LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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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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On Saturday, the news broke that Emi Buendia would be sold by Norwich City. Less than a month after the end of the season, they were no longer rumours. My first reaction was disappointment. I was desperate for Norwich to keep their most creative player, believing him to be crucial to our hopes of staying…
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In a concerning development this week, The Guardian reported that the England and Wales Cricket Board could be asked to move or even cancel the scheduled fifth Test match against India this summer. Due to take place between the 10th and 14th September at Old Trafford, it is believed that the Indian board may want…
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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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With Norwich City bottom of the Premier League, my column for the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News this month is a rallying call to the more fickle fans of the club to stick with the team through a difficult period. You can read it online by clicking here.
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LEE PAYNE on a night at Carrow Road that no one will ever forget as Norwich City beat champions Manchester City.
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My first newspaper column of the new football season was published this week.
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I have just returned from a brilliant trip to London, where I went to my first Norwich City away match at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The plan was to make an event of it, so instead of going straight there and straight back on the coach with other fans I went on the train on Tuesday…
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