after the fourth-tier staff was routed 5-0 by Premier League Brighton.

Grimsby was the lowest-ranked staff left within the competitors and had reached the quarters for the primary time since 1939, having knocked out top-flight Southampton within the final spherical.

But there was no hazard of one other upset towards Brighton, which scored 4 objectives within the second half at Amex Stadium.

Deniz Undav fired the house aspect in entrance after simply six minutes. Evan Ferguson scored twice after the break, with Solly March and Kaoru Mitoma finishing the rout.

Brighton faces the winner of the sport later Sunday between Manchester United and Fulham.