Swindon Town 3 Burnley 1

Paolo Di Canio's classy underdogs swept Burnley aside to keep his cup dream going.

Swindon boss Di Canio's League One Swindon knocked out Championship leaders Brighton in the first round and followed that up with a shock win at Premier League team Stoke. 

Di Canio has said he hopes to lead his team out at Old Trafford and they had definitely had no problem dealing with Championship side Burnley.

Paul Benson grabbed the first in the 19th minute.

Defender Jay McEveley whipped in a cross from the left and Benson pounced at the far post to bury his third of the season from eight yards.

Swindon doubled the lead three minutes before the break.

Canada international central defender David Edgar lost the ball to Tommy Miller forty yards out and the midfielder fed striker Andy Williams who raced into the box and slotted in his third goal in three games from twelve yards.

Central defender Troy Archibald-Henville sealed the win with his first goal for the club in the 83rd minute when he nodded in a McEveley right wing free kick at the far post.

Former Swindon hitman Charlie Austin had pulled one back for Burnley in the 74th minute.

Austin scored 37 goals in 58 games at the County Ground and looked Burnley's only real threat.

Substitute Sam Vokes played the ball into the box and Austin rounded keeper to tap in his tenth of the season from three yards.

Danish keeper Brian Jensen spared Burnley's blushes with two excellent second half saves.

In the 59th minute Jensen saved with his feet from midfielder Alan Navarro and seven minutes later palmed away an eight yard header from Williams.

Burnley's best spell came in the first nine minutes and Austin was in the thick of it.

Brian Stock stepped over fellow midfielder Ross Wallace's corner in the third minute and Austin fired a low shot just wide.

Four minutes later McEveley stretched to clear off the line after Austin got his head to another Wallace corner. 

In the ninth minute Austin flicked the ball on to Chris McCann, but the midfielder was ruled offside after putting the ball in the net.

Di Canio was delighted to knock out a team from a higher league for the eighth time since taking over at the County Ground and said:

"If we play our football we don't need to worry about any club in the country. The team did well. My football is expensive in terms of energy and today they ran at the right time and in the right way.

We are fit and train hard. I told the players to keep going. With hard work, energy and desire we'll have lots of smiles this year and maybe a big laugh.

I'll take Manchester United away next. We might lose 6-0, but if there is one chance in a million, I'd like to make history for this club."

Burnley boss Eddie Howe said:

"We wanted to win and we're hugely disappointed not to be in the hat.

We're so inconsistent at the moment. The ability of the squad isn't in doubt, but we've got to use it.

Their first goal knocked our confidence and then they were in the ascendency."

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