Richard's Rants
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 [...]
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 [...]
World Cup 2nd Semi-final. France 1-0 Portugal.
The second semi-final was played on Wednesday between France and Portugal. It was a dull drab affair in my opinion and if it hadn’t been for a penalty in the first half which Zinadene Zidane converted they both could have played all night and not scored. Portugal played their usual game of Dive-Dive [...]
World Cup Semi- Finals.
Alas no England but the remaining four teams are Germany, who face Italy, and Portugal who play France. Tuesday saw the first game between Germany and Italy, a very exciting game, but at full time there were no goals, so extra time had to be played. No goals in the first period of [...]
England Crash -Out in Penalty Shoot-Out!
England crashed-out of the World Cup to Portugal 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out after extra time saw them drawing without scoring. England lost David Beckham in the 62nd minute with an ankle injury, and Wayne Rooney sent off 20 minutes from the end of normal time. England seemed to play better with 10 men, Lennon [...]
England Pogress to the Last Eight.
England progressed to the last eight by beating Ecuador 1-0 thanks to a David Beckham free kick in the second half. It was a boring game with little excitement, but at least it was a win! It was a new shape England team with Wayne Rooney as sole striker in the absence of Michael Owen, [...]