28.03.06 - INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Ireland Under-17's made the best possible start to their UEFA qualifying tournament yesterday in Dublin. With Norwich's Michael Spillane at the heart of the defence the Irish beat Romania 4-0 with all the goals coming in the second half. Their next game is against Israel on Wednesday evening.

28.03.06 - CITY BEAT LEAGUE LEADERS Norwich Under-18's achieved a notable victory on Saturday, winning 1-0 away at Academy Group leaders Southampton. Chris Martin scored the winning goal in what was only the third league defeat for the Saints this season. For the match report and team line-ups click here or on the picture left.

23.03.06 - SPILLANE IN DUBLIN

Academy youngster Michael Spillane looks forward to a week in Dublin next week as he joins up with the Irish Under-17 squad for their UEFA Championships Elite qualifying group. Israel, Serbia & Montenegro and Romania are also in Dublin for the round-robin tournament with the winners qualifying for the finals in Luxembourg in May. Michael will be looking to continue his good form in the recent Algarve Cup where he scored a winning goal and by all accounts put in some good displays for the national side. We wish Michael the best of luck for a successful tournament. The full programme in Dublin: Mon 27th March 2.30pm Serbia & Mont. v Israel (in Bray) Mon 27th March 7.00pm Rep. Ireland v Romania (at Dalymount Park)

Michael Spillane

Wed 29th March 2.30pm Serbia & Mont. v Romania (at UCD) Wed 29th March 7.00pm Israel v Rep. Ireland (at Richmond Park)

Fri 31st March 7.00pm Rep.Ireland v Serbia & Mont. (at Tolka Park) Fri 31st March 7.00pm Romania v Israel (in Bray)

20.03.06 - 2006 FONCY RAFFLE LAUNCHED The FONCY committee have again worked hard to negotiate some top prizes for their Annual Raffle which is launched this week. Along with some old favourites this year sees the chance to win a meal with Delia Smith at Carrow Road or a luxury chauffeur-driven trip to Carrow Road in a Limousine to watch a game from the Directors Box. Once again, FONCY has produced prizes that "money cannot buy". For more details click here or on the picture left. Remember your support will help produce the Canary stars of the future.

20.03.06 - QUAYE RETURNS AS FOXES MAUL CANARIES City's Under-18 side suffereed a heavy defeat at leicester on Saturday, going down 4-0. Two bright points in a poor performance were the return of Alvin Quaye after a long injury lay-off and schoolboy Ros Kelly's Man of the Match performance. For the full match report click here or on the picture right.

12.03.06 - YOUNG CANARIES LOSE TO BRISTOL A young City Under-18 side, including two schoolboys in the starting line-up, went down 2-1 to Bristol City at Colney on Saturday afternoon. Seb Muddel pulled a goal back for City after Bristol had gone 2-0 up, but Norwich failed to find the equaliser. For the full match report with photos click here or on the picture left.

11.03.06 - ALVIN QUAYE PLAYER PROFILE John Landamore continues our series of player profiles by taking a look at Alvin Quaye. The defender, who came from West Ham at the beginning of the season, suffered a serious injury early in his Academy Scholarship. The review features comments from David Williams and the obligatory question and answer session. Look out for more profiles throughout the season.

05.03.06 - CHELSEA GIVE CITY FIRST HALF BLUES City's Under-18 side went down 3-0 to Chelsea at Colney on Saturday with all the goals coming in the first-half. City included two trialists in their starting line-up and failed to recover from the early goals to slip to defeat after three wins in succession in recent weeks. For the full match report with photos click here or on the picture left.

04.03.06 - THEDINGHAUSEN TOURNAMENT 2006 Mid-January saw a Norwich Under-11 squad travelling to Germany to take part in a high-quality indoor tournament in Thedinghausen, near Bremen. Unfortunately our European reporter couldn't attend, but thanks to the tournament organisers we are now able to publish a small report and some photos from what was a great weekend for the youngsters. For the report and photos click here or on the picture right.

04.03.06 - INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Further to Michael Spillane's exploits with Ireland Under-17 in Portugal, it has emerged that Michael was also goalscorer for the Irish in their 1-0 win against the hosts in the Algarve tournament. The Academy youngster certainly enjoyed a successful trip with the national side and can now look forward to the UEFA Championship qualifying tournament in Dublin at the end of the month. Joe Lewis, meanwhile, was a late call-up to the England Under-19 squad last week after Sunderland's Ben Alnwick had to pull out with a leg injury sustained in a reserve game. Joe went on to have a good 45 minute run out at Northampton in a 3-0 win against Slovakia Under-19's and drew praise from England coach Martin Hunter. Meanwhile Andrew Cave-Brown was involved in at least Scotland's first two games in the La Manga Under-19 tournament in Spain. Cave-Brown came off towards the end of the 0-0 draw against Finalnd which followed a 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland. Scotland won their last game 2-1 against Norway as Ireland went on to win the tournament. The Scots are involved in a UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifying group in Belarus in mid-May.

01.03.06 - SPILLANE AND O'TOOLE HELP IRISH TO SECOND PLACE

Michael Spillane

Michael Spillane and to-be Academy Scholar Mark O'Toole helped the Republic of Ireland Under-17's claim second place in the Algarve Tournament. Two 1-0 wins against Portugal and Holland followed a first day defeat by the same score against winners France. According to the FAI website Spillane was involved in the build-up to the winner against the Dutch in this morning's final game, crashing a shot against the bar, and he also went close with a header.