Steve BrodieI remember watching Tony play alongside, Forbes, Stringer et al.
What a remarkable story of heartbreak, and a kind of redemption in being reunited with his family.
#otbc #canaries #NorwichCityFC
Henry Winter 🤖
FootballRates.comLongest current run without an away win in the top four tiers of English football (league games)
1️⃣Newcastle - 9
2️⃣Wolverhampton - 8
3️⃣Norwich - 7
4️⃣Reading - 7
🔗Full list: https://footballrates.com/currentruns/winlessaway
Clubs, opening up and why it's good to talk. Reflections on a revealing trip to Norwich City to see Ben Knapper. A lot of people have messaged me about this so here's what happened. Some other clubs should follow Norwich's example on being so open. #OTBC https://open.substack.com/pub/henrywinterfootball/p/clubs-honesty-and-why-its-good-to?r=3osxpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Fair play to Ben Knapper for fronting up. I’ve been critical of him, Norwich fans deserve answers, he didn’t duck any questions. #OTBC https://twitter.com/norwichcityfc/status/1991263966836978116
John Percy 🤖Norwich City dismiss Liam Manning. On the day Jack Wilshere makes it four wins on the spin at Luton Town. Wilshere had hoped for the Norwich job after a well-received two-game caretaker stint. Norwich felt inexperienced Wilshere a risk. But Manning isn’t the sole issue here. Norwich’s sporting director Ben Knapper under huge pressure from fans to get the next appointment right.
Fans understandably angry, and protested outside Carrow Road after their 11th game without a win. Nine points from 15 Championship games, four points from safety. As Knapper says in @[email protected] statement “results and performances on the pitch haven’t been good enough. We accept that responsibility, but it’s now imperative that we start to repair the relationship with our supporters and do everything we can to give them something to get behind”.
Lot of repairing to do. Fans asking how much experience did Knapper have doing analysis and scouting at Arsenal, also doing a loans and pathway role, to justify Norwich responsibility in charge of recruitment of players and head coach. Anyway, good luck to Ryan Garry (ex coach of England U17s with Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly and Dibling) placed in temporary charge. #OTBC
Good luck to Jack Wilshere at Luton Town. Really like how he’s building his managerial career. Retired from playing in July 2022. First, worked in an environment he knows, at Arsenal, as an Under-18s coach helping Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri develop. Then working in a first-team environment as a coach at Norwich City in the Championship, and briefly interim manager (W1 D1).
Players liked him, Wilshere felt he was ready for the permanent role, Norwich said no. So he left, considered his options, bided his time, now in charge of League One’s 11th-placed Luton after four rounds of interviews. Knows the club, was there briefly as a kid pre-Arsenal, and has friends who are season-ticket holders and, very sensibly, has the experienced and popular Chris Powell as his assistant. Not short of decent left foots in the staff games. #LTFC #AFC #OTBC
Norwich City are making an official approach for Bristol City manager Liam Manning on Monday. Manning is Norwich’s No 1 target and compensation is around the £800k mark #ncfc #otbc #bcfc https://telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
