SING UP THE RIVER END !: Hundred Up For Holty ?

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Hundred Up For Holty ?

..............history isn't just about yesteryear, it's also happening right now, and is brought to you on a regular basis in The Canary Chronicles

Anthony Pilkington's quick fire strike against Swansea last Saturday inevitably led to the question of fastest goal ever at Carrow Road. Though fast, it was some way off being the earliest scored by a Canary. In 1946, Ralph 'Ginger' Johnson found the back of the Leyton Orient net after just 10 seconds. And a goal by Keith O'Neill against Stoke City in 1997 is normally credited with the exact same time. It is difficult to know how accurate the measurement would have been on either occasion, especially the one in 1946, so both are generally regarded as the quickest in our history.

We go into the Liverpool match today on 11 points, equalling the figure Derby County managed in their entire 2007-08 Premier League season. That is one record nobody ever wants to beat or equal, and whatever happens at Anfield, I am confident that is one worry Norwich fans will not be facing this year.

Should Grant Holt be on the field of play at any time at Liverpool, he will notch up his 100th appearance as a Canary. He made his début on the 8th August 2009 in the 7-1 home defeat to Colchester United and has scored 54 Norwich City goals since. Another interesting fact about Grant - and directed at those who consider him to be a dirty player - is that he has been shown the yellow card just three times in his last 33 league outings. One in every eleven games would suggest he is not the most ill disciplined footballer in history.

If you have twenty minutes or so to spare and want a little encouragement before the game kicks off this evening, go to the excellent Canary In The Coalmine site, and take a look at this footage from April 1983 and Norwich City beating champions Liverpool 2-0 in their own back yard.
http://citcm.blogspot.com/2011/09/1983-visit-to-new-champions-at-anfield.html

Update : Grant Holt came on as a substitute and duly slotted goal number 55 in his 100th appearance, earning the Canaries a point with a 1-1 draw. If any side take Derby's record this season, it won't be Norwich who now have 12 points.
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