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As I wrote earliler, Jarvis was in the WHU matchday squad on 29 occasions in 2014/15, so clearly he was match-fit for the majority of that season.

@Branston Pickle Any umbrage taken is at the casual repetition of an easily-disproven falsehood.

"only played 13 times due to injuries" Even that is wrong. Jarvis was in the matchday squad for 29 games that particular season (PL had 7 subs). He is listed as missing just 7 matches in Aug/Sept. through injury.

@Branston Pickle "sadly Byram was already a bit of a sick note before we signed him so we knew the risk, same with Jarvis" Another of these apocryphal stories. Matt Jarvis was not a 'sick note' before arriving at Norwich. He made over 400 appearances, averaging over 31 games per season. [For comparison, John Ruddy averaged 35 apps per season at Norwich] Jarvis, like Emblen, Notman & others, suffered badly through injury as a Canary but to suggest he was signed as damaged goods is just plain wrong.

His contract is until summer of 2022.

The most recent accounts show that we absolutely DO have external debt, but it is a lot easier to boast about being debt-free than admitting otherwise [ £10.46m, fully repayable in May @ 5.2% interest ].

Ref. the attached image; the cig card is from 1922 and Reg Wilkinson is from the 1923 Handbook. The image on the right (1933-34) shows how b/w messes with our modern day perceptions, as City played in y/g halves in that season but you could never tell from the photo. Blazer was normal matchday attire for referees.

"The old boy kicking off is Russell Colman - then head of Colman's Mustard and chairman of Norwich City. The occasion was a 'keep fit' effort for unemployed local men." Not sure if anyone can verify that, or maybe even expand upon it? It looks like Russell J Colman and it is clearly The Nest, but ... 1. The Norwich Unemployment Welfare Association (photo is from their archives) was founded in 1928 but the NCFC kits (green & yellow vertical stripes) date from 1920-23. 2. Would there be that many spectators at a keep-fit event? 3. The Norwich Records Office catalogue lists it as "...kicking off at a Club football match" (their capitalization) 4. Russell J Colman was President of NCFC, but never Chairman

Oxborough was in the process of finalising a season-long loan to Salford when he did his achilles, so the injury made little or no difference to the Norwich plan for this season (i.e. U23 backup for Krul & MM).

That would be very welcomed

"So am I correct in thinking from your responses that the Pink Un site does not have a league table? " Since the revamp of the entire Archant website it looks like all NCFC stats have been scrubbed. So no apps, goals, tables, stats from previous seasons or even historic stats. It is a shame but as the data on this site was often inaccurate it is not necessarily a bad thing. * If site admin points out that stats are still here, just buried in some dark corner, then accept my apologies.

@Midlands Yellow @dylanisabaddog Can you both please post what you remember about Ryan's 'missed' penalty? Was it saved by their 'keeper, denied by woodwork or missed target altogether? This is not a test, or trick q, this is for my interest. Thanks!

"PS: its Leitch, not Leech by the way" Obviously. There are a number of small corrections that could be made to it but, overall, it is a good piece of research. Who Knew? When the Carrow Road stadium was built in 1935 the Consulting Architects were Messrs Archibald Leitch & Partners.

This is a nice piece, containing some first-hand accounts of the iconic venue http://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/thenest

Shackell pulled in a £1million fee, while Henderson, Jarvis & Crow had respectable football careers. In those days the vast majority of Academy lads were local. Today, of the 39 lads in the DS & Youth squads, just 6 are from E Anglia.

Saunders + Bond + Brown + Brown + Worthington + Lambert + Neil + Farke Does Not Equal Three, Four, Five or Six

Their answer to Q5 is incorrect. Their answer to Q12 is incorrect. Their answer to Q13 is arguable. Sadly just click-bait rubbish.