team proved a class above their Second Division colleagues Notts County in a 7-1 rout at Maine Road in the English League Cup first round, second leg last night.

The teams were two divisions apart last season and that gap looked just as big as City, already leading 2-0 after the first leg, opened the scoring in the sixth minute through Gary Mason.

Paul Dickov added two goals in the 16th and 58th minutes while Goater scored two himself in the 38th and 90th minutes. Lee Bradbury (21st) and Jim Whitley (69th) got City's other goals while Steve Torpey, a team-mate of Goater's at Bristol City last season, scored the lone goal for last season's Third Division champions four minutes from time.

Bermudian Kyle Lightbourne's Stoke City went out to Macclesfield 3-2 on aggregate despite winning the second leg last night.

Stoke played most of the second half with 10 men after Graham Kavanagh was sent off in the 55th minute for a second booking.

Peter Thorne scored Stoke's lone goal in the 78th minute.