Almost to this very day two years ago I had to go to the NNUH for a full dental extraction. The guy in the next bed to me was a Polish fella called Marek who was in for some kind of preventative DVT operation. Neither of us could stand the noise from the other patients […]
EVERTON PREVIEW: The final Goodison hurrah for the travelling Yellow Army?
We play Everton at Goodison Park tomorrow, which is almost certainly the last chance our loyal group of away supporters, both regular and casual, will have the opportunity to visit that grand old stadium before, with a little financial help from Liverpool City Council, a new stadium is built not too far away from the […]
Press high, pick off an early City mistake, score from it and it’s all but game over…
How often have us Norwich City types come across the phrase *Boys against Men*? Quite a lot if you’ve seen its use as many times as I have recently – I’ve lost count in all honesty. But on Tuesday night against Liverpool at Carrow Road there was a novel twist on the oft-used cliché. The […]
LIVERPOOL PREVIEW – a repeat of opening day but with 22(?) different faces
We’ve got a repeat of the opening Premier League fixture on Wednesday night with the return of the mighty Liverpool to Carrow Road in the Carabao Cup third round. I’ve discovered via another chat with the excellent Tony Evans, who is a columnist for The Independent, a former Football Editor of The Times, a contributor to […]
Something better change. More of the same and this season only ends one way
I was scheduled to pass my season ticket to a mate on Saturday. It had been an agreement for over a month as he lives in the West Midlands and rarely gets to Carrow Road at the moment. You don’t renege on a deal like that. But on Friday dinner time I was feeling the […]
The pursuit of truth: can a self-funding club ever survive in the Premier League?
Urban myths. You know, stories that filter down to you second and third hand that you’d really like to believe in and happily share with your friends but with a sensible head on you’re not sure if you can believe they are true. Two of my three favourite examples concern the rock music industry of […]
Seat belts on folks, it’s a bumpy ride as we revisit the Canary Nation of September 1999
I was rooting through the oubliette of my desk draws [the bottom one with heavy stuff like property deeds and old coins in it] the other day and discovered something I thought I had disposed of ages ago when I eBayed all my old programmes and sold them to a newsagent in Costessey, together with the egg […]
The window that was. Martin’s posse take a look at the wonderful work of Webber
So that transfer window has finally closed and I think we must surely agree that it has been the finest one in terms of achievement by Norwich City yet. I reckon it is and the best of fair play to Stuart Webber and the recruitment team. But do the posse agree? The only way to […]
City worth a draw but muck happens. The season now starts for real at the Emirates
Who’d have thought it? As we go into the international break we are above Arsenal in the Premier League table. Oh joy, you might think, until you actually take a quick shufti at said, sad table. And who do we face after the break? Arsenal at the Emirates of course. But with all thoughts of […]
Less Greek tragedy, more Greek Fire as Tzolis lights up Carrow Road on debut
That display on Tuesday against Bournemouth was as far from a Greek tragedy as it is possible to get and much more a case of Greek Fire** courtesy of a young man we’ll be seeing a lot more of – Christos Tzolis. Let’s be honest Scott Parker opened his book of excuses early doors by […]
No fun whatsoever in being shellacked by the Premier League’s rich kids
I had a strange education during my formative years. I was as happy as the proverbial sandboy at Barley Lane Junior in Chadwell Heath and sat my eleven plus there. No word of a lie, my pass level was so high that an IQ tester came along to see me and the result couldn’t have […]
Good to be back in the old routine; those familiar faces; the banter; the fancy cigars
A journey of 10,000 miles starts with a single step according to Mao Tse-Tung. My trip to Carrow Road on Saturday was about 9,998 miles short of that but nonetheless memorable. At 63 years of age, I’m surely far too old to get butterflies in the abdomen region – or so I thought. Mrs P […]
LIVERPOOL PREVIEW: Van Dijk returns to face the”Man City of the Championship”…
Concocting the first MFW preview of yet another [ha!] season in the Premier League for Norwich City has fallen to me and I must admit that the prospect of our facing the mighty Liverpool at Carrow Road on Saturday would normally fill me with awe, dread and no small portion of trepidation. But for all of us, […]
Keep the powder dry and the Private Frazers to keep schtum ’til September
Us wordsmiths have favourite words or phrases that we like to occasionally incorporate into our articles, whether on MFW or elsewhere. Mine have included *Bruce was incandescent with rage*, *Leitner adopted a masterly policy of inactivity* and *Colin wasn’t a happy bunny* – the latter of which won’t be required this season unless we meet […]
Martin’s posse come together to give their thoughts on the good ship HMS Canary…
Two weeks until kick-off folks so for the final time during the close season the posse have been summoned for their thoughts on the ins and outs at Carrow Road and what might happen to HMS Canary** as it prepares to negotiate some strange tides and choppy waters aka VAR, Match of the Day and […]
When Martin and Sue met Sharon, Andy and Jacob… on the best stall in Norwich
On a Saturday I would normally rebut any suggestion from Mrs P that she’s going shopping in the City and wants me to go with her. Something along the lines of one of the dogs isn’t well and I need to stay with him/her or I need to watch the underwater hang gliding live on Channel […]
So, how does so-called “Freedom Day” impact those of a Norwich City disposition?
As we wake up this morning to *Freedom Day* as it’s dubbed by certain sections of the media, I bet many of our thoughts turn to getting back to the Carra and seeing how the Premier League, NCFC and the 19 other clubs are planning for August 14. Or indeed how the endlessly changing, sometimes […]
A tale of Hoddle, Graham Taylor, El Tel, a psychic and a former Page Three ‘lovely’
I read MFW’s Mick Dennis’ brace of They’ll Never Stop Us Dreaming articles earlier this week and thoroughly enjoyed them as quite a few of us did too judging by the comments. It took a while but eventually my memory jogged into gear and reminded me I’d met three England managers myself, although before any of them […]
EUROS: A bit of pride, a bit of pleasure and some fond memories of the tournament
‘Ultimately, I’m a City fan first and foremost and that will never change. Nothing England do will ever compare with the sheer visceral excitement of watching my team score, or see out a landmark win, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care what happens on Sunday, just that whatever the result, the effects will be less dramatic!‘ Thus wrote […]
Gibbo & Dimi confirmed… Farewell Stieperdude… Welcome Billy & Joma!
That was the week that was for Norwich City in terms of them there comings and goings, wasn’t it? Gibbo and Dimi confirmed as permanent additions to the squad was no big surprise to anybody and their comments on NCFC official afterwards were very pleasing on the ear. And it also looks like this will […]