Seventh Heaven: Norwich City Pounds Paulton

November 7, 2009 11:00 a.m. EST

Norwich City kicked off this season's FA Cup competition with a 7-0 win at village side Paulton Rovers.

In a game which saw the lowest ranked side left in the FA Cup up against an in form Norwich side 5 divisions above them.

Paulton Rovers is a village of 4,000 people and the football club passes 150 people through it's turnstiles for an average game.

Norwich City meanwhile average 25,000 spectators.

Paulton started well and had some early chances to take the lead, but professional defending from the Canaries kept the minnows at bay.

Class then began to tell and goals from Grant Holt and Chris Martin put City 3-0 up at the break.

Class was then matched by fitness as a key ingredient in the game, as Norwich added to its tally with goals from Wes Hoolahan.

Martin, the 21-year-old striker, also scored two more for a total of four tallies to give City the final overwhelming margin.