Many of you will have heard about Norwich City Sporting Director Stuart Webber’s proposed 2023 attempt to reach the pinnacle of the world. No, not to achieve a Champions League place but to climb Mount Everest. I must admit to feeling a bit torn about this, from a City point of view. On one hand, […]
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Suck it up, folks, the ownership debate is a non-starter. Nothing’s about to change
I used to believe the ‘no one else is interested in buying Norwich City FC’ line, but evidence throughout the league belies this. Norwich’s owners are the poorest (bar a couple) of all the known owners’ wealth listed for all four divisions in England. That means almost every other club in English professional football has […]
A sea of troubles…
Oh dear, oh dear… City, City, City… Sigh. Sadly, the chance for a turnaround was the two games after the two wins when Norwich failed to win either. That’s where the confidence and belief COULD have come from. Now the (very possibly) record-breaking lack of goals is coming to the fore. Close season? £60M appallingly […]
Out of the frying pan…
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 […]
A Class Apart – Stormin’ Normann
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 […]
Quiz time… from the Fine City… so…
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’ […]
Reasons to be cheerful…
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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Winning big games: back in the day when City went toe-to-toe with the champions
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 […]
Photo diary: The evening when a degree of normality returned for the Canary faithful
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…
The Five Ages of the Football Fan
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 […]
NCFC Quiz: Players & places
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 […]
Some Saturday afternoon mirth: footballers named after high street outlets…
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 […]
21st place in the Premier League…
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 […]
How does City’s current form compare with the last 10 winners of the Championship?
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 […]
QUIZ: Famous football quotes – Cloughie, Mourinho, or Bond?
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 […]
Time machine time – Which past NCFC players would fit into Farke’s current squad?
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 […]
Yellow & Green & Blue – 10 Ipswich players who’d have looked good in a City shirt
‘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 […]
The Case against Chase – Villain or hero? Part II
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 […]
The Case for Chase – Hero or villain?
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 […]