By Cory Varney
It was surreal as Kevin Lisbie nodded in the fifth. It wasn’t even half time yet; the Canaries were trailing 0-5 to Colchester. After a devastating relegation, hope had been restored to those at Carrow Road. Yet it soon evaporated. The man stood in the opposing dug-out that day was one Paul Lambert, a fiery Scotsman, a born winner and someone who was being lined up by the Norwich City hierarchy as Bryan Gunn’s replacement. They moved swiftly and within 11 days, Mr. Lambert was taking over the reigns at Norwich. Read More
Long way to go as season reaches second checkpoint
By Douglas Elder
So, as the Premier League breaks for a fortnight, we are left with an interesting – if unfamiliar – picture at the top of the Barclay’s Premier League. The mid-season assumptions, the hyperbolic descriptions and the doom-mongering are in full swing, and here is my take on what has been a season of ups (not if you’re a Wigan fan) and downs (not if you’re a Newcastle or a Man City fan).
A Manchester side top the league, but this time it is those “noisy neighbours” Manchester City who look down upon old rivals Manchester United, still bearing the scars of a chastening 6-1 home defeat to City two weeks ago. This weekend, after United defeated struggling Sunderland with more efficiency than effervescence, the City juggernaut – an irresistible force at times – eventually overcame QPR, who did their best impression of an immovable object. Read More »