Nathan Ellington scores hat-trick to knock Lincoln City out the Carling Cup

Nathan Ellington was hero of the day after a tantalising Carling League Cup clash against Lincoln city at Pride Park.

Lincoln City took the lead after 48 minutes when Ben Wright scored a header to take the travelers ahead and it wasn’t looking good for the Rams.

But in the 83rd minute, Nathan Ellington managed to fumble the equalizer past Robert Burch to take Derby level.

It was in added extra time when the Duke came out of himself and fired not one but two more past the Lincoln keeper to take Derby 3-1 in to the lead to win the game – Paul Jewell’s first win since taking the managerial role last season.

Let’s hope the loss at Doncaster last week was just a preliminary blip in our 2008/9 campaign and this is the start of something beautiful.

Read the full match report on BBC Sport and DCFC.