Norwich City F.C. 0–1 Luton Town F.C.

Norwich City vs Luton Town was an FA Cup Fourth Round tie, played on 26 January 2013 at Carrow Road, Norwich. Luton won the match 1–0.[1] This was the first time in the Premier League era that a top division side was beaten by a non-League team,[2] and the first time since Altrincham beat Birmingham City at St. Andrew's in 1986 that this feat was achieved at the home of the top-flight team.[3] The last team to beat a top division side from the Conference was Sutton United when they beat Coventry City in 1989.[1] Luton became the seventh non-League team since World War II to reach the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.[4]

Norwich City 0–1 Luton Town
Event2012–13 FA Cup
Date26 January 2013
VenueCarrow Road, Norwich
RefereeAndre Marriner
Attendance26,521

Route to the Match

Norwich City

5 January 2013 (2013-01-05) Third round Peterborough United 0–3 Norwich City Peterborough
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 13,198
Referee: Stuart Attwell

Luton Town

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) Fourth qualifying round Cambridge United 0–2 Luton Town Cambridge
13:00 Report
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,321
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) First round Luton Town 1–1 Nuneaton Town Luton
15:00 Rendell  84' Report Waite  20' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,089
13 November 2012 (2012-11-13) First round (replay) Nuneaton Town 0–2 Luton Town Nuneaton
19:45 Report Rendell  22', 72' (pen.) Stadium: Liberty Way
Attendance: 1,596
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) Second round Luton Town 2–1 Dorchester Town Luton
15:00
Report Pugh  71' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,287
5 January 2013 (2013-01-05) Third round Luton Town 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Luton
15:00 Lawless  46' Report Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,638

Match summary

Norwich City0–1Luton Town
Report Rendell  80'
Attendance: 26,521
Norwich City
Luton Town
GK13 Declan Rudd
DF2 Russell Martin (c)
DF18 Javier Garrido
DF20 Leon Barnett
DF24 Ryan Bennett
MF8 Jonny Howson
MF11 Andrew Surman 72'
MF15 David Fox
MF17 Elliott Bennett 73'
FW10 Simeon Jackson
FW37 Harry Kane 46'
Substitute:
GK28 Mark Bunn
DF3 Steven Whittaker
DF6 Michael Turner
MF12 Anthony Pilkington 73'
MF14 Wes Hoolahan 72'
MF27 Alexander Tettey
FW9 Grant Holt 46'
Manager:
Chris Hughton
GK1 Mark Tyler
DF2 Lathaniel Rowe-Turner
DF3 Greg Taylor
DF6 János Kovács
DF25 Ronnie Henry (c)
MF11 Jake Howells
MF7 Alex Lawless
MF14 Arnaud Mendy 68'
MF24 Jonathan Smith
FW9 Jon Shaw 74'
FW27 Andre Gray 75'
Substitute:
GK33 Dean Brill
MF15 Adam Watkins
MF17 JJ O'Donnell 68'
MF19 James Dance
MF23 Matt Robinson
FW10 Scott Rendell 74'
FW13 Stuart Fleetwood 75'
Manager:
Paul Buckle

Match Statistics

Norwich City Luton Town
Goals scored01
Total shots116
Shots on target62
Ball possession49%51%
Corner kicks42
Fouls committed59
Yellow cards00
Red cards00

Source:[1]

Match reports

References

  1. "Norwich 0 - 1 Luton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. "NORWICH 0 TOWN 1". Luton Town FC. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. "FA Cup - Non-league Luton shock top-flight Norwich". Yahoo! and Eurosport. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. "FA Cup: Luton produce cup magic to knock out Premier League Norwich". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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