Steve Cook

SPORTING MOMENTS: “Where were you at Storhamar away?” June 6, 2023 - There are nineteen dedicated sports channels currently included in my cable subscription. Throw in the coverage available on the other channels and it’s possible to spend an entire weekend watching sport. Mrs C can testify to that. Quite the contrast to my childhood, when the launch of the imaginatively titled… ...
Only two numbers that matter in football? January 4, 2023 - It was a typical New Year’s catch-up with mates in the pub. Tales of overindulgence, weight gain, and the annual competition to crown the most random Christmas present. My son’s new STATSports tracker vest didn’t claim the dubious accolade, but once we got past the petty sports bra jibes, it… ...
It’s now up to us to turn Carrow Road into the place we know it can be December 30, 2022 - It’s always easier to highlight problems than offer up solutions. Over recent weeks and countless column inches, we have collectively dissected and debated the factors that led to the departures of Smith and Shakespeare. The more difficult challenge is to identify exactly what should happen next. This a challenge I’ve… ...
MyFootballWriter’s… A Christmas Carol December 24, 2022 - As supporters, we see ourselves as more than just paying customers. The relationship with our football club is completely different to any other business we use. But imagine if it wasn’t. [Gary, cue up the transition to the dream sequence, please]. ____ It’s the weekend before Christmas. After a long… ...
If Deano can turn this around fair play, but who genuinely believes that he can? December 23, 2022 - I’m slightly reluctant to submit yet another article, focusing on our much-maligned Head Coach and add to the hostile narrative theory. But I’ll try to remove any emotive vitriol and hopefully dispel the notion that those of us calling for change are rabid maniacs, who are out for his blood.… ...
Remember those heady days when Norwich fans weren’t seen as the Club’s enemy? December 20, 2022 - Gary doesn’t tend to allow his writing team to use the F word but I’m going to anyway. Farke! This isn’t a gushing eulogy on our long-since departed German but for those looking for reasons as to why there is such a disconnect between the club and its supporters, I’d… ...
How can we unconditionally support an approach that we don’t fully understand? October 28, 2022 - As the criticism of Dean Smith’s Norwich intensifies, perhaps it’s natural that shots are fired back towards the dissenting voices. There has been a narrative playing out in some quarters that City supporters are unappreciative, expecting too much, and acting like spoilt, petulant children. That accusation is easy to shrug… ...
So much more at stake right now than just this club losing its Premier League cash May 12, 2022 - As fans, we are ‘football junkies’ and our drug of choice possesses potent mood-changing qualities. Win, and all seems well with the world. Lose, and the misery hangs over us long after the final whistle, casting a dark shadow over those unfortunate enough to be in our presence. Positive results… ...
When apathy overrides anger the slope is a slippery one. What is the point of it all? April 28, 2022 - You know it’s really bad when anger turns to apathy. When the final whistle that signals another abject home defeat is met with silence from deserted stands, rather than a cacophony of booing. Without condoning the actions of those who recently chose to vent their frustration outside the Directors’ boxes,… ...
From praise and accolades to widespread disapproval and ridicule in just five months October 25, 2021 - A friend of mine recently boasted about completing a job application and when asked for his religion, he’d put down ‘football’. He didn’t get an interview. But in the same way that people choose to label themselves according to their religious beliefs, when we tell people we are Norwich supporters,… ...