by johntheclaret » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:56 am
Here are the final scores for Rnd 1
Barnet 0 Watford 2 (aet)
Brentford 0 Bristol C 1
Bury 0 West Brom 2
Cardiff 3 Dagenham 1
Crewe 1 Blackpool 2
Crystal Palace 2 Torquay 1
Exeter 0 QPR 5
Gillingham 2 Plymouth 1
Lincoln City 0 Barnsley 1
Notts County 0 Doncaster 1
Preston 5 Morecambe 1
Reading 5 Burton Albion 1
Rotherham 2 Derby 1
Scun.thorpe 2 Chesterfield 1
Sheffield U 1 Port Vale 2
Sheffield W 3 Rochdale 0
Shrewsbury 3 Ipswich 3
(Ipswich won 2-4 on pens)
Swansea 3 Brighton 0
Wycombe 0 Peterborough 4
One or two suprises, but then again there always is at this stage of the comp
Round up
VALE AND MILLERS SERVE UP SHOCKS
League Two sides Port Vale and Rotherham pulled off the best giant-killing heroics in the Carling Cup on Tuesday, beating Championship outfits Sheffield United and Derby County respectively.
Port Vale went ahead at Bramall Lane thanks to Marc Richards' 20th minute goal but Billy Sharp equalised for Sheffield United on 33 minutes.
But Richards then got his second on 61 minutes to hand the Valiants a famous win.
Rotherham came from behind to beat Nigel Clough's Derby after Gary Teale had put the Rams ahead in the 11th minute.
Paul Warne then equalised a minute before half-time and Kevin Ellison netted the winner on 65 minutes to send the Millers' fans delirious.
League One Gillingham also continued their flying start to the season by claiming the scalp of Plymouth.
Simeon Jackson and Andy Barcham did the damage for Gillingham in the first half and they held on to win 2-1 after Luke Summerfield netted early in the second period for Plymouth.
Ipswich squeezed through 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw at League Two Shrewsbury with youngster Connor Wickham grabbing two goals.
Extra-time goals from Mike Williamson and Scott Severin saw Watford through 2-0 at League Two neighbours Barnet.
Elsewhere, Championship side Reading easily beat League Two new boys Burton Albion 5-1 at the Madejski.
David Mooney put the Royals ahead on six minutes followed by a quick-fire Nicholas Bignall brace (7 & 9) and a fourth from Gylfi Sigurdsson (27) before Jimmy Phillips netted a 59th minute consolation for the Brewers. Mooney then got a second (77) for the home side.
Championship side Preston also beat League Two opposition in the shape of Morecambe, winning 5-1, while Sheffield Wednesday defeated Rochdale 3-0 thanks to a Jermaine Johnson brace and an opener from Etienne Esajas.
League Two's Notts County put up stubborn resistance before Championship side Doncaster won through James Coppinger's 54th minute winner, while **** United beat Chesterfield 2-1 at Glanford Park.
But League Two Hereford provided a shock with a 1-0 extra-time victory over League One Charlton thanks to a 98th minute goal from Jonny Godsmark.
Bryan Gunn's Norwich bounced back from Saturday's 7-1 drubbing by Colchester to win 4-0 at Yeovil thanks to Wesley Hoolahan's 55th minute penalty and a Grant Holt hat-trick.
West Brom proved too strong for Bury as a Graeme Dorrans strike and Mike Jones own goal gave them a 2-0 victory at Gigg Lane.
Cardiff moved into the next round with another win at their new stadium but they were given a few anxious moments before prevailing 3-1 against Dagenham & Redbridge.
Blackpool needed a late effort from Daniel Nardiello to claim a hard-fought 2-1 success at Crewe.
Brentford were tipped to provide Bristol City with a stern challenge at Griffin Park and the odds of a shock increased when Daniel Haynes was sent off, but the ten-man Robins snatched a 1-0 win courtesy of Nicky Maynard.
Crystal Palace negotiated a potential banana skin at home to Torquay as Darren Ambrose stroked home a penalty 12 minutes from time to seal a 2-1 victory.
Barnsley narrowly avoided an upset against Lincoln as Daniel Bogdanovic secured a 1-0 triumph for the Championship side.
Wayne Routledge scored a second-half hat-trick as Queens Park Rangers ran out 5-0 winners over newly promoted League One outfit Exeter.
Paul Mullin struck in the 90th minute to give Accrington of League Two an impressive 2-1 victory over League One Walsall.
There was also a late winner at Brunton Park as Carlisle overcame Oldham 1-0 thanks to Scott Dobie.
Lee Barnard scored twice for Southend as they staged a late fightback to defeat Cheltenham 2-1 at Whaddon Road.
Colchester were brought back down to earth following their 7-1 thrashing of Norwich on the opening day of the season as they lost 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient.
Bristol Rovers bounced back from their defeat to Orient at the weekend with a 2-1 victory over Aldershot.
Huddersfield came out on top in their all-League One clash with Stockport at the Galpharm Stadium, comfortably winning 3-1.
League One's Southampton beat League Two's Northampton 2-0, while Championship Swansea City scored three to put out Brighton.
Visitors Swindon thumped MK Dons 4-1 at Stadium:MK, but there were no surprises at The Den as Millwall beat Bournemouth 4-0 courtesy of a Neil Harris hat-trick and a goal from Gary Alexander.
League One's Tranmere easily beat League Two outfit Grimsby 4-0 to hand new boss John Barnes his first win, while Darren Ferguson's Peterborough overcame a potentially tricky trip to Wycombe, winning by the same scoreline.
Andy Gray missed a penalty as Charlton went down 1-0 to Hereford. The Addicks, who were relegated with Norwich and Southampton last season, had the chance to take the lead with the match an hour old but Gary's powerful penalty was saved by Adam Bartlett.
The match was goalless after 90 minutes and eight minutes into extra-time it was the League Two side who went ahead through Jonny Godsmark's close-range shot.