Norwich City
Holt humbles Ipswich as Canaries take flight
A sending-off often skews the reporting of a game. “Ten-Man City Lose To United”, one headline might scream. But the red card may well have come towards the end of proceedings, with the game already as good as lost. The reference to a dismissal is purely information rather than an attempt to explain a defeat.
Sometimes, though, even an early red card is incidental to the end result. In the …
The Old Farm: a yardstick for Norwich City
To some, the rivalry is quaint; two teams more than an hour apart in some sleepy rural backwater. It fails to evoke the same feeling as a heated Merseyside derby or the recent turnover in North London. But when Norwich host Ipswich, live on the BBC this Sunday, Matt Wallace recommends that you tune in.
The old cliché says form goes out the window, and this is likely to suit …
An afternoon in with Jeff
A man sits at a desk. Dominating that desk, paper. Surrounding his feet, scrunched up paper. He clutches the hair behind each temple and slowly twists it to form a tricorne. If he smoked, he’d be doing so in a furiously repetitive manner. If he drank, he would be necking back whisky. Whisky and coffee. Whisky, coffee, cigarettes and writer’s block.
Time passes and the twelfth hour strikes. Inspiration came …
Do home bankers exist in the Championship?
When Norwich City, Leeds United and Millwall were promoted back to the Championship at the end of last season, each had a point to prove.
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Norwich v Leicester
Norwich, in particular, were immediately burdened with the weight of expectation that is now foisted upon every club that go up as champions. Paul Lambert’s side were viewed by many as play-off contenders, mostly due to the recent tendency for Football …
Future England stars of the Football League
During England’s European Championship qualifier with Switzerland last week, The Seventy Two asked Football League fans whether there were any players currently at their club who may play for England one day.
It is rarely that simple, of course. And it was a slightly hypocritical question given the opinion piece published on this very site on the subject of Connor Wickham a couple of months ago.
Nevertheless, here are the …