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Naylor sends Norwich crashing

Kieran Daley
Wednesday 11 September 2002 00:00 BST
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Cheltenham Town pulled off the surprise of the night in the first round of Worthington Cup with a 3-0 humbling of First Division Norwich City at Carrow Road. A Tony Naylor double and a late Hugh McAuley strike condemned the Canaries to their second home defeat in four days.

The veteran striker Naylor beat goalkeeper Rob Green from a tight angle to put the Second Division side, without a win before the game, ahead on the half hour.

Iwan Roberts then missed a header from close range before Naylor doubled his side's advantage, drilling the ball home from 18 yards just before half-time. McAuley curled home a superb shot eight minutes from time to seal the visitors' joy.

Cheltenham's exploits were matched by Third Division Cambridge, who saw off Reading 3-1 at the Abbey Stadium. The U's led at the interval after headers from defender Andy Duncan and Dave Kitson before Steve Tudor rose to nod in the third and seal the win.

Matthew Upson got his first goal for Reading since moving on loan from Arsenal, but his late strike was little consolation.

Wrexham pulled off a thrilling 2-1 victory over First Division Bradford, who had taken the lead with only seven minutes remaining. Danny Cadamarteri fired his 83rd-minute effort into the top right-hand corner to seemingly send the Bantams through to the next round.

But Wrexham, inspired by Andrew Morrell, hit back in devastating fashion. First, in the 88th minute, Morrell met Hector Sam's header to level the scores from close range and then, in the final seconds, the striker the ball on for Carlos Edwards to slot home the winner.

An Andrew Johnson goal for Crystal Palace seven minutes from the end of extra-time – his first goal for the club since his summer move from Birmingham City – was enough to see off Second Division Plymouth Argyle. Darren Powell had put Palace ahead in the 22nd minute before Blair Sturrock – son of the Argyle manager, Paul Sturrock – equalised six minutes before half-time.

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