Gary Gowers

The week after City had lost to Burnley in the league earlier this season, the Clarets’ strike-pairing at the time, Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes, were guests on Sky Sports Sunday morning show, Goals on Sunday. It was the morning after we had lost 2-0 in regulation fashion away at Palace. Burnley had drawn 2-2 […]

Maybe we’re not done after all. There looked no way out of this mess in the direct aftermath of Old Trafford, but in true footballing tradition, in true Norwich City tradition in fact, one win later and the world seems a more positive place. It may not have been seismic in the greater scheme of […]

That felt horrible. Not the losing. We can take the losing. But it was the manner of defeat that hurt. Away losses at Old Trafford are two a penny – and not just when you’re Norwich City – but the unedifying way City kowtowed to a United team that’s a million miles away from being […]

Well, that was all rather pleasant and unexpected. In a season where grind has outscored glory by around three to one, not a straw goes by without being clutched, so forgive me if I make the most of this one. A hattrick from an 18-year-old A place in the fourth round of the FA Cup […]

This is going to sound familiar. I apologise for that in advance. It felt like a play we’d all watched many times before. The problem with watching something multiple times is that you know the ending… especially when Connor Wickham comes on for your opponents as a second-half substitute. It may have taken until the […]

I deliberately avoid using this column to rant about officialdom. Social media does that far better than I ever could. But am teetering on the brink after last night. That shouldn’t, however, detract from the fact that the overriding emotion after last night’s draw with Spurs was one of immense pride. Yes, there was exasperation […]

One of the perks of writing for a living is that occasionally you get the opportunity to meet your heroes. With that in mind, I was properly chuffed when, having interviewed Andy Jacobs for a couple of Chelsea previews,  Paul Hawksbee – him of talkSPORT, Harry Hill’s TV Burp and Baddiel and Skinner’s Fantasy Football […]

Daniel Farke was right. He was right in saying that City were the better side and they dominated most of the stats, just as he was right in saying we were desperately unlucky not to have won the game. But they didn’t win it. For the sixth time in six games, they were left licking […]

A soul-crushing defeat from a game we should have won felt bad enough The walk back to the car felt longer and gloomier than normal. But then to turn on the car radio and learn of the passing of a club legend… It was difficult to process at the time… and still is. Thankfully Mick […]

In the spirit of copying everyone else, I thought it timely to have a look back over the last decade through the prism of Norwich City. Yes (before anyone else reminds me), technically the new decade doesn’t begin until January 1, 2021, but the new year is a twenty-something, so that’s good enough for me. […]

It’s that time of year when misty-eyed reminiscing becomes almost acceptable – especially after an office party and too much mulled wine – so if you’ll permit me, I’ll attempt a whistle-stop tour of the decade that’s about to draw to a close through the prism of Norwich City. For the record, I’ve not been […]

‘It’s not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand’ ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise (1986). It’s a John Cleese line that’s been paraphrased to death but never has it felt more appropriate. I’m guessing Laura now sits in the Snake Pit. Just as we start to fear the worst, Daniel Farke’s men […]