Coventry City 1 Worcester City 2

SEAN Geddes scored twice as Worcester City recorded their greatest victory for more than half a century.

Not since the famous win over Liverpool in 1959 have City tasted success on this scale, defying more than 60 places in the league structure to knock out the 1987 winners.

Roared on by more than 3,000 fans at the Ricoh Arena, they outplayed their League One hosts, despite the Sky Blues playing more than half the game with 10 men after keeper Lee Burge was sent off, from start to finish.

Victory was built on an intense work rate and discipline with every City player to a man competing as though their lives depended on it.

Carl Heeley's side pressed and hustled from the first minute to the last, including seven added on in the second-half, denying a near full-strength Coventry side time to settle on a divot-strewn surface.

Worcester won five corners in the first half-hour but were unable to make any of them count.

But dramatic scenes towards the end of the first period lit the blue touch paper on an already absorbing contest and the tie exploded.

An innocuous-looking coming together between Burge and Nti boiled over in the 38th minute when the Hereford-born keeper kicked out at the City striker and was sent off.

There was a three-minute delay while the hosts brought on replacement keeper Ryan Allsop, opting to sacrifice on-loan Ipswich man mountain Frank Nouble in the reshuffle.

Admirably, Geddes held his nerve and sent Allsop the wrong way with the spot kick, promoting delirious scenes among the vociferous travelling support, who provided a wall of sound throughout.

But the drama hadn't finished there. In first-half stoppage-time, Graham Hutchison tripped James Maddison, Coventry's chief threat down the left, in the box and it was the hosts' turn for a penalty.

Captain Reda Johnson stepped up but Nathan Vaughan guessed correctly and made a fine stop to his right to again send the City fans ecstatic.

City thought they had scored a second eight minutes into the second period but Jordan Murphy's header from Danny Jackman's corner was superbly saved by Allsop on the line.

But three minutes later they were in dreamland. The ball fell to Geddes on the edge of the area and his shot was inch-perfect across Allsop, nestling in the bottom corner.

Coventry began to ramp up the pressure but City were equal to it and repelled everything thrown at them.

The visitors also continued to carry a threat on the break and substitute Nick Wright had a drive deflected wide of Allsop's goal.

The pace of Tristan Dunkley gave them added impetus and, from his work down the left, captain Ellis Deeney pulled an effort wide.

Coventry gave themselves hope when captain Johnson made up for his penalty miss by heading home from Maddison's free-kick.

Aaron Martin also fizzed a shot inches wide of Vaughan's goal before a nervy seven minutes of stoppage time were announced, during which Wright was denied a third by Allsop.

City though clung on and celebrated wildly with their fans as the final whistle sounded.