“Today is 47 days before the start of the League One season and Charlton remain in limbo. The EFL should issue an immediate public explanation of what is happening and should take decisive action so that alternative futures for our club can be explored if necessary. That clock ticks more loudly with every passing day.” […]
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The summer intake of 2020 (so far…): What do we think?
We’re a funny old lot are us Citizens of the Canary nation. So united in some ways yet so divided in others. The major issues just now are: are you for or against the Smiths? I’m against. Are you for or against Webber and Farke? I’m for. But I’ve never assimilated so many divisive opinions […]
The fightback starts here…
It’s only seven days since the nightmare that was the 2019/20 season ended, but, oddly, it does feel like an age ago. Just as well really. Part of this is down to the club’s insistence that we move forward, prepare for the new season, and not dwell on the wrongs of last season. Which is […]
Who is City’s best (or least bad) Premier League manager of the 21st century?
Six men have managed Norwich City Football Club in the Premier League since 2000: – Nigel Worthington – Paul Lambert – Chris Hughton – Neil Adams – Alex Neil – Daniel Farke Taking into account all competitive league and cup matches while they were in charge, how do you think they compare on: – Percentage […]
To hell with perspective – we’re hurting. But in a quieter moment…
Let’s not pretend. We’re Norwich City fans and we’re hurting. It hurts that we got relegated. It hurts that we had ten games when football resumed, and lost the lot. It hurts that the verve and belief, which had helped us win admirers and overachieve for much of the past eighteen months, has gone. It […]
GUEST BLOG: An alternative view of Norwich City’s disastrous 2019-2020
Another day, another guest blog, with the stripes today being handed to Debbie Hewitt, who gives her take on the season that wasn’t… *** I am an avid listener of Radio Norfolk’s excellent Canaries coverage, especially the quintessential Chris Goreham commentary. I also love (most of) the partisan guest commentators. If our game is live […]
When fantasy football turned into the stuff of nightmares…
Back in March of 2019, Dad and I walked through the turnstiles at the Riverside stadium, knowing that victory over Middlesbrough would create a seven-point gap to third-place, with just seven games left. “God, I hope we get promoted”, I said. “I know next year would be a total car-crash and we’d probably lose every […]
GUEST BLOG – Do we *really* love the second tier more than the Premier League?
The first of two consecutive guest blogs is from James Cushing with a timely reminder that the Championship is only fun when things are going well… “We’ll regroup and go again next season”. “It’ll be great, we can win every week”. “We need one season in the second tier to build for the future”. Sound […]
Headteacher’s Report: Andy H delivers his 2019/20 end-of-term appraisal
To coin a phrase, “Whoops”. Unfortunately, the school has experienced the most traumatic year. An Annus Horribilis as terrifying as that of former Chair of Governors Chase, that none of us who have experienced it will ever forget. Mr Webber and the Board of Governors chose to use this year’s bursary on improving the school […]
No splicing of the mainbrace, as HMS Canary is set adrift of the Premier League
Like, surely, all of us, I am bringing the old ship HMS Canary into port, putting it into dry dock and looking forward to what will be a cheap refit before we set sail again on less choppy seas. We hope. But who will Captain Webber and First Mate Farke manage to recruit to join us on […]
‘Only five’. Ten defeats on the spin for the Canaries as the horror show finally ends
Thank God it’s over. You only have to put up with my whining one more time. I guess it was only fitting that five a half weeks of footballing torture should end with the biggest spanking of the lot. That we somehow ended up content that it was “only five” says everything about just how […]
And so we face the final curtain…
So, for one final time. A season that promised so much, yet delivered only a big, fat, Family Fortunes-type UH UH. At least when we headed to Anfield on August 9, we had hopes and dreams. Okay, so there was a little bit of fear over the level of damage the reigning European champions may […]
One game to go in a record-breaking NCFC season… and still Y’Army are clapping
There’s no escaping the paucity of City’s performances since Project Restart became more than just a project. Even the most yellow and green-tinged, happy-clapping, Delia-adoring optimist must be able to admit that the quality of performances have been dire and that something has gone badly wrong? The fact that some refuse to get fired up […]
The Little Yellow and Green Quiz…
Right, you lot, this has gone on too long. I’m calling a halt to it all now. All this negativity swirling round the place. It’s time for a mild diversion… – Are you an NCFC fan? – Do you know your stuff? – Are you prepared to prove it? If you answered ‘yes’ to all […]
♫ Emi Buendia… From Argentina… ♫
It’s fair to say that this season has not been one to live long in the memory of City fans. And yet, it’s going to be very hard to forget. From those early days filled with derring-do, the dismantling of Newcastle, the blow-for-blow battle with Chelsea, and that stunning September evening against Manchester City, to […]
GUEST BLOG: Time for Daniel to dish out some tough love?
It’s guest blog time again, and this week it’s the turn of Anna Say who takes a look at the changing demeanour and tone of Daniel Farke… *** We know that the Daniel Farke we see is not necessarily the same guy that our players see in the dressing room but, for now, I want […]
May 2019 vs July 2020… 1st vs 20th… hope vs despair…
I have always been a great supporter of the concept of light and shade. Whether in literature, music, art or even television and film, I’m all for it believe me. So therefore it’s quite natural for me to compare our penultimate match of last season [Blackburn] with this year’s offering – Burnley of course. Last […]
Just when Norwich fans thought things couldn’t get any worse…
♫ I had a wheelbarrow, the wheel fell off… ♫ So sang the NCFC fans, and never had it rung truer. Okay, so by NCFC I mean Notts County, and I’m not even sure it’s a song they sing anymore, but for one day only – maybe one season only – it should replace On […]
The stats tell the story – of a team that’s become a shadow of its former self
Character. Absolutely fearless. Never know when they’re beaten. Self-belief. Determination. Everything that made Norwich City champions. Everything that has been missing over the course of this season. Trying to fathom what’s happened remains a challenge after such success and we’re going to hear plenty of musings; everyone will have their own version of what has […]
GUEST BLOG: Same as it ever was? Or a perfect storm approaching?
It’s guest blog time again, and today it’s City fan Dave Cole, whose journey began in the late 1960s when he was warned by his grandfather that following Norwich would be ‘difficult’! Grandads always know! *** If you look out your window, you’ll notice thunder clouds hanging over Carrow Road. They’ve been steadily gathering since […]