Canary Threads’: A magical journey into the power of the yellow and green.
I went to my first Norwich match, a 2-1 home loss against Coventry City, in March 1978. 20,346 people watched.
I watched the game from the camera position that used to be on the South Stand half-way line, thanks to a family friend who worked for Anglia TV.
That day, the Sky Blues nicked a last-minute winner after a Coventry penalty midway through the second half had cancelled out an early Kevin Reeves goal.
It served as a wonderful preface to the hopes, excitement, deflation, and disillusionment that would characterise my life after Norwich City.
It’s not like many other kids stopped hanging out when I was a youngster. I also held onto the items I had gathered
Today, shirt collecting is very popular and several books showcasing collections for other clubs have been published.
When I was looking for a project to help generate some money for the amazing Community Sports Foundation, these
books were on my mind. I wanted to express my gratitude to them for using football to support one of my sons
during a trying academic year.
The project’s latest publication, “Canary Threads,” features an amazing compilation of 50 distinct shirts that notable
Norwich City figures have donned over the course of the last 60 years.Every single one has a stunning photo with
coordinating elements.
There are shirts from 1965 through to last season’s home win over Ipswich. Shirts from each of City’s Wembley
appearances, the play-off final at Cardiff, the FA Cup semi-finals of 1989 and 1992 and the UEFA Cup games of 1993.
There are also shirts there from glorious promotions as well as a few from seasons that ended miserably – shirts that
Darren Huckerby, Grant Holt and Teemu Pukki. There are also some from our current heroes like Josh Sargent.
I’ve had lots of very kind feedback from early readers, which has been reassuring. Having never published a book or
tackled anything like this before, its production and release came with a huge helping of anxiety around how it would
be received.
But I shouldn’t have worried, as these old City shirts have magical powers that endure.
One of the most touching comments to far described how the book would be used to assist people who are living with dementia at the CSF’s Duncan’s Club. It made the effort put in thus far more worthwhile.
Looking at the old shirts is a wonderful opportunity to remember and commemorate the highs and lows of the journey that each of us has had while following the Canaries.
This magic has worked for me. It took him right back to his early years and the occasion where Ron had given him a football medal.
In the same way, looking at those old yellow and green Admiral shirts can send me back to standing at the front of the South Stand watching City play Coventry all those years ago.
Canary Threads is available to order online at www.canarythreads.com for £15 + P&P. Alternatively, you can pick up a copy at On The Stall City in the Forum.
All profits from sales of this book will go to the excellent Norwich City Community Sports Foundation.
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