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 Carrow Road on Saturday, Amankwah Forson's two injury-time goals completing a miraculous 2-1 win over Coventry.
Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham relive a crazy five minutes and salute a new hero, try and make sense of that Onel assist, and take delight in throwing caution to the wind. Plus catching up on the Christmas backlog, featuring plenty of praise for Marcelino Nunez and Shane Duffy.
And there's still time for Godfrey in the bad books, a not-so-fond farewell to Barnes and Fassnacht, some farming fun, spitting madness and which Norwich City players you could lift. 2025 has well and truly begun!
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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 or two, culminating in Sunday's 2-1 defeat at home to Burnley. So the panel take matters into their own hands...
Steve Sanders, Ryan Livermore, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham finish with the week's woes and the FA's strange retrospective four-match ban for Kenny McLean to take on the more enjoyable task of looking back at some of the big moments of 2024 and putting in a few wishes for the year ahead, including winning at Elland Road and the end of Samba De Janeiro as we know it (note: these may not be the views of the entire panel).
Plus, wins, fails and hay bails in the latest Farming Simulator update, Wagner's cry of 'get it in the box' gets another airing, plenty of mooing and a long overdue mention for Stuart Nelson. Enough merriment to see you through to the New Year!
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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 emphatic style.
Ryan Livermore takes over hosting responsibilities, and is joined on the panel by Steve Sanders and Dan Brigham, to discuss a potential coming of age moment for Ante Crnac, bask in more Sainz ridiculousness, ponder how to get four into three in the Canaries' midfield, and all smugly agree that they'd rather not be in the top six if it means just watching some fun football thanks.
Plus, the greatest new feature on farming you'll hear on a podcast this season, goats on trampolines, the rise of the dressing room dirge, the impossible choice between Stephen Fry and Ed Balls, and focusing on Ashley Barnes' hair...obviously.
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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 more optimistic tone, following a creditable 2-2 draw away at West Brom at the weekend.
Steve Sanders is joined by Zoe Morgan, Ryan Livermore, and BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham to herald a goal for Emi Marcondes, the successful return of Jack Stacey, and Hoffball twitching back to life.
Plus, Chris stands up for the goalkeepers' union, Kenny returns with what could be his biggest apology yet, Alex Neil and the hostage situation, and Ryan's 'time to shine' comes back around again in a fiendishly difficult quiz.
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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 podcast.
It followed a 2-0 defeat to Bristol City, Norwich City's third loss in a week, a week in which they've had to do without Angus Gunn, Kenny McLean, Marcelino Nunez, Josh Sargent and a supporting cast. Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham lament their collective and individual losses, and try to keep some perspective in amongst it all.
Plus, rating the Hoff's first 15 games, a new feature with the update you didn't know you needed on Moritz Leitner's Instagram, filling up Anis Ben Slimane with fuel, Dan has the unenviable choice of Warnock or Wilder, and huge news from the world online farming.
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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 week of following Norwich City, which culminated in a 3-3 comeback draw against Middlesbrough on Sunday.
Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Maddie Mackenzie get their heads together to pour praise on the comeback Canaries, reminisce about those Sainz goals, tackle the George Long problem, discuss penalties, red cards and own goals, and generally agree that it's all a lot of fun at the moment.
Plus, Shane Duffy goes marauding, Delia & Michael hang up their scarves, The Athletic's Nick Miller reminds us that Norwich possesses a church and a giant rotating screen, we give Maddie five minutes on Lungi, and Dan's 'hot source' reveals what ties Splat The Cat to Iwan Roberts...
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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 at Stoke City.
Obviously, that's not the most momentous result of the season, so once host Steve Sanders and guests Zoe Morgan and Craig Draycott are done assessing Crnac's debut goal, the loss of Marcelino Nunez and the lobworthiness of George Long, they set about investigating the important stuff: the whereabouts of Splat The Cat.
And there's still time for some post-Jack Wilshere arrival chat, the latest Glen love-in, a baby Emiliano correction, and Craig takes on one of the great questions of our time in Gunn To The Head...Kenny or Tettey?
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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 some free-flowing, progressive football under a new coach, The On The Ball podcast has come over all glass-half-full.
Host Steve Sanders, and guests Dan Brigham, Ryan Livermore and The Pink Un's Connor Southwell, get the joy of talking high presses, winning midfield battles, wind-assisted penalty misses, Sainz's explosion in form and Kamara's less than warm welcome.
Plus, breaking our silence on the unsilence, The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke becomes the first person ever to pick out Frankie & Benny's as a Norwich highlight, Connor talks corners (specifically his hatred for short ones), we remember Dion Dublin's farewell tour and Javier Garrido's one great cross, and Dan promptly forgets everything that was discussed in the previous hour during Ryan quiz.
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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 whether an eventful window went well or not for the new look Norwich City and their eight fresh-faced signings, or whether they'll miss the newly departed Jonny Rowe and Abu Kamara.
Of course the optimism levels of host Steve Sanders, and guests Ryan Livermore and Craig Draycott, were helped by a 1-0 win for the Canaries at Coventry, their first in the league this season. The panel discuss some no-nonsense Doyle defending, the new fad of looking composed in possession, and the delight of half-time subs who can change a game.
Elsewhere, features old and new as Craig makes a case for seedless cup draws, and Ryan is forced to choose between Glenn Roeder and Dean Smith in 'Gunn To The Head'. Plus the Croatian for 'buttons', the Spanish for 'Ken Aboh' and a couple of nice reminders of the existence of Dani Pacheco - all in the latest episode of On The Ball!
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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 up-and-running, with a 4-3 win against Stevenage and a 2-2 draw with Blackburn.
And it's all change in the presenter's chair, with Ryan Livermore stepping in as host and Steve Sanders joining Zoe Morgan on the panel. The three of them discuss the heralding of youth, Forson forcing his way in, the problem with Shane Duffy, and the rise of Good Vibes FC for 2024/25.
Plus, Derby County fan Ryan Dilks of The Second Tier podcast shares what the point of Norwich City is (spoiler: lots of love for Wes Hoolahan), our Ryan's quiz is all about the Onel drought, all the Idah stuff we missed out last week, changing the headbutt law, and a very shallow dive into the life and times of Richard Ressler.
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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 be passing ownership over to Norfolk Holdings (not a haulage company) was just that. The dawning of a shiny new era, and the sun setting on a truly historic one.
It all gave Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham a handy distraction from the sad stuff - things like the first-day humbling at the Kassam, Grant Hanley and Shane Duffy still being a thing, and Jonny Rowe heading to the naughty step (or, as it's more accurately known, the U21s training ground), and possibly the south of France.
Plus, football author and broadcaster Daniel Gray tells us 'What Is The Point of Norwich City?', managerial fashionistas, Notting Hill, and the start of new feature 'Brad Hills To Die On', featuring Zoe going in two-footed on players who won't use two feet.
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