Lotus return keeps going to plan

So the Formula One circus is up and running again. The big eye-catcher in these parts was the return of Lotus – on a personal note, something that has reignited my own interest in the sport. It had fizzled out over the last few seasons. Considering...

Horrible - but Aaron Ramsey will be back

One of the big weekend talking points was Aaron Ramsey’s horror injury at Stoke on Saturday. Sadly it’s an annual occurrence seeing a player suffer such a bad break to his leg and we all wish him a speedy recovery, one which sees him fulfil his undoubted...

Joe Kosich, David McNally and THAT story

Having been pointed in its direction, I’ve finally heard the radio interview David McNally gave before Saturday’s game on my story in the Evening News last week. The main body of the story is here – missing a few extras that went in the paper. Mr McNally...

Who dat coming over the hill? It's Scoop Jackson

I know it was a couple of days ago now, but Sunday night’s Super Bowl XLIV has stayed with me – I really enjoyed it. Time for a slight confession: As a kid I loved my basketball. I fondly remember buying Slam Dunk magazine from WH Smiths and watching...

Here's why the Super Bowl is super

Work experience Thomas Crabb gives his take on the big one: This weekend sees one of the biggest spectacles on the sporting calendar hitting our screens. Super Bowl XLIV is upon us, arguably the most over the top, extravagant and financially driven sports...

Howard Lloyd’s work experience blog

Had someone told me on Monday I would be alternating my time between interviewing the likes of Chris Sutton and Jarno Trulli, watching copious amounts of Sky Sports News, I simply would not have believed them. Yet that is how my week of work experience...

We should all have pride in Lotus' F1 return

While most people on Friday were gleefully taking a day off because they were ‘snowbound’, me and Sports Desk Pete didn’t have the luxury. We had to skate our way (in a Vauxhall Astra) to Hingham, to take in Lotus’ new Formula One surroundings. Now...

Boxing, balls, engines on and wheels coming off

It has been one hell of a year, so much to write about – good and bad. Here are the select few moments that stick in my memory… Jon Thaxton losing, first, his European belt in controversial circumstances to Anthony Mezaache in February – and then...

Three is the magic number

So that was 2009 then.   Wasn't it great?   I really do mean that actually. I think we've had a pretty good year of it sports-wise in this country.   Our footy team is doing well under Don Fabio (or Postman Pat as my Mum calls...

AUDIO: Norwich chillaxing II

Happy Christmas to all – the Boxing Day win over Millwall certainly did the trick. For those who wondered, yes – me and Sports Desk Pete did come up with the idea of a “Holty says chillax” T-shirt for Grant Holt. You can see the finished article here....

AUDIO: The Norwich City Chillax Montage

A Christmas present to you all - The Chillax montage. Featuring Cody McDonald, Grant Holt in the background, soon followed by Adam Drury and Simon Lappin. Enjoy - and Happy Christmas. Listen to it by clicking here!...

Grant Holt and chillax-gate - once a fool...

To think I had the gumption in my last blog to state I hadn’t made an idiot of myself too often in this job. Off the back of my poor memory ahead of the Southampton JPT match, Paul Lambert trooped into Tuesday’s presser for the Millwall game openly...

Me being an idiot; the David McNally answer

I’ve managed to avoid making an idiot of myself for most of my two years-plus in this job. There was ditching my four bowls at Potters in front of a few hundred pensioners and the odd dodgy photo, but nothing too bad. And, with the banter that...

Dean and out; David McNally's noticeboard

It’s getting to the time of year when a Friday morning at Colney is a freezing place to be. If anyone watches the player interviews we conduct during the prematch press conferences, you’ll probably see a collection of hands – some (the more fashion conscious...

The Wrong Trousers

As some of you may be aware; I had a little bit of local difficulty at Southend on Tuesday night. To cut a long story short, I wasn’t allowed in the press box, because I was wearing jeans. A bit of a communications break down meant I had to cover the...