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Why not simply: ''Who Are You?''

With all the filthy lyrics being boasted about on another thread, I certainly would not want to take my kids!One is 40 this year, the other 34!

Norwich City.

I remember the 1957 season very well, what with the long run of games without a win and the blankets going round the ground. I think we even lost one game 7-3 at home(?)There were highlights in and around that era, though. I believe in one game (Shrewsbury?) we were 4-2 down with 15 minutes to go and won 5-4.It was also during this time I - and thousands of others - saw my first tv colour broadcast. This was at St Andrew''s Hall''s ideal homes exhibition.Football-wise, though, it is very depressing to feel that the club is returning to what it was 50 years ago - mind you it has been a very exciting ride on the way!No progress in 50 years..........

Interesting read, ardee.I have always found the Sky engineers remarkably helpful whenever I have had problems with the television.But the annoying thing is what happened after Sky advertised free broadband if you have a tv package I jumped at it. Well think of the savings.So I registered only to receive a reply a fortnight later saying that broadband was not available in the Cromer area. Whether they meant literally or just under their offer I failed to ask. I was just stunned because I have been on broadband for many years now.A little later I received a letter outlining Sky''s broadband package - and with the assumption that I was going to fall over myself to get it!So, confusion and annoyance. Where I go to from here I do not know.

For a woman who openly admits she hates cooking and gets out of it as often as she can, she has a remarkably well-equipped kitchen - and garden shed!I got the impression that the show is a vehicle for her to quickly get into step with the Naked Chef and ''just like that'' Martin - both of whom are now featured growing produce from their own gardens - well, did you see the shots of Delia in her garden?I was not impressed with the ''Let''s be ''avin you!'' section. I felt you could see the embarrassment on her face but it was an attempt to show the whole episode in a more ''sober'' acceptable light.As for helping the club I cannot see that at all. I felt it showed Norwich up as a little old homely club, with the boss and her whole family turning up at home games for a jolly get together. And as for her welcoming players ...  the least said about that embarrassing episode the better.I used to like watching Delia cook but the new series looks to me like it is going to be a most disappointing experience.PS: Can anyone explain what cornishons are? Delia used them in last night''s episode but I notice on her web site she is also appealing for information on them. Never heard of them.

For decades the ECN (hate this Archant thing) had a reading room.Excellent standards they had, too, for if a spelling mistake made it through to the printed paper and it was spotted by a member of the public - who reported it - a reward of 2/6d (15p) was paid.All this was in the hot metal days when the much slower Linotype (different keyboard lay-out) was used to produce type.Theeeeeen when the Qwerty keyboard came to the fore those in power felt it unnecessary to have a reading room at all. ''We are teaching you to touch type and you will know when you have made an error,'' were the words of wisdom spoken to the gobsmacked inkies (printers).Things have gone down from there for several reasons: It is a known fact that a typist can never read his own words. His brain is tricked into seeing what is not there. Reliance  is made on the automatic spelling and grammar programs that come with Windows. But as everyone knows ''new'' instead of ''knew'' will not be picked up by spell check because it is a word in its own right. There are numerous examples of this; and, be honest, how many of you bother when the grammar check underlines a sentence?No, I am afraid with the ever-tighter deadlines and reliance placed more than ever on reading from shorthand notes, things will not improve. If anything they will fall even lower.

Found it quite funny.Of more interest to me, however, is what pub was it filmed in?Anyone know?

The tackle did not look that bad on tv but a picture in this morning''s News of the World is sickening.Taylor''s tackle is ill-judged at besthttp://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk

The most gut-wrenching picture I have seen of the tackle appeared in the News of the World this morning:http://www.newsoftheworld.co.ukFrom the picture it would appear that Taylor''s tackle was ill-judged at the least

Hold on a minute.It is not that long ago you were all talking about how much had been accrued from the sale of ''this player'' and ''that player'', and various other dallyings.This total came to something like £7 million.Have you all written this money off now?

City attracted 30,000-plus gates regularly in the 1950s when they were in the old Third Division South; and what was it? Home cup game against Portsmouth 42,000?Norfolk has always supported City and I would not be surprised that if the Carrow Road ground capacity was raised to 30,000-plus you would see it filled on a regular basis again.I had two uncles - one from Peterborough the other from Shouldham Thorpe (near King''s Lynn) - who travelled to Norwich every home game and picked up my father for a visit to the ground.You can bet they were not the only ones from the wilds to do the same for their Saturday afternoon entertainment.In those days Norwich City was the only thing that mattered for entertainment.

You lot have obviously got too much time on your hands at work!

Vince,If Doncaster put a disclaimer in his reply could his e-mail not be reproduced then?Mind you, I don''t know what form the disclaimer should take.

Wus that supposed to do for a man of 61 years, whose knees are crook and dancing days long over?Anyway, that ''song'' first came out decades ago - when I could shake with the best of them (after a few pints)And..........wus it got to do with football?Typical old man''s reaction, I suppose.....

I would have submitted this before now if I could have logged in!.................Anyway, something has been niggling at me ever since the unveiling of Roeder as the new City manager.I was listening to it on radio. First there was the delay in the new conference - with no explanation as to why.And when Numby brought Roeder in for the conference he said: ''Sorry about that. Just a few more signatures to get.''Had Numby in fact been waiting for a reply from Jewell? Had he given him another half hour to make a decision?And what signatures had to be gained? Roeder''s?I would love an explanation.

The powers that be that receive all these billions from Sky, etc - is it the FA? - cannot be that interested in the future of the game in this country.Logically - to me  at least - all that juicy dosh could be spent in improving the game immeasurably from the real grass roots upwards by sharing it out throughout all the top four leagues.But what happens? It all goes to the Premier League with, as a PS, parachute payment to the clubs who lose their status among the elite.Will this system improve the game in the UK? No way. It will just create millionaire prima donnas. They may occasionally cast an eye towards the beggars outside the locked doors but will they ever throw them a scrap or two?No. And this is why we are seeing the standard of UK players decline with just the fortunate top half per-cent or so that get through the door.The end result? For clubs like Norwich the thought of promotion to the Premier League now is just the dream of one season, £60 million to play with that year and to wipe off their £18 million overdraft. Beyond that the realisation that they will no doubt be the chopping block for 40-odd games - but that does not matter does it? They have cleared their debts.

Heard a story about Cloughie while watching cricket the other day.Apparently when he won the Division One Trophy he went to his local cricket ground and sat in an empty part of the ground all day - cuddling the trophy!He was that overwhelmed by it all.

Can''t be as bad as that awful John Motson! Now he is a man to make you turn the volume off!

I totally agree with you, yellow hammer. Why can''t we have some respect in today''s world? Now in the good old days we never used such language to describe our neighbours down the road. Okay, the fun part of a Carrow Road derby was to see how many blues'' supporters you could push from the top of the old River End and down the steps. Halfway down - your mates all bought halves at the pub; All the way from the top to the bottom was worth a pint. There are a lot worse things we used to due to the blues - but at least we did not call them scummers. Dreadfully unsportsmanlike that!

Did you read this morning that United received FEWER tickets than Watford! 17,800 Watford received and United 200 less. And Watford have 1500 unsold. How did the FA work this out considering the comparative attendances of the two clubs?

In the 1960s, Jimmy Hill, manager of Fulham and chairman of the PFA, forced through ''legislation'' which banned the maximum wage for players. I believe the maximum then was £20 per week. Soon after Johnny Haynes, England international and Fulham player, who was regarded as the top player anywhere, was paid £100 a week by Fulham - a sum considered absolutely obscene in those days. To many old ''uns like myself, Jimmy Hill has been long vilified as the man responsible for what has been happening on the wages front since then. He was the man who made the initial breakthrough. Are they still correct in that belief - or has Sky really taken over the mantle?

David, I tried to have a read of your article, which I have no doubt at all, is very interesting. But, I am afraid, I found it a very torturous exercise that I had to give up. In future could you not enlarge the side margins a bit and add space between the paragraphs? Putting space around type also improves its appearance. Sorry if I appear a killjoy - that is not my intention, honestly. But I got the essence of your article and I say keep it up!

I bought tickets for every match of the Cup run - yet only saw one game (Sheff Utd replay when Sandy Kennon made his debut). The reason? My dad sent me down to Carrow Road on the days that the tickets first went up for sale. However, one abiding memory, was when the tickets were on sale on a Saturday afternoon. City were away somewhere but the reserves were playing at home. To stop people going in the ground, out and re-entering so they could buy endless tickets, the gates were locked. Quite a few arguments there as well with officials. It was on this occasion I reckon that the record was set for a Reserves'' home game - the ground was absolutely packed. However, at half-time the gates were opened and the attendance magically shrunk to just a few hundred.

Oi! It''s that white thing over there you have to get hold of!