Chick On Target As Canaries Tame The Lions

A second-half goal from defender David Chick was enough to give Adrian Boothroyd's side all three points at Millwall on Saturday.
City were without the services of Ryan Jarvis, who is away on international duty, while Boothroyd decided to rest captain Greg Crane, allowing trialist David Tyrie to start alongside Chick in the heart of defence.
Just as City had done a week earlier, so Millwall had gone out of the F.A.Youth Cup in midweek, the young Lions going out by the only goal of the game against Manchester City.
The Canaries started the game the brighter of the two teams, with Damian Batt causing the home side plenty of problems down the flanks. It was from one of his runs that City got there first sight on goal, with Dean Sinclair only inches from converting the cross.
Schoolboy Rafael Gil, in for the absent Jarvis, brought a good save from the Millwall keeper. Fellow schoolboy Robert Eagle squandered a good chance from close range after some good build up play involving Nicky Howell and Lee Blackburn.
After the break it needed a couple of good saves from Aaron Osborne to keep City on level terms, but with 60 minutes on the clock City took the lead. Blackburn and Olly Willis had worked well in forcing a corner, and when Blackburn sent the cross in there was Chick at the far post to rise above the defence to head the ball home.
Although Millwall went in search of the equaliser it was the Canaries who finished the game in the driving seat, with Danny Crow seeing a shot blocked and Gil again going close.

City line up: A.Osborne, Batt, Willis, Tyrie, Chick, Howell [Howlett 55], Blackburn, Sinclair, Eagle [Smith 70], Gil [J.Osborne 85], Crow.
Subs not used: Herbert, Halliday.