- Is Dean Smith really the problem? Is it not a much wider issue? October 22, 2022 - Dean Smith is a good manager at a club who thought they could beat the system. As a write this on the train to Sheffield, with a group of excitable young Norwich fans sipping from their first lager cans of the day, it's difficult to see - on the surface… ...
- Our club as an heirloom? No wonder NCFC and modern football are irreconcilable April 28, 2022 - Going over the Haven Bridge in Great Yarmouth one sunny lunchtime in the 1996/97 season, on the way to Carrow Road for the first time, I asked my grandad who Norwich were playing that day. He said, "Bolton Wanderers." I replied, “Belton!?”, pretty surprised that the Wild Duck Holiday Park… ...
- Madders outgrew us in super-quick time but the money must be used (and spent) wisely June 21, 2018 - Thud. Thud. Thud. Followed by wheeling away doing the aeroplane celebration, innocently singing It’s Coming Home as I heard it on the radio in the car. That is one of my first real footballing memories. It was the summer of Euro ‘96 and I was kicking a ball against the side… ...
- Season over. Another important footnote in recent Norwich history, and time to take stock March 12, 2018 - Farke out or shut the Farke up? Luckily, we’ve not quite got to that stage yet, but with the season already over in early March there is no hiding or masking of the fact that that is bitterly disappointing and not what any of us was hoping or expecting at… ...
- An ode to Wessi. Sam Jermy on how RoI’s loss has, and continues to be, City’s gain February 9, 2018 - I briefly had a taste of what it’s like to be in close quarters with Wes Hoolahan, and like so many defenders in the past decade, just get sidestepped with ease. Okay I’ll admit I wasn’t on the football pitch but meandering up Queen Street in the Fine City just… ...
- DERBY PREVIEW: Sam J looks ahead with DCFCFanTV to tomorrow’s clash of the in-formers October 27, 2017 - This week, in order to get an inside track on all things Derby County we have been chatting to the good folk of DCFCFanTV: Hi guys, so what's it like being a Derby County fan? Why do you always seem to be up there looking good for promotion and then… ...
- ROBINS PREVIEW: Sam chats with TMS’s Simon Mann ahead of City’s clash with Bristol’s high-flyers September 22, 2017 - After the hostility of Sheffield United fans last weekend, it was nice to have a friendly chat with a Bristol City fan ahead of this Saturday. I spoke to Simon Mann, who has been a regular commentator on Test Match Special since 1996. Here's what he had to say: Hi… ...
- True strength, whether referring to football fans or a squad of City players, comes from diversity July 27, 2017 - This column may ruffle a few feathers; I am completely comfortable with that. Unfortunately, throughout my life I seem compelled to state my honest opinion… some would argue far too often. But whatever facet of life we’re focusing on – whether it be relationships with your loved ones, politics or… ...
- The pain of losing ‘one of our own’ cuts deep, but it doesn’t signal the end of days at Carrow Road July 20, 2017 - I can sense St. James’ Park lurking behind me outside my window, as I write this. It’s hard to ignore it, as it sits atop what a Norfolk man would baulk at and say is a bloody big hill. Surrounded by a park and moors to the west and to… ...
- Is a healthy balance sheet the only measure of success? No debt and a profit have taken us to tier two September 12, 2016 - It will take more than a couple of wins against Cardiff and Wigan to fix these various situations City have found themselves in. Meek acceptance of the status quo, being grateful it’s not worse and nobody asking the pertinent questions just adds to the cacophony of disgruntled voices from both… ...
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