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A seven-minute Danny Butterfield hat-trick dumped lacklustre Wolves out of the FA Cup in a limp surrender to crisis club Crystal Palace.
A seven-minute Danny Butterfield hat-trick dumped lacklustre Wolves out of the FA Cup in a limp surrender to crisis club Crystal Palace.
Butterfield, who had struck just seven times in more than 250 outings for Palace, netted three just after the hour to end Wolves' hopes of hosting Villa in the fifth round.nextpage
Mick McCarthy's side produced arguably their worst performance of the season and one which will hardly appease fans already frustrated at the lack of any permanent signings in the January transfer window.nextpage
Butterfield broke the deadlock in the 61st minute, nodding home after goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey had palmed away Matt Lawrence's header from Darren Ambrose's corner.nextpage
Wolves' defence parted like the waves on 65 minutes to allow Butterfield to slide the ball under Hennessey, after Alan Lee beat Christophe Berra in the air to flick on Speroni's long goal kick for Ambrose to help the ball on.nextpage
Away fans misery was complete three minutes later when Butterfield slotted between Hennessey's legs to complete his unlikely treble, after Lee beat Berra again to flick on a Speroni kick. Captain Karl Henry lashed home a consolation in stoppage time, but this was not a night to celebrate for the 898 Wolves fans who had braved the journey.
