Martin Penney

SPORTING MOMENTS: The West Indies at Trent Bridge May 31, 2023 - Growing up on the edges of London's East End, the Underground, or Tube as we indigenes would refer to it, was like a magic carpet for teenagers across the capital and those who lived in the SE boroughs where the supporters of Charlton and Millwall lurk were the unlucky ones… ...
Messrs Pelach and Duffy soon to be in the house? May 29, 2023 - Has your memory foam mattress forgotten you? Will your willow no longer weep? Or maybe your Mister Muscle has developed atrophy? Or are you, like me, slightly less than excited by the news trickling out from the Norwich City media, both internal and external, this week? While the outside world of journalism… ...
The Week That Was: The one where Webber emerged from the shadows May 22, 2023 - Last week could end up being buried in the oubliette of the Norwich City archives dungeon with the headstone inscription May 14-20 2023 - the very eventful week in which very little actually happened. It was the week when Stuart Webber finally decided he would speak with the local media once… ...
Remember those days when the bargains would turn into key City players? May 15, 2023 - One of what I would guess to be the few things Paul Lambert and Daniel Farke had in common is that when it came to identifying and landing transfer targets while at the helm of HMS Canary, they both had a wonderful ability to make the best out of what often, on… ...
How effective can the Grand Reset be when there are so many obstacles? May 10, 2023 - "We know [it] is not the finish you [the fans] wanted, but rest assured we will do everything we can over the summer to make the necessary improvements. "We'll sit down and reflect. We'll get our head around and adapt, get some ideas on board. I want every player to… ...
CITY v BLACKPOOL (H) – THE PREVIEW May 4, 2023 - If MFW did short straws... Our preview rota dictates that responsibility for "celebrating" Norwich City's final EFL Championship match of the season has fallen to me. And I reckon I have drawn the shortest straw of them all since poor Owen Coffin on the Nantucket whaling ship Essex in 1821, who was… ...
A seismic change is clearly needed at NCFC, but what are the chances? May 1, 2023 - "I don‘t know how City will fare today but that old feeling of Saturday dread has returned. My mindset now is that of only two more games to endure and then I can relax and look to other things to brighten my week. "Will a few months away from the… ...
Not a game but, “uncontested passing practice for Swansea” April 24, 2023 - "For me, two things are important. The first is that everyone should know - even if not everyone likes to hear it - how much Stuart Webber cares about this football club - there is not one person on the planet who cares more. "The second thing is that it… ...
Halcyon days… Lambo 2009… ‘damaged and fragile’… & still 20,000 season tickets April 21, 2023 - Can you remember a time when you were happy? I mean truly happy with bugger all to worry about in those halcyon days before acquiring children or career-based employment and you felt the world was your crustacean of choice? I've only really enjoyed one period like that in my life… ...
The hardy 600 deserved so much more than a Teesside no-show April 16, 2023 - Nightmare disorder is referred to by doctors as a parasomnia - a type of sleep disorder that involves undesirable experiences that occur while you're falling asleep, during sleep or when you're waking up. Nightmares usually occur during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM).*** But nowhere is there… ...