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Nolegs, you don''t have to buy the whole paper, just use this: http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Norwich+City If you leave the page open (the window doesn''t have to be active) it updates every 5 mins. Naturally the biggest single contributor is the Pink ''Un website, though funnily enough, as people ave commented, some national sites are now writing about us too. You just have to ignore the articles on the Sioux Falls Canaries baseball team...

Martin, I think it''s what Housing Associations are called by their tenants when they raise the rent excessively and/or without sufficient notice.

And now for the 2004-05 season preview. This season I predict Someday I''ll Be Saturday Night watching NCFC on MOTD beating Liverpool. However, our Secret Dreams of being Runaway winners won''t happen, let''s face it; if we reached a UEFA spot we''d go Wild In The Streets. FCR will mean that for most opponents, Norfolk will be a Dry County, but I Fear the prem''s not going to be a Bed Of Roses. The battle for 17th place or better will be a Roulette between 6 teams, but I Believe if we''re relegated in the end, though it would be a Shot Through The Heart, we''ll still go in a Blaze of Glory. I needn''t mention that I''ll Be There For You Norwich, Always, even if we go down - I''d Die For You. If we stay up and Delia offers up a Prayer ''94 and the Mike Walker success days could after a few seasons be revisited, but These Days false expectations would be a Bad Medicine for team and fans alike. I don''t expect Hucks to be In & Out of Love with the manager as some have claimed, but If That''s What It Takes to make best use of the strikeforce then that''s The Price Of Love. Well, Get Ready: Raise Your Hands for the team and Let It Rock: we''ve Come Back! PS If any of you Brummie/Pompey hoolos (it''s a Social Disease) try to Lay Your Hands On Me, I Want You to know you''re not Wanted Dead or Alive: when it comes to love for your club You Give Love A Bad Name.

DD, how about another Bon Jovi-esque slogan: ''Livin'' on a prayer''. Ow! Traitor in the ranks here! People will remember.

Game on! As a newcomer with relative inexperience of top-flight footie, I''m aiming for 4th from bottom... A slight extension to the team name similarity debate above: is it just me or are there actually two "norwich city"s (currently numbered 137-138)? This would be confusing on internet, telly and mobile phone as well as on radio. All adds to the excitement, mind! Good to see all the Scandinavians coming in to the fold - ''välkommen'' till all vår internationelle vänner!

We''re all fair and square then! This distribution also reflects the relative quality of the two teams - give me BBC over ITV any day... On D ball S1-T!

Yes, good one Ama. Took me a while to work it out. To everyone at the game tomorrow: have fun & give a big shout of "Down in old Smokey, covered in glass, there sit the bald Eagles, lacking our class" or whatever for me! Lucky gits.

Nice one Peter, I am one of the afore-mentioned fans because it is always interesting to get another point of view. (Except maybe some of them when they record their train times, the exact moment of scratching their nose in the morning, their feelings on having a second cup of coffee, etc.). I''m looking forward to reading the contributions of these literate South Londoners you have found.

Yes, apparently it''s a wand called Fisha.

Looks like he''ll be making the toss before kick-off. I hope the headline was HOLDIN''BALLS. Un vrai amateur de l''onanisme comme tous les culs bleus qui baisent le cheval blanc.

Oh. Well, thanks anyway. (I can''t seem to read the link without registering, it''s probably just me being pathetic though.)

Noticed this as a news headline on the official NCFC site - can anyone enlighten me as to his identity (as a non-premiumTV-registered heritic)?

On a free transfer. I''m sure we wouldn''t complain too much we''d signed him! Though presumably he''s on Arse-style wages. The exact figure of which someone will no doubt be able to provide us with!

You shame me, Helsinki. Though it probably takes about the same time between Finland & Norwich as between Reading and ditto, thanks to our convoluted and metrocentric transport system. And probably costs less as well, come to think of it. Good for you, anyway.

John Puddifoot, is that your real name? I knew a guy called that at school: 1990-1, NDHS, 1st Yr. Those were the days (bit of random nostalgia there for you).

Ditto: Selhurst Park. That''s a City jinx, not a GA47 jinx!

Actually Amarillo it''s worse than I originally suggested: if it hadn''t been for all 3 goals we scored, they''d have beaten us 1-0. What an upset that would have been; we ought to be very worried. Now I come to think of it, a lot of our wins, even in competitive matches, have been achieved this way - a blatant and risky over-reliance on scoring more goals than the opposition.

Indeed, I''d even go so far as to say it with some confidence it could well have been approximately 1-1. If it hadn''t been for those two other goals, that is.

Green & Yellow, so you sit on top of the stand and your (name) is Kez. In all seriousness, are you actually a bird? (Excellent way to beat the ticket scarcity - fly in & watch for free. Know any shape-shifting spells, 1stW? It''s the only way I''ll get to watch the canaries at home this season.)

This isn''t the first time you''ve confessed to a spanking wish, Susie B. I''m still mentally smarting from your last threatened assault on my posterior! (see previous thread) I''d quite like Southampton to win it though it''s not going to happen. Similar spirit to our own club, though obviously more established at the (middle of the) top level than us. Chelsea have the theoretical potential to be one of the all-time great teams, and it would be good to see a legendary English team in my lifetime (that''s not Man U), especially as their annoying hanger-on celebrity fans are no longer a factor (Major, Mellor, etc.).

Nowhere - as an exile I''m mainly an away & armchair supporter nowadays, though it pains me to say it. Always went in the snake pit by choice, in the days when you used to be able to get tickets for home games. Cootey is a Bloater.

I sympathise with the safety first point of view and despite standing when possible, can understand that if the rules exist we can''t complain too much unless we actually try to change them. However, in my humble opinion it''s probably safer to stand in seating areas than on terraces, simply because of the freedom of movement the latter allow and thereby encourage. I think if there''s going to be a scenario where safety is compromised it''ll be when too many people are moving around excessively and in excessive large numbers, i.e. down the aisles and stairs. This can''t happen where the seats are, and people are discouraged from pushing those in front by the pointlessness and self-harm of doing so. (However, I am prepared to concede in the light of greater experience. What happened at Villa Park?) On someone else''s point about the ''selfishness'' of standing in blocking others'' views, I haven''t heard this as a complaint before. Surely everyone knows anyway (or it becomes apparent after one visit) which stands are suitable for children, the disabled etc. and which aren''t. For example, if I were a parent I certainly wouldn''t take my child into the Barclay or the Snake Pit (or indeed any away stand) anyway, if only because of the fruity language! That''s what the Family Area (and in practice, at least in the past, the River End too) is for, and long may it provide this option. But you can''t purge the entire ground of traditional football spectating, or you''ll end up with a golf-style crowd. In my view, that is. Still, good to hear people sensibly considering safety issues.

How long before we see the headline "STAND BANNED"...

I suggest that, if you care that much, write to your MP to get Health & Safety legislation changed. If there''s enough national popular and key political support you''re in with a chance. Otherwise you''ll have to put up with the situation as it stands: you can''t really blame the council for enforcing the law (unless it''s a blatant misinterpretation of it). Such is democracy! Personally I prefer to stand up too and do so whenever possible. I would be happy for the rules to be changed but as it turns out I don''t care enough to do anything about it, apart from mentally (& unfairly) calling the stewards all sorts of names when they tell us to sit!

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