Sheridan nodded an early second-half header wide of the mark but the on-loan Celtic striker grabbed Motherwell's second in the 58th minute with a simple goal from close range after a Steven Hughes crossed broke into his path.
Ferguson's side put in a poor performance, with keeper Ben Foster at fault for the second-half header from Kenwyne Jones, which put the visitors 2-1 ahead.
Kayode Odejayi's second-half header was enough to seal a trip to Wembley for the Championship strugglers.
Paul Scharner's spectacular first-half header from just inside the box looked to have put Wigan on course for a win.
Kris Boyd hit the bar for the visitors with a first-half header and the Pars' Jim Hamilton flashed a header wide.
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Everton's Steven Pienaar hit the bar soon after while from Mikel Arteta's smart free-kick Jack Rodwell glanced a second-half header just inches wide.
Matthew Langston's first-half header stunned Leeds and prompted an angry reaction on the final whistle from the travelling supporters at the Glass World Stadium.
Meanwhile, in Group K , Otman Bakkal's first-half header was enough for PSV Eindhoven to claim their opening win at home to CFR Cluj.
Steve Evans' first-half header gave Wrexham a slim lead after Louis had seen his penalty, awarded for the foul on Whalley, saved by Oxford goalkeeper Jake Cole.
The home side's best chance came courtesy of Hamilton Ricard, who also hit the post with a first-half header that forced goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to save on the rebound.
Henrik Larsson had Sweden's best chance with a first-half header that hit the crossbar, but Russia nearly got its second goal in the 36th when Pavlyuchenko's shot also hit the woodwork.
Andreas Hinkel set up Scott McDonald's 39th-minute strike for the opener. and seven minutes into the second-half Samaras nodded in a close-range header.
But Berbatov broke the deadlock before half-time with a header from a corner.
Veteran winger Pires restored Villa's lead with a sweet half-volley before Nathan Delfouneso's header made it 3-1.
Vincent Kompany doubled the lead on the cusp of half-time with a powerful header from Martin Petrov's corner.
Boruc had to move sharply to turn around a Jose Goncalves header as half-time approached then Caldwell was called into action to prevent an Andrew Driver shot from crossing the line after the Polish keeper had palmed the ball goal-bound.
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Five minutes before half-time Anelka was unlucky when his glancing header from a Shaun Wright-Phillips cross hit the crossbar, but he was adjudged to have strayed offside.
Only a victory would have given Dario Gradi's side the chance of survival - but ex-Crewe striker Dele Adebola's header gave Coventry a first-half lead.
United recovered from going behind to James Milner's resulting penalty to win 2-1, courtesy of a first-half Michael Owen strike and Wayne Rooney's 74th-minute header.
Iwelumo found his way in behind the Cardiff defence when centre-half Roger Johnson misjudged a header 35 yards out.
Rovers should have gone into half-time 1-0 ahead when somehow Roberts put a free header wide from less than six yards after Emerton sent in a cross from the right.
Germany striker Mario Gomez wasted the best chance of the match when he sent a free header wide just before half-time.
At the other end James did brilliantly to keep out Tudgay's half-volley and acrobatically tipped over a header from the same player.
Warner, a former Leeds keeper, tipped an Amdy Faye header away moments before half-time and, after the break, Leeds' Neil Kilkenny drove over the bar.
And City made the points safe on the stroke of half-time when Vincent Kompany powered a header past goalkeeper David James from Martin Petrov's corner.
There was no such profligacy from Babel in first-half injury time when his downward header bounced into the top corner to put Liverpool on level terms.
But a wonderful free-kick by Nerijus Radzius before half-time and a late Linas Pilibaitis header from a corner put Kaunas through to the final Champions League qualifier against Aalborg of Denmark.
Striker Fabio Quagliarella scored his seventh league goal in 15 matches in the 54th minute, but Marco Borriello -- who spent the second half of last season on loan at Juve -- leveled with a diving header quarter of an hour later.
As half-time approached O'Connor sent a header across the face of the Nordsjaelland goal, but the equaliser remained elusive.
St Johnstone took a first-half lead through Sam Parkin's header, then Simon Mensing equalised for Hamilton from the spot with 22 minutes remaining.
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