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Peter Sixsmith stuck in the wilds of snowy Shildon, delves into his bumper book of footballing phrases to sum up Sunday’s game in the flatlands of East Anglia. Whilst this one didn’t have Delia ranting and raving like some inebriated old harpy on the pitch at the break, she was seen in close up on […]
Southampton vs. Norwich (19:45)  An upturn in form has pulled Southampton out of the relegation zone for the first time this season, and a third consecutive win could take them as high as fourteenth depending on other results: –         With seven points from the last possible nine, Southampton are one of the league’s […]
Everton vs. Norwich City, Saturday 15:00  Everton have had an impressive start to the season and are in the race for a European place. Manager David Moyes will be pleased that his side remain unbeaten at Goodison Park, but has expressed his displeasure at the fact that nine other teams have scored more goals […]
By Far The Greatest…Goal of the Week (12) The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again last weekend. 1. Gareth Bale v Arsenal 2. Anthony Pilkington v Manchester United 3. Luis Suarez v Wigan Athletic 4. Stephane Sessegnon v Fulham 5. Jason Puncheon v QPR
Norwich v Man Utd, Saturday 17:30 Â – Norwich played out a 0-0 draw with Reading in their last game to give them an impressive return of just one goal conceded in their last four Premier League games. – Sebastian Bassong has divided opinion throughout his career, but looks to be back towards his […]
Reading v Norwich, Saturday 15:00 Reading were once again left waiting for the first Premier League win of the campaign as they drew 1-1 with QPR at Loftus Road. Kaspar Gorkss impressive strike gave them an early first-half lead, but the Royals failed to impose any kind of dominance on the rest of the match […]
Norwich v Stoke, Saturday 15:00 Michael Turner followed up a great display against Arsenal with the equalizer in Norwich’s 1-1 draw against Villa in their last Premier League game Robert Snodgrass has had a confident start to life at Norwich. He has had more shots at goal (18) than any of his Canaries team mates, […]
Aston Villa v Norwich, Saturday 12:45 Aston Villa hover just above the relegation zone after a 1-0 defeat to Fulham in their last league game Villa have now scored just 6 goals in 8 games this season, with Darren Bent scoring two having had 15 attempts at goal with 9 on target. That puts Bent […]
Norwich v Arsenal, Saturday 17:30 – Alexander Tetty played his first full game for Norwich against Chelsea, and put in a match high 6.7 miles during the game. That’s the third highest distance covered by a Norwich player in any game this season – Bradley Johnson is renowned for enjoying the physical side of the […]
Chelsea v Norwich, Saturday 15:00 – Chelsea further cemented their position atop the Premier League following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over a resurgent Arsenal. Fernando Torres smartly wrapped his foot around Juan Mata’s delivery to get Chelsea off the mark, before Mata added Chelsea’s second following Arsenal’s equaliser. The win will only have added confidence to […]
Norwich v Liverpool 15:00 – Norwich fell to a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle last time out in a match where they wasted too many of the chances they carved out for themselves. Chris Hughton’s return to Newcastle was clearly not the one he would have hoped for and he will be looking for greater sharpness […]
Newcastle v Norwich 15:00 – A dramatic late goal from Demba Ba saved a point for Newcastle against an unfortunate Everton on Monday evening. Ba’s earlier goal, supplied by Yohan Cabaye, gave Alan Pardew’s side a needed point in a thrilling encounter. – French midfielder Cabaye epitomised Newcastle’s refusal to give up on victory against […]
Norwich v West Ham, Saturday 12:45pm – Last weekend Norwich fought to the final whistle with a dramatic late goal from Robert Snodgrass denying 10-man Tottenham their first league win of the season. Norwich were outworked by a motivated West Ham, only managing to run for 54.16 miles against the Hammers, their lowest total of […]
West Ham v Fulham – 12:45 • After a promising start to the season with a 1-0 victory over Villa, Swansea brought West Ham back down to earth subjecting them to a 3-0 defeat at the weekend • Mark Noble once again covered the most ground for the Hammers with 6.67 miles • Noble also […]