Norwich 1-1 Birmingham (aet)
(Birmingham win 4-2 on penalties)Birmingham City's 16-year exile from the top-flight of English football ended thanks to teenager Darren Carter.
The 18-year-old kept a cool head to slot home a fourth and clinching penalty to win the shoot-out after a thrilling First Division play-off final.
Substitute Iwan Roberts headed Norwich ahead two minutes into extra-time, only for Geoff Horsfield to equalise nine minutes later.
The deadlocked teams went into a dramatic shoot-out where Blues' goalkeeper Nico Vaesen saved Phil Mulryne's penalty and Daryl Sutch fired wide.
| Shoot-out drama |
Roberts scores,1-0. Stern John scores,1-1. Vaesen saves from Mulryne,1-1. Devlin scores,1-2. Sutch misses,1-2. Laziridis scores,1-3. Easton scores,2-3. Carter clinches it,2-4. |
Birmingham fans have been waiting for this for a very long time - I was a fan and I know how much it means to them
|
Birmingham's Darren Carter |
I thought the game was magnificent and thankfully we've had that little bitof luck you need in a penalty shoot-out
|
Birmingham boss Steve Bruce |
E-mail this story to a friend
