deja vu

[cornwall canary 0]

I was looking through some old city programmes and came across an away game at WBA in Dec 1977.

In the write up on Norwich it  began with the following paragraph:

At the beginning of August, Norwich City had already been written off as a good bet for relegation by bookmakers and crystal ball gazers alike: come December, with almost half of the season gone, the Canaries are perched prettily in 8th place and manager John Bond can afford a wry smile. Their 20 pts haul include home victories over Arsenal, Newcastle, Wolves, Leicester,Bristol City and Birmingham, whilst away two points at West Ham and creditable draws at Leeds , Derby and Forest.

Our record before the WBA game was P17  W7  D6  L4  F19  A21  Pts 20   ( 2Pts for a win in those days )

The WBA game finished 0-0

For those interested the team that day was: Keelan, Bond, Sullivan, Ryan, Jones, Powell, Neighbour, Reeves, Gibbons, Paddon and Peters.

The end of that season saw us finish in 13th place I would definately accept that this season.

Bye the way WBA were in 3rd place at the time and Forest went on to win the league.

[NWC 245]

Fantastic Deja Vu !! Good Post.To be fair,I would settle for 0-0 today, but I can''t help thinking we might get a sneaky goal or two. Our recent form at the hawthorns has been good.