1-0.. At Last

Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Norwich City


NORWICH YOUNGSTER Korey Smith fired home with 13 minutes to go to hand the Canaries a deserved victory over Wycombe at Adams Park. The yellow and green army dominated the game throughout, and could have won by a far greater margin.

Simon Lappin, Russell Martin, Chris Martin and THE GROLT all found Wycombe 'keeper Scott Shearer in stunning form. Wycombe had clearly 'parked the bus' infront of the goal and would have been more than happy with a 0-0 draw.

MATT Phillips almost stole a lead when he latched onto Scott Davies' pass and smashed his shot against the post, only for it to rebound straight to Fraser Froster.

Moments later, WESLEY tied annother league one defender in knots, pulled the ball back to Smith, who slotted home.

Cue a huge sigh or relief with everyone who bleeds yellow and green. Norwich have finally leapfrogged Charlton. KEEP IT UP LAMBO'S ARMY!

GROLTY DOES IT AGAIN

SOUTHEND UNITED 0-3 NORWICH CITY

THE GROLT has the potential to join Norwich legends such as Iwan Roberts, Darren Huckerby and Chris Sutton.

The former Shrewsbury and Forest man bagged a brace to ensure Norwich returned from Essex with all three points.THE GROLT fired in after 68 minutes after brilliant work from the industrious Korey Smith. Smith himself smashed home nine minutes later having been set up by Chris Martin.

THE GROLT added his second and Norwich's third in injury time after Luke 'rapid' Daley had been brought down in the area by Alan McCormack.

The passion and determination GROLTY plays with means he has already indeared himself to the Carrow Road faithful, Holt is a clear legend in the making.

To win so convincingly at a place like Roots Hall is a clear sign of how far we have come, and it looks like we have finally learnt how to win on the road. COME ON YOU YELLOWS.

Too Easy

Paulton Rovers 0-7 Norwich City


MANY FOOTBALL fans will dismiss this victory as Norwich defeating an extremely poor side, but how many 7-0 wins do you see in the FA Cup? Not many.

Paulton Rovers started off well and took the game to their more illustrious opponents. Striker Rob Claridge-very much in the same mould as namesake Steve- put himself about well, and had a header blocked on the line by Michael Nelson. James Tyrell also had an effort tipped over the crossbar by England under 19 goalkeeper Declan Rudd. At this point in the match it looked very much like my nightmares could come true, and Paulton were going to achieve the unthinkable.

Then the non-leaguers commited the cardinal sin, they left THE GROLT unmarked at the far post. Holt heading in from a Korey Smith cross. Phew! Eight minutes later it was 2-0, in form Chris Martin slotted home from Hoolahan's inch perfect pass. With three minutes to go till the break, THE GROLT was again left unmarked and the former Shrewsbury man headed the game out of the Bristol side's reach.

Paulton improved in the second half and stopped the scoring untill the 73rd minute when Wes Hoolahan lashed into the top corner, to grab himself a deserved goal. Chris Martin then stole the show, adding three more before full-time. Martin tapped home from Cody McDonald's cross, curled in a free-kick and headed home from Jens Berthel Askou's cross to complete the rout.

Paulton Rovers did look extremely average, so this victory is not much to get excited about. But it will be a hell of a long time before I see Norwich score seven again. AND hey it was a nice change to see the BBC vidiprinter spell out our goals in letters for a change. Kick if off!

Super Chris

Chris Martin continued his superb start to the season as Norwich recovered from their Yorkshire heartbreak with a comfortable 1-0 win over Swindon Town.

Martin poked home on 32 minutes following a knock-down from the Doc, to secure our victory. Pleasing though the win was, making Danny 'mind games' Wilson eat his own words brought a huge smile to everyone involved with the canaries. Cheers Danny.

Since bursting on the scene as a raw 18 year old, with four goals to stave of a slight threat of relegation at the end of the 06/07 season. Martin has failed to cement a first team place, so spent a character-building loan season at Luton, where Martin managed to score 11 goals, and even grab a goal at Wembley.

Since this, Chris has come back to Carrow Road in inspired form and has already bagged five goals this term. Four comming in the league againt MK Dons, Bristol Rovers, Swindon and Leyton Orient, and one in the Johnstone Paint Trophy against Brentford.

Now the sound of 'Super, Super Chrisy Martin' are back at Carrow Road and here to stay.

Martin, alongside Korey Smith and George Francomb started the game at home to Swindon, and with Declan Rudd and Tom Adeyemi playing regular roles this season. These are all the latest along the Norwich production line from the same academy that have produced talents such as Chris Sutton, Rob Green and Craig Bellamy in recent years.