Gary Field

A Fan-Led Review in name but, as ever, the Premier League holds all the cards March 30, 2023 - If you were ever stuck for something to watch, and I mean really stuck, your last channel of choice would almost certainly be something on Parliament Live TV. The merest hint of anything to do with the House of Commons is typically a massive ‘no’ at the thought! However, if… ...
Still some unknowns, but a landmark moment for our football club is weeks away February 17, 2023 - Norwich City Football Club and general meetings are beginning to resemble London buses. You wait an eternity for one to arrive, and then two come along almost together. On the surface, they probably don’t seem to be of any significance. September’s meeting, which lasted barely fifteen minutes, with less than… ...
An AGM, but not as we know it… November 11, 2022 - Over the years I’ve been to a fair few Norwich City AGMs - the annual opportunity for shareholders to gather to approve the latest set of accounts. Normally, they’re quite staid affairs, with the formal business typically taking less than 20 minutes, often followed by brief presentations, by various people… ...
Silence is golden, just maybe? June 7, 2022 - Friday, 27th May already seems like a lifetime ago – the breaking NCFC news, which actually said not very much at all, aside from the fact that seven American citizens were guests in the directors’ box at Carrow Road at the previous weekend’s game against Spurs. The intervening period has,… ...
From Milwaukee to Carrow Road – Happy Days ahead maybe? May 29, 2022 - Up until Friday’s breaking news, my personal knowledge of the residents of Milwaukee was strictly limited to one Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known as Fonzie, or the Fonz - a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the 1970s American sitcom, Happy Days. Now there’s a new name to Google… ...
Like it or not, it really is all about the money May 3, 2022 - It barely seems a year ago, but we’ve just passed the first anniversary of the ill-fated launch of the so-called European Super League. At the time, my abiding memory upon first hearing the announcement was “just how much money do those greedy b**tards want?” Both the Premier League and the… ...
An AGM unlike any other but with a positive air and praise aplenty for City’s Academy November 27, 2020 - As Norwich City AGM’s go, they really don’t come much different to this; online, with no fans physically present and with Stephan Phillips in charge – was it really two years ago that Ed Balls joked about being on a mission to get Stephan to answer a question? Of course,… ...
What it felt like to be one of the lucky thousand in a socially distant Carrow Road September 22, 2020 - It’s something of an understatement to say that a lot has happened since the 28th February; nearly seven months ago and the last occasion many City fans had the opportunity to visit Carrow Road. Therefore, last Wednesday morning’s announcement by the EFL that City’s game against Preston North End had… ...
A Norwich City FC decade… by numbers December 30, 2019 - As the decade finally draws to a close, it’s worth pondering should it really be described as the stereotypical terrible teens? For context, it’s been a decade that started for the Canaries with half a season in League One, has subsequently given us five Championship seasons, plus four and a… ...
Time to stop playing the self-funding card? Always a nagging doubt over what’s next July 10, 2019 - We’re frequently reminded that “football isn’t like any other business.” And, judging how some football clubs seem to operate, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that their respective owners, or CEOs, seem to take leave of any business sense they’ve acquired over the years. Of course, as fans, we… ...