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Tiny Havant to face mighty Liverpool as FA Cup dream continues

LONDON (AP) — Newcastle beat Stoke 4-1 last night in the English FA Cup in their first match since Kevin Keegan's return to the club, while non-league Havant and Waterlooville beat Swansea 4-2 to set up a fourth-round meeting with Liverpool.

Newcastle drew 0-0 against Stoke two weeks ago but, lifted by the reappointment of Keegan, won their replay against the visiting League Championship side through goals by Michael Owen, Claudio Cacapa, James Milner and Damien Duff.

Havant and Waterlooville scored three goals in the first 37 minutes of their replay to ease to victory over Swansea and earn a meeting with the seven-time cup winners at Anfield on January 26.

Also yesterday, Manchester City beat Premier League rival West Ham 1-0, and League Two club Hereford ousted Tranmere 1-0.

Newcastle's original match with Stoke on January 6 was Sam Allardyce's last as manager. The coach was asked to leave the following week because the club is languishing in mid-table in the Premier League.

The team was then routed 6-0 at Manchester United last weekend, but rallied on Wednesday after the players and fans learned that former England manager Keegan had agreed to rejoin the club he almost led to the Premier League title in 1996.

"It gave us a huge lift before the game," goalkeeper Shay Given said. "It was a huge, huge game for us. We had to really bounce back tonight."

With the fans chanting Keegan's name, Owen put the Magpies ahead from a rebound in the eighth minute. But they were reduced to 10 men in the 29th when midfielder Emre Belozoglu was sent off for barging Stoke captain John Eustace.

Cacapa, though, made it 2-0 with a header from Charles N'Zogbia's 31st-minute corner kick.

Stoke, who are contenders for promotion to the Premier League, rarely threatened despite a man advantage and Milner made it 3-0 with a right-foot shot in the 68th.

Eight minutes later, with Keegan watching from the stands, Duff completed the Magpies' scoring with his first goal since September 2006.

Former Sunderland midfielder Liam Lawrence got a late goal for Stoke with a curling shot into the top corner, but Newcastle still advanced to a meeting with Arsenal.

Havant and Waterlooville's fans greeted their team's victory over Swansea and a lucrative meeting with Liverpool by carrying the players from the field.

Jamie Collins, Rocky Baptiste and Tom Jordan added to an early own-goal by Swansea's Garry Monk to clinch victory in Havant's ninth FA Cup match of the season.

"I knew if my players could do what they wanted to do, Swansea would get frustrated," Havant manager Shaun Gale said. "No one expected us to get here.

"There's champagne flying everywhere. It's going to be a hell of a party."

Manchester City reached the fourth round thanks to Elano's 73rd-minute header against the Hammers.

City will play at Sheffield United in the next round, while Hereford earned a match at home to Cardiff, through Simon Johnson's 72nd-minute goal.