It is unusual for Norwich City to reach the Championship / Division One end of season play-offs. Before this current season, Norwich had qualified just twice in the previous 20 seasons at this level since the play-offs were introduced in…
Category: Memories
When Dave went up to lift the Milk Cup
I went to the 1985 Milk Cup final against Sunderland. Without doubt, seeing the Canaries win at Wembley has been one of the highlights of my lifetime following the club. We had come close to getting to a cup final…
Norwich City 1992 FA Cup Semi-Final shirt
This is Mark Bowen’s number 11 shirt from the FA Cup Semi-Final game at Hillsborough against Sunderland. Mark was the captain on the day and this was one of his 399 appearances for Norwich. The shirt features the one-off “FA…
Norwich City 20/21 shirt
2020/21 was a record breaking season for the Canaries. They amassed a best ever 97 points in the Championship. They won the title 6 points clear of Watford and 10 ahead of 3rd placed Brentford. It was their second Championship…
Norwich City 81/82 shirt
The Canaries wore this very stylish Adidas shirt for 3 seasons in 1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84. Adidas replaced Admiral as the club’s kit supplier. The pinstripe design was a template used for Norwich’s away shirt (white shirt/green stripes). It was…
Norwich City 92/93 shirt
Ian Crook wore this Norwich City shirt for the final match of the 92/93 season. That was a thrilling 3-3 draw at Middlesbrough. The result confirmed a 3rd place league finish. Watch highlights from that Middlesbrough game here. A few…
Norwich City v 1966 England World Cup Squad
I bought a copy of the rather excellent “Three lions on a shirt” book last week. I think it is brilliantly put together. It really does tell the story of the England shirt from 1872 to present times. It features…
Boxing day football
Watching football matches on Boxing Day is very much part of the traditions of Christmas in my house. Over the years, I’ve seen some thrilling games and exciting wins at this time of year. Of course, there have been some…