30.04.05 - FULHAM WIN LAST DAY TUSSLE Norwich City's Under-18 side lost their last league game of the season 1-0 against Fulham at Colney today. It was very much a repeat of last week's defeat against Coventry as the visiting keeper put in a great performance and Fulham sneaking it with a second-half goal. With your webmaster away in Denmark a full report will not be posted until after May 9th, but we hope you enjoy this selection of photos from the game.

25.04.05 - NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 2 FULHAM UNDER-16's 3 The Under-16's lost 3-2 to their Fulham counterparts on Saturday.

Training Kit

27.04.05 - OPEN DAY DRAWS NEAR The Annual Open Day at Carrow Road is drawing near, and with it FONCY's busiest and most lucrative day of the year. The committee is currently working hard to prepare the various events for the day. Firstly there will be the FONCY stall. FONCY have again raided Colney for old training kit and Terry Postle has been very generous with a large selection of training kit from your favourite players available at very fair prices. Also available will be a new FONCY Coffee Mug. Always a FONCY favourite, the new Coffee mug commemorates the Academy graduates who have this year made their Premiership debut. Messrs Shackell, Henderson, Jarvis and Crow are featured on a limited edition Mug which will be available at a cost of only £5.

Then of course we will have the traditional FONCY Memorabilia Auction. While the catalogue is still being finalised we are hoping to add a signed pair of personalised Darren Huckerby football boots to many other gems on the day. The normal selection of autographed shirts will be available, including those of Dean Ashton and Jason Shackell together with many other first team players. The draft auction catalogue is still very much open to change. The day will be rounded off with the draw for the 2005 FONCY Raffle. Tickets are selling fast - have you bought yours yet? Make sure you see the FONCY team at the Open Day and contribute to our fundraising efforts, all for the benefit of the Academy.

2005 Coffee Mug

27.04.05 - TOURNAMENTS TAKE SHAPE

	The Academy, supported by FONCY, are sending teams to two foreign tournaments in the next few weeks and the group draws have now been made. Two teams travel to the Norhalne Cup in Denmark from 5th - 7th May. The Under-12's (born after 1.1.93) face Brondy, Hammelev, Malmo, Boo FF and Aalborg in an otherwise Scandanavian group.
The Under-13's (born after 1.1.92) face Trelleborgs, Rushdens and Diamonds, Aalborg, Emmen (NL) and Frigg Oslo.

One week later (May 14th/15th) a team will be travelling to France to contest the Roger Heneman Trophy in Baisieux, near Lille. The organising club is A.S. Baisieux Patro. In France Norwich will face Nantes, Randers (Denmark), Mouscron (Belgium) and the hosts in their group. FONCY plans to be represented at both tournaments and we hope to bring you full reports on this site during the course of May.

25.04.05 - SPILLANE AND MUDDEL PROFILES John Landamore carries on his look at some of next year's new scholars with two new player profiles today. Ireland Youth International Michael Spillane and local schoolboy Seb Muddel are the latest players to be featured with David Williams' comments and the obligatory question and answer session.

25.04.05 - COVENTRY TAKE THE POINTS Norwich City Under-18's went down 1-0 to Coventry City at Colney on Saturday in their penultimate league game of the season. Despite a good performance by the Canaries a late goal was enough for Coventry to secure the points and the title in their Academy group. For the full match report with photos click here or on the picture right.

25.04.05 - NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 0 COVENTRY CITY UNDER-16's 2 The Sky Blues made it a double victory at Colney on Saturday with their Under-16's running out 2-0 winners.

17.04.05 - SMART EQUALISER Norwich City Under-18's earned themselves a point against Cardiff City at the University of Glamorgan on Saturday. South African schoolboy Bally Smart followed up his brace last week with an 80th minute equaliser to keep his good run of form going. For the full match report click here or on the picture left.

17.04.05 - CARDIFF CITY UNDER-16's 2 NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 0 Gary Butcher's City Under-16 side went down 2-0 to their Cardiff counterparts on Saturday.

14.04.05 - SPILLANE SELECTED FOR IRELAND Academy schoolboy Michael Spillane has again been selected for a Republic of Ireland youth squad. Spillane, all set to join up as an Academy Scholar next season, travels to Dublin (injury allowing) for Saturday's Under-16's double header friendly against Nothern Ireland at Home Farm. Michael appeared a year above his age-group in the UEFA Under-17 Qualifying group for Ireland in March and now Under-16 coach Vincent Butler takes the chance to take a look at our Academy product.

Michael Spillane

13.04.05 - CHRIS MARTIN PLAYER PROFILE Chris Martin has made his mark as a striker at Colney this season and this while he is still at school. John Landamore picks the strike for his latest player profile. To read what John has to say, comments from David Williams and the obligatory Q+A with the player click here or on the picture right.

13.04.05 - BRISTOL CITY MATCH PHOTO GALLERY As promised we can now present a further selection of photos from Saturday's 2-0 victory at Colney over Bristol City. FONCY Webmaster Paul Standley was on a rare visit to Colney and supported John Landamore on photographer duties. For the photo gallery please click here or on the picture right.

11.04.05 - SMART DOUBLE SHOOTS DOWN THE ROBINS

City's Academy Under-18 side returned to winning ways on Saturday with a 2-0 victory against Bristol City at Colney on Saturday. Bally Smart was the star of the show with the South African schoolboy scoring both goals in a hard-fought win. For the full report with photos click here or on the picture left. A further selection of photos will be published here later this week.

11.04.05 - NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 2 BRISTOL CITY UNDER-16's 2 Gary Butcher's side shared the honours with their Bristol City counterparts at Colney on Saturday. The goalscorers for Norwich were Luke Daley and trialist Matthew Pilgrim.

03.04.05 - CITY LOSE OUT TO THE BLUES Norwich City Under-18's lost 2-1 in Birmingham yesterday as the Academy games went into their final phase of the season after the Easter break. Third year Nicky Howell hit an equaliser and City went on to miss some good chances before the Blues hit the winner fifteen minutes before the end. For the full match report click here or on the picture right.

03.04.05 - BIRMINGHAM CITY UNDER-16's 0 NORWICH CITY UNDER-16's 0 Gary Butcher's City Under-16 side battled out a 0-0 draw against their Birmingham counterparts on Saturday.

03.04.05 - EASTER INTERNATIONAL UPDATE

Michael Spillane

The Easter period saw two UEFA Championship Qualifying groups being staged in England at Under-19 and Under-17 level with Norwich having players in both competitions. Ryan Jarvis had two starts for England Under-19's against Sweden and Moldova (both 1-0 wins). Although Jarvis failed to score, he helped England qualify for the UEFA Championship finals in Northern Ireland in July. Michael Spillane played in all three Republic of Ireland Under-17's games in their UEFA qualifying Group in England. Although the Irish failed to win the group to qualify, Michael is sure to have gained lots of experience from the games against Northern Ireland, Bosnia and England. The game against England was played in front of a 3,500 crowd at Walsall but did see Michael pick up a red-card late on for a foul as an England player broke though.