Albion suffered a second roasting in four days as they were thumped 4-1 by slick Norwich at Carrow Road tonight.

James Tunnicliffe's second-half goal offered brief cheer but they were 2-0 down by then and ended up suffering a defeat every bit as conclusive as the weekend reverse to Leeds.

They made an awful start by going behind to Grant Holt's third-minute lob-cum-cross after Andrew Whing struggled to cut out a long ball.

Liam Dickinson, in for the injured Nicky Forster, had a golden chance to level but shot wastefully wide after good approach work.

A lively Norwich side hardly needed any help in attack but they received it on 22 minutes when Dean Cox lost the ball on the edge of his own area and Wes Hoolahan fired home.

Holt then headed what he thought was a third only to be penalised for a push on Whing.

A late challenge by Cox sparked a 20-man brawl after which he, along with Andrew Crofts and Darel Russell were booked when it seemed someone must see red.

Norwich looked to wrap things up after the break but Graeme Smith saved in a one-on-one with Holt and Gary Dicker cleared a Gary Doherty header off the line.

Instead it was the visitors who struck on 61 minutes as Glenn Murray fired the ball across goal for Tunnicliffe to poke home.

Norwich, though, restored the two-goal cushion in fortunate style seven minutes later as a free-kick bounced in off the unwitting Tommy Elphick as he fell.

That ended the contest though there was further Albion misery on 83 minutes when Martin's volley from just outside the box beat Smith at his near post.

A second-half booking for Murray rules him out of Saturday's cup tie against Rushden.

Adam El-Abd also saw yellow before a boisterous crowd of 24,617.