Norwich's own top guns

I'm just back from covering Norwich’s reserve game against Arsenal at Carrow Road tonigh and it was quite an interesting evening. Firstly, the game was a cracker. The Gunners had a lot of quality on show, but for Norwich - and a young City side at that

It's a marathon, not a sprint

Less than 14 days to the Norwich Half Marathon and it appears the only way I wasn’t go to cover it for the second year running was to actually run it! That sounds a little harsh. I certainly wouldn’t mind covering the event again. It is much easier watching

Sorry for Dejan

You can usually tell when a player sustains a bad injury, and that was what it felt like on Saturday. With the way he fell and the subsequent time it took anyone at Carrow Road to indicate how bad the injury might be, it seemed likely Dejan Stefanovic’s

Was your question answered?

Although I have read about several Norwich City AGMs, last night was the first time I have attended one, so it’s difficult to know how it compared to previous years. One thing that would be fair to say is it wasn’t a damp squid. At times it felt heated,

David Norris, the family man

It is easy to jump on the bandwagon, but what a stupid thing David Norris did at the weekend celebrating his goal at Blackpool. And now it seems people are being treated in a ridiculous way as the player and club try to explain it all away. Firstly,

A letter and a phone call? Really?

Unbelievable… Mr Exxxx was all set for a brilliant day, party-time fun with a group of his best friends, but the whole thing was ruined because his next door neighbour’s house burnt down. Terrible. Until, that is, Mr Exxxx heard whispers the

The Youngs ones and Dan

Okay, so it may look like any other rugby pitch, but trust me. This is Oval Park, the training home to one of Europe’s top rugby union club teams – Leicester Tigers. It has been a long day. Being a passenger in a car for almost five hours is probably

You're a Tiger; next question

The eight pages of Champions! pull-out that get the light of day in every Monday’s Evening News is my editorial baby. It’s the foundation level of work each week that things like trips to Colney or cricket happen in addition too, and I get to lay out

Get your TV out for the lads

Good to see England’s next generation make it through to the Under-21 European Championship finals after their play-off win over Wales tonight. Well, it would have been – had the game not been on Setanta. I don't have much of a problem with general

It's a marathon and a sprint

I’ve been quite happy to volunteer for various tours of duty as a ‘hack’. Within weeks of taking the job I was humiliating myself using my poor bowls technique in front of 200 discerning fans at Potters ahead of the World Inddor Championships. In some

You try stopping a trawler

One of my first reporting experiences of football – you know, the actual working kind – came last season as I covered Lowestoft Town’s remarkable FA Vase run. It was an incredible journey they went on and I still feel very lucky to have been with them

The boxing busy-ness

It's been some week - one of those really busy ones. I've been dealing a lot with the build up to Jon Thaxton's fight tomorrow night and while Melero is a lovely guy and a respectful boxer, it would be brilliant for Jono if he can finally bag that European

Southampton and Norwich, all programmed

Saturday’s draw at Oakwell probably means Chris and I were both right (see previous post), which is the usual of course. On the sportsdesk we get plenty of calls from people who want our opinion on what’s going on, as viewed from our perch as reporters.

As if they'd go for El Tel...

The wacky world of football. I know most of us in the office have had a little chuckle to ourselves over affairs at Newcastle United (minus the Magpies fans among of course), to the point where it has been a virtual sweepstake on who would be taking temporary

Omar's suited and booted, while Ninja's still celebrating

So, two people to feel sorry for after last night’s Carrow Road reserve showdown, and one bright spot. No problem with Mr Lappin’s attitude I’m pleased (and unsurprised) to report. The most petulant act on his behalf was to send City’s first half penalty