Norwich City 4 Gillingham 1
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by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham were knocked out of the Carling Cup
at the first round stage after surrendering a one goal
advantage at Norwich on Tuesday night.
The Gills stunned the Championship side by
taking the lead after 12 minutes through Chris Palmer, but Norwich
hit back.
Before Palmer opened the scoring with a low shot the hosts
had hit the woodwork when David Fox struck the post.
Adebayo Akinfenwa could have doubled the lead
on 24 minutes when his flick from Danny Spiller’s free-kick struck
the underside of the bar.
Norwich made Gillingham pay for the miss when
Grant Holt put fellow striker Chris Martin through and he finished
with 26 minutes on the clock.
Just six minutes later and Norwich went ahead
as Russell Martin’s cross was headed home by Holt.
Chris Martin hit a shot against the bar just
before the break but 10 minutes into the second half Holt tapped
home his second from close range to make it 3-1.
Norwich made it four in injury-time when Oli
Johnson won the ball and Martin slotted home the loose ball.
Gills: Julian, Sinclair,
Nutter, Gowling, Bentley, J Payne (Maher 42 mins), Spiller, Palmer,
Rooney (S Payne 71), Barcham, Akinfenwa (White 84mins). Subs:
Cronin, Jackman, Essam.
Attendance: 13,068.
Danny Spiller tries to find his way past two
Norwich players, above. Picture: Antony Kelly Norwich Evening
News
Tuesday, August 10 2010
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