Norwich City Football Club - Al & Val's We Meet Again

Episode 18 - Al & Val talk Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers

December 09, 2020 Allan and Val Season 1 Episode 18
Norwich City Football Club - Al & Val's We Meet Again
Episode 18 - Al & Val talk Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers
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This Saturday top-of-the-table Norwich travel to former Premier League Champions, Blackburn Rovers - Plenty for Al & Val to discuss including;     1. Rovers title was bankrolled by local Millionaire Jack Walker - We talk wealthy investors and whether its time for Norwich to sell out;     2.  A promotion party and a low-key, but crucial, 1.0 pre-Christmas away win;     3.  The Champions pending knock City out of the 1912 FA Cup - Rovers had won it 5 times already including a win over Scottish opposition? - Val fancy a new Anglo-Scottish tournament;     4. We finished 3rd in 1992/93 despite a 7.1 thrashing at Ewood Park and a negative goal difference;     5. Chris Sutton and a British transfer record;     

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Al (Allan Kemp) - Norwich geek and exiled fan
Val (Val Tolhurst) - Upper Barclay season ticketer and 'super' fan

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Quick catch up - Val who would you support if you weren't a Norwich fan? - Also its impossible to avoid as we discuss the current injury crisis
Former Premier League winners were bankrolled by a wealthy owner - We debate investment in football and reflect on Norwich's future - Val would you invest if you had a few million / billion?
Last meetings - A promotion party. A glorious evening only made possible by grinding out 1.0's in the depth of winter such as the one at Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a tough place to go but Val has witnessed a win there courtesy of a Bradley Johnson thunderbolt
1912 FA Cup City lose to the pending Champions - Blackburn are rich in FA Cup history including a win against Scottish opposition, Queens Park - We debate if its time for a new Anglo-Scottish tournament
Norwich finish 3rd despite a 7.1 trashing at Blackburn
Chris Sutton - Norwich's record scorer in a top-flight season to earn a British transfer record to Blackburn - At £5m how times have changed
Final thoughts - Old boys Johnson, Bennett and Trybull await