Stewart Lewis

Our Authentic Man – but does he need a Spin Doctor? May 23, 2023 - Somebody once divided the lead male characters in literature into “Sincere Man” and “Authentic Man”. “Sincere Man” is sensitive, responsible, respectful - the kind of man you’d be happy for your daughter to bring home. “Authentic Man” is rather different - a force of nature in whom sensitivity and politeness… ...
Stuart Webber – a busted flush, or our best hope? April 26, 2023 - “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones” Julius Caesar, Act III Scene II. Actually, Mark Antony did come to praise Caesar, and to turn the… ...
CITY v BLACKBURN (A) – THE PREVIEW April 6, 2023 - I knew it would be painful. But it had to be done. I just checked back to the pundits’ and bookies’ pre-season view of this year’s Championship. Favourites to win the division were … yes, Norwich City. “With not too many changes to the squad and Dean Smith in charge,… ...
Wonderful, horrible, uplifting, gut-wrenching – the world of the Championship March 22, 2023 - Football people – not least we fans – are notoriously poor at learning from history. But there’s one mistake I’m determined not to repeat. At this point of previous Championship seasons, with City still having a prize to play for, I decided it would help to predict the final outcome… ...
NORWICH v HULL CITY (H) – THE PREVIEW February 13, 2023 - One of my pet hates is the over-hyping of a single game’s importance. To describe a match in the middle of a 46-game season as “make-or-break” or “a six-pointer” is ridiculous. Unless it’s referring to the employment prospects of a Watford manager, of course. Then “make-or-break” may be fair enough… ...
CITY v WATFORD (H) – THE PREVIEW January 1, 2023 - If you find yourself on the rota to preview a Norwich-Watford, game, the cardinal rule is “Don’t write it too early”. The usual reason is the likelihood of Watford changing manager in the days before the game. Though it would be rash to discount the possibility of Watford carrying out… ...
CITY vs BLACKBURN: THE PREVIEW December 16, 2022 - Saturday will be our 23rd league game, marking the halfway point of the season. At this stage, we should have some clarity about City’s prospects and the way forward. Except that we don’t. Three times in recent years Norwich have gone into a Championship season with a very strong squad… ...
CITY v WATFORD (A) – THE PREVIEW October 14, 2022 - I want to like them, I really do. Watford’s the local team where I live and many friends support them. As foreign owners go, Watford’s are decent on community involvement and support. And, of course, the club has followed a parallel path to City’s in recent years. We should feel some solidarity.… ...
CITY v HULL CITY (A) – THE PREVIEW August 12, 2022 - No disrespect to my neighbours here in Hertfordshire, but their geography of eastern England occasionally leaves something to be desired. Knowing my beloved Norwich are visiting Hull, a number have suggested it’s an easy trip for the Canaries: “Just up the coast, isn’t it?” Well, not quite. It’s a gruelling… ...
For now we see through a glass, darkly. But it won’t stop us speculating June 28, 2022 - It’s not my norm to begin articles - or anything else - with a Biblical quotation. This time, however, it seems apt. We now have the fixtures. We have the new branding. Closer to our capabilities on the field, we know of two additions: Isaac Hayden and a new set-piece… ...