{"id":3957,"date":"2026-09-16T22:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:55:58","slug":"fleetwood-1-0-sheffield-united-rhys-norrington-davies-own-goal-sees-league-two-side-book-last-16-tie-with-arsenal-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=3957","title":{"rendered":"Fleetwood 1-0 Sheffield United: Rhys Norrington-Davies own goal sees League Two side book last-16 tie with Arsenal | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Rhys Norrington-Davies&#8217; horror own goal sent Fleetwood into the last 16 of the Carabao Cup for the first time as the League Two side stunned Championship Sheffield United 1-0 at Highbury.<\/p>\n<p>Norrington-Davies nodded a Danny Andrew cross into his own net from close range in the 57th minute to earn Fleetwood a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11938\/13588651\/carabao-cup-fourth-round-draw-liverpool-to-host-chelsea-as-arsenal-drawn-away-to-league-two-fleetwood\">bumper home draw against Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Lawlor&#8217;s side, unbeaten now in nine games in all competitions, had another Andrew effort ruled out for offside and twice hit the woodwork in a dominant second-half display.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Cannon did put the ball in the net for Chris Wilder&#8217;s visitors, who lined up with only four starting survivors from last Friday&#8217;s 1-0 league defeat by Wolves, but an offside flag was raised before the striker slid the ball into the net.<\/p>\n<p>United had started positively and Ollie Arblaster had a goalbound effort blocked after only 36 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>But Mark Helm forced Blades goalkeeper Cooper into a seventh-minute save before former United star Ched Evans put his follow-up header narrowly wide.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Lynch denied Joe Rothwell as the visitors attacked again but Cooper was the busier, saving from Lewis McCann and Crispin McLean.<\/p>\n<p>Helm&#8217;s dipping right-foot effort from 18 yards grazed the top netting as Fleetwood finished the first half in the ascendancy, and they deserved their break from Norrington-Davies&#8217; 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