CANARIES TALK – NORWICH CITY’S STORY IN QUOTES

Pitch Publishing is a fantastic imprint.
They do all the great Got, Not Got series
and plenty of other retro sports titles.

James Brown, The Late Tackle, talkSPORT

Pitch Publishing show the way for enterprising
sports book publishers and remains a beacon
of hope for sports authors aspiring or established.

The Sports Bookshelf.com

Pitch Publishing, an outfit whose "pitch perfect"
commissioning of boxing material stands
as a rebuke to more established houses

Boxing Monthly

Pitch capture the real spirit of sport with entertaining
and clever ideas. They work out what the aficionado
would want to read, then deliver it with great verve.

Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph

Pitch have enabled me to write in the ways I enjoy most.
Their production support is superb, delivering eye-catching
designs, attentive proof-reading, energetic marketing and helpful advice.

Tim Quelch, Good Old Sussex by the Sea, Orient to the Emirates, Underdog!

Pitch are willing to back out-of-the-blue and innovative
ideas and turn them into viable, entertaining books.
They do so with great presentation and editorial flair.

Justin Parkinson, Then Came Massacre

Pitch saw the potential in my story, used their expertise
to polish it, published it and helped inspire thousands
around the world to get into the sport of triathlon.

Andy Holgate, Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run & Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop

The process of working with Pitch to produce Picking up the Threads
was enjoyable and rewarding, with the final edition surpassing
expectations and becoming a resounding success.

John Chandler, Picking up the Threads

Pitch will take a chance on books that other publishers won't
and realise that interest in football extends beyond the
Premier League and the top 20 countries in the FIFA rankings.

Steve Menary, Outcasts!

Pitch have the vision to look beyond the obvious,
seeking out interesting ideas and subjects and
matching them with the right target audience.

David Tossell, Tony Greig, The Great English Final, Grovel!, Natural

Pitch have been an absolute joy to work with,
contributing their passion, expertise, knowledge
and experience to help produce a brilliant book.

Sam Pilger, Ashes Match of My Life

Pitch took our original concept and further enhanced it,
using their knowledge, experience and expertise, and helped
make Got, Not Got one of the football books of the year for 2011.

Derek Hammond, Got, Not Got series of books

Pitch bought into the concept of development through football,
channeling profits and proceeds from Eleven into helping
some of the most disadvantaged young people in the world.

Steve Fleming, Eleven

In the highly competitive world of sport publishing,
Pitch have consistently demonstrated the happy
knack of spotting, nurturing and promoting winners.

Neil Dunkin, Anfield of Dreams

01 Sep

CANARIES TALK – NORWICH CITY’S STORY IN QUOTES

What is the smartest and the silliest, the most telling and the most hilarious quote in the history of Norwich City?

Decades of drama have produced millions of words of wit, wisdom, fury and folly from a range of great characters including players, managers, directors, supporters, journalists, commentators and celebrities.

Perfectly positioned for more than 30 years on the sports desk of local Norfolk newspapers, longtime Eastern Daily Press Canaries correspondent and Norwich Evening News sports editor David Cuffley has amassed a wonderful collection of Canaries soundbytes which, all together, tell the story of the club. Talk of the City – A History of Norwich City in 1000 Quotes is out now!

David rates among his very favourites chairman Geoffrey Watling’s “If you fail the medical we’ll sack the doctor” – this to new signing Ron Davies in September 1963.

Or elsewhere on the chairman front, how about: “If Chris Sutton is not here at the start of next season, neither will I be.” This courtesy of Robert Chase, who promptly sold Sutton for £5m in 1994, but stayed in office for two more years!

Here’s a few more crackers to top up Canaries fans with pub/watercooler ammo. If you like these, rest assured there’s another 994 quotable moments of similar stature in the unmissable book.

“We’d be extremely disappointed if we didn’t go through now.” (Ian Crook after a 6-1 Coca-Cola Cup first leg home win over Torquay, 1995)
“I imagine there will be one or two transistors in the church. The one good thing is I’ll be in just the right place to pray for a Norwich victory.” (a family wedding means chairman Sir Arthur South misses the crucial last game of the season, 1981)
“At the time of the second goal they actually had a fan on the pitch. We called him the Milk Tray man because he was dressed all in black, if you remember the advert. If Gary Bannister hadn't headed it in, he probably would have done.” (Greg Downs on Sheff Wed pitch invasion, 1982)
“If it gives me a chance of making it to the semi-finals, I will sleep in it.” (Robert Fleck hopes an oxygen chamber will help cure two broken ribs, March 1992)
“Yvette realises there are certain games that you have to go to.” (Ed Balls, politician and City fan, has a sympathetic wife)

Click here for more information, or to read a sample from Talk of the City: A History of Norwich City in 1,000 Quotes