Chris Sadler

Struggling to replace the dour but solid Mick McCarthy in advance of the 2018/19 season, Ipswich Town appointed Paul Hurst (erstwhile of Shrewsbury Town) as their new manager.  Hurst was young, bright and heralded as one of the potential management diamonds in the game. Sadly, he had a dismal time at Portman Road. The season […]

There have been three occasions in recent years when a supernova exploded over Carrow Road.  *** The first was Nathan Redmond. City were a Championship side and played a Premier League team in a friendly. As the sides trotted onto the pitch there was an immediate difference between the two squads. The Premier League players looked like […]

And now, from Norwich… it’s Quiz of the Week! Can you name the current City players from these snippets harvested from Wikipedia?  1.   Which City player was nicknamed ‘Baker’s Hands’ during his time at ADO Den  Haag due to his hands being the size of bread loaves? 2.   Which of these players has the middle name ‘James’ […]

Twas a grim weekend, so in the spirit of looking for positivity… Positive, positive, positive… Right, here goes. 1. The squad Good cover in nearly every position. Two very good goalkeepers; four quick full-backs; two centre-backs with proven ability and two more with exciting potential; a plethora of dynamic wingers; three forwards with goals in […]

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I pity the podcast generation, all-knowing and fresh-faced, blinking blindly in the Premier League glare. I do. Sadly they seem to regard the world prior to 2014 as empty of integrity, truth and joy, and of no possible use to anyone with a phone surgically attached to their person. A black mirror indeed, and certainly […]

Tuesday night was an emotional one at Carrow Road as, for many, it was their first visit to our second ‘living room’ since February 2020. MFW columnist Chris Sadler captured the evening perfectly in a photo diary…

Inspired by Bill Wigglestick’s famous ‘seven ages of man’ soliloquy from ‘Do I Not Like That’ (memorably played by Graham Taylor) – here are my Five Ages of the Football Fan…  The Debut Everyone remembers their first time. No, not that. The first time you attended a football match at a proper ground, of a […]

Geography is a curious beast and usually best left well alone. But, sometimes it’s worth poking with a stick – especially if that stick is yellow and green. So, can you name these former Norwich City players with a place name for a surname?  (NB. These quiz questions are accessible to all. Should you feel […]

In the absence of Radio Norfolk commentary on Norwich City with Chris Goreham and Rob Butler the other evening I found myself listening to a game on BBC’s 5 Live. The summariser was the excellent ex-Crystal Palace legend, Clinton Morrison. Despite Clinton’s expert comments, the game was extremely dull, so I took to wondering how […]

Everyone has a comfy chair. You know, that spot in the house where you feel most comfortable; the most relaxed; the most at home. I wonder if 21st in the Premier League is that spot for Norwich City? I enjoy the Championship, I really do. The quality is a couple of notches lower than the Premier […]

We’re two-thirds of the way through this season and Norwich City lead the pack by seven points. So far, so good. Farke knows how to win this division and has the team with and around him to to achieve that goal again this May. But as you know, the best guide to the future is […]

TV interviews with football professionals these days are beyond dull. Since the fine folk of football discovered the tedious art of not only saying nothing controversial but saying nothing at all, the average post-match TV interview has about as much flair and character as mashed swede.  Fortunately, we still have the past to enlighten and […]

Farkeball is quite a narrow doctrine and the demands the manager makes on his squad are pretty specific. Players need to be excellent on the ball, clever, fluid of pass, clever, and extremely fit. Following on from Samuel Seaman’s finely researched article this week I wondered which players from the past would actually fulfill Daniel Farke’s […]

‘Heretic!’ came the cries, followed swiftly by this MyFootballWriter contributor hot-footing it out of the city, desperately trying to ignore the insistent crackle of flaming torches and the clank of freshly-sharpened pitchforks in close pursuit… But what could cause such a kerfuffle?  This. (If at any point while reading you feel the urge to unlock […]

I hate Robert Chase.  I do.  I really do. You may find at this moment your larynx start to spasm as it begins to form some raucous shouts of agreement but, for the time being, put a sock in it and bear with me. Please. Allow me to present the Case against Chase… Robert Chase […]

I love Robert Chase.  I do.  I really do. You may find at this moment your larynx start to spasm as it begins to form some spiky syllables of disagreement but, for the time being, put a sock in it and bear with me. Please. Allow me to present the Case for Chase… Robert Chase […]

Norwich City Football Club have been promoted four times to the top division during the Premier League era. Manager Nigel Worthington’s side were promoted automatically as champions in 2003/04. Paul Lambert also achieved automatic promotion finishing second in 2010/11. Neil Adams generously stood aside halfway through the 2014/15 season allowing Alex Neil to swoop City […]

I caught renowned village seer and grizzled oddball Nostrafarmus leaning over his garden wall as I walked past this week. He was waving his hands about in a mysterious fashion. ‘What you up to, Nosty?’ I asked. ‘Shhh!’ he said, gimlet-eyed, weaving his fingers through the air, ‘I’m trying to put a spell on Delia.’ […]

Surprisingly we’ve already skipped through more than a third of the 2020/21 season having played 18 out of of the scheduled 46 league games. And despite a legion of injuries Norwich City’s momentum has picked up and (at the time of writing) the Canaries occupy top spot. A brilliant achievement. But, how good is Daniel […]