FA Cup roundup: Forest revel in spirit of ‘59 as Exeter shock Oxford United
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With their club legend, Mick Harford, helping to lead the team, Luton, who sacked manager Rob Davies this week, travelled to Nottingham Forest for a repeat of 1959’s final. And just like that Wembley day, the Hatters departed in disappointment, losing 2-0 at the City Ground.
![[Georginio Rutter makes it 2-0 for Brighton against Norwich]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3025c8c434e63bf7d7f7ca56b2742acc220e2277/0_151_3837_2302/master/3837.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Ryan Yates, the Forest captain, was the driving force for Nuno Espirito Santo’s team, and scored the first goal for the Premier League high-fliers, a stooping header after a fine cross from Ramón Sosa. The Paraguayan then scored Forest’s second himself, sliding in from close range after Jota Silva’s pass from the right wing to follow up six consecutive Premier League wins with a comfortable stroll into the next round.
![[Vincent Harper celebrates scoring Exeter’s third goal against Oxford United]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b367cb4bcf1513b271cfdf51d451b3c68c81e7fa/0_125_3343_2007/master/3343.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Norwich’s season will return to Championship toils after their 4-0 defeat to Brighton. Georginio Rutter scored twice, first with a header from a Joel Veltman cross, the second saw the striker convert a Yankuba Minteh cross. Julio Enciso scored Brighton’s third having robbed the dithering Norwich defender Kellen Fisher before bending a wicked, bending shot beyond goalkeeper George Long. Solly March scored Brighton’s fourth, his first goal since August 2023, having missed 14 months with a knee injury, sweeping in a reverse pass from Brajan Gruda.
Bournemouth fielded a strong team against West Brom, though youth product Ben Winterburn made his first ever start in midfield and new Argentinian signing Julio Soler, who arrived from Lanus last week. made his club debut in defence. The Baggies, still without a manager after the departure of Carlos Corberan but expected to appoint Raphael Wicky, the Swiss former Young Boys and Basel manager, opened the scoring through Caleb Taylor before Justin Kluivert equalised. Dango Ouattara scored twice in ten minutes ahead of half-time.
