Martin Penney

Walking back home from the Carra on Friday night I felt like a dog with two… tails. I had been privileged to witness one of the most complete performances from a Norwich side in my living memory, which is a long and almost all-inclusive one. Class, more class and class again was the offering from […]

“We’d have taken a point before the game“. “Any point away from home is a good point” and “Astute substitutions change games“. Three of the biggest clichés in football but they are clichés for a reason. All are bang on the money and have become well established in the language of the game because they […]

“They’re a likeable club with a likeable manager and we should wish them well for the next round and in their promotion charge.” Thus wrote MFW editor Gary yesterday and with no hint of toadying he hit the nail on the head. I couldn’t agree more. Getting the 28 bus to Tombland en route to […]

The calmest person on the planet, aka Daniel Farke, said following the Brentford match…   I am still annoyed about several decisions against us. My feeling is we were more or less not allowed to win.  Strong words from our Daniel indeed. And very atypical of the man, it must be said. When you have three […]

I’m going to break my personal MFW protocol and construct this article before I’ve read Gary’s piece which will have appeared before all you lucky readers see this. The madness at the Carra continues. How did we not get at least a point out of that? We were 2-0 up and cruising but suddenly it […]

“Forest will score first and someone (from Norwich) will miss the one golden chance to equalise in the 95th minute from 5 yards. The Carrow Road faithful will still give the team a roar of approval at the end.” “Sure we might only get a draw but that wouldn’t be the end of the world. I […]

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to see the City win away. And with such a significant victory, yet again under duress and unfortunate circumstances, probably never better sung than by our hardy 1,300-strong supporters who made that long, long journey. I know what that trip’s like. I’ve done […]

Man flu. Possibly one of the most divisive words in domestic relationships throughout the world. Does it exist? Most of our male readers will surely confirm that it does, while I would guess several female MFW followers would disparage the concept in an instant. Mrs P suffers from random attacks of rheumatoid arthritis so, in fairness […]

Daniel Farke made a reference to Pirates of the Carribean at his Friday press conference, referring to Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley in his comments. Well, on Saturday we lost our anchor 10 minutes before we set sail, found the treasure and then were robbed of it. But in the dying seconds of yet another […]

I love it when a plan comes together. That’s what Warnario – aka Paul Warne – must have been thinking at half-time at the Carra on Saturday. Rotherham pressed, frustrated and were the width of a post away from going into the break 2-0 up as Ryan Williams’ edge of the box effort spun away […]

“You have to say that this is a team that looks like it knows where it’s going“. “If they want to ignore, ‘little old Norwich’, that’s ok with me. Keep it a secret, don’t allow the media to let on how good our players are, let them ignore us until the end of January. Then […]

‘For many men, they may not even realise they’re suffering from depression. I certainly didn’t, I felt down, and I felt low, but I just thought that it was just me. ‘It was when I started having more bad days than good and that I realised this had been going on for a while I […]

The Millwall game and how we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat got me thinking. Occurrences like this have happened before but OMG not really that often. It’s time for a few of my personal memories to come to the fore during the international break, I guess. I’ll start with that header from Steve Bruce against the Binners […]

When we were younger, I bet most of us went to the playground and enjoyed swings, roundabouts and what could become a big, scary seesaw if we overloaded it with three of us at each end – which we often did. Until the park keeper (we had them then) came along, kicked us off said […]

In almost 40 years as a professional journalist, I have never been vain enough – or had reason – to quote myself. But following that superb second half from City at Hillsborough I am going to make an exception for the first time in a long career. One of our regular readers and commenters, John, […]

My uncle Joe was an enigmatic character. A hairy-ar$ed Cockney painter and decorator with industrial language to match, his great loves in life were the boozer, yer West ‘Am and hanging on to Teddy Boy clothing long after the rest of East London had long discarded it. But he also adored opera and The Times […]

I can only begin by endorsing editor Gary’s article of yesterday. I had no idea of the tragic events at the KingPower or indeed the situation surrounding Glenn Hoddle until early yesterday morning. I am sure all readers and writers at MFW join the rest of the football world in sending Leicester City FC our […]