Mick Dennis

It’s the hope… September 30, 2021 - What if, improbable as it seems, we claw our way to safety in the brutally unforgiving Premier League? Without quibble or fudge I agree with those who say that, currently, we look a long way off being able to compete, let alone linger, in the top tier. I’ve been there… ...
The salutary tale of Graham Poll – a fallible human, alone in the centre of a storm September 15, 2021 - When he realised his career had imploded in a moment of global humiliation, referee Graham Poll needed to be alone. But solitude is hard to find when you are at a World Cup match. Eventually, he managed to shrug off solicitous colleagues, forced his head up and walked out into… ...
They’ll Never Stop Us Dreaming – Part Two July 12, 2021 - Trust the process, ignore the noise. The Norwich City mantra, invented and applied by sporting director Stuart Webber, should be the England motto now. After previous disappointments by and for the national team, the upset has sometimes been so great and the failure so abject that managers have fallen on… ...
‘They never stopped us dreaming’ – Part One July 11, 2021 - Cliched appraisals of Sir Alf Ramsey say he looked like a bank manager, sounded as if he’d had poor elocution lessons (a myth) and was cold and unapproachable. But I had the joyful privilege to meet most of the men who won the 1966 World Cup under Ramsey’s management and… ...
Glenn Roeder: elegant player & holder of the City reins at an incredibly difficult time March 1, 2021 - Common decency has prevented Norwich City fans talking ill of Glenn Roeder, who died this week at just 65. But it is the nature of football that he will be remembered by those supporters for one moment in his 15 months and 65 games as manager. Just over a year… ...
Jamal floundering, Soto arriving and the ongoing threat of a Euro Super League January 22, 2021 - First came the sight of Jamal Lewis, flailing and failing in Newcastle’s humiliation. Then came the news that Norwich City have brought USA striker Sebastian Soto to England at last. And, finally, there were accounts of the threat of a breakaway European super-league. Three disparate sets of circumstances, they coalesce… ...
How journalism works in 2021 … #NCFC … #ITK … #yawn January 5, 2021 - How journalism works in 2021 module 1: On 9 December, a story appeared in The Metro. Its headline was: “Emiliano Buendia’s agency respond to Arsenal fan asking for transfer”. The report included two facts: an Arsenal fan tweeted Emi, urging him to join Arsenal, and the agency who represent Buendia… ...
Etty Smith: a remarkable woman and a proper Norwich fan to the end November 18, 2020 - At the end of Norwich City’s play-off final triumph at Wembley in May 2015, there was one special moment which stood out among so many indelible incidents. Up in front of the Royal Box, as the dancing players took turns to hoist the trophy into the air, manager Alex Neil… ...
NCFC Final Accounts 2020: Aim of being in the country’s top 26 has been upgraded November 10, 2020 - Among 36 pages of numbers and words, one phrase stands out. It is on line 11 in page two of Norwich City PLC’s annual report. “The Club’s future strategy is to strive to be an established Premier League club.” Other parts of the document are not suitable for those of… ...
‘Never Mind The Danger’ we sing. Seldom has this line been more pertinent July 10, 2020 - The most wondrous aspect of Norwich City’s romp to the Football League title last season was that it was a triumph for doing things the right way. Being smart beat money and muscle. And so, for me, amid all the disappointments of yet another dismal demotion, one detail stands out… ...

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