Archive for July, 2006
City Draw at Falkirk.
Norwich ended their Scottish tour of friendlies with a 1-1 draw at Falkirk on Saturday. Norwich went behind before equalising from a free kick taken by Robert Earnshaw, It was a deflection off a Falkirk player before giving Earnshaw his third goal in these friendlies. It seems Nowich were outplayed by Falkirk who played [...]
Are Norwich Lacking Ambition?
A report in the Eastern Daily Press on Saturday July 22nd stated that Nigel Worthington was interested in signing Luton striker Steve Howard. As stated in the report ‘Worthington is keen to pair Howard with City goal machine Robert Earnshaw in a little and large combination which he believes could terrorise Championship defences.’ Wothington had [...]
Update on Chris.
Chris is now almost unable to walk and will soon be totally reliable on a wheelchair to get about. He had a fall in the kitchen a week ago and Pat was alone and was unable to lift him, she had to ring her son Paul to give a hand as Tracey and also the [...]
A Surprise Visit.
Jennie, Lynn, and our grandchildren Amie and Bethany came to visit us today at Swaffham. It was a real surprise, we had such a lovely time with them all and it cheered up Beryl no end as she had not been feeling to well for most of the week. They arrived arround 11.40 am [...]
Beryl Goes To The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn.
Beryl had an apointment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital today at 1.15 pm to have yet another heart scan. The appointment lasted for 45 minutes and they took several pictures at different angles to get the exact pictures they wanted, all very thorough. Now we have to await the results before she sees [...]
Paramedics called to Beryl.
Early this morning I had to dial 999 and call out the Paramedics for Beryl as she was feeling very unwell. Earlier in the evening, around 7.00pm we had to ring the emergency doctor, Beryl explained to him that the Mr. George, the heart consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, had written to her on [...]
Yet another Win! 3 out of 3.
Yes, yet another win for Norwich in their third friendly of the season against Livingston, on their tour of Scotland. It was a 2-0 win with both goals coming from Robert Earnshaw in the second half. By all accounts it wasn’t to hard a test for Norwich but a win is a win. Lets hope [...]
Pre-Season Friendlies for Norwich.
Wednesday 12th July saw Norwich play their first friendly of the season against Fakenham Town, although it was against lowly opposition at least it was a win by 4-0. It was an enjoyable game for the Fakenham players to a sell-out crowd at their newly improved ground.
Saturday saw Norwich play their second friendly at Cambridge [...]
World Cup Final. Italy v France.
It was not the game I had hoped it would be but Italy end up winning the competiton in a penalty shoot-out after extra time saw them drawing 1-1. Zinadene Zidane scored first for France after a disputed penalty after about 12 minutes, with Italy equalising 15 minutes later. The game was not without incident [...]
World Cup Play-off for Third & Fourth Places.
Germany played Portugal in the play-off for third & fourth place, it was an entertaining game with Germany winning 3-1. There were no goals in the first half but Germany went 3-0 up inthe second half before Portugal scoered their only goal. A deserved win for Germany, they played well & should be pleased with [...]