Gary Gowers

I try not to devote too much MyFootballWriter time to Ipswich Town… Because we’re a Norwich City website, so why would we, and Because it plays straight into the ‘living rent-free’ narrative they love to purport. But, about once a season I do invariably feel the need to open up that festering wound that is […]

Given that we’re just a week-and-a-bit into pre-season and there’s been nothing new to report in terms of incoming players or incoming investment, it’s still been an interesting few days in the life of Norwich City FC. Oddly, after a year in which we’ve become used to the news being generally disheartening, the last week […]

And to think we’re only five days away from a ball being kicked in anger for the first time in season 2022-23. Okay, so there’s unlikely to be too much anger and venom on display when Dean Smith takes his squad to Dereham on Friday night – kick-off at Aldiss Park is at 7pm – […]

It’s been a slow-burner of a summer for City fans, but with some of the squad reporting back for duty yesterday, or for fitness testing to be more precise, we should expect some moving and shaking in the next few weeks. I’m not sure whether Christos Tzolis or Przemyslaw Placheta were among the early arrivals – I suspect […]

So… we travel to Gareth Bale’s Cardiff City on opening day then. At least we will if, as is heavily rumoured, their prodigal son decides to join the Bluebirds by way of getting match fit for Qatar 2022. If he doesn’t, we’ll just be heading to Cardiff. The other thing to note is that if […]

The latest Todd Cantwell rumour – and I expect there are more to come – is that Blackburn Rovers are looking to take him to the north-west on a season-long loan. The report emanated from The S*n’s so-called transfer expert Alan Nixon who declared that their new head coach, Jon Dahl Tomasson, has highlighted Cantwell […]

Miracles rarely happen in football. Not in 2022. Invariably, those with the most money and the best players end up winning the big prizes, although Leicester City’s Premier League triumph of 2016 did admittedly edge into miracle territory. That was good. But the point is they’re very rare. Yet, another occurred yesterday morning. If you’re […]

We’re a resilient bunch really. Okay, so we moan a lot (I don’t think I’m alone) and we completely ignore the not-too-high, not-too-low ethos espoused by most managers, coaches and sporting directors. Wins are met with ecstasy, defeats with desolation, and rarely do we trundle along in that hinterland described by Kipling. Balance, even from […]

When the rumours began to circulate around Daniel Farke going to Blackburn Rovers, it was enough to make the stomach churn. With the greatest respect to Blackburn, it didn’t feel like a natural fit for our favourite German, and the thought of him lining up in a different Championship dugout next season was about as […]

The absence of anything concrete concerning the involvement (or otherwise) of Mark Attanasio in our football club has obviously left the door wide open for speculation. And sure enough… While MFW is far from alone, we (I) have managed to fill a whole week’s worth of articles based almost solely on the fact that Attanasio […]

As expected, there’s been no white smoke regarding the rumoured investment in Norwich City from a group of US businessmen led by the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers MLB franchise, Mark Attanasio. All we’ve had is a missive on The Athletic that suggests initially Attanasio and co will just be looking to buy Michael Foulger’s […]

There are, of course, too many unknowns to get overly excited at the moment, but the fact there appears to be some interest in investing in Norwich City from someone with no links to murderous Middle Eastern regimes or Vladimir Putin has to be a positive sign. Having blathered on endlessly around self-funding and how, […]

Unlike the official local media (Archant, local BBC and ITV, The Athletic), MFW doesn’t have any form of regular access to the club. And that’s absolutely fine – we know our place. So I’m definitely not getting the hump because we were unable to quiz Stuart Webber over the season that’s just ended. That’s not […]

As the saying goes, as a football fan you have to endure the bad times in order to fully embrace and celebrate the good times. All true I guess unless you’ve opted to be a fan of a random ‘big club’, in which case you’ve given yourself some control over the good/bad ratio. But the […]

I didn’t go to the West Ham game. Not because I was protesting at the disaster that is our football club but because of ill health. Unfortunately, ill health didn’t prevent me from watching it. Martin was there to see it all unfold (or at least 45 minutes of it), so he more than deserved […]

When you’re relegated before spring has properly sprung you know it’s been a disaster of a season. When you’re fate has been sealed with 12 points still to play for you know it’s been an undiluted cock-up. In fact, pick any metric you like and it’ll reveal a season of woe, embarrassment and ineptitude right […]

In early 2019, I was contacted by the club’s then media head-honcho, Joe Ferrari. After months of me pestering, haranguing and, probably, annoying him, Joe – a really lovely guy – was calling to offer MyFootballWriter the chance to interview Stuart Webber. In this particular instance, persistence did pay off. We chatted for a bit […]

What a day. A car crash of epic proportions – both on and off the pitch. In a season essentially made up of a collection of dark days, Saturday 23rd April made a compelling case to be the darkest. It started of course with the oddly-timed Stuart Webber interview with Henry Winter in The Times, […]

It was one of those where you’re left feeling conflicted at the end. Proud because they put in a proper shift and took the so-called ‘biggest club in the world’ all the way. Proud too because, along the way, they played some good stuff, created plenty of chances and resembled an actual football team. But, […]

Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit you got it wrong. In this case horribly so. I. GOT. IT. WRONG. Having watched Burnley dispose of Everton in midweek with a display of high energy and thunderous intensity, I saw no way that City could win that game yesterday. Certainly not when […]