28.01.04 - LATEST LEAGUE TABLE

The updated league table shows that saturday's victory over Wimbledon keeps Norwich in touch with the top half of their Academy League group. Southampton, who secured an excellent victory at Arsenal in the Youth Cup last week, lead the table, followed by Charlton Athletic. The Academy enjoys a break from League action this week for "in-house training", with a return to action on February 7th when Millwall are due to visit Colney.

28.01.04 - YOUTH CUP PICTURES

We are grateful to photographer Roger Harris and Peter Rogers at Norwich City for allowing us to publish a small selection of pictures from the Youth Cup 4th Round game at Carrow Road on 20th January. A famous victory saw the youngsters earn a chance to face Manchester United in the fifth round. For more details click here or on the picture.

25.01.04 - GOOD FORM CONTINUES AGAINST THE DONS

Norwich City Under-19's continued the good form from Tuesday's Youth Cup win with a 2-1 success against Wimbledon at Colney on Saturday. Sammy Morgan rested some of tuesday's side as the older players in the form of Chick, Crane and Batt returned to the side. Lee Howlett scored the first and Danny Crow got his ninth academy goal of the season, both strikes coming in the first half. Schoolboy Andrew Fisk again put in a good performance in midfield.. For the full match report and a good selection of pictures click here or on the picture.

22.01.04 - WIMBLEDON UNDER-19 MATCH PREVIEW

Following the heroics of Tuesday evening at Carrow Road, its back to the bread and butter of the Academy League for the Norwich Under-19 side at Colney on Saturday. Wimbledon are the visitors for a 12 noon kick-off when the Canaries will be looking to avenge the 2-1 defeat inflicted by the Dons in November. The updated league table shows Wimbledon only just ahead of Norwich in the league, the Dons having lost 1-0 to Tottenham last weekend. It looks as though it should be a close game. With the first-team having an enforced break, why not try to get to Colney to cheer the lads on.

Action from last years match against the Dons at Colney

22.01.04 - ENGLAND CALL-UP

Hendo with his FONCY Coffee Mug

As recently reported in the local press, Ian Henderson has been selected for the England Under-19 squad to travel to Harderwijk in the Netherlands for a friendly international on February 17th. Hendo established himself in the England set-up when the side won the Lisbon International Tournament in Portugal in the summer. With the England Under-17 squad due to travel to Portugal at the end of February, Joe Lewis will be waiting to hear if he can continue his England career in February too. With Lee Blackburn also attracting the interest of the England scouts, it seems the national coaches are continuing to recognise the good work being done at Colney.

22.01.04 - RESERVES WIN AT COLCHESTER

Norwich City Reserves went to Colchester on wednesday afternoon and came back with an efficient, if not thrilling, 1-0 victory. A strong side gave a run-out to the players on the fringe of the first-team and rested the Under-18 team members who had won so well in the Youth Cup the night before. Nevertheless Adam Smith and Lee Blackburn were on the bench only hours after playing in the Sheffield United match. For the match report and pictures click here or on the picture.

21.01.04 - YOUTH EARN A DATE WITH MAN U

A great all-round team performance saw Norwich win through 2-0 in the F.A. Youth Cup at Carrow Road last night to earn themselves a date with ManU in the last sixteen. Lee Blackburn (pictured left) put in a typical all-action performance and grabbed the first goal just after half-time. Matthew Halliday added a second five minutes later to take the wind well and truely out of the Sheffield sails. After that City calmly maintained their lead and put out a side who Sammy Morgan had counted amongst the favourites for the Cup before the game. The date for the next round in Manchester still has to be fixed but has to be staged before February 20th. For the full match report click here or on the picture.

19.01.04 - YOUTH CUP MATCH PREVIEW

Norwich go into Tuesday's Youth Cup game at Carrow Road against Sheffield United (7pm kick-off) as the underdogs. The Blades are doing well both at Under-19 and Under-17 level in the Academy Leagues; add to that the fact that Ryan Jarvis misses the tie through injury and it is clear City will be up against it in their game of the season. However the magic of the Cup, and home advantage, will give The Canaries some hope of making the fifth round and a trip to the might of ManU. As reported in the local press, Sammy Morgan has named a squad of 13 for the match, with schoolboys likely to complete the squad.

City Squad: Lewis, Herbert, Willis, Halliday, Osborne, Watts, Howell, Blackburn, Howlett, Smith, Eagle, Crow, Fisk. With your webmaster hoping to be at Carrow Road in person, it will be at least wednesday evening before we are able to report on the game on this website - watch this space!

18.01.04 - WILLIS STRIKE NOT ENOUGH AT CHARLTON

Norwich City Under-19 went down somewhat unluckily 2-1 at Charlton on Saturday. Olly Willis put Norwich ahead, only for Charlton to strike back with two quick goals just before the break. Sammy Morgan mixed and matched his side with the Youth Cup game not far away on Tuesday evening. Joe Lewis, Nicky Howell and Danny Crow were rested completely while several other key players for tuesday didn't play the full game. 14 year-old Ardavan Djhansouzi came on as a substitute, probably the youngest ever player for Norwich at this level. For the full match report click here or on the picture.

15.01.04 - CHARLTON ATHLETIC UNDER-19 MATCH PREVIEW

The City Under-19 Academy side travel down to Charlton Athletic on Saturday in good spirits following their 1-0 win away at Spurs last week. The Canaries will be looking to avenge the 2-0 defeat that the Addicks inflicted on The Canaries at Colney in November. Equally it is the final test before the Youth Cup game against Sheffield United on Tuesday. The updated league table shows Charlton in second place in the table and the yellows can expect a difficult game. The game at Charlton's New Eltham Training Ground will kick-off at 12 noon. With our roving reporter planning to be at the game, we hope to bring you a full report with pictures on sunday evening!

Danny Crow in action against Charlton in November

14.01.04 - HENDO AND SMITH ON TARGET FOR RESERVES

Norwich City Reserves were back in competitive action for the first time in two months at Colney this afternoon against Cambridge United. Academy players joined the pros looking for match fitness in a strong looking side which drew 2-2 (Henderson, Smith) in an entertaining game. Cambridge included two former Academy Canaries on trial at Cambridge while Ryan Jarvis was stretchered off after picking up a first-half injury. Sammy Morgan must have been hoping to include Jarvis in next week's F.A. Youth Cup game, it remains to be seen whether his injury will prevent him playing in that game. For the full match report click here or on the picture.

14.01.04 - YOUTH CUP 5: MAN UTD v NORWICH OR SHEFFIELD UTD!

Today's draw for the fifth round of the F.A. Youth Cup presented the winners of the Norwich / Sheffield United tie at Carrow Road next Tuesday with the exciting propect of a trip to Manchester United in the next Round. United won through 2-0 against local rivals City at Old Trafford on Monday evening in front of 5547 spectators. The Canaries faced The Reds in the Youth Cup in their cup-winning season of 82/3, going through 1-0 at Old Trafford, but also lost there 1-0 in 95/6 at the 5th Round stage. Meanwhile, Sammy Morgan will undoubtedly be keeping Colney minds firmly fixed on the task ahead against Sheffield, which looks difficult enough in itself.

13.01.04 - EX-CANARY BLOIS TRIES HIS LUCK IN CANADA

Friends Of Norwich City Youth can reveal that former Academy player and FONCY Player Of The Year Lewis Blois is all set to fly out to Canada at the end of the week to have trials with Toronto Linx who play in the American A League. Former Canary Billy Steele, who now lives in Canada, has arranged the trial. Since being released by The Canaries Lewis had a spell with Kings Lynn before teaming up with several of his former teammates at Diss Town. These include Coren Hardy, Matthew Joynson and Lee Gilman. Everyone at FONCY would like to wish Lewis all the very best in Toronto and we hope to be able to bring you some news when he returns to Norwich later this month.

Lewis Blois in his Academy days

11.01.04 - CROW ON THE MARK AGAINST SPURS

The Under-19 Academy team got off to the best possible start in 2004 with a 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Danny Crow (pictured left) was again the hero, scoring his eighth Academy goal of the season to add to the two he got in the reserve friendly at Ipswich on wednesday. With Only 10 days to go before the Youth Cup Fourth Round tie against Sheffield United at Carrow Road, Sammy Morgan started with an Under-18 formation in preparation for the big cup game. For the full match report click here or on the picture.

07.01.04 - CROW DOUBLE AS RESERVES WIN FRIENDLY

Academy striker Danny Crow was twice on target when City Reserves produced a storming comeback to beat Ipswich Town 4-2 at Portman Road today. The game, which took place behind closed doors, came after an invitation from Town that coach Keith Webb was more than happy to accept with his side last being in action back in November. Despite having the lions' share of the first-half City found themselves a goal adrift at the break and it went from bad to worse after the interval when Town doubled their lead. Not long after Town had extended their lead the game was turned completely on its head with the Canaries scoring four goals in a five-minute frenzy. Crow was the first to open the visitors' account when he was brought down in the penalty area. Mark Rivers fancied his chances from the spot but Crow was having none of it as he placed the ball and calmly fired it past Nathan Abbey. Moments later Rivers got his name on the scoresheet when he drove the ball home after Dean Sinclair created the opening. It was then left to Sinclair to head City into the lead before Crow scored his second and City's fourth.

Danny Crow who scored twice at Portman Road

City Line-Up: Crichton, Briggs, Crane, Chick, Batt, Rivers [Willis], Easton [Smith], Sinclair Brennan [Halliday], Jarvis [Howlett], Crow.

06.01.04 - BACK IN ACTION AT SPURS ON SATURDAY

Action from Colney In November

The Under-19 Academy side will be back in action after their Christmas break on Saturday when they visit Tottenham Hotspur in the Academy League(11am kick-off at the Spurs Lodge in Chigwell). The young Canaries will be looking to avenge a 2-1 defeat at Colney in November. Norwich need the points to keep in touch with the top half of the league table, although Sammy Morgan will probably also be looking to prepare his side for the Youth Cup game against Sheffield United on January 20th, with only saturday's match and the visit to Charlton a week later on the fixture list before the next big Carrow Road date.

06.01.04 - MILLWALL AWAY FIXTURE REARRANGED

As advertised on the club website this week, the postponed fixture at Millwall in the Academy Under-19 league has been rearranged for Saturday April 17th with a 12 noon kick-off.