LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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I found another gem in a charity shop recently. Above is something I imagine your nan would have put in your Christmas stocking in 1978, if football was the only thing she knew for definite her grandson liked. 45 years after it was published, I was fascinated to see the sort of thing that made…
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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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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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Sheffield United’s charmless manager left Carrow Road having taken three points from an exhausted Norwich City.
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Norwich City made a lot of changes for Saturday’s game against West Ham – but it didn’t help to change their fortunes.
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This is a break from the norm for this blog. I’ve been spending a few days in Durham. While Norwich City do in fact play away at Newcastle this weekend (about 18 miles away) my visit is unrelated. I had a week off work coming up, did not want to be at home crawling up…
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Laying in bed this morning, semi-conscious minutes after being woken up by the BBC Radio Norfolk newsreader, I felt a sudden sadness when I learned that David Beckham would not be going to the World Cup. I felt sorry for him. He never strikes me as being the most intelligent of people – a friend…
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