Third tier Peterborough United produced the performance of the FA Cup fourth round when they twice battled from behind in the dying minutes to earn a 2-2 draw at Premier League West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. On a day when the big guns largely extinguished the hopes of the dreaming underdogs, the League One side proved indomitable after Saido Berahino, given a rare start, had twice put Albion ahead at the Hawthorns. Peterborough's heroes were Shaquile Coulthirst, who equalised Berahino's first half goal in the 79th minute, and Jon Taylor, who then answered what had looked to be a late, late winner from the Albion striker with just four minutes left to earn his side a lucrative replay at their London Road home. Portsmouth, who plunged into the fourth tier of the English game after financial woes, sniffed a sensation at a frantic Fratton Park before Premier League Bournemouth battled from behind to win 2-1. The 2008 winners, now a supporter-owned club, had rekindled memories of the days when they used to be Bournemouth's south coast masters as they went ahead through their 31-year-old journeyman winger, Gary Roberts, just before halftime. But Bournemouth belatedly flexed their...
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