The Norwich City Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Henry Bullen damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Ali Ahmed's — 8.11
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.11, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Norwich City
Pelle Mattsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Norwich City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Ali Ahmed sends Norwich City past Oxford United
It finished 2‑1, and it was Ali Ahmed’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Norwich City.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Pelle Mattsson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Jovon Makama
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Oliver Cooper steps up from the Norwich City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Cooper has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Norwich City promote Timothy Hawkins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Hawkins has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Norwich City promote Peter Marshall from within
- Market Steven Davis steps up from the Norwich City academy
- Squad Norwich City pick somebody else ahead of Kenny McLean