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CARLING CUP: SUNDERLAND, WIGAN, DERBY OUT August 29, 2007
(SomaliNet) Sunderland's miserable run continued as they crashed out of the Carling Cup at League One Luton.
Fresh from a couple of setbacks in the Premier League in the last 10 days, The Black Cats' season got even worse with this 3-0 hammering.
The Hatters were ahead inside 16 minutes through David Bell and veteran striker Paul Furlong added the other two in each half for a comprehensive victory.
Worse was to follow as Sunderland even went down to 10 men when Greg Halford saw red for two bookable offences.
The other of the night in normal time came at Roots Hall, where Southend beat Watford 2-0 thanks to goals from Charlie MacDonald and Matt Harrold.
West Brom had little trouble dispatching Peterborough 2-0 at London Road, Zoltan Gera heading in a Neil Clement corner and Nathan Ellington scoring what could be his last goal for the Baggies before a rumoured switch to Watford.
It was a similar story at Brunton Park as a Michael Mifsud double saw Coventry beat Carlisle 2-0.
And it was the same score at Home Park as Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and a late second from Luke Summerfield saw Plymouth safely into round three at the expense of Doncaster.
Oldham, who unveiled Lee Hughes as their latest signing, were unable to catch Burnley cold, with Andy Gray's deflected effort, Robbie Blake and Ade Akinbiyi sealing a 3-0 home win.
Cardiff avoided extra-time by the skin of their teeth against 10-man Leyton Orient, Peter Whittingham scoring in stoppage-time to seal a 1-0 win.
Sean Thornton had earlier been sent off for the visitors after picking up a second yellow card.
In the later kick-off, Charlton survived a brave Stockport fightback to win a 4-3 thriller at The Valley.
The Addicks appeared to be cruising thanks to efforts from Svetoslav Todorov and a twice-taken Zheng Zhi penalty.
But the visitors turned the game on it head in the space of 15 second-half minutes, Adam Proudlock, Anthony Elding and Dominic Blizzard putting them ahead.
Charlton regained their composure as Lloyd Sam levelled and Patrick McCarthy netted a last-gasp winner.
The shock of the night was produced by Football League newcomers Morecambe for the second straight round.
After upsetting Preston on their competition debut earlier this month, the Shrimps tonight repeated the feat by downing Wolves 3-1 after extra-time at Molineux.
The League Two side looked set to win inside 90 minutes when Carl Baker scored from the spot just past the hour mark after Graham Stack had brought down Michael Twiss.
Wolves were also grateful to a penalty for levelling six minutes from time, Andrew Keogh picking himself up to score.
But it was all Morecambe in extra-time, former Liverpool player Jon Newby and Garry Thompson completing the win.
Sheffield United avoided a similar fate to Wolves after Geoff Horsfield came off the bench to net a 3-2 extra-time win at MK Dons.
The Blades fell behind to Drewe Broughton's tidy finish but went 2-1 ahead thanks to Chris Lucketti and Nicky Law.
Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Jon-Paul McGovern's deflected free-kick sent the game to extra-time before Horsfield pounced.
McGovern's old club narrowly avoided a penalty shoot-out against Derby after Yoann Folly came off the bench to score in the last minute of extra-time against Hartlepool.
An upset was on the cards when Ian Moore tapped in for the visitors, but Deon Burton and Folly sealed a 2-1 Wednesday win.-Eurosport