Aussies Abroad: Williams junior steps up

Young Australian Ryan Williams stepped up his footballing education with a lively cameo in Portsmouth's 4-0 FA Cup loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Young Australian Ryan Williams stepped up his footballing education with a lively cameo in Portsmouth's 4-0 FA Cup loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The 18-year-old younger brother of Socceroos defender Rhys Williams came on in the 70th minute for the Championship side's third-round clash against the Barclays Premier League heavyweights.

Williams wasn-t deterred by the big names he came up against, getting involved in a tangle with John Terry that resulted in the Chelsea captain receiving a yellow card, and then getting a caution himself after a foul on England left back Ashley Cole.

Williams, whose twin brother Aryn is at Burnley, has made the most of Portsmouth's financial and injury problems in recent times to push himself to the fringe of the senior team.

The older Williams brother, Rhys, and his teammate Scott McDonald put in shifts for Middlesbrough as they progressed to the fourth round with a 1-0 win over Shane Cansdell-Sherriff-s Shrewsbury Town. Middlesbrough will next meet local rivals Sunderland.

Meanwhile, one of the forgotten men of the Socceroos- 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign, Richard Garcia, started his first match of the season for Hull City as they beat fellow Championship side Ipswich Town 3-1 to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Garcia, who became the first Hull City player to feature in a World Cup when he started for the Socceroos against Germany in Durban, played 81 minutes before being replaced.

Hull City will take on League Two outfit Crawley Town, who beat a Bristol City outfit featuring Socceroo Neil Kilkenny, in the next round.

Aussies James Wesolowski and Alex Cisak featured in one of the most controversial ties of the round when they travelled to Anfield with Oldham Athletic to take on Liverpool.

While the home side comfortably won the match 5-1, the game will be remembered for the alleged racial abuse dished out by members of the Kop to Oldham midfielder Tom Adeyemi.

Outside of the UK, Socceroos captain Lucas Neill grabbed a rare goal for Al Jazira as they downed Al Wahda 4-2, a result that moves Al Jazira within four points of the league lead.

In Italy-s Serie B, industrious Socceroos midfielder Carl Valeri completed 81 minutes in his return to the Sassuolo starting lineup in their 2-1 win against Juve Stabia