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Canaries nickname

I was under the impression that Norwich City FC's nickname 'The Canaries' came before their team colours, and that their colours were changed to reflect the nickname. According to football.co.uk the nickname came from the Norwich trade of breeding and exporting pet birds. There is in fact a type of canary called the 'Norwich Canary'. - Tim

Contents 1 Song 2 last para of 'history section' 3 Song and dance 4 Zesh Rehman 5 Ex-players 6 Canaries name 7 On the Ball, City 8 Or we could... 9 A note on British English 10 FA Drive 11 "Yellows" / "The Yellows" 12 On the ball City 13 To-do 14 Crest

[edit] Song

Where's "On the ball, city" then? GraemeLeggett 19:03, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] last para of 'history section'

Why all the guff in the last para about what's happening so far this season (up to new year 2005/06). We should stick to season end review info only. Otherwise it just becomes a long drawn out game-by-game blow out/.?

[edit] Song and dance

Considering the song concerning the clubs upward movement up the table hasn't been used for a while as we haven't been upwardly mobile for a while. Also Worthy is our King... no he's a hopeless manager with no knowledge of football. But thats another story altoogether

[edit] Zesh Rehman

Although Zesh Rehman was born in Britain, his national team has become Pakistan when he made his international debut on December 7 2005 against Sri Lanka in Karachi. Haiderhussain 15:04, 15 Mar 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ex-players

I've added an Great Players section so us canaries can remember some of our flown stars.... additions welcome! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tsj1 (talk • contribs).

I'm a Tractor Boy but welcome the addition of the 'greats' section, I've renamed it "notable players" so we can add players like Justin Fashanu etc who are worth noting here. I've forgotten to add Chris Sutton, I'll attend to that! Budgiekiller 20:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I've added a pithy tag to each player. Quite tricky summing up a career/personality in a few words. Do people like the idea? Dweller 20:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was tempted to do that, but not being a full-on Budgie I thought I'd leave it to your (collective) better judgement! I can't believe that Jeremy Goss doesn't have his own page judged on the number of times I had to endure Look East showing clips of him knocking in his incredible volley against the Germans... One of you Budgie boys has to make this right!!! As for the current tags, well worth adding them, but try to keep them NPOV and add fact rather than fan-based notes - Steve Bruce, for example, x-hundred appearences in defence, now successful (tee-hee!) Birmingham City manager... Just a thought! Budgiekiller 20:49, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

You're probably right. Sigh. OK, I'll edit. But it'll be so much less fun. Dweller 21:21, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canaries name

I don't get the "no mines in Norfolk" comment. I understood that Norwich was a hub for the international trade in canaries... making a dearth of local mines irrelevant. I'll see if I can "dig up" more info. (Sorry, couldn't resist) Dweller 10:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On the Ball, City

I think it deserve its own article, given its unique historic role in the development of football songs. Any consensus? --Dweller 09:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I think "One Nil to the Tractor Boys" should get its own page too... Whaddya reckon?! Budgiekiller 10:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes I agree, in my eyes the Norwich City song section should be renamed 'On the Ball, City' and the other songs removed. The other songs (maybe accept the Safri one) are simply generic football songs found anywhere in the UK and don't really need a section on the page. --Nuhouse 21:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Renamed 'Norwich City Songs' section 'On the Ball, City'. As said above generic football song section isn't really appropriate. --62.49.20.179 19:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Or we could...

....mention my very favourite of songs, "Top of the league, at Portman Road, la la la la" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.14.70.126 (talk • contribs).

Indeed, but who is top of the league at Portman Road? Budgiekiller 07:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A note on British English

British English should be used for articles on Britain related topics. Likewise, American English should be used on articles pertaining to American topics. For a clearer example, please visit this sub-section on the differences between their usage. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 05:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Personally I reckon that "is" works better than "are" since club is a singlular and not plural noun. I'm confident that a quick check in the back of the EDP will show singular usage. GraemeLeggett 09:17, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA Drive

Hello all. This article is imminently going to become subject to a fierce featured article drive, by both budgies and binmen. Please be prepared to notice some major overhauling, some sections coming and going and plenty of ^{[citation needed]} tags all over the place. Join in, be bold and help push this article to new heights. All the best The Rambling Man 19:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Yellows" / "The Yellows"

Either (both?) of these a real nickname for City? --Dweller 16:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On the ball City

I think that the song is probably notable enough to deserve its own article, where full details of its history can be distilled. In that case, I'd reduce the mention of the song to one in the lead and another in the "Supporters" section, with a ref to the article. Consensus? --Dweller 08:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

In the absence of responses, I'm going to be bold. --Dweller 10:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To-do

1. Deal with all cn tags
2. Expand Stadia section
3. Deal with NCFC ladies (commented out currently)
4. Make note-type refs into notes
5. Check disambig on all former managers
6. Consider removing all the managers from NCFC's pre League Status
7. Attendance data?
8. League position data?
9. Consider repositioning/resizing images for artistic impression!

That's all. --Dweller 11:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crest

This has a 'citation needed' tag on it. Does it need citation? Surely our eyes can tell us what it contains? --CanaryOJ 13:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

We know it's a canary, but what's the building? That's what needs citation. The Rambling Man 14:18, 5 April 2007 (UTC)