27.02.05 - UNDER-19'S ALL SET FOR EXIT TRIALS

Olly Willis in action

Three of City's recently released Under-19's are all set to travel to Lilleshall this week for the Exit Trials. Adam Smith, Olly Willis and Nicky Howell will all be hoping to impress over the course of the 3 days, enough for them to be invited to trials at league clubs over the weeks ahead. Everyone at FONCY wishes all three players the very best of luck. The same goes for Lee Blackburn who earlier this month joined Cambridge United as a scholar until the end of the season and was on their first team bench as an un-used sub at the weekend.

19.02.05 - CITY DRAW WITH GUNNERS City's Under-18 side put in one of their best performances of the season on friday, drawing 1-1 at Arsenal. Indeed a win would not have been out of order as City had the better of large parts of the game. Schoolboy striker Chris Martin followed up his double strike last week with another goal. For the full report with photos click here or on the picture right.

19.02.05 - ARSENAL UNDER-16's 7 NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 1 It was a bad day at the office for City's Under-16's as they went down to a heavy defeat at the hands of their Arsenal counterparts. City's only goal came via an own-goal.

Adam Smith in Action

19.02.05 - ACADEMY CAREERS As reported on the Canaries website, Lee Blackburn has joined Cambridge United for the rest of the season after being released by the Canaries. Meanwhile Adam Smith, another third-year scholar who will not be kept on, has been on trial with Bournemouth, featuring in the Cherries 3-0 reserve defeat against Plymouth in midweek.

19.02.05 - SPILLANE INTERNATIONAL DEBUT As reported on this site earlier this week, Academy Schoolboy Michael Spillane did indeed make his debut at Under-17 level for the Republic of Ireland this week. Michael played the full ninety minutes against Slovenia on Thursday in a 2-0 win in Dublin. The match was one of two games the Irish played in the build up to their participation in the Under-17 European Championship Qualifying Group to be played in England over Easter. Whether schoolboy Spillane will feature in the competition remains to be seen.

Michael Spillane

13.02.05 - MARTIN LEADS CITY TO WIN City's Under-18 side got back to winning ways on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Colney. Schoolboy striker Chris Martin got both goals in blustery conditions at City's training ground. For the full report with photos click here or on the picture left. In the meantime next weekend's game at Arsenal has been pulled forward to Friday.

13.02.05 - NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 2 CRYSTAL PALACE UNDER-16'S 3 Gary Butcher fielded two Danish trialists in his starting line-up on Saturday as his side threw away a two goal lead. James Patterson and Bally Smart were City's scorers but with the wind to their advantage after the break Palace hit back to take the win.

13.02.05 - INTERNATIONAL DEBUT City are all set to add another international to their squad when Under-16 schoolboy Michael Spillane (pictured right) makes his debut for the Republic Of Ireland Under-17's in Dublin on Thursday. For more information click here or on the picture right. Everyone at FONCY would like to wish Michael all the best when he makes his international debut later this week.

06.02.05 - PLAYER PROFILES: ANDREW CAVE-BROWN As part of our "continuous improvement" efforts on the website, we are restarting our efforts to update the Academy Scholar player profiles. In line with John Landamore's matchday programme contributions we will regularly be looking to update our own player profiles. First up is Andrew Cave-Brown, who joined the Academy at the beginning of the season from Charlton. In an effort to catch up, the profiles of Joe Lewis and Adam Gusterson have also recently been updated.

06.02.05 - HAYNES SINKS CANARIES Ex-Canary Trialist Danny Haynes got the only goal of the game on Saturday as Ipswich ran-out 1-0 winners in the latest local derby at Under-18 level. City looked lively in the first half, with Robert Eagle (pictured right) a particular threat, but they could not get back into the game after Haynes' early strike. For the full report with photos click here or on the picture right.

06.02.05 - IPSWICH TOWN UNDER-16's 1 NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 2 City fielded no less than six trialists in their starting line up at Ipswich as they ran out 2-1 winners on Saturday. Just ten seconds into the game City opened the scoring through Luke Daley. Town hit back to make the scores level at the break but a superb strike from outside the area by Jamie Forshaw gave Gary Butcher's side the win.

Action from Colney

02.02.05 - IPSWICH MATCH PREVIEW City's Under-18 and Under-16 Academy sides travel down the A140 to Ipswich on Saturday for Academy local derbies (11am kick-off). The City teams will be looking to go one better than at Colney in November when both games finished 1-1 against our local rivals. At Under-18 level Chris Martin got City's goal in a tight game. Look out for a match report on the Under-18's game on this site on Sunday evening.