The magic of the FA Cup lives on. The spell that this famous old competition casts is at its most powerful on third round day.
That is traditionally the time for shocks, when lower league - and non-league - sides deliver a bloody nose to the big boys. But there was a different kind of sorcery on show at the rain-soaked New Meadow.
It was a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't moment as Championship Sunderland made League One Shrewsbury Town's chances of a cup upset vanish in the blink of an eye. Shrewsbury, who had hit the crossbar in the first half through Luke Leahy, had gone in front through Matt Pennington's set-piece goal ten minutes from time.
