I've got to admit that when the League One fixtures came out for his 2009/2010 season I fancied going to places I'd never been before. And never would again.
For some reason Yeovil and Wycombe jumped out like a shot. Just what is a football club like Norwich doing at these grounds?
I know the City boys have played at both grounds before in the cups in the 80s and 90s, but league games? Do me a favour!
Last month on the day of the X-Factor finals I found myself in weird Yeovil. The town centre is pretty in places, but generally a ca.JPG)
se of the land time forgot. There's an Athena in the high-street, selling the sort of posters I would put on the back of my door as a spotty 14-year old.
I did try and find a laminated Belinda Carlisle poster for old times' sake - but it wasn't to be!!
We went for a drink in the Wetherspoons and didn't feel very safe and as for the meal we had on the way back to our Travelodge - it was disgusting!
I drove to the ground on the Saturday lunchtime and parked up - it's on the edge of town close to a retail park and spent the next hour mooching around the local Asda! The game itself was bizarre. The December sun setting over the main stand meant I couldn't see anything really until the second half and with the score at 2-2 it looked like a handy point until Yeovil took the lead in the last minute.JPG)
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That set the scene for a brilliant injury time equaliser from The Doc for the traveling army of City fans to leave with a smile on their faces.
That was four weeks ago - and last Saturday it was Wycombe with Gordo.
The ground is easy to find and with one whole end of City fans cheering on the boys in all white it was sure to be another memorable away day. The first game of the new decade, and, due to an FA Cup disaster at Carlisle last month, the first time in 50 years the Canaries had not been in FA Cup third round action..JPG)
We parked on a hillside and had a look around the small programme shop before the game - a real throwback to the 80s at Carrow Road for I recall a similar shop there.
We could almost see the car from our seats such was the steep gradient of the slope.
Watching the match was freezing - almost as cold as Huddersfield at home a couple of weeks ago, yet one City fan didn't seem to care, he shivered next to us in a pink short-sleeved polo shirt. His arms looked like a couple of big raw sausages after about half an hour!
As for the game, well home keeper Scott Shearer played a blinder and kept City out until the last 15 minutes when Korey Smith finally stuck one in.
Paul Lambert came on the pitch at th.JPG)
e end of the game and saluted the cheering faithful as we're now looking really good for promotion ad the very least.
Something tells me games at grounds like this really will be a thing of the past next season.
For some reason Yeovil and Wycombe jumped out like a shot. Just what is a football club like Norwich doing at these grounds?
I know the City boys have played at both grounds before in the cups in the 80s and 90s, but league games? Do me a favour!
Last month on the day of the X-Factor finals I found myself in weird Yeovil. The town centre is pretty in places, but generally a ca
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se of the land time forgot. There's an Athena in the high-street, selling the sort of posters I would put on the back of my door as a spotty 14-year old.I did try and find a laminated Belinda Carlisle poster for old times' sake - but it wasn't to be!!
We went for a drink in the Wetherspoons and didn't feel very safe and as for the meal we had on the way back to our Travelodge - it was disgusting!
I drove to the ground on the Saturday lunchtime and parked up - it's on the edge of town close to a retail park and spent the next hour mooching around the local Asda! The game itself was bizarre. The December sun setting over the main stand meant I couldn't see anything really until the second half and with the score at 2-2 it looked like a handy point until Yeovil took the lead in the last minute
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. 
That set the scene for a brilliant injury time equaliser from The Doc for the traveling army of City fans to leave with a smile on their faces.
That was four weeks ago - and last Saturday it was Wycombe with Gordo.
The ground is easy to find and with one whole end of City fans cheering on the boys in all white it was sure to be another memorable away day. The first game of the new decade, and, due to an FA Cup disaster at Carlisle last month, the first time in 50 years the Canaries had not been in FA Cup third round action.
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We parked on a hillside and had a look around the small programme shop before the game - a real throwback to the 80s at Carrow Road for I recall a similar shop there.
We could almost see the car from our seats such was the steep gradient of the slope.
Watching the match was freezing - almost as cold as Huddersfield at home a couple of weeks ago, yet one City fan didn't seem to care, he shivered next to us in a pink short-sleeved polo shirt. His arms looked like a couple of big raw sausages after about half an hour!
As for the game, well home keeper Scott Shearer played a blinder and kept City out until the last 15 minutes when Korey Smith finally stuck one in.
Paul Lambert came on the pitch at th
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e end of the game and saluted the cheering faithful as we're now looking really good for promotion ad the very least.Something tells me games at grounds like this really will be a thing of the past next season.
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