You didn't think we'd leave this season unfinished did you? The On The Ball team convene for one final time this season to talk through a weird Norwich City season, taking in the Hoff's departure, the short rein of Wilshere, Knapper's gamble, departing players and the shape of the squad. Host Ryan Livermore is joined by Dan Brigham, Zoe Morgan and Steve Sanders to formally announce the OTB Player of the Season (sponsored by Farming Simulator 25) , hand out their awards (Best Game, Worst Mistake,...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Sometimes the end of a Norwich City season is all about the football, sometimes it's about the madness off it. This is definitely one of the latter, in a week that has seen the shock departure of the head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup (less shocking six days after the fact, but we're still not over it), the instalment of the baseball cap/cardigan-wearing Jack Wilshere in the interim, and the departure of three long serving players in Angus Gunn, Onel Hernandez and Jacob 'Lungi' Sorensen. Host Ryan ...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Zero points and eight conceded - that's probably not the Easter we all had in mind. Hot off the heels of a 1-3 defeat at Millwall, which itself came off pretty sharply after a 3-5 at home to Portsmouth, the On The Ball podcast dissects Norwich City's terrible slump in form. Host Ryan Livermore, Craig Draycott and Steve Sanders chat youth v experience, set-piece woes, bad starts, and crosses, and what this all might mean for next season's chances. Plus, rolling through who to keep and who to shif...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Is that it then? Well yeh, probably... Norwich City's play-off dream all but died on a sunny afternoon in Plymouth, as the Canaries lost 2-1 in a limp display at the Championship's bottom club on Saturday. The On The Ball podcast, featuring a panel of host Ryan Livermore, Zoe Morgan and Steve Sanders analyse the Canaries' troubling return to old away game woes, fragile confidence, Kenny the sacrificial lamb, Sargent's two-touch beauty, and Norwich City's new Mr Wright. Plus, community heroes, On...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 18 min
The last couple of weeks haven't exactly gone as planned for Norwich City. But why review just one depressing result when you can pick the bones out of three! That's what this week's On The Ball podcast - with Ryan Livermore in the host's chair alongside Dan Brigham and Steve Sanders - attempts to do and with the play-offs seemingly now a pipe dream for this season, the panel delve deep into the project: Is Hoffball better than the Wagner-vision? Is the short-term pain worth it for the long-term...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Is there anything worse than conceding a last-minute equaliser? Conceding a last minute equaliser when you've failed to run the clock down and you're playing ten men? Yes, probably that. The On The Ball podcast team reflect on a painful finale in the 1-1 draw for Norwich City at Blackburn Rovers at the weekend. Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Ryan Livermore discuss the right time and the wrong time for Hoffball, feel sad for the short-lived joy of Crnac, and posit the theory that Angus Gunn wasn't...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Josh Sargent keeps scoring on Saturdays so the On The Ball podcast is forced to keep saying nice things about him. This week it was his brace that helped see off Stoke City at Carrow Road, in a 4-2 win that keeps the Canaries in the play-off chase. But is all this not getting injured and playing football going to entice other clubs? Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan debate the Sargent ratio, pile the praise on our young full-backs (but are less complimentary about Stoke), and ask how man...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Oh Jack, what have you done...? The On The Ball podcast reacts to an impressive groin stretch from Norwich City's full-back but a less than impressive penalty concession, which resulted in two points dropped in a 1-1 draw with Derby County at the weekend. Once they'd got over that, the panel of Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Dave Powles got to task with praising Sargent (again), anticipating the return of Sainz, and grading the transfer window, and the Canaries' transparent out-with-the-old, in-...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr
And then, from nowhere, came five goals. Well, not quite nowhere - the return of Josh Sargent certainly helped. And the On The Ball podcast give a returning salute to the returning, saluting hero, who bagged the opening two goals in the 5-1 win over Swansea on Saturday. Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham, Zoe Morgan and Ryan Livermore also take a moment to heap a bit of praise on some youngsters: Schwartau's swashbuckling display in midfield; Crnac's star role from the bench; Mahovo's assured debut; and...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 34 min
No goals, no shots on target...no worries? Ok, let's not go that far but the On The Ball podcast tries to make the case that things could be a lot worse, after Norwich City's 2-0 defeat at the hands of Sheffield United on Saturday. Ryan Livermore, Connor Southwell and Steve Sanders play the 'we've got a few injured lads' card in mitigation, and talk about whether we can be too hard on the Canaries this (don't say transition) season of all (don't say transition) seasons. Plus, some love for depar...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Can all of 2025 be like that please? The year of On The Ball podcasts had no other option but to get off to a cracking start after the pandemonium at Carrow Road on Saturday, Amankwah Forson's two injury-time goals completing a miraculous 2-1 win over Coventry. Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham relive a crazy five minutes and salute a new hero, try and make sense of that Onel assist, and take delight in throwing caution to the wind. Plus catching up on the Christmas backlog, featuring pl...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 16 min
It's the final On The Ball podcast of the year, but there hasn't been a huge amount of festive cheer on the pitch from Norwich City in the last week or two, culminating in Sunday's 2-1 defeat at home to Burnley. So the panel take matters into their own hands... Steve Sanders, Ryan Livermore, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham finish with the week's woes and the FA's strange retrospective four-match ban for Kenny McLean to take on the more enjoyable task of looking back at some of the big moments of 2024...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Not a bad week to be a Norwich City fan, with 10 (ten) goals to shout about, to yield six very welcome points, which ended their winless run in emphatic style. Ryan Livermore takes over hosting responsibilities, and is joined on the panel by Steve Sanders and Dan Brigham, to discuss a potential coming of age moment for Ante Crnac, bask in more Sainz ridiculousness, ponder how to get four into three in the Canaries' midfield, and all smugly agree that they'd rather not be in the top six if it mea...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min
As Norwich City ease out of their injury crisis (putting aside the news about the newly stricken Glen Riddersholm), the On The Ball podcast takes on a more optimistic tone, following a creditable 2-2 draw away at West Brom at the weekend. Steve Sanders is joined by Zoe Morgan, Ryan Livermore, and BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham to herald a goal for Emi Marcondes, the successful return of Jack Stacey, and Hoffball twitching back to life. Plus, Chris stands up for the goalkeepers' union, Kenny r...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 19 min
How many times can you say the word 'injury' in one podcast? Well quite a lot, as it turned out in the latest episode of the On The Ball Norwich City podcast. It followed a 2-0 defeat to Bristol City, Norwich City's third loss in a week, a week in which they've had to do without Angus Gunn, Kenny McLean, Marcelino Nunez, Josh Sargent and a supporting cast. Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham lament their collective and individual losses, and try to keep some perspective in amongst it all. ...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Football doesn't get much more thrilling than that! The On The Ball podcast somehow tries to play the follow-up act to the insane topsy-turviness of a week of following Norwich City, which culminated in a 3-3 comeback draw against Middlesbrough on Sunday. Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Maddie Mackenzie get their heads together to pour praise on the comeback Canaries, reminisce about those Sainz goals, tackle the George Long problem, discuss penalties, red cards and own goals, and generally agree...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 15 min
The On The Ball podcast returns from the international break to find Norwich City still hovering outside the Championship play-offs after a 1-1 draw at Stoke City. Obviously, that's not the most momentous result of the season, so once host Steve Sanders and guests Zoe Morgan and Craig Draycott are done assessing Crnac's debut goal, the loss of Marcelino Nunez and the lobworthiness of George Long, they set about investigating the important stuff: the whereabouts of Splat The Cat. And there's stil...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min
It's the feelgood pod of the year! Sometimes it's difficult to be anything but positive - and after a 4-0 win for Norwich City over Hull City, with some free-flowing, progressive football under a new coach, The On The Ball podcast has come over all glass-half-full. Host Steve Sanders, and guests Dan Brigham, Ryan Livermore and The Pink Un's Connor Southwell, get the joy of talking high presses, winning midfield battles, wind-assisted penalty misses, Sainz's explosion in form and Kamara's less th...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min
The contracts have been signed, the transfer requests have (hopefully) all been handed in and the window has shut. The On The Ball podcast assesses whether an eventful window went well or not for the new look Norwich City and their eight fresh-faced signings, or whether they'll miss the newly departed Jonny Rowe and Abu Kamara. Of course the optimism levels of host Steve Sanders, and guests Ryan Livermore and Craig Draycott, were helped by a 1-0 win for the Canaries at Coventry, their first in t...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min
13 goals in a week! Most of them for Norwich City! The On The Ball podcast glosses over last week's dodgy start at Oxord to pronounce the Hoff era as up-and-running, with a 4-3 win against Stevenage and a 2-2 draw with Blackburn. And it's all change in the presenter's chair, with Ryan Livermore stepping in as host and Steve Sanders joining Zoe Morgan on the panel. The three of them discuss the heralding of youth, Forson forcing his way in, the problem with Shane Duffy, and the rise of Good Vibes...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min
It's not that often that the On The Ball podcast gets to react to big on-the-day Norwich City news but the announcement that Delia and Michael would be passing ownership over to Norfolk Holdings (not a haulage company) was just that. The dawning of a shiny new era, and the sun setting on a truly historic one. It all gave Steve Sanders, Zoe Morgan and Dan Brigham a handy distraction from the sad stuff - things like the first-day humbling at the Kassam, Grant Hanley and Shane Duffy still being a t...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min
The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast is back and readying itself for The Hoff Era with a pre-season preview. Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan assess the last couple of months, taking in the highs of the arrival of Thorup and new pod favourite Glen Riddersholm and the lows of the St Pauli defeat and Adam Idah not getting on no plane, and offer a healthy dose of realism/deranged optimism (pick your pundit) ahead of Norwich City's new Danish adventure. Plus, Spurs fan James Bugg from The F...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min
It’s end of season party podcast time! The campaign is finally over, and the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast will see you to the conclusion in style, with a supercharged episode to round off the season. This feature-length episode stars Steve Sanders, Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan, and takes in tragedy (Norwich City’s crushing 4-0 defeat to Leeds), comedy (revisiting the panellists’ start of season predictions), suspense (just who did win the On The Ball Podcast Player of the Season award?) and fe...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Let's be fair, that wasn't what we'd hoped for. The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast takes stock at the halfway stage of the play-off semi-final between Norwich City and Leeds United, with no goals to speak of. That didn't stop Steve Sanders (aka NCFC Numbers), Dan Brigham and Zoe Morgan from having plenty to discuss though, with the trio soaking up another electric Carrow Road atmosphere, lauding the return of Dimi and the continued excellence of Nunez, and sweating on the fitness of the probab...
May 14, 2024•53 min
Call off the trepidation - the top six spot is booked and the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast can start looking ahead to a date with the ex, as Daniel Farke arrives with Leeds on Sunday for a play-off semi-final. Steve Sanders (aka NCFC Numbers), Dave Powles and Connor Southwell try and work out what sort of position the Canaries will need to be in heading to Elland Road, attempt to care more about Norwich City's defeat at Birmingham more than David Wagner, and look back at the topsy-turvy camp...
May 07, 2024•1 hr
You will hear no presumptions made on this penultimate/not-penultimate On The Ball Norwich City Podcast for 2023/24. That's because the Canaries are nearly in the play-offs but not quite rubber stamped yet - with a 2-2 draw with Swansea at the weekend, along with Hull's draw with Ipswich, meaning that only an eight-goal swing in Hull's favour would see Norwich City drop out of the top six. Steve Sanders (aka NCFC Numbers), Dan Brigham and Ryan Livermore ensure not to break any mirrors or walk un...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min
It's eight and out for the Canaries, as the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast assesses the game that ended the winning run at Carrow Road, the 1-1 draw with Bristol City. Steve Sanders (aka NCFC Numbers) bravely soldiers through cold with Dan Brigham and Dave Freezer, as the panel give overdue praise in the direction of Gunn Jr, question the timing of that Sainz run, get the abacuses out to work out what Norwich City need to nail down a top-six spot, and talk through the impact on fans of the new...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Well...what were we worried about? An On The Ball Norwich City Podcast to enjoy about a game worth remembering, as the Canaries got (another) one over their old rivals Ipswich Town with a 1-0 win on Saturday. A panel of Steve Sanders (aka NCFC Numbers), Dan Brigham, Zoe Morgan and Ryan Livermore relive the supercharged atmosphere on a memorable day at Carrow Road, sing the praises of free-kick hero Marcelino Nunez, laud Wagner's grown-up tactics, and mention the 15-year run quite a lot. Plus, th...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min
For the first time in quite some time, the On The Ball Norwich City Podcast does not follow a win, after the Canaries' 3-1 Easter Monday defeat at Leicester. The panel of NCFC Numbers (aka Steve Sanders), Dan Brigham and Dave Powles review that, before moving on to the positivity of the comeback win over Plymouth, Gabriel Sara's free-kick nearly moment and Norwich City's new role as the Championship's new corner routine kings. And then there is, of course, the look ahead to quite an important de...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min
The On The Ball Norwich City Podcast turns 150 episodes old! And celebrated by doing what it's done for the previous 149 episodes: talking about the football. Luckily the Canaries obliged with a thumping 3-0 win at Stoke for the anniversary pod, so it was celebrations all round. NCFCNumbers (aka Steve Sanders), Zoe Morgan, and Radio Norfolk Sport Editor & Norwich City commentator Phil Daley revisit the away win that put the Yellows firmly in the top six, rejoice in the wonder of Sara, ask if...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min
