Now the three-times-a-party scenario is over, we have to dig into *what are we going to do next season* territory. In the first of a three-part series I have enlisted the help of my regular posse to garner their thoughts on what we can hope for before the transfer window has opened, and there’s a […]
Tougher than the rest… also better, more skilful, more precise and more consistent
*Now the party’s over… I’m so tired*. Good old Bryan Ferry [Avalon in this case] for referencing our magnificent EFL Championship winning squad over 30 years ago. Mystic, seer or sage? No, but it’s quite appropriate really as we saw the celebrations at Oakwell on Saturday, and thanks again to iFollow for extending the coverage […]
It’s been belted out in Munich’s Olympic Stadium, the San Siro, and Wembley…
We all know it off by heart, stand up together with no premeditation involved in order to sing it about 10 seconds before kick off while the butterflies have a party flying around inside our stomachs while we do so. It’s reputedly the oldest football-related song in the world. Chant isn’t the right word – […]
A fitting way to clinch the Championship title, missing only the roar of the 27,000
If Saturday’s second-half procession against Reading wasn’t the most fitting way to clinch the EFL Championship title for Norwich City, I’d like to know what might have improved upon it. Unless we could have all been in the ground to celebrate with the team of course. Reading were well up for it and let us […]
Nine seasons a Canary. If this is to be a Tettey farewell, it’ll be an emotional one
As Norwich City supporters, we all have our own favourite players. It’s natural and something we share with fans of each of the other 91 clubs currently playing in the Premier League and EFL***. In the past my personal preferences have included Kevin Keelan, Mark Bowen, Robert Fleck and Darren Huckerby [plus Wes and Holty […]
Job done in Shepherd’s Bush and a win against the Royals of Reading for the title
All things come to those who wait. Technically and mathematically we are still waiting to be coronated as EFL Championship trophy winners but not for very much longer now, I feel. I’m not sad enough to deny Watford their right to join us in the Premier League. They had more than a few dodgy moments […]
A smidgen of lost focus maybe, but Daniel will have them back on their toes for QPR
Too bad. A two-word phrase that has two interpretations. Firstly, let’s consider that we went into Tuesday night’s face-off with Watford on the back of Saturday’s 1-3 reverse to Bournemouth which saw us play for over 75 minutes with 10 men. Add the fact that Grant Hanley, Teemu Pukki and quite probably Todd Cantwell were […]
WATFORD PREVIEW: Can the heads clear enough for City to edge closer to the title?
Norwich City v Watford. It’s being billed as the Championship title shoot-out between ourselves and our friends from Hertfordshire but I don’t really go along with that if I’m honest. Some might suggest we’ll take our foot off the gas now we are promoted but the indicators seem otherwise to me, especially in light of […]
Whole lotta love for City as, despite defeat, Saturday turned into our Celebration Day
Saturday has to go down in my personal history as one of the strangest, most emotional days I can ever recall. Passing my driving test [first time, natch], securing my first job in journalism, the births of my wonderful children and seeing Led Zeppelin at Earls Court in 1974 run it pretty clos,e but I […]
Catch us if you can! City nearly there despite weekend wins for the chasing pack
Norwich City have players from quite literally all over the world, from Cuba to Greece via Poland, Finland, Argentina and several other countries too. But the win we ground out against *the Rams of Rooney* [c. G Gowers] was to a large degree very much courtesy of our brace of Scotsmen. Granite Hanley from Dumfries […]
A magical evening at the Carra and now it could even be done on Rooney’s watch
I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of magic or magicians. From the days of David Nixon, through Paul Daniels to Derren Brown, they’ve bored me buttless although I’ll make an exception for Dynamo due to his originality – I like watching his stunts. But on Tuesday evening the gift of iFollow brought me […]
A rare bit of beef with our Daniel, but hopefully the last we’ll see of City in petrol blue!
Only a sad sack like me could have a little moan about Daniel Farke after a truly titanic performance from the lads who were available to turn out against Preston North End at Deepdale in the Good Friday fixture most of us were dreading due to multiple late returns from international duty. Seeing the teamsheet […]
So, where are we now? Eleven points clear of third with eight to play, that’s where
The appointment of Stuart Webber in April 2017 was greeted in a reasonably low key manner by us NCFC fans – maybe a few of us were aware of his Liverpool connections [he worked under both King Kenny and Rafa Benitez] and his subsequent success with Huddersfield Town. Personally I knew the name, but little […]
NCFC international round-up… including Onel’s brush with a volcanic ash cloud
Three days or so into the international break, a few anomalies have already thrown themselves up within our far-flung travelling contingent and a couple of them you couldn’t make up if you tried. Onel Hernandez was demonstrably desperate to make his debut for Cuba, which he eventually did under the very strangest of circumstances by […]
Dear English Football League…
This is a message to those who administer the Championship of the English Football League, thinly disguised as a piece written for MyFootballWriter. As I write, we are currently being forced to fulfil a fixture at Deepdale, home of Preston North End FC at 1500 hours on Good Friday, April 2. We have asked for […]
Fair play to Mogga’s boys but the biggest downer of the day was Gibbo’s rolled ankle
Reality check? Being brought back down to earth? Or simply being faced by a hard-working, typical Tony Mowbray side who had weighed us up before kick off and stuck with their plan to press consistently hard, play to their strengths and ride their luck at times? The choice, dear MFW readers, is yours. Personally, I […]
Same old Norwich… winning again, and that’s without the world’s most brilliant Che
I have absolutely no faith in the planning department at Norfolk County Council – or very many of their other departments either come to that – but I must for once congratulate them for granting us permission to spirit our training complex at Colney to the banks of the Trent last night. The ease with […]
FOREST PREVIEW: Wasted chances… a jinxed Glenn Murray… and Hughton-ball
MFW is privileged to once again welcome back our favourite Forest fan, loyal supporter and all-round scion of matters concerning activities in and around the City Ground Christian Brown to inform us about how things currently stand on the banks of the Trent before our meeting with the men in Garibaldi red. Christian and I hadn’t spoken for […]
“Every day, it’s a-gettin’ closer, goin’ faster than a roller coaster…”
I woke up early on Saturday morning to put the laptop on and discover: Blackburn 0, Brentford 1. Later in the day my mood didn’t improve as I sucked up Luton 0, Swansea 1. And then a Welsh side I possessed high hopes of on the day conceded late in stoppage time to make it Cardiff […]
Seven-up for the Canaries as, for once, Jones’ Hatters lack sufficient fizz to hurt City
Norwich City fizzed against Luton Town to go Seven-Up on Saturday with an excellent performance that gained a well-earned win and more than a modicum of revenge for two early defeats at the hands of the Hatters at the dawn of the season. That’s another three points in the can as the ship goes sailing […]