Archive for April, 2008

He has never hidden his admiration for Messrs Roeder, Clark and Stephenson and City captain Mark Fotheringham yesterday went one further by declaring them the best management team in the Championship.

The Scot has become one of the first names on the team sheet since his recovery from a serious ankle injury in August and after being handed the captaincy upon his return, he has become an essential cog in the Canary wheel.

For now, his future is still uncertain with …

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You get the feeling that Glenn Roeder is going to do it one way and one way only.

His way.

Questions were raised in some quarters ? myself included – when the City boss didn't name Dion Dublin and Darel Russell in his starting line-up in last week's 2-1 defeat by West Brom.

After all, sticking the two players who have been more consistent than any of the others this season ? and who rightly subsequently turned out to be numbers one and two in …

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City boss Glenn Roeder admitted today that he is on the lookout for new Canary heroes as the dust starts to settle on a topsy-turvy Championship campaign.

There is, of course, one more date in the 07/08 calendar ? and one more opportunity for Dion Dublin to lace up his boots ? with a trip to Sheffield Wednesday this Sunday.

But the Canary chief will already have one eye on the summer and the major rebuilding process ahead.

With five loan players set to be …

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City boss Glenn Roeder today welcomed the club's seven-figure, three-year sponsorship deal with insurance giants Aviva ? but admitted thoughts must now turn to 'Operation Premier League' in a bid to couple achievements on the pitch with those off it.

The Canaries revealed Norwich Union's parent company as Flybe's successors at Carrow Road this morning and the seven-figure amount is certainly a substantial figure in Championship terms.

Pairing a …

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The Canary coffers received a big boost this morning after it was announced that insurance giants Aviva were the club's new main sponsor.

The three-year deal, which will see their logo on the team shirts, guarantees City “a substantial seven-figure sum” and fans will now be wondering if the agreement will mean boss Glenn Roeder has more to play with when he hits the summer sales over the coming months.

The deal will also see a new educational initiative linking …

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The Sunday Times' Rich List looks set to become required reading in Championship boardrooms up and down the land as the Canaries begin to size up next season's financial opposition.

Some 16 individuals – be they owners, chairman or directors of Championship football clubs – make it into the pages of the Times' annual 'Rich List', a comprehensive and almost compelling guide to the richest 1,000 people in the United Kingdom.

As City directors Andrew and …

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City loan hero Ched Evans held out the prospect of a return to Norfolk next season as all thoughts now turn to 'Where next..?' for Glenn Roeder's Canaries.

The Norwich chief, fresh from Saturday's 3-0 defeat against QPR, said that sparing the Canaries from the drop was just the start of things; Chapter One in Glenn Roeder's Green and Yellow Tales – Chapter Two started almost as soon as the final whistle blew on Saturday as everyone started to ponder how many …

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The Canaries' goalkeeping coach saga took another twist over the weekend as former target Tommy Wright resigned as manager of Northern Irish outfit Ballymena United.

The former Newcastle and Manchester City goalkeeper was offered the vacant Norwich post in the New Year after the departure of Jim Hollman but decided to stay with the Carnegie Premier League side.

However, despite dismissing the notion that he had another role in football lined up, the speculation of …

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And so it came to pass that on the 26th day of April, in the year of 2008, Saint Glenn of Newmarket brought Norwich City back from the brink of the abyss…

 
With his fellow apostles, Saint Lee and Saint Paul, a miracle was proclaimed. There were witnesses: 25,000 Norfolkians gathered in prayer, heads bowed and hands clasped. First, a young Welsh boy glided over the surface of the Carrow fields, before Saint Glen's chosen one – Foz of Scot – brought a chorus of …

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City's newly crowned 'Player of the Season' Dion Dublin admitted it had been an emotional day at Carrow Road yesterday as the 39-year-old said his farewells to Norfolk as the curtain started to fall on his 20-year professional career.

He now has one last game to play – away at Sheffield Wednesday next Sunday – and after that, a new life beckons as a Sky Sports expert. For now, however, it was a case of saying his farewells and mouthing his thanks to the Carrow Road …

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