The Match Preview of Norwich v Burnley


Another Long Trip!
By The Match Preview Team
December 27 2005

Your Longside Match Preview Team for Norwich v Burnley is Rose & Crown with Tranzic. Here's to another 3 points this Christmas time...


Andy Hughes
Ryan Jarvis
Matty Louis-Jean
Peter Thorne
Danny Coyne - Season
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Win - 10/11 (F)
Draw - 12/5
Win - 13/5
Draw - 12/5
Please see Local Info
Please see Local Info
Referee: Clive Penton (Sussex)
Asst. Referees: Martin Harris (Lincolnshire)
Gary Ives (Essex)
Fourth Official: Richard Beever (Norfolk)
Well, after celebrating a great Boxing Day win, the Clarets take to the skies to face Norwich City just 2 days later. A chartered flight will take our heroes down to Carrow Road and the flight will save a gruelling coach trip to East Anglia. The last time we faced Norwich we had just witnessed 'the Bradford game' a week earlier, the one where Ian Moore scored a winner in front of the Burnley fans (lots of them too) and more or less confirmed our stay in the division for another season. Then we played Norwich. Oh yes, it was another one of those days where we shipped goals for fun and were stuffed 5-3 at the Turf, remember those days? I think we can quite safely say that those days are behind us now, thank God.

So, back to our present day heroes. No fresh injuries worries to report after the Stoke game, but Cotterill did say he may rotate over the busy Christmas period, so we could see some alterations from the side that faced Stoke. The Canaries currently occupy 12th place in the Championship but this will be a big test for us. On Boxing Day they came away from Bramall Lane with three points after beating the Blades 3-1. Look out for the third goal, it's hilarious! It has to be said too that any side with Ashton and Huckerby up front will cause you problems, but we said that about Sidebe and Bangoura. Norwich welcome back Jason Shackell and Jim Brennan from illness, and also 'the new Vieira' Dickson Etuhu (snigger) who is at Norwich on loan from Preston. They've plenty to worry us with, England keeper Robert Green, Moroccan international Youssef Safri, former Tottenham defender-come-striker Gary Doherty and of course Ashton and Huckerby.

Let's hope that John McGreal and Frank Sinclair are in the same form for this one as they were for the Stoke game to keep those two in particular quiet, but the top two apart, we've nothing to fear in this division, bring 'em on!

UP THE CLARETS

Burnley Last Meeting Norwich
Top Scorers
A Akinbiyi 12
G O'Connor 6
J O'Connor 3
J Spicer 3
W Elliott 3
FLC 03/04/04
Burnley 3 Norwich 5

FLC 13/09/03
Norwich 2 Burnley 0
Top Scorers
D Ashton 10
D Huckerby 9
P McVeigh 4
A Hughes 1
C Davenport 1
Discipline Y/R
G O'Connor 4/1
F Sinclair 7/0
J Harley 6/0
M Duff 6/0
M Hyde 6/0
League Head 2 Head Discipline Y/R
D Huckerby 4/1
C Davenport 2/1
A Hughes 4/0
P McVeigh 4/0
A Drury 3/0
Burnley 10
Draws 4
Norwich 10
Goal Details
When:
first half 16[16]
second half 20[14]
From: open play 22[13]
crosses 5[5]
corners 1[3]
penalties 5[3]
direct fk 2[3]
free kicks 1[3]
Games Since Goal Details
When:
first half 14[24]
second half 15[8]
From: open play 14[16]
crosses 9[8]
corners 3[2]
penalties 0[1]
direct fk 0[0]
free kicks 0[5]
0
0
4
2
6
0
3
17
1
0
a win
home win
away win
a defeat
home defeat
away defeat
score draw
no score draw
conceded
scored
0
0
0
3
4
2
4
54
0
0
For 36 Against30 For 29 Against32
Total Goals
W 3 D 1 L 2 Pts 10 W 3 D 1 L 2 Pts 10
Current Form