Claud Letts

From Bayern to Brentford: Norwich City since 1992
As Concrete reaches its 25th birthday, the university’s local football club, Norwich City, have enjoyed tremendous highs and heart-aching lows. This has included the club’s most successful campaign during the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season, its demoralising relegation to League One, and its recent revival and reputation as a yo-yo club between the Premier League and Championship. The 1992-93 season of the Premier League remains City’s finest in the top flight. The Canaries emerged as tenacious title challengers. Inspired by the management of maverick Mike Walker, they were seven points clear at the top by Christmas. However, Norwich faltered in the final weeks to finish third behind Manchester United and Aston Villa. The following season, the Canaries enjoyed their most famous victory in the UEFA Cup, defeating the heavily fancied Bayern Munich 2-1 away from home. However, Norwich’s success resulted in the departure of Walker to Everton and top scorer Chris Sutton soon followed to Blackburn for a national record £5m. City struggled to maintain their purple patch, and were relegated at the end of the 1994-95 season, ending their nine-season run in the top flight. Regaining promotion to the Premier League proved a bigger challenge than initially expected for the Canaries, with a series of mid-table finishes. Chairman Robert Chase, responsible for steering City through its most successful period in history, was called to step down by supporters due to a succession of player sales and disappointing results, leading to the beginning of the Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones period. Not even the return of club legend Mike Walker or the capture of former Arsenal manager Bruce Rioch improved the club’s fortunes. By December 2000, they were in danger of suffering another relegation, this time to the third tier. Smith installed Nigel Worthington as manager, which proved to be a turning point for the club. Worthington steered Norwich to safety, and the following season, led the Yellows to the play-off final, where they lost on penalties against Birmingham City. After nearly ten years away, Norwich returned to the Premier League as champions of the 2003- 04 Division One. However, their return to the top-flight was brief, as the club struggled for much of the 2004-05 campaign, with it ending in relegation after a 6-0 defeat away to Fulham. Despite being pre-season favourites for an immediate return, Norwich struggled to challenge for promotion as results plummeted. Eventually, Worthington was sacked in October 2006. The Canaries then experienced their worst period in recent club history. Suffering relegation to League One in the 2008-09 season, City lost 7-1 to East Anglian rivals Colchester United in the first game of the season, resulting in the sacking of club legend and manager Bryan Gunn. Colchester’s manager, Paul Lambert, was announced as Gunn’s replacement, and led the club’s revival back to the Championship as League One champions. Lambert then led City to back-to-back promotions from the third tier to the first, as they finished second thanks to the firepower of Grant Holt up front. Holt’s goal-scoring record did not stop there, bagging fifteen goals in the Premier League as City achieved a comfortable mid-table finish. Chris Hughton’s reign, although starting with a bad run of form, oversaw a club record unbeaten run in the Premier League, securing Norwich’s top flight survival. However, the Canaries struggled without Holt’s goals after he moved on to Wigan, and were subsequently relegated back to the Championship in the 2013-14 season. Their stay was brief as Alex Neil guided them to promotion once again, although this was only to be a temporary relief, as Norwich ended the 2015-16 season relegated to the Championship yet again. Norwich celebrating winning First Division title in 2004, commons.wikimedia.org, Dweller
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From Bayern to Brentford: Norwich City since 1992

As Concrete reaches its 25th birthday, the university’s local football club, Norwich City, have enjoyed tremendous highs and heart-aching lows. This has included the club’s most successful campaign during the inaugural 1992-93 Premier League season, its demoralising relegation to League One, and its recent revival and reputation as a yo-yo club between the Premier League…

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Norwich still outside play-off spots

Norwich City’s unbeaten home form in 2017 continued with an emphatic 5-1 victory over struggling Nottingham Forest and an impressive 2-2 draw with Championship leaders Newcastle. The Canaries also drew 1-1 at home to rivals Ipswich on Sunday. However, their inability to kill off the lower teams away from home continues to haunt them after…

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Claud Letts Music can represent a meaningful moment in your life, something indescribable by words, much like sex.  Here are the songs to listen to when making love… ‘Darling Nikki’ – Prince Prince’s music was designed to get you into bed.  The raw, live feel of the song is engineered deliberately compared to the romantic,…

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The Canaries should back under-fire boss to turn season around

The decision from the Norwich City board to keep Alex Neil as manager of the Canaries may come as a surprise to many supporters, after widespread rumour that he was facing the sack before Christmas. As City’s play-off credentials falter, a large section of the Norwich faithful have expressed their distrust in Neil after what…

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Neil feels pressure as City slump continues

Norwich’s inconsistent form in the Championship continued over the festive period with the Canaries taking 10 points from a possible 18 available, although they remain outside the play-off places. City fans will be hoping that 2017 brings out some better performances  particularly away from home. Norwich have improved at home, however, with their three victories…

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