LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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Another dull international break finally over, Norwich City returned to action with a home game against Brighton & Hove Albion. There was hope in the air: the point and clean sheet gained at Burnley two weeks ago, the success our players had while away with their countries and a pleasingly short injury list combined to…
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Four games into the Premier League season and with four defeats, the home game against Watford was as close to a must win as it is possible to be at this stage of the campaign. Sadly, Norwich didn’t have any answers on another dreadful day. Here are some thoughts on Norwich City 1-3 Watford. Running…
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In my younger days, I loved The Beano and The Dandy and my mum had both comics delivered to the house each week. I thought the smell of a fresh comic was one of the most intoxicating imaginable and was sold on their bright colours, gentle humour and simple charm. I have a large, very…
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Some thoughts on Norwich City 1-2 Leicester City, as the Canaries go into the first international break of the season winless and without a goal from open play in the Premier League. Trouble getting a pre-match coffee should have been a warning I met my mother and her significant other for a coffee and a…
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A few thoughts on Norwich City 0-3 Liverpool, Norwich’s first game of the Premier League season. It’s good to be back The last time I, and most of the others at the ground today, had been inside Carrow Road was on 27th February last year. Norwich beat Leicester 1-0 with a driven half-volley from left…
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No one is going to be the slightest bit interested in reading about the Euro 2020 final, so I’m not going to write about it. Here’s the BBC match report if you insist. Italy, it’s been great having you back on the major tournament stage. You were missed when you didn’t qualify for the 2018…
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For some reason, I failed to write about the second week of Euro 2020. Having made this great declaration of rounding up each week of the tournament, skipping one when it only lasts for four is poor form. Apologies. Let’s get back on track. Here’s what happened in the second week Since my last post,…
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We are now one week into Euro 2020 – and, yes, it is still called Euro 2020 despite being delayed a year by the pandemic. Probably because UEFA had spent millions on the branding for it. Anyway, with the intention of writing a weekly round up of what’s been going on at the summer festival…
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My latest column for the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News Fans’ Zone page is published today. It’s about what a terrible season it has been for Norwich City and how the end of it can’t come soon enough. You can read it online here, but if you do happen to be in a…
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