The FA Cup - Third Round
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Millwall 3-0 Bournemouth

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League One Millwall produced an FA Cup third-round shock as they claimed a deserved home victory over Premier League side Bournemouth.

Steve Morison missed an open goal early on but headed home the opener from a corner midway through the first half.

Defender Shaun Cummings' close-range finish doubled the lead and Shane Ferguson's late strike sealed the win.

Having made 11 changes to their starting line-up, the Cherries failed to produce a shot on target.

United Millwall too strong for top-flight opponents

Steve Morison scores
Steve Morison scored his 13th goal of the season for Millwall

These are troubling times off the field at Millwall, with the club having admitted they could be forced to leave their home in south-east London and move to Kent if Lewisham Council go ahead with a plan to purchase areas around The Den and sell them on.

However, the team are showing a united front on the pitch, right down to the selection of an unchanged side for a fifth game running, during which time they are unbeaten.

It was a committed and energetic display from the Lions against a Bournemouth side 44 places above them in the football ladder but unrecognisable in both personnel and play from the side who drew 3-3 against Arsenal in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Morison's glancing near-post header from Shaun Williams' corner gave the home side the lead in a first half they largely dominated.

It could easily have been more at the break but for Morison missing an open net following a challenge on away keeper by Lee Gregory, who fired wide himself from inside the box late in the half.

They took control of the game soon after the break, though, when Cummings finished off Morison's low cross at the back post.

After withholding a concerted period of pressure from the away side, they scored their third on the break in the final minute courtesy of Shane Ferguson's drilled finish into the bottom corner.

Much-changed Cherries unrecognisable

Eddie Howe
Bournemouth are the first Premier League team to lose an FA Cup away match by three goals to a side from the third tier or below

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has received plenty of plaudits for the way he has established Bournemouth in the Premier League, playing an attractive, possession-based style of football.

Criticism will surely come his way, though, after 11 changes resulted in a disjointed and error-strewn display comprising just four shots, all of which were off target.

The Cherries made little impression in the first half, only coming to life to desperately chase the game in the last 30 minutes when 2-0 down.

Even the half-time introduction of main striker Callum Wilson could not provide them with the requisite edge in attack, as an increasingly tired Millwall restricted them to half-chances and poorly executed crosses.

Line-ups

Millwall

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Archer
  • 2Cummings
  • 17Webster
  • 4Hutchinson
  • 5Craig
  • 10OnyedinmaSubstituted forWorrallat 75'minutes
  • 8ThompsonBooked at 61mins
  • 6Williams
  • 22O'BrienSubstituted forFergusonat 53'minutes
  • 9GregorySubstituted forButcherat 84'minutes
  • 20Morison

Substitutes

  • 7Worrall
  • 12Romeo
  • 16Butcher
  • 18Ferguson
  • 26Abdou
  • 30Smith
  • 31King

Bournemouth

Formation 4-4-1-1

  • 23Federici
  • 47LeeSubstituted forWilsonat 45'minutesBooked at 75mins
  • 20WilsonSubstituted forat 88'minutes
  • 26Mings
  • 14B SmithSubstituted forS Cookat 74'minutes
  • 33Ibe
  • 22HyndmanSubstituted forGoslingat 56'minutes
  • 6SurmanBooked at 63mins
  • 7Pugh
  • 28Grabban
  • 31Mousset

Substitutes

  • 3S Cook
  • 4Gosling
  • 13Wilson
  • 18L Cook
  • 21Allsop
  • 42Simpson
  • 52O'Connell
Referee:
Andy Madley
Attendance:
9,471

Match Stats

Home TeamMillwallAway TeamBournemouth
Possession
Home32%
Away68%
Shots
Home13
Away13
Shots on Target
Home4
Away1
Corners
Home3
Away5
Fouls
Home9
Away8

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Millwall 3, Bournemouth 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Millwall 3, Bournemouth 0.

  3. Goal!

    Goal! Millwall 3, Bournemouth 0. Shane Ferguson (Millwall) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Worrall with a through ball.

  4. Post update

    Offside, Bournemouth. Marc Pugh tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.

  5. Post update

    Attempt saved. Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dan Gosling.

  6. Post update

    Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Shane Ferguson.

  7. Post update

    Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. Post update

    Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).

  9. Post update

    Marc Wilson went off injured after Bournemouth had used all subs.

  10. Post update

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  11. Post update

    Delay in match Marc Wilson (Bournemouth) because of an injury.

  12. Post update

    Attempt missed. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marc Pugh.

  13. Post update

    Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Shane Ferguson.

  14. Substitution

    Substitution, Millwall. Callum Butcher replaces Lee Gregory.

  15. Post update

    Foul by Callum Wilson (Bournemouth).

  16. Post update

    Shaun Cummings (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  17. Post update

    Attempt missed. Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordon Ibe with a cross.

  18. Post update

    Attempt missed. David Worrall (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Steve Morison.

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Jordon Ibe (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dan Gosling.

  20. Post update

    Attempt saved. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steve Morison.

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  • Comment posted by kdp273, at 18:31 7 Jan 2017

    I'm a Bournemouth and Eddie Howe fan, and I get the principle that he wanted to rest and rotate players, but 11 changes is a big ask; probably underestimated Millwall; and it dents confidence. As importantly, there are a lot of Bournemouth supporters who made the trip, now heading home who will rightly feel let down. Disappointing for a lot of reasons.

  • Comment posted by T28ColdBlowLion, at 22:50 7 Jan 2017

    I like Bournemouth & particularly admire Eddie Howe + Harry Arter for varying reasons. Got to say that I haven't seen a worse performance from an away team at the Den for a long time. Treating us & the FA Cup with such utter contempt they got what they deserved. They could prob have beaten us & progressed with half 1st team & perhaps gone far so totally baffled but exceptionally proud of our Lions

  • Comment posted by BlueIsTheColour, at 18:38 7 Jan 2017

    Eddie Howe has let himself down with the team selection, disgusting treatment of the FA cup.

  • Comment posted by Biff, at 18:29 7 Jan 2017

    Millwall did not play against "top flight opposition" and the result is not a "shock". Bournemouth with 11 changes and 0 shots on goals, equates to a thrown game, a team was selected to exit the FA Cup at the earliest opportunity. Eddie Howe is far from the first. As always it's the supporters who are being mocked here, Bournemouth fans should demand a full refund for ticket cost and all expenses.

  • Comment posted by Sir_Liberty, at 17:54 7 Jan 2017

    Travelling fans deserved better.

  • Comment posted by U16583824, at 22:38 7 Jan 2017

    Bournemouth are not going to qualify for Europe, they're not going to get relegated

    Their only chance of a trophy is a cup. Why not field a strong XI ?

  • Comment posted by PranR17, at 19:39 7 Jan 2017

    I don't get it. 9th in the league, not going to get europe, not going to get relegated. Why not go for it in the cup?

  • Comment posted by droogie, at 18:30 7 Jan 2017

    Great manager Eddie Howe, but I think a fine is in order for fielding an obviously sub-standard 11. Also it makes you wonder what the other premier league clubs are focusing on after so many going out with a whimper.

  • Comment posted by MarkS, at 22:49 7 Jan 2017

    If I were a bournemouth fan I'd boycott the next 2 games in protest at the money wasted watching that rubbish. Yes give fringe players a chance, not an entire team of them, people don't pay hard earned money for that. Fact is the only way a club learns is hitting them where it hurts, cash flow. Being a fan is one thing, being taken for a mug is a completely different matter altogether.

  • Comment posted by U16518382, at 20:26 7 Jan 2017

    To travel to see your beloved team and then find out he has made 11 changes is so deflating .. its not a cheap day out Eddie, please dont insult the fans and defend such a line up .. created little and they played with little intent of trying to impress !

    Disgruntled, but will get over it .. i thought with the luck of the draw we may have gone far but how wrong was I

  • Comment posted by Smart, at 19:14 7 Jan 2017

    Very disappointed Bournemouth fan of 50 years
    Players let themselves down but congratulations to Millwall.
    Ibe - £15m
    Mings £8m
    Mouseett - £7.5m
    Grabban - Reported £3m
    Plus others
    You had a chance to break into the first team and blew it.

  • Comment posted by U15345456, at 17:44 7 Jan 2017

    When done Millwall. You'd think as a man and a club who recently came up from the lower leagues, Howe and Bournemouth would respect the FA Cup more than some of the big boys. Another club happy to finish 17th in the PL and do absolutely nothing else season after season.

  • Comment posted by Lions fan in The Great White North, at 17:22 7 Jan 2017

    Hope Millwall have the resources to sue the pants off the Lewisham council.

  • Comment posted by TheMiddleWay, at 21:07 7 Jan 2017

    @21. What a charmer you are? Despite the 11 changes how much more did Bournemouth's team cost compared to Millwall? Hopefully, Millwall can go on a run and show up what Lewisham Council is trying to do. Other football teams beware of a precedent, and your team being forced out by a greedy council and their dodgy contacts.

  • Comment posted by TwoBricks, at 18:54 7 Jan 2017

    After the Preston defeat Howe said he would need to think hard about putting out a second string side in the cups in future. So, why the same thing again, with the same result? This is disrespectful to the FA Cup, the club and to the travelling fans who turned out to watch an absolute shower. Some players needed a rest but other PL clubs put out recognisable sides. Not good enough, Eddie !

  • Comment posted by U16626462, at 18:32 7 Jan 2017

    Great result from the boys. Disappointed to see a club like Bournemouth treat the FA cup in this way. Everyone remembers FA winners, nobody gives a dam about teams avoiding the drop.

  • Comment posted by Gammon, at 18:27 7 Jan 2017

    Amazing really, all these managers saying the FA cup,is important and yet they still make loads of changes to their teams, and not just top prem teams but teams from the bottom half of prem and champs sides. I do laugh especially when man united were derided for disrespecting the cup when choosing so called weakened sides, now everybody is doing it and nobody cares.

  • Comment posted by frankie, at 10:06 8 Jan 2017

    A P/L club like Bournemouth Making a few changes and giving game time to squad players is fair enough when playing a team 2 leagues lower most fans can get that ... changing all 11 though is taking the proverbial and I don't care what Eddie says to mitigate himself it is disrespecting the cup and millwall but well done millwall u were superb

  • Comment posted by Topside Highbury, at 03:38 8 Jan 2017

    Because they want to gentrify the area, push out the locals, get a load of champagne socialists in and "save the world" I know how it goes I'm from Islington.
    Like them or not Millwall is a proper club with real fans...Lewisham is still real London.

  • Comment posted by PaulyBoy, at 21:10 7 Jan 2017

    It's amazing that in a season where Millwall were issued a fine for fielding an understrength team in the EFL Trophy that this is allowed to happen in the FA cup... http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-checkatrade-trophy-update-3419509.aspx

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