On The Ball - A show about Norwich City

An important announcement

22 Apr 2026

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Oh my goodness, I remember that voice ... I think.Michael Bailey gives an important On The Ball Podcast update.Never mind the danger. Hosted on Acas...

#208 OTB or not OTB

07 Apr 2026

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POINT OF ORDER: We're moving and this will be the last podcast on this feed. Please subscribe to 'OTB: A Norwich City Podcast' to continue listening —...

#207 Tattoo sleeves and water bottle hands

24 Mar 2026

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After a midweek blip, normal service under Philippe Clement was resumed for Norwich City as they took to The Valley to grind out a 1-0 win at the week...

206 Bend it like Kenny

17 Mar 2026

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As if 10 minutes of eulogising about him last week wasn't enough, On The Ball has more Kenny McLean saluting to do with his free-kick setting up a 2-0...

#205 Who needs cups when we’ve got Kenny?

10 Mar 2026

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And so the Norwich City FA Cup dream dies for another season — at Leeds United and at the hands of the man who last got the Canaries into a quarter-...

#204 Keeping it cool

03 Mar 2026

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Norwich City are marching into March with two 2-0 wins this week — the latest being a win at relegation (whatever that is) rivals Leicester on ...

#203 Slow starts and Josh departs

24 Feb 2026

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Some defeats are better than others and getting warmly clapped by all four sides of Carrow Road doesn't feel like the worst response to a defeat — w...

#202 Skin in the FA Cup game

17 Feb 2026

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They're at it again. Two more wins for Norwich City in two different competitions this week, the latest for Philippe Clement's juggernaut yellows comi...

#201 Will the real Slimane please stand up?

10 Feb 2026

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Winning: it's just what we do now. The On The Ball Podcast celebrates a sixth victory in eight to open up 2026, with a no-frills 2-0 success over Blac...

#200 Field (and podcast) of dreams

03 Feb 2026

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The double hundred is up for the On The Ball podcast and, in a serendipitous moment, it's a live deadline day special to mark the occasion!Ryan Liverm...

#199 In the zone and out of the zone

28 Jan 2026

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A podcast that's a day later than usual due to the thoughtlessness of the EFL schedule, but this was not a week to be missed. Norwich City are on fire...

#198 Ahmed, Makama and the Sargent drama

20 Jan 2026

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Stick that in your documentary. Norwich City are in the ascendancy again, with an impressive 2-1 win at in-form Wrexham keeping them on the right path...

#197 All we want for 2026 is...

07 Jan 2026

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The On The Ball Podcast returns for the new year to reflect on an up-and-down Christmas schedule for Norwich City — win, loss, win and finally, loss...

BONUS episode: The ChatGPT Get Banged story so far

23 Dec 2025

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A very merry Christmas to all listeners of the On The Ball Podcast! Our Christmas gift to you is all eight parts of ChatGPT Get Banged, our Norwi...

#196 A handy four points

16 Dec 2025

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And just like that, there is hope again. Norwich City have recovered from their Vicarage Road hangover by doing what little imagined they would last w...

#195 Sting in the Hornets' tail

09 Dec 2025

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Well, this feels new. The On The Ball Podcast reflects on another defeat for Norwich City but this time they were actually decent, before coming unstu...

#194 All for one, one four-point haul

02 Dec 2025

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The three musketeers of Ryan Livermore, Zoe Morgan and Daniel Brigham dissect the best week in recent Norwich City history, as an Oxford draw preluded...

#193 It's Clement-time

25 Nov 2025

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New manager, same old Norwich City. The On The Ball podcast is on hand again to react to a shoddy Canaries display, with their biggest defeat of the s...

#192 The end of an error

11 Nov 2025

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So long Liam Manning, we hardly knew ye. The On The Ball team reacts after an eighth (EIGHTH!) straight defeat at Carrow Road to start the season saw ...

#191 Lose, boos, nobody moves

04 Nov 2025

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Here we go again. The now familiar routine of a Norwich City defeat continued at Carrow Road on Saturday, as the Canaries fell 2-0 to Hull to make it ...

#190 The Crisis Pod Special

28 Oct 2025

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Desperate times call for desperate measures, so please indulge this concept album of On The Ball episodes: a football podcast that doesn't talk about ...

#189 Plunging new depths in our yellow submarine

21 Oct 2025

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Just when Liam Manning thought it couldn't get worse ... it got worse! The On The Ball podcast reacts to his Norwich City team succumbing to a sixth(!...

#188 The end of the great derby run

07 Oct 2025

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We hate to be the ones to break it to you, but Norwich City's long, long, 16-year unbeaten run against Ipswich Town is finally over after the Canaries...

#187 Dodging curries and derby worries

30 Sep 2025

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It wasn't fun and it wasn't pretty, but ultimately they did what they had to do. Not a description of this week's On The Ball podcast, but Norwich Cit...

#186 Get Wrex'd Mate

23 Sep 2025

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As if it couldn't get much worse after Saturday? There's a new episode of On The Ball!Ryan Livermore, Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan are joined by Radio N...

#185 Low block party

16 Sep 2025

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Can you have a party when you’ve conceded a 95th minute equaliser and only had one shot on target? No matter; On The Ball is taking some of the...

#184 Nunez betrays but Sargent stays

02 Sep 2025

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The On The Ball Podcast went all Sky Sports News for one episode only, reacting live to the closing of the window — with the main news being that a ...

#183 A bunch of fives

26 Aug 2025

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Saturday saw a second straight home defeat to start 2025/26 for Norwich City, and the On The Ball podcast picks apart the good, the bad and the Jacob ...

#182 Big Vlad's big day out

19 Aug 2025

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And the Liam Manning era has lift off. After opening weekend had some podcasts (not this one, obviously...) worrying about Norwich City's prospects th...

#181 Hitting the Wall on opening day

12 Aug 2025

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After the pre-season excitement came the inevitable disappointment of the action. The On The Ball podcast takes a look back at a (familiar) Norwich Ci...

#180 Manning, men in, and mystery: The 2025/26 Season Preview

06 Aug 2025

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New season! New manager! New players! New features! Same old podcasters banging on about Norwich City!The On The Ball Norwich City podcast is back for...

#179 The 2024/25 end of season review special

13 May 2025

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You didn't think we'd leave this season unfinished did you? The On The Ball team convene for one final time this season to talk through a weird Norwic...

#178 Gunn done, Onel gone-l, Hoff off & Wilshere here

29 Apr 2025

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Sometimes the end of a Norwich City season is all about the football, sometimes it's about the madness off it.This is definitely one of the latter, in...

#177 An Easter holiday on the beach

22 Apr 2025

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Zero points and eight conceded - that's probably not the Easter we all had in mind. Hot off the heels of a 1-3 defeat at Millwall, which itself came o...

#176 Popstars and the rivals

08 Apr 2025

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Is that it then? Well yeh, probably... Norwich City's play-off dream all but died on a sunny afternoon in Plymouth, as the Canaries lost 2-1 in a limp...

#175 Barry Thronking Sausage

18 Mar 2025

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The last couple of weeks haven't exactly gone as planned for Norwich City. But why review just one depressing result when you can pick the bones out o...

#174 An elbow to the jaw and a kick in the teeth

04 Mar 2025

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Is there anything worse than conceding a last-minute equaliser? Conceding a last minute equaliser when you've failed to run the clock down and you're ...

#173 Sargent majors again

25 Feb 2025

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Josh Sargent keeps scoring on Saturdays so the On The Ball podcast is forced to keep saying nice things about him. This week it was his brace that hel...

#172 Stacey's high kick and Doherty's tap dance

11 Feb 2025

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Oh Jack, what have you done...? The On The Ball podcast reacts to an impressive groin stretch from Norwich City's full-back but a less than impressive...

#171 Say hello to my little friend

28 Jan 2025

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And then, from nowhere, came five goals. Well, not quite nowhere - the return of Josh Sargent certainly helped. And the On The Ball podcast give a ret...

#170 Playing the long game

21 Jan 2025

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No goals, no shots on target...no worries? Ok, let's not go that far but the On The Ball podcast tries to make the case that things could be a lot wor...

#169 May the Fors be with you

07 Jan 2025

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Can all of 2025 be like that please? The year of On The Ball podcasts had no other option but to get off to a cracking start after the pandemonium at ...

#168 All I want for Christmas is...

17 Dec 2024

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It's the final On The Ball podcast of the year, but there hasn't been a huge amount of festive cheer on the pitch from Norwich City in the last week o...

#167 That's enter-ten-ment

03 Dec 2024

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Not a bad week to be a Norwich City fan, with 10 (ten) goals to shout about, to yield six very welcome points, which ended their winless run in emphat...

#166 A time to shine

26 Nov 2024

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As Norwich City ease out of their injury crisis (putting aside the news about the newly stricken Glen Riddersholm), the On The Ball podcast takes on a...

#165 Adding insults to injuries

12 Nov 2024

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How many times can you say the word 'injury' in one podcast? Well quite a lot, as it turned out in the latest episode of the On The Ball Norwich City ...

#164 The great levellers

29 Oct 2024

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Football doesn't get much more thrilling than that! The On The Ball podcast somehow tries to play the follow-up act to the insane topsy-turviness of a...

#163 Splat du jour

22 Oct 2024

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The On The Ball podcast returns from the international break to find Norwich City still hovering outside the Championship play-offs after a 1-1 draw a...

#162 Heaven and Hull

08 Oct 2024

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It's the feelgood pod of the year! Sometimes it's difficult to be anything but positive - and after a 4-0 win for Norwich City over Hull City, with so...

#161 The kids are alright

03 Sep 2024

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The contracts have been signed, the transfer requests have (hopefully) all been handed in and the window has shut. The On The Ball podcast assesses wh...

#160 Putting the fun in dysfunctional

20 Aug 2024

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13 goals in a week! Most of them for Norwich City! The On The Ball podcast glosses over last week's dodgy start at Oxord to pronounce the Hoff era as ...

#159 Kick it offal: a new era beckons

13 Aug 2024

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It's not that often that the On The Ball podcast gets to react to big on-the-day Norwich City news but the announcement that Delia and Michael would b...

#158 Hoff to a flyer

06 Aug 2024

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The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast is back and readying itself for The Hoff Era with a pre-season preview.Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan ...

#157 Signing Hoff for the season

24 May 2024

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It’s end of season party podcast time! The campaign is finally over, and the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast will see you to the conclusion in styl...

#156 A tight podcast on a tight 90

14 May 2024

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Let's be fair, that wasn't what we'd hoped for. The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast takes stock at the halfway stage of the play-off semi-final betwe...

#155 A double date with Daniel

07 May 2024

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Call off the trepidation - the top six spot is booked and the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast can start looking ahead to a date with the ex, as Danie...

#154 Don't say 'we made it' yet...

30 Apr 2024

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You will hear no presumptions made on this penultimate/not-penultimate On The Ball Norwich City Podcast for 2023/24. That's because the Canaries are n...

#153 Top Gunn and praying for sun

23 Apr 2024

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It's eight and out for the Canaries, as the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast assesses the game that ended the winning run at Carrow Road, the 1-1 draw...

#152 Tears, cheers and 15 years

09 Apr 2024

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Well...what were we worried about? An On The Ball Norwich City Podcast to enjoy about a game worth remembering, as the Canaries got (another) one over...

#151 Cornering the set-piece market

03 Apr 2024

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For the first time in quite some time, the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast does not follow a win, after the Canaries' 3-1 Easter Monday defeat at Lei...

#150 A statement win for a landmark pod

19 Mar 2024

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The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast turns 150 episodes old! And celebrated by doing what it's done for the previous 149 episodes: talking about the f...

#149 S-caping to victory

12 Mar 2024

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Five goals, five goalscorers beginning with S - some sort of sorcery... Episode 149 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast deals with the alliterativ...

#148 Sargent's on fire

05 Mar 2024

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...and Sunderland's defence, for one passage of play at least, were terrified. Episode 148 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast focuses squarely on...

#147 Adam and the eve of deadline day

30 Jan 2024

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The transfer window will dramatically slam shut on Thursday, and all the talk is suddenly about an Adam Idah move to Verona in Serie A. So naturally t...

#146 Play-off choices and panto voices

23 Jan 2024

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Episode 146 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast falls on that rarest of occasions: a two-win week for Norwich City.The most recent of those came i...

#145 Rowe-ing to Hull and back

16 Jan 2024

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So just how much do you allow a performance to gloss over a result? That's the main debate on Episode 145 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast, whi...

#144 'Tis the season to be Jonny

19 Dec 2023

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Episode 144 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast has more than one reason to be festive, after Jonathan Rowe's finest hour to date kept their unbea...

#143 Derby day memories and derby day dread

12 Dec 2023

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The return of the East Anglian derby looms large over Episode 143 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast, as the team pick some of their favourite ga...

#142 A win is a win

28 Nov 2023

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After a lovely goal decided a not so lovely game, Episode 142 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast asks whether points trump performances, as Norwi...

#141 Bonus pod: Best and Worst Webber signing XIs

23 Nov 2023

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If you've finished of the main course, then how about something from the dessert trolley? Episode 141 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast is a spe...

#140 The Stuart Webber years

21 Nov 2023

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In a special edition of the On The Ball Norwich City podcast, the crew look back at the six-and-a...

#139 Rovers and not out for David Wagner

07 Nov 2023

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It looked like the end, it smelt like the end, it wasn't the end. Episode 139 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast assesses a wretched couple of we...

#138 The trouble with Leeds, and the trouble with leads

24 Oct 2023

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How to rile a fanbase in 45 minutes? Episode 138 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast takes in the best of times and the worst of times as it looks...

#137 Victory by a matter of inches

18 Sep 2023

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The signs of things to come?... Episode 137 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast assesses the Canaries' early action and standout performances as t...

#136 The rumblings of a plan

14 Aug 2023

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The train has left the station... Episode 136 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast assesses the opening skirmishes of the new Championship season.M...

#135 Away we go again!

03 Aug 2023

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Let's do it all again... Episode 135 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast rings in the new Championship season and all the hopes and dreams you wou...

#134 And with that, it was finally over

09 May 2023

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Out of its misery... Episode 134 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast digests the Canaries' season finale - another defeat! - and surveys the resul...

#133 Fighting among ourselves

01 May 2023

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A tad inauspicious... Episode 133 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast digests the Canaries' defeat at West Bromwich Albion, as the campaign's fina...

#132 All out of bedsheets?

24 Apr 2023

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From bad to worse... Episode 132 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast picks the bones from the Canaries' latest unravelling - although there was a ...

#131 From Oz to Ramsey Bleat

17 Apr 2023

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A truly cracking Easter... Episode 131 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast picks the bones from the Canaries' three outings in terms of the men - ...

#130 The OK Player of the Season award

03 Apr 2023

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Play-offs...who needs 'em? Episode 130 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast looks back at another soporific day at Carrow Road this season, after d...

#129 Quiz & Crisps

20 Mar 2023

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The best double act since Teemu and Emi... Episode 129 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast reflects on the latest Canaries action, and then some.M...

#128 Trivial distractions

13 Mar 2023

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We're running out of trains... Episode 128 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast reflects on the latest Canaries action.Michael Bailey hosts alongsi...

#127 Que Sara Sara

06 Mar 2023

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Three flying victories and the 88-point train is still in tact... Episode 127 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast casts its eye over the latest Ca...

#126 City life through a Lens

21 Feb 2023

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A win, a draw and a loss since the previous podcast - what could be more Championship midtable than that?!... Episode 126 of the On The Ball Norwich C...

#125 Who doesn't love a reality check?

06 Feb 2023

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A humbling afternoon against Burnley, the closure of the transfer window and ready for Bristol... Episode 125 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast ...

#124 Cheer up David Wagner

24 Jan 2023

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Another win, four more goals, Krul's cap and Wagner's annoyance... Episode 124 of the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast casts its eye over the latest C...

#123 Wagnyess monster and ninety six points

16 Jan 2023

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 123 of On The Ball, as the crew casts its delirious eye over the latest Can...

#122 Wagner, Webber & the must good performance

10 Jan 2023

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 122 of On The Ball, as the crew returns for the new year! Thank goodness no...

#121 You can't sell beard of the year

19 Dec 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 121 of On The Ball, as the crew wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and signs...

#120 Karaoke in Neath

12 Dec 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 120 of On The Ball, as the crew returns to action following the World Cup b...

#119 Well fed & ready to break

14 Nov 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, is back to host episode 119 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the defeat at home to Mid...

#118 Brian Blessed be the wins

07 Nov 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, takes a break! So episode 118 of On The Ball is hosted by our own Canaries numberwang chi...

#117 Funny noises & shoulder passes

31 Oct 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 117 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship defe...

#116 Getting kicks from the Championship

24 Oct 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 116 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship draw...

#115 Formation fashions

10 Oct 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 115 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship draw...

#114 D-dum-dum-dum

03 Oct 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 114 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship vict...

#113 Flat and feisty

20 Sep 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 113 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship vict...

#112 Hucks & drums

05 Sep 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 112 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' EFL Championship vict...

#111 Hanley's gentleman agreement

29 Aug 2022

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Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, joins episode 111 of On The Ball, as the crew reviews the Canaries' Carabao Cup exit at t...