After Greg Crane was drafted into the squad for this afternoon's first team game against Millwall at Carrow Road, Adrian Boothroyd called on the services of schoolboy Matthew Halliday for his first taste of Academy action. Last week's man of the match at Leicester, Nicky Howell, was quickly into action seeing a dangerous cross cleared by the visitors' defence.
The Canaries almost opened the scoring through Danny Crow but he failed to get any direction on his near-post header from a Damian Batt cross. City took the lead on 25 minutes when Spurs failed to clear a corner, allowing HENDERSON to loop a header over Robert Burch in the Spurs goal. Just a minute later, Henderson should have made it 2, he was one-on-one with Burch, but the City striker fired wide of the target.
After the break, City found themselves on the back foot with Spurs pushing for the equalizer. Their pressure finally paid dividends on the hour mark when from a corner BATT headed into his own net. Just three minutes later, City found themselves behind when a low cross from the right was fired in by Mark HUGHES.
Their lead lasted for only 60 seconds, however, as Jason Shackell headed on a long throw from Danny Self with HENDERSON again looping a header over Burch. City found themselves reduced to ten men for the final 10 minutes of the game when Self was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Norwich City: Osborne, Willis, Self, Halliday (Thompson 67), Shackell, Sinclair, Howell (Smith 67), Henderson, Crow, Woodrow (Smith 67), Batt.
Substitute not used: Lee-Barrett.
Norwich City MoM: Ian Henderson
| Action From The Spurs Game | |
 Richard Woodrow and Nicky Howell in Midfield |
 Matthew Halliday |
 Oliver Willis at Right-back |
 Oliver Willis and Damian Batt |
Report courtesy of John Landamore and The Pink Un.