Daryl Sutch is hoping Norwich City end his record at Sunderland

Daryl Sutch scores Norwich City's winner in 1997. He is still the only man to score for Norwich at the Stadium of Light.

David Cuffley Thursday, March 14, 2013
12:25 PM

Daryl Sutch is desperately hoping Norwich City will relieve him of an unwanted record when they face Sunderland in Sunday’s Premier League fixture.

Sutch is still the only man to have scored for the Canaries at the Stadium of Light – and it’s nearly 16 years since he netted the winner in a Nationwide League Division One game.

Sunderland moved to their new stadium in the summer of 1997 and City were the first visiting team to win there, their 1-0 success coming in an August encounter during Mike Walker’s second spell as manager. Four subsequent visits have brought Norwich four defeats without a single goal, most recently the 3-0 Premier League reverse in February last year.

Ex-Canary Sutch, 41, is very much hoping Chris Hughton’s team will end that barren run in Sunday’s televised game (1.30pm).

“It’s a record I would rather not have. I hope somebody can score on Sunday and they come away with at least a point, if not three,” said Sutch.

“After the home draw against Southampton, it’s crucial to come away with something against a side in a similar area in the table.”

Sunderland are currently one place and three points behind City in the table, but with a superior goal difference they would leapfrog them with victory at the weekend.

Whatever the result, however, Sutch does not see either side getting relegated.

“Norwich are still in a great position, after the change of manager and the start to the season they had,” he said. “Everybody knew it would be a tough second season. There are no guarantees in this league.

“It’s a very typical Premier League season with the big clubs head and shoulders above the rest, then everybody beating each other below that and the odd surprise result like Southampton beating Manchester City and Norwich beating Manchester United.

“Chris Hughton has changed a lot of things around and there may be a section of supporters who don’t like his style, but I think he’s done a fantastic job for the club.

“If they stay up – and it’s not a big if for me – they can build from there.

“Had they beaten Southampton last Saturday they would have been 10th in the table. You can’t knock what Chris has done. He’s done a really, really good job.”

Sutch, who played under Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill during his six-month spell as manager at Carrow Road, also feels the Black Cats are in good hands as they seek to secure a seventh successive season in the top flight.

“Martin O’Neill is brilliant at getting the best out of his players. It’s not a situation he will have found himself in as a manager in too many seasons, but I have no doubt about his capabilities in keeping them up, as long as it’s not at Norwich’s expense,” he said. “But I think they’ll both be too far away from the bottom three.”

Sutch, now an estate agent with Temples in Norwich, remembers his Stadium of Light winner, one of nine goals in his 352 appearances for City.

City had lost the first three league games of 1997-98 under Walker and there were no great expecations from their trip to the North East.

But goalkeeper Andy Marshall was in great form and Sutch struck the only goal after 75 minutes. He recalled: “It was a bit of a high pressure game. We were not expected to come away with anything because we were struggling at the bottom.

“I intercepted a ball in the second half, played a one-two with Darren Eadie, and beat the keeper, who was Lionel Perez, to his left hand side – coolly taken, I suppose! It was a memorable moment for me. I didn’t score that many goals and the fact we managed to win made it even better.”

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23 comments

With Pilkington out surely this is an opportunity to play SuperK in a wide role with Snodgrass on the other wing. All the accounts I have seen on here suggest that a wide role is KKs best position

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Canaryinslovenia

Friday, March 15, 2013
Agree with Mike Lynn. Ideally what we want is a "Tettey-Fox hybrid"; ball winning & good distribution in one package. Without Tetts, BJ has too much to do. It would be good if Wessi posed more of a striking threat in that "hole". richard`s idea has some merit, too. A lot of Prem clubs do operate with a lone frontman but have more pace and goal threat from midfield maybe? Soton seemed to, but they`re currently below us! A point at least from Sunderland, please. OTBC.

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Mad Brewer

Friday, March 15, 2013
Whilst having Johnson and Tettey winning te ball is good, what we need is the peson who distribute the ball fom deep, or run it forward. The striker(s) need more service. We are relying on the wings, but that doesn't seem to be making the impact needed... Maybe we need one winger - sonodgrass who can switch wings and two strikers in your team?

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richard

Friday, March 15, 2013
Getting back to footy.......Despite our current goal scoring problems, I don't think 4-4-2 is our best formation with the current squad. 4-2-3-1 seems to work best, with Hooly behind the striker (which one I'm not sure, but probably Holty), with the two wide men (Pilks when he's fit and Snodders), and Johnno and Tettey (when he's fit) winning us the ball. Certainly we've played our best football with Hoolihan in that position. If we push forward, that can be quite an attacking formation. What say you?

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Mike Lynn

Friday, March 15, 2013
Another one from the archunt real news brigade .And what does Bill Punton think ?

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wivenhoebudgie

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Agree with you, Lee Lee. One od the good guys. Bet Darryl wished he had played over 350 games with the Sky TV money now. He would not be selling houses, he would be buying them. Good servant to the club, plus he came through the ranks, which is a rare commodity now.

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Kent Anglian

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Guess my comment was a bit mean on reflection but I find it hard to believe sometimes that there isn't something more interesting to report.... I should know better by now I suppose.

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LR Series 2A

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Agreed this is a lightweight article, but then surely that's because there are readers like us who want something every day even when there's no hard news. I'm always interested to know where former Canaries end up and like bits of gossip. And talking of estate agents, over here in the U.S,. "realtors" charge 6-7%!

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atlanta canary

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Be nice, folks. Daryl was one of the nice guys for years, almost as dependable as Tony Powell some years before him, rarely put a foot wrong. No need for some of these comments.

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Les Lee

Thursday, March 14, 2013
I think the reason DS clocked up so many appearances for the canaries is that he became an untradeable commodity, a bit like the houses in Norwich, judging by the number currently on the market

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Canaryinslovenia

Thursday, March 14, 2013
And we all know about jerbils, just ask certain Hollywood actors.

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DocOhNo

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Daryl Sutch there's a blast from the past. I think it was the famous 19934 season we are top of the premier league. At home to MU, score 0-0, DS miss controls a ball on the edge of our penalty area and Man Utd score and go on to win the league, never forget that awful moment. Think I will stay clear of Temples in case I have flashbacks

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Canaryinslovenia

Thursday, March 14, 2013
You don`t need to be very bright to be an Estate Agent. Just an unprincipled, materialistic, ventriloquists` dummy. A gerbil could almost do it but a gerbil is a nice creature. Relatively.

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Mad Brewer

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Was a time ago they seemed to be publicans , well Adrian Coote sold me my property in 2007 so there,s another one in estate agent trade ! its a funny old game ! !

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Kristafa

Thursday, March 14, 2013
I suppose Daryl and sutchlike prefer to deal in 3 up, 3 down these days? As long as it`s a nice little earner on a Daley basis.

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Mad Brewer

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Surprisingly enough, el dingo, my reply ethered. Journalists and Estate Agents deserve each other; shallow as puddles in a drought. Sinecures for the shiftless. Did post a comment on your Marlin item; oddly enough it got through! Keep the faith! ;-)

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Mad Brewer

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Would you buy a two up two down from Daryl Sutch? Hmmm... MB: Peace has broken out on the marlin front thanks to a very nice guy called Tim Williams.

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el dingo

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Just like to voice my disagreement with LR Series 2A. Thought it was an interesting read. No great surprises to what he had to say and really surprised to hear the guy's working as an estate agent!

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LittleYellowBirdie

Thursday, March 14, 2013
This is a bit of a tenuous link to allow yet another NCFC old boy to tell us he hopes we win the next game, is sure we will do well and he doesn't think we will be relegated. It wouldn't be dificult to write a basic program that could have produces it, just needs a few If, Then, Goto and a String of old players names, dates and places.

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LR Series 2A

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Never realised that 'Sutchy' played 352 games for City and probably did not get the full recognition he deserved for his services to the club. One of the sound professional players who just got on with the job.

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Kent Anglian

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Btw; nice cronyist plug for Temple`s. Oops, done another one. :-(

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Mad Brewer

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Estate Agent!! That`s like hearing Mother Theresa has opened a `massage parlour`.

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Mad Brewer

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Blimey 'Robocop' was the last NCFC player to score at the Stadium of Sh*te. Now we are struggling.

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General Norwich

Thursday, March 14, 2013