Carney rocks Bolton

Qantas Socceroo David Carney made a significant return to the Sheffield United first team, with the only goal in its 1-0 win over Premier League side Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup Third Round on Saturday.

Qantas Socceroo David Carney made a significant return to the Sheffield United first team, with the only goal in its 1-0 win over Premier League side Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup Third Round on Saturday.

Carney, rested over the Christmas/New Year break under the rotation policy at United, hit a low shot past Oman keeper Ali Al Habsi just before half time that eventually tied the game up in his side-s favour.

United-s victory was one of several upsets, with Brett Emerton-s Blackburn Rovers humiliated at home by Coventry City to the tune of 4-1. Emerton was replaced in the 61st minute. Another to lose was Tim Cahill-s Everton, beaten 1-0 by League One side Oldham Athletic. Cahill was rested for this game and clearly his goalscoring instincts of late were missing.

Overall its wasn-t a good round for the Aussies with Paul Reid-s (full game) Brighton beaten 2-1 at home against Mansfield; Richard Garcia came on at half time, as Hull City lost 3-2 away at Plymouth Argyle; Paul Henderson, Patrick Kisnorbo and James Wesolowski all played full games, as Leicester City lost 2-0 away at Southampton; while Lucas Neill was replaced at half time, as West Ham drew 0-0 at home with Manchester City. It was square between Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (Tranmere) and Trent McClenahan (Hereford), finishing 2-2.

The only other players to have success along with Carney, were Mark Schwarzer, who played a full game in a 2-1 away win against Bristol City and Josip Skoko, who got a rare start for Wigan Athletic in a 3-0 win over Sunderland.