On The Ball - A show about Norwich City

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 85 of On The Ball as the podcast talks through another defeat for Daniel Farke's Canaries - this time, a 2-1 home loss to fellow Premier League strugglers, Leeds United. NCFCnumbers stats whizz Steve Sanders, pod regular Jon Rogers and budding journalist Anna Say complete the line-up. The crew go LIVE as they pick the remai...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, plays a supporting role on episode 84 of On The Ball as the podcast talks through the Canaries' 7-0 thrashing at Chelsea and what happens now for head coach Daniel Farke. NCFCnumbers stats whizz Steve Sanders takes the presenting chair, with OTB debutant and Along Come Norwich contributor Zoe Morgan joining them. The only remaining quest...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 83 of On The Ball as the podcast talks through the Canaries' second goalless Premier League draw on the trot. This time, Brighton obliged. Joining Michael: NCFCnumbers stats whizz Steve Sanders, OTB regular Dan Brigham and ITV Anglia debutant Andy Ward. The crew go LIVE as they pick apart the Carrow Road action, wonder how...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 82 of On The Ball as the podcast talks through the Canaries' first Premier League point in a year and nine months. A goalless draw at Burnley? The stuff of dreams! Joining Michael: journalist Stuart Hodge, Canary Cast's Jacob Robinson and City supporter Susannah George. The crew go LIVE as they pick apart the Turf Moor acti...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, hosts episode 81 of On The Ball as the podcast talks through the Canaries' latest Premier League defeat. This time it is a 2-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park. Joining Michael:: NCFCnumbers AKA Steve Sanders plus supporter debutants Rob Fletcher and Elliot Lake. The crew go LIVE as they deliver their final thoughts on the weekend's ac...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, is on panel duties as episode 80 of On The Ball tries to make sense of the Canaries' 3-1 home defeat to fellow Premier League new boys Watford. Joining him for the podcast: host NCFCnumbers AKA Steve Sanders plus Talk Norwich City's Chris Reeve and Canaries Trust's Sarah Greaves. The crew go LIVE as they wrap up their final thoughts on e...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, returns with episode 79 of On The Ball as the Canaries digest their fourth Premier League defeat of the season so far. Joining him for the podcast: journalist Melissa Rudd, Along Come Norwich's Tom Parsley and PA Media's Jim van Wijk. The crew go LIVE as they wrap up their thoughts on events at the Emirates Stadium, play a spot of pick t...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, returns with episode 78 of On The Ball as the Canaries debrief a dramatic 24 hours in the summer transfer window and 180 minutes of Carrow Road action. Joining him for the podcast : NCFC numbers' Steve Sanders, BBC Radio Norfolk's Phil Daley and budding journalist, Anna Say. The crew go LIVE as they wrap up their thoughts on the signings...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, is away! So the numberwang chief himself (with added wordwang) Steve Sanders leads episode 77 of On The Ball as the Canaries follow up their opening defeat to Liverpool with an unseemly thrashing at defending Premier League champions Manchester City. Joining the podcast: OTB regulars Ben Mouncer and Dan Brigham. The crew wrap up their th...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, returns with episode 76 of On The Ball as the Canaries debrief on their opening weekend defeat at the hands of 2020 Premier League champions Liverpool. Joining the podcast: NCFC numbers' Steve Sanders, Jon Rogers and South Stand season ticket holder Amy Maxwell. The crew go LIVE as they wrap up their thoughts on the game, fans returning...

Michael Bailey, Norwich City correspondent for The Athletic, is back with episode 75 of On The Ball as the Canaries prepare for their latest Premier League return. Joining the preview: Stuart Hodge, Jon Rogers and Along Come Norwich's Maddie Mackenzie. The crew go LIVE as they wrap up everything that has happened (or at least they remember happening) over the course of the summer, and what lies in...

The club's Championship-winning season came to a close with a draw at Barnsley but Michael Bailey has assembled a winning team of key players from the Athletic's Norwich City podcast. Joining the celebrations: Steve Sanders, Jon Rogers, and Stuart Hodge. It's the podcast equivalent of bringing board games to school, and we make no apologies for the end-of-term giddiness. We hope you enjoy our roun...

The Athletic's Norwich City reporter, Michael Bailey, is in equal parts jubilant and exhausted as he's joined by Steve Sanders and Dan Brigham to celebrate the club's second Championship title. There was also a rich haul at the season's EFL awards, with individual honours for Emi Buendia and Daniel Farke which some might consider overdue. And there's plenty more besides, including the panel's view...

The Athletic's Norwich City guru Michael Bailey is joined by Ffion Thomas and Stuart Hodge to review a week that saw Watford beat Millwall to seal their place in the Premier League and keep the title race on life support. Norwich are still very much in the driving seat after victory over QPR at Loftus Road, but they'll be more than happy to get a helping hand from a slightly stuttering Brentford (...

The Athletic's Norwich City Correspondent Michael Bailey welcomes regular guests Steve Sanders and Jon Rogers to celebrate promotion to the Premier League where everything is completely normal. There is an elephant in the room, of course, but we'll give that short shrift as we bask in the glory of our immediate return to the top tier of the suddenly-sacred English football pyramid, and that was de...

The Athletic's Michael Bailey is joined by regular panellist Steve Sanders and Norwich City legend Darren Huckerby. Promotion to the Premier League is possible even before City take to the field again, but the podcast consensus is that we'd rather do it ourselves, especially as our next match is televised. And there's plenty of nice pundit/ruthless pundit from our chalk-and-cheese pair, the gentee...

The Athletic's Norwich City podcast, hosted by Michael Bailey, is in jubilant mood with Steve Sanders and Stuart Hodge joining the celebrations. The team didn't get much sleep after the 7-0 victory over Huddersfield and we're dreaming of life in the Premier League next season. And, with seven to choose from, there was plenty of debate in the 'goal of the night' competition. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Media specialist Ben Mouncer, plus Norwich fans Charlie Brett and Callum Howard, are Michael Bailey's guests on this week's Norwich City podcast from The Athletic. The contracts of Head Coach Daniel Farke and Sporting Director Stuart Webber are both due to expire at the end of June, 2022. How worried should we be about that date? We also savour the delight that is Wes Hoolahan and Michael fields q...

Extra special guest Jon Hare joins regular panellist Dan Brigham and perennial host Michael Bailey for The Athletic's Norwich City podcast. Ben Gibson's injury is a big blow to the club's defence, but it's almost a blessing that it didn't happen earlier in the season. We also talk Sensible Soccer, of course, and consider how our internationals will fare in the upcoming fixtures. Hosted on Acast. S...

The Athletic's Michael Bailey welcomes Andy Lawn and Michael McCann aboard for the 66th edition of our Norwich City podcast. Daniel Farke has the most nominations for Manager of the Month, but his conversion rate is terrible. Is he getting a raw deal? And, is it Max Aarons or Max Aarons? You'll have to listen to find out what that even means. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

The Athletic's Norwich City correspondent Michael Bailey and his guests, Steve Sanders and Jon Rogers, reflect on a title race that's all but over. Teemu Pukki's goalscoring isn't in question, but what about his all-round game? Is more required for the Premier League? And, confidence is high after wins over Brentford and bogey-team Luton, so a struggling Sheffield Wednesday will be no trouble at a...

The Athletic's Michael Bailey is joined by Ben Mouncer and Stuart Hodge for your weekly rundown of Norwich City news and analysis.. Michael has been writing about "the engine room" where Daniel Farke has worked wonders with some very raw materials. Plus, there's an update on the "no sideways passes" rule. Of course, Norwich face Brentford on Wednesday night, and there's no shortage of Bees chat. H...

The Athletic's Michael Bailey is joined by regular guests Steve Sanders and Dan Brigham to recap an awesome week for Norwich City. Michael leads the dance for a Paul Warne love-in, but would we be so enamoured if we didn't always come away with the points when we play his teams? Plus, we've an exclusive chat with Greek import Dimitris Giannoulis and a full-and-frank debrief of our quiz supporting...

The Athletic's Michael Bailey reports on an upturn in fortunes for the Canaries with Ben Mouncer and Jon Rogers. In our crosshairs this week: Norwich's shooting stats, how absurd it is to suggest the title race is over, and a PR masterstroke from the Sporting Director, Stuart Webber. And, on the week of our big Norwich quiz, we've news of some exciting guests and all the details on how you can ent...

Consoling Michael on the pod this week: the man behind NCFC Numbers, statistician Steve Sanders, as well as broadcaster, commentator, and chief of the Caledonian Canary Club, Stuart Hodge. Everyone is putting in their best efforts to keep spirits high despite a difficult week and an "ominous" performance from Brentford, who demolished Middlesbrough. And we celebrate the record-breaking Alexander T...