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TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Paddy Davitt: Dean Smith’s demise is a sad City story
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Paddy Davitt: Dean Smith’s demise is a sad City story

Goodbye, Dean. Not sure you will be missed by too many Norwich City fans.  A head coach who won fewer games in charge than Glenn Roeder, and seemingly fewer friends

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX PODCAST: No dressing it up, City
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PODCAST: No dressing it up, City

The latest edition of the Pinkun podcast got stuck into the good and the persistently bad after Norwich City’s 3-2 Championship defeat to Preston. Host Connor Southwell was joined by

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations from the Canaries’ 7-0 Championship rout against Huddersfield
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Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations from the Canaries’ 7-0 Championship rout against Huddersfield

Group Football Editor Paddy Davitt delivers his Huddersfield verdict after Norwich City’s 7-0 Championship romp. 1. Perfection Not quite. Just after the final whistle of Norwich’s record-busting romp against Huddersfield

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX ‘Maybe I send Teemu out on loan’ – Farke’s classic banter on Idah heroics
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‘Maybe I send Teemu out on loan’ – Farke’s classic banter on Idah heroics

Daniel Farke admitted the chances of Adam Idah being allowed to leave Norwich City on loan took a major hit, following his starring hat-trick role in a 4-2 FA Cup

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Stuart Webber’s verdict on being linked with £15m targets
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Stuart Webber’s verdict on being linked with £15m targets

Sporting director Stuart Webber is busier than ever planning for the Premier League. But he found time to sit down with Group Football Editor Paddy Davitt at Colney. Stuart Webber

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX James Maddison sale averted ‘disaster’ at Norwich City
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James Maddison sale averted ‘disaster’ at Norwich City

Norwich City’s sporting director Stuart Webber admits it would have been a ‘disaster’ if James Maddison’s club record move was wrecked through injury. The Canaries have sealed a Premier League

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Opinion: Paddy’s PROMOTION Pointers after Blackburn 2-1 win
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Opinion: Paddy’s PROMOTION Pointers after Blackburn 2-1 win

Our Norwich City correspondent Paddy Davitt delivers his Blackburn Rovers verdict after the Canaries’ promotion-clinching 2-1 Championship win 1. Magnificent What a way to seal Norwich City’s place in the

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Opinion: Canaries right to plan for Premier League
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Opinion: Canaries right to plan for Premier League

Daniel Farke may have declared Norwich City’s season a success, after beating Rotherham United, but it is clear he has loftier ambitions in mind. Sealing promotion to the Premier League

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Video: Middlesbrough (a) – Paddy’s take down
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Video: Middlesbrough (a) – Paddy’s take down

Paddy delivers his video verdict and conducts a paper review of Boro 0-1 City - March 30 2019

TALES FROM THE PRESS BOX Opinion: Lambert and Farke united by more than shared history
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Opinion: Lambert and Farke united by more than shared history

Paul Lambert’s return as Ipswich Town boss provides a fascinating contrast with Daniel Farke. Paddy Davitt detects plenty of common ground between the rivals.

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