And it was 2-0 on nine minutes when a foolish Chris Smith header allowed Jolley to nip in and lob the ball over the helpless Marriott.
Diamond tried to usher the ball back to Howard with his chest but the defender did not get enough on the pass, allowing Rooney to nip in and lob the ball into the net.
But they got off to the worst possible start when keeper Kasper Schmeichel raced out after a long pass from Madjid Bougherra only for Charlton striker Varney to beat him to it and lob the ball into the empty net from 20 yards.
Whittaker, a scorer the last time these two sides met in 2008, was unsuccessful with a delicate lob when the ball broke to him in the box off a headed clearance.
The cannon was amazingly powerful and could easily lob a ball over the palm tree that can be seen in the photo which is a range of about 800 feet (filling the barrel with water was also entertaining as it generated an instant cloud).
McQuoid used his devastating pace to race towards goal, lob Gallacher and thump the ball into the net beyond the despairing Scot.
Duggan equalised just 90 seconds after entering the fray but Derry almost found the perfect response when Ciaran Martyn tried to lob the goalkeeper from close range but he lifted the ball over the crossbar.
Breaking the offside trap, he was first to the ball through the Celtic defence but his lob was athletically tipped wide by the alert Boruc.
Yet a professional tennis player can't lob a ball a few feet into the air and hit an overhand smash without being able to hear a pin drop?
Gregory Echenique had no chance on a wayward alley-oop lob that knocked off the backboard, and he fumbled the ball the next time down.
The other came from the boot of centre-forward Kyle, who controlled a volleyed pass from Manuel Pascali and attempted to lob keeper Stuart Nelson from just inside the box, but the ball dropped just wide of the post.
He gathered a through ball and finished the breakaway and the game with a lob over Khaseif.
Everton threatened again when a fine long ball from Baines put Landon Donovan beyond the last defender, but his attempt to lob the keeper was badly miscued.
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