Norwich City

Our quiz this week has an FA Cup flavour ahead of Norwich's third round tie against Bristol Rovers.

Here is Chris Goreham's question:

Can you name the last 5 different players to score in the FA Cup for Norwich City?

Tough one, that!

Give us your answers here.

It's just for fun.

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Two of Norwich City's joint-majority shareholders, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones have issued a statement in regard to an incident which happened at the East Anglian derby in December 2023.

Here is the statement in full:

Delia and Michael would like to thank all the Ipswich Town supporters who are still sending messages of support, and even flowers, after the event to apologise for what took place at the derby match on Saturday, 16th December.

There has been a very good relationship with Ipswich Town during our tenure of 28 years, and we are saddened that we are yet to receive a public apology.

Former Norwich City academy product Chris Martin is back at Carrow Road on Saturday with his Bristol Rovers side (15.00 GMT). It's an FA Cup third round tie.

Martin was a team-mate of Norwich City coach Andrew Hughes in his playing days and Hughes was on the pitch when Martin scored his first senior goal, in an FA Cup tie against Blackpool.

City boss David Wagner had his say on the Hughes/Martin reunion, plus his thoughts on treating the cup tie like a normal league game:

You can listen to a full interview with Norwich City head coach David Wagner on BBC Radio Norfolk's Yellow Friday (18.00 GMT, Friday).

Former Norwich City striker Chris Martin made his name at Carrow Road with a goal in an FA Cup tie against Blackpool in 2007.

He has been speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham ahead of his Bristol Rovers side facing the Canaries in the FA Cup at Carrow Road on Saturday (15.00 GMT).

Norwich City host League One Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup third round on Saturday at Carrow Road (15.00 GMT).

Canaries' head coach David Wagner has been speaking to the press ahead of the game.

Here are some of the key points:

• No new injury worries ahead of the game

• Defender Dimitris Giannoulis is fit to start after recovering from a facial injury

• Midfielder Jacob Sorensen is also available to play in the cup tie

• Wagner said there will there will be changes to the squad during the transfer window, he indicated that some younger players could go out on loan

• It's been a year since Wagner took over as City manager, he said he's loved his first 12 months at the club and it's now time "to push for more"

• Wagner said he is a fan of the oldest cup competition in the world: "I like this FA Cup competition, we have already sold 18 thousand tickets. It's been a long time since we've had a home game (in the third round)"

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Former Norwich City striker Chris Sutton has posted his regular BBC Sport score predictions.

Sutton had this to say about the Canaries FA Cup third round tie against League One Bristol Rovers on Saturday (15.00 GMT):

Another of my former clubs, Norwich, had 25% possession at home to Southampton on New Year's Day. That's OK when they are playing a big club in the Premier League but, in the Championship, that just isn't acceptable. I don't really know what is going on under David Wagner, but it isn't going very well.

I am going to refer to the Canaries v Bristol Rovers as the 'Dave Williams derby' after the former Norwich player and assistant manager who came to Carrow Road from Rovers in the 1980s and had a major influence on my career when I was a youngster.

It's a nice connection for this tie but Norwich have to win it. They probably will, and by a deflected goal, but it has all been a bit underwhelming by them this season.

Striker Chris Martin came through the ranks at Norwich City and made his name scoring his first senior goal against Blackpool in the FA Cup.

On Saturday, he returns to Carrow Road with his current club Bristol Rovers for a third round tie (15.00 GMT).

He told BBC Radio Norfolk that he will have plenty of support at his former home ground:

You can hear a full interview with Chris Martin on BBC Radio Norfolk's Breakfast Show with Chris Goreham on Friday from 06.00 GMT.

Listen on BBC Sounds here.

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Norwich City begin their FA Cup campaign on Saturday when they host League One Bristol Rovers at Carrow Road (15.00 GMT).

The Canaries have reached the semi-finals on three occasions, the last time was in 1992.

Their most memorable run was in 1959 when they made it to the final four of the competition before losing to Luton Town at St Andrew's in a replay.

What are your stand-out Canary FA Cup memories?

We'd love you to get in touch here to tell us.

You can listen to a special programme about the ‘59 Cup run here.

Norwich City supporters have been discussing the Canaries' tactics in the 1-1 draw with Southampton on New Year's Day.

City played with three central defenders, had limited possession and soaked up the pressure, but they did come away from the game with a Championship point.

The returning Josh Sargent scored Norwich's goal, here's what he had to say about the new system:

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On this day - 4 January 1992

A Robert Fleck penalty gave Norwich a 1-0 win over Barnsley at Carrow Road in the FA Cup third round.

It was the start of a memorable run for the Canaries, which saw them reach their second semi-final in the space of three years.

They were ultimately beaten by Sunderland in the last four at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium.

Here are their results in the tournament that season:

Third round - Barnsley (H) 1-0

Scorer: Fleck

Fourth round - Millwall (H) 2-1

Bowen, Fleck

Fifth round - Notts County (H) 3-0

Sutton 2, Phillips

Sixth round replay (after extra time): Southampton (H) 2-1

Newman, Sutton

Semi-final: Sunderland (N) 0-1

Ashley Barnes has been an important player for Norwich City this season, but he was left out of the squad for the draw against Southampton on New Year's Day.

The 34-year-old striker was taken off during the defeat at Millwall, this appeared to be to avoid him being sent-off following a couple of flare-ups with opposition players.

Defender Shane Duffy was rested for that Millwall match, but was back for the Southampton game at Carrow Road.

Head coach David Wagner has been explaining his decision to rotate the squad:

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On this day - 3 January 2009

Norwich City met fellow Championship strugglers Charlton Athletic in an FA Cup third round tie at The Valley.

Jonjo Shelvey gave the Addicks the lead and City manager Glenn Roeder said he was a player who had a big future:

"I think the lad [Shelvey] has got Premiership class stamped all over him, it was an absolutely fabulous strike, gave Marshy no chance."

Italian striker Arturo Lupoli equalised for Norwich and the replay was set for 14 January.

Norwich lost that game and in the following days Roeder was sacked.

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In Russell Martin's eight seasons as a Norwich City player, as well as being a decent right-back, he was also the self-appointed spokesperson: eloquent, to the point, and never afraid to dish out a few home truths. As such, he was always the one handed the poison chalice when someone was needed to go out and explain away a stinker of a performance.

Nowadays, as a manager, he gets even more opportunities to hear his own dulcet tones.

Some of it is just Russ being Russ – super-confident, jabbering away etc – but when, as Southampton's manager, he described Monday's atmosphere at Carrow Road as 'as flat as I've ever seen', it’s fair to say that he meant it and it wasn’t just the result of his bitterness at City taking two points from the buoyant Saints.

City's joint owner, Delia Smith - an open critic of "20 per cent whingers" within the City support - will probably blame the fans for the quiet atmosphere as they watched their team grab a highly unlikely point, but she should probably look a little closer to home. I suggest about 15 rows down from her perch in the directors' box, where stands one David Wagner.

Delia famously (and bizarrely) wishes we were more like Portsmouth supporters who apparently "even sing and chant when they are 6-0 down" but I challenge even Pompey's finest to strike up the 'chimes' if forced to watch what was on offer at Carrow Road on Monday afternoon.

To put it into context, Wagner's setup was so ultra-defensive that it took his players seven (that's seven) minutes to touch the ball in their opponent's half of the pitch; so ultra-defensive that lone striker Hwang Ui-jo needed a mobile phone to communicate with his teammates; and so ultra-defensive and deep-sitting that the front row of the Barclay had Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, and Kenny McLean for company.

With that in mind, no one will be surprised to hear we had just 25 per cent of the possession, which included Angus Gunn and the three aforementioned centre-backs playing keep-ball for five-minute spells.

It was THE most defensive, dour, unimaginative, and negative performance that many, if not most, City fans had ever seen.

Yes, they earned a point but at what cost?

Russ Martin, like the rest of us, can remember when Carrow Road used to be a fun place. Even though he probably won’t admit it.