LONDON: James Collins' hattrick earned Swindon a League Cup upset against Stoke this morning while Sheffield Wednesday stunned Fulham 1-0.

Collins (pic) had already scored twice for the League One side in the first half before he popped up in the final minute of extra time to seal a 4-3 win and book his team's place in round three.

Second-half goals by Kenwyne Jones and Jonathan Walters had earlier brought the Premier League side level.

Aden Flint (105th) restored Swindon's lead before Peter Crouch (111th) levelled, but Collins completed his treble in the 119th minute to send Di Canio's men through.

Sheffield Wednesday also served up a second-round upset as they defeated Fulham 1-0 at Hillsborough.

Gary Madine scored the only goal of the match from the penalty spot in the 50th minute as the Owls claimed the scalp of their Premier League opponents.

League Two Burton produced arguably the performance of the round as they thumped Championship outfit Leicester 4-2.

Goals from Chris Palmer, Cleveland Taylor, Robbie Weir and Jacques Maghoma saw the visitors to a surprise victory, while Nigel Pearson's men replied through Anthony Knockaert and Marko Futacs.

League Two Bradford produced a late fightback to dump out Championship Watford.

The Hornets led through Ikechi Anya's 71st-minute strike at Vicarage Road, but Bradford levelled through Kyel Reid after 84 minutes before Garry Thompson grabbed the winner.

Nick Ajose struck a last-minute winner as League One Crawley upset Bolton 2-1.

Benik Afobe fired Bolton ahead in the 21st minute but Billy Clarke levelled for the hosts in the 81st minute before Ajose popped up late on to send the Trotters crashing out.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean suffered another setback in his bid to win over his doubters as Rovers lost 2-1 at League One MK Dons.

Luke Chadwick's second-half brace secured the victory for the home side, with David Goodwillie's late strike in vain for Kean's men.

Carl Baker hit a 97th-minute winner as managerless Coventry upset Birmingham 3-2.

Goals by Cody McDonald and Kevin Kilbane handed the Sky Blues the lead after Peter Lovenkrands had opened the scoring for Birmingham after four minutes, while Jonathan Spector made it 2-2.

Aston Villa were 3-0 winners over Tranmere. Fabian Delph opened the scoring at Villa Park after 38 minutes, before second-half efforts by Chris Herd and Darren Bent added gloss to the scoreline.

West Brom were made to battle all the way before defeating Yeovil 4-2 at Huish Park.

Reuben Reid fired the hosts ahead on 15 minutes but strikes by Chris Brunt and Shane Long put Albion ahead. Reid's second of the night after 48 minutes put Yeovil back on level terms but Yassine El Ghanassy's 73rd-minute effort and a late second for Long saw the Premier League side through.

Goals from Tadanari Lee, Billy Sharp, Jason Puncheon and Ben Reeves lifted Southampton to a 4-1 win at Stevenage, who replied through Michael Thalassitis.

James McClean scored in each half to lift Sunderland to a 2-0 win over Morecambe, while a Danny Graham strike and a second-half brace for Luke Moore saw Swansea to a 3-1 win over Barnsley, who replied through Bobby Hassell.

Wigan were 4-1 winners at Nottingham Forest thanks to goals by Mauro Boselli, Maynor Figueroa, Jordi Gomez and Callum McManaman.

A Simon Lappin goal and Wes Hoolahan's penalty guided Norwich to a 2-1 win over Scunthorpe, who replied through Mark Duffy, while Shaun Wright-Phillips, Bobby Zamora and Jose Bosingwa were on target as QPR defeated Walsall 3-0.

Nicky Maynard and Modibo Maiga struck in either half as West Ham defeated Crewe 2-0, while Reading were made to battle for a 3-2 win at home to Peterborough.


- mD