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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Carrow Road
  • Attendance: 25215
  • Referee: Haywood, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Goal!! Norwich have scored with Dion Dublin putting it in the back of the net.

87 mins

Goal!! Norwich have scored with Jamie Cureton putting it in the back of the net.

78 mins

Norwich are replacing Darren Huckerby with Maceo Rigters.

70 mins

Kevin Lisbie is replaced by Anthony Wordsworth.

54 mins

Matty Pattison is being taken off, Lee Croft has come on in his place.

53 mins

Jamie Cureton takes a penalty for Norwich and scores!.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 1.

46 mins

Medy Elito is being taken off, Scott Vernon has come on in his place.

46 mins

Gary Doherty is being taken off, Alex Pearce has come on in his place.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41 mins

Goal!! Kevin Lisbie scores for Colchester.

37 mins

The referee has booked Jamie Cureton.

36 mins

Goal!! Norwich have scored with Jamie Cureton putting it in the back of the net.

6 mins

Goal!! Jon Otsemobor scores for Norwich.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 22nd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

After a three-match goal drought Norwich City got back to winning ways with a resounding 5-1 win over struggling Colchester United.

Former United hero, Jamie Cureton, netted a hat-trick, sandwiched between goals from Jon Otsemobor and Dion Dublin.

Kevin Lisbie scored for the U's, but this was a day for the home fans to celebrate from start to finish.

The visitors kicked off attacking the River End goal and had the first shot with Johnnie Jackson firing over.

However, they were behind in the sixth minute when Otsemobor burst into the penalty area to beat Dean Gerken high to his left with a firm right-foot shot from 12 yards.

Ten minutes later Jackson had another shooting opportunity but fired wide.

Good play by Ryan Bertrand set up Darel Russell, but at full stretch his shot went into the sidenetting.

Gerken pounced on the ball to deny Darren Huckerby a shooting chance, while at the other end Kemal Izzet brought a save from David Marshall with a long-range shot.

Ten minutes before half-time Huckerby crossed from the right and Cureton beat Gerken at the near post with firm right-foot volley.

Lisbie's header bounced over via the top of the crossbar, but seconds later John White's throughball fell to him from Jason Shackell's header and he calmly took the ball round Marshall and rolled the ball into the net with his left foot.

Colchester forced a string of corners at the end of the first half without making any of them count.

Gerken saved a shot from Bertrand early in the second half, then Huckerby crossed from the right, but Dublin opted to head down rather than going for goal and the ball was cleared.

Dublin then lobbed Gerken only to see the ball come back off the bar.

Eight minutes into the second half Phil Ifil tripped Matt Pattison on the six-yard line and Cureton converted the resulting spot-kick, sending Gerken the wrong way with a right-foot shot to his left.

Cureton's treble was completed on 87 minutes when Dublin laid off Maceo Rigters' cross and Cureton passed the ball into the net with a right-foot shot from ten yards to the keeper's left.

Dublin made if five in stoppage time, collecting Russell's pass on the edge of the box and calmly finding the top right-hand corner with a right-foot chip.

Norwich City Team

Colchester United Team

Norwich City

Colchester United

Corners

5 12

Fouls

16 9

Goal attempts

16 14

Shots off target

7 6

Offsides

4 3

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