Our win was the highest away victory recorded in a third round that still has two games outstanding, although one side did net eight goals in a home tie.
The youth teams of five Premier League clubs have gone out and there are some genuine surprises for me in that list. Arsenal, winners three times in this Millennium, were beaten 1-0 at home by Derby County whilst two other winners in the last decade, Aston Villa and Liverpool, have also exited the competition at the first stage.
The last time we reached the fourth round of the competition was two years ago. Having won 4-1 at Scunthorpe we were soundly beaten by an impressive Manchester United 5-1 in January 2010.
The 3rd round results are:
Leicester City 5 Aldershot Town 0
Stevenage v Tottenham Hotspur - to be played 21st December
Swindon Town 3 Birmingham City 2
Charlton Athletic 7 Cambridge United 0
Ipswich Town 2 Leeds United 0
Blackburn Rovers 8 Thurrock 0
Manchester City 4 Corby Town 1
Southampton 7 Sheffield United 0
Oxford United 1 Bolton Wanderers 2
Middlesbrough 1 Reading 2
Bury 2 Cardiff City 3
Sunderland 1 Nottingham Forest 2
Chelsea 2 Doncaster Rovers 1
Hull City 1 Brentford 2
Portsmouth 5 Bristol City 1
Peterborough United 3 Blackpool 1
Swansea City 3 Liverpool 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 West Ham United 3
Manchester United 4 Torquay United 0
Norwich City 5 Oldham Athletic 0
Fulham 3 Carlisle United 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Aston Villa 0
Millwall 1 Watford 2
Preston North End 1 v Stoke City 2
Crystal Palace 1 Everton 2
Bristol Rovers v Coventry City - to be played 19th December
West Bromwich Albion 3 Barnsley 0
Newcastle United 3 Darlington 0
Queens Park Rangers 2 Huddersfield Town 1
Boston United 0 v Burnley 7
Wigan Athletic 4 Hereford United 0
Arsenal 0 Derby County 1