Hammers take early lead

Norwich 0 West Ham 1

West Ham swept into an early lead after just five minutes of today’s FA Cup third-round tie at Norwich.

Hayden Mullins put the Barclays Premiership ahead, and the Hammers rarely looked in trouble from then on until half-time.

The Canaries had left out star striker Dean Ashton, fuelling the transfer rumours again. And with Darren Huckerby suspended, they lacked any real bite in attack.