Ed Couzens-Lake

A trip down City’s Memory Lane – when relegations were not inevitable and did hurt May 13, 2022 - Why are so many of us so very angry at the moment? Post-match demonstrations, accusations flying around social media and various club-related message boards a’ plenty and tantrum fuelled rages wherever you look. There’s not a lot of love in the world of Norwich City just now. Another May, another… ...
Move over Millwall, we’re taking your song January 3, 2022 - “No-one likes us, we don’t care”. It’s remarkable how the Canaries have become footballing public enemy number one since the beginning of the season. After our less than distinguished start to the campaign, the armchair critics were out in force saying we didn’t deserve to be in the Premier League… ...
And the new Norwich City manager is… (we still don’t know) November 13, 2021 - Managerial speculation, gossip and counter gossip. It’s all a bit wearying. Especially that which is spouted by some of the more lowbrow media outlets with their endless references to their ‘sources’. In other words, if they stick their grubby paws into the guessing game lucky dip and get it right,… ...
Do not be fooled home-based fans of the ‘Big 6’ – the ESL gives not a stuff about you April 19, 2021 - At least the advent of the much vaunted (and derided) European Super League has done one good thing. It has brought the wider football community (and that’s a word and concept the organisers of said behemoth would happily see wiped from the face of the planet) together in mass condemnation… ...
From the Archives: Our Ed advising that, in hindsight, hindsight is best avoided March 25, 2021 - International breaks are a nightmare for editors of footballing websites that, as a general rule, don't cover international football. From, sometimes, three pieces of content per day to *Family Fortunes klaxon*. So, to the archives I head and who better to turn to for a piece that was written eight… ...
NOSTALGIA: Favourite City keeper? Woods, Krul, Gunny? Or the one known as The Cat? November 17, 2020 - The mere mention of the word 'Keelan' provokes a warm fuzzy feeling for City supporters of a certain age, and right now we all need as much warm fuzziness as we can get. So, with Ed's permission, here again is his homage to one of the greats. *** Here’s a… ...
It’s all in the mind. When ‘lucky to be here’ changes to ‘lucky to have me’… July 12, 2020 - I’ll start with a quote. ‘What is history, but a fable agreed upon?’ That’s the original. It’s been revised, redone and rehashed over the years but, whatever variant of it you may hear or read, the above is the mother lode, so to speak, of that well used phrase, one… ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Lies.. damned lies… statistics… & million-pound footballers June 6, 2020 - Here's a beauty from our Ed from 2012, where he looks at football's (then) new-found love of stats; in particular the one pertaining to the buying selling of players. Worth noting is the different direction this club is now taking in that regard, and how Ed's summary of 'a club… ...
Match Abandoned (Air Raid): The tale of the last time Carrow Road fell quiet April 8, 2020 - A disappointing crowd of just 10,729 made their way to Portman Road for Norwich City’s Third Division (South) match against Ipswich Town on September 2nd, 1939, a typically rumbustious and end-to-end local derby that ended with honours even in a 1-1 draw. The Norwich scorer on the day, Billy Furness… ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Not heard of Vasper, Gallego, Dennington & Ronson? Read on… March 31, 2020 - Peter Vasper. It’s a great name isn’t it? It sounds like one belonging to a 1970s TV detective; a man who likes to operate not only outside the law but also, with his unfeasible perm, heavily flared trousers and penchant for the naffest of the naff music of the time… ...

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