Carling Cup photos

1 of 12 Cardiff 2-3 West Ham: Jermain Defoe is the hero for West Ham, he wraps up a hat-trick to help his side seal the win

2 of 12 Wycombe 0-5 Aston Villa: Juan Pablo Angel also completes a hat-trick in Villa's impressive rout at Wycombe

3 of 12 Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham: Blackpool make an immediate impact against the Premiership side, Scott Taylor scores after six minutes

4 of 12 Taylor's goal proves decisive as Birmingham crash out of the Carling Cup at the hands of the Division Two minnows

5 of 12 Wigan 1-0 Fulham: Wigan send Fulham crashing out of the Carling Cup with a second-half goal from Nathan Ellington (right)

6 of 12 Leicester 1-0 Crewe: It's dejection for Crewe as they lose to Premiership new-boys Leicester through a Paul Dickov penalty

7 of 12 Charlton 4-4 Luton (Charlton win 8-7 on penalties): David Bayliss scores Luton's second goal in the space of minutes to put his side 2-0 up

8 of 12 But Charlton pull a goal back four minutes before half-time through Scott Parker

9 of 12 And Kevin Lisbie adds another for Charlton after the break to put his side back on level-pegging at 2-2

10 of 12 Luton go 3-2 up, but Charlton's new signing Paolo di Canio scores his first goal for the club late on to force extra time

11 of 12 In extra time Luton's Chris Coyne scores this effort to equalise after Charlton had gone ahead and the tie must be decided by penalties

12 of 12 Coyne goes from hero to villain within minutes as his dramatic penalty miss means his side miss out and Charlton go through with an 8-7 win