Paul Sheerin leapt above the United defence right at the death to deliver a header that inched over to end St Johnstone's cup run for another season.
At the other end Doyle saw a header clawed off the line by Schwarzer and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake rifled into the side-netting in a richly entertaining second half.
As the match swung from end to end, Blackstock saw a header drift wide and Campbell lofted a shot over the bar.
Eardley cleared a Kyrgiakos header off the line at the other end but Liverpool were shocked as the visitors took the lead when Adam drove in a penalty after Johnson tripped Varney.
Cech then denied Simao Sabrosa, and at the other end Tomas Ujfalusi's header flashed past the past from another corner with Sionko and Milan Baros both just failing to make a vital connection.
McCombe went close to making amends at the other end soon after, but his header just cleared the crossbar.
Rogvi Jacobsen's header reduced the deficit seven minutes from the end but the visitors ended the qualifying tournament without a single point.
At the other end Hull allowed Ilunga a free header from a left-wing corner only for the defender to glance badly wide.
Kalou's cross sparked uncertainty in the six-yard area and Riise, in two minds, sent a spectacular flying header into the top corner at the Kop end.
Geovanni swept home the Tigers' second goal from Kamil Zayatte's cross but Scott Sinclair's late header for Wigan left Hull hanging on at the end.
Another testing centre from Wallace led to Clarets centre-back Bikey thumping a header against the post, while at the other end Jensen produced an eye-catching double save from Gary O'Neill.
At the other end, a backtracking Jerome put another header wide and, while Liverpool looked more threatening when debutant Meireles came on and Gerrard was pushed back into central midfield, they showed manager Roy Hodgson has plenty of work to do to improve their fortunes.
Cahill was Everton's saviour at the other end on 13 minutes, clearing a looping header from Davies off the line.
Coates scored the winner from a Martin Donnelly cross while, at the other end, Keenan saved Andy Smith's header on the line.
Carew then headed off target from a good cross while at the other end Crouch was unable to accurately direct his header from Huddlestone's knock-on.
Boyd sent a mis-cued header over the bar from eight yards out towards the end of the first half, with the visitors leading though Sebastian Rudy's close-range strike.
Wigan came back into the game towards the end of the first half and Heskey's header revived the home side's hopes.
Ritchie Humphries and Adam Boyd hassled and harassed the Brentford defence and Chris Westwood flashed a header wide as the home side increased the pressure towards the end, but they could not find a way through the Bees defence.
At the other end, the Hammers threatened when Kovac's looping header bounced off the top of the bar from Noble's corner.
Bendtner should have equalised for Arsenal after 53 minutes when he arrived on the end of Gael Clichy's cross, but his header from eight yards was brilliantly turned away by Valdes.
Just after the half hour mark United had a half chance when defender Darren Patterson found himself on the end of a David Hannah overhead kick, but his header was easily saved by Saints' keeper Alan Ferguson.
The home keeper was at full-stretch again to keep out Francisco Sandaza's glancing header, while James McCarthy went close with a strike at the other end.
The game sprung into life 10 minutes before the interval when Ballack's header was cleared off the line by Kranjcar, while at the other end Portsmouth were unlucky not be given a penalty when Juliano Belletti appeared to handle Baros' attempted flick in the area.
The Croatian striker then got on the end of Steven Whittaker's cross but could not direct his header on target.
Seconds later, a mistake at the other end presented Celtic with their second goal, when Loovens' flicked header from a 51st-minute corner somehow evaded goalkeeper Brown and attempts to clear off the line.
Diego's swerving low shot caused Schwarzer problems before the end and Vincenzo Iaquinta should have found the target with a late header for Juve, but that was as close as the game got to another goal.
At the other end, Preston fashioned a clear chance for Adam Barton, who flashed his header wide from Callum Davidson's cross.
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