Season 23/24 | The Official Match Thread | Norwich City vs Swansea City | The EFL Championship

[jackharris]

 

[Smurph]

2 nil, Swans, you read it here first

 

[sainthelens]

If Hull beat Cov this week, Canaries arses will be twitching. Perhaps this is the key nowadays for us...play well when thers fck all on it.

 

[Manselton Jack]

A repeat of last seasons performance & result please

 

[bakajack]

While its hard to change a winning formula, at the same time you have to put your hands up at some point when 3 goals and 2 assists all came from the bench.

 

[K23]

While its hard to change a winning formula, at the same time you have to put your hands up at some point when 3 goals and 2 assists all came from the bench.

Surely the "winning formula" was the lineup with the subs in rather than the starting 11 who played the first 3/4 of the match in neutral?

 

[Glyn1]

Swansea - Norwich is the longest east - west journey in the league so congratulations to those coming from home.

Any away friendly pubs that we know of?

0 - 1 win for the Swans

 

[sainthelens]

Surprised/disappointed thers nothing from the club to treat our lot in some way for travelling 300 plus miles for a meaningless last away game. There'll be plenty who have done loads if not all away games.

 

[Ringwood]

We've still not lost an away match to anyone below us which is some feat in the Championship considering our erratic season. Not got much from teams above us away apart from Sunderland and Hull so this will be a good test of our progress

 

[CygnusX1]

Hull putting the pressure on Norwich tonight for a playoff place.

 

[Swanjaxs]

We've still not lost an away match to anyone below us which is some feat in the Championship considering our erratic season. Not got much from teams above us away apart from Sunderland and Hull so this will be a good test of our progress

Our home form probably cost us a shot at the playoffs, says more about the standard in the Championship than where we are at mind...

 

[Sarge]

Swansea - Norwich is the longest east - west journey in the league so congratulations to those coming from home.

Any away friendly pubs that we know of?

0 - 1 win for the Swans

We heard that the Wetherspoons closest to the ground is home fans only so we'll be heading to the Compleat Angler which is just across from the train station.

 

[ABSwan]

This will be a tough game, they need points to cement their play-off place. Their manager will have them right up for this.

Only glimmer of hope I see is if we can smother their attack, the longer they go without scoring the more frustrated they and their fans will get.

The only fly in the ointment, us smother an attack

 

[jackharris]

We heard that the Wetherspoons closest to the ground is home fans only so we'll be heading to the Compleat Angler which is just across from the train station.

Sorry I hadn’t put the pubs guide up. I just looked, whoops. Not sure if this will be any good to you?

 

[jackharris]

James Linington will be the man in charge when Swansea City travel to Norwich City on Saturday (April 27). The Isle of Wight official took charge of his first EFL match in 2008 – a League One encounter between Yeovil Town and Crewe Alexandra – and has since been promoted to Select Group 2, working mostly in the Championship.

Linington has also been fourth official for a number of Premier League encounters. He first oversaw a Swansea match in 2009 – a second-round League Cup defeat to Scunthorpe United in which he sent off Garry Monk, Gorka Pintado and Angel Rangel – while he most recently blew the whistle during the Swans’ season opener against Birmingham City. That match ended 1-1, with Linington handing out five yellow cards; Jamie Paterson being the only Swan booked.

So far this season, he has taken charge of 22 matches, dishing out 99 yellow cards and one red. On Saturday, he will be assisted by Andrew Fox, and Andrew Dallison. The fourth official will be Ed Duckworth.