Wolves 5 Metropolitan Police 0 (FA Youth Cup) - report

Not for the first time this season, the Wolves kids regularly dismantled an opposition defence with a wave of free-flowing attacking moves, which on this occasion yielded five goals in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup.

It was a fairytale for Metropolitan Police to reach this stage of the competition, beating Yeovil and Burnley along the way, but they had no answer to Wolves' crisp and decisive play, with the front four regularly interchanging to great effect.

And now Wolves will look to create a fairytale of their own by winning the competition for just the second time in the club's history, the first and only occasion being way back in 1958.

There's an awful lot of work to do before then - four rounds to negotiate to be precise - but after the manner in which Gill's side massacred Everton 8-0 a few weeks ago, combined with other impressive victories in the under-18 league, they will quietly fancy their chances.

Sadly they must do so without England Under-17 international Niall Ennis, who fractured his fibula in the lead-up to the game and faces three months on the sidelines.

But there is enough talent is this team, which was also missing Bright Enobakhare owing to his involvement with the first team, to suggest they can go far.

The rout began just five minutes in when Joe Delacoe turned in a right wing cross.

Christian Herc twice went close and Romanian forward Nicu Carnat's goalbound shot was blocked before Daniel Armstrong doubled the lead on 26 minutes, pouncing after Delacoe's header was saved.

There was no criminal defending from the Met here - Wolves were simply too strong for their opponents.

Just three minutes later it was 3-0 and again Armstrong was the goalscorer, nodding home Delacoe's left-wing cross.

Delacoe was put clean through by Slovakian Herc just before half time but keeper Kallum Lunn pulled off a superb save to deny him.

Ronan was pulling the strings from midfield in a fluid 4-2-3-1 formation, the languid and skillful Herc was a constant threat and man of the man Armstrong a source of pace and creativity from the right flank.

Substitute Conor Levingston, a half time replacement for the injured Carnat, got in on the act soon after half time, turning in Connor Ronan's pull-back.

On 68 minutes it was 5-0. Scottish winger Armstrong, who minutes earlier had cracked a shot off the bar, sprinted towards goal, Lunn saved his shot but could do nothing about Delacoe slotting into the empty net.

The home side eased up thereafter, with Herc's injury-time long-ranger against the post the closest they came to adding to the lead.

But only a combination of excellent goalkeeping from Lunn and profligate finishing from the home side meant the final margin of victory wasn't even greater.

Jerry Gill's team will host Reading in the fifth round in the coming weeks, with a date yet to be fixed.

The draw has already been made for the quarter finals, where the winner faces AFC Wimbledon or Chelsea away.

Wolves: Bills; Ball, Johnson, Leak, John; Finnie (c) (Phillips, 75), Ronan; Armstrong, Herc (Allan, 69), Carnat (Levingston, 45); Delacoe. Subs: Beasley, Osbourne.

Metropolitan Police: Lunn, Ogunlana (Green, 59), Brant, Pearn (c), Hancock, Gales, Scantlebury, Robertson, Caubo, Chislett, Brown (Fowakes, 45). Subs: Opoku, Marett, Howard.

Attendance: 308