CITY Academy beat Charlton Athletic 4-2 on a windy afternoon at Sparrows Lane.

Playing the first half into the wind, City dealt with the conditions very well, creating the better of the scoring opportunities but the first half ended without score.

Norwich took the lead early in the second half through George Francomb (pictured top right) and continued to dominate and went further ahead with goals from Danny Kelly, Patrick Drmola and an own goal, with a goal for Charlton in between.

City conceded a sloppy goal in the last minute to make the final score 4-2.

Speaking to canaries.co.uk after the match academy manager Ricky Martin said: "I was really pleased with the performance today especially due to our recent away performances and results. It was an all round good team display."

CITY: Loveday, Brindley, Gordon (A.Stephens 75), Osemwegie, Dumic, D.Stephens (Clarke 60), Dawkin, Francomb, Kelly, Oakley (Drmola 60), Habergham. Subs not used: Nwaogu.