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| Lambert salutes the travelling fans |
Heading every cross, and kicking every ball, Paul Lambert's seemingly inexhaustable enthuasiasm and passion epitomised everything Norwich City Football Club in the trip to Wigan's DW Stadium yesterday.
This hunger for the game is also evident amongst the fans as 4,500 of the Yellow Army took the hefty trip up to the North West and Lambert's passion saw the Canaries faithful fully repaid. A fiery comeback soon after conceding, saw the yellows draw 1-1. This sums Norwich FC up. They reclaimed 23 points after going a goal behind in the Championship last year and it is this resilience which has seen leading pundits such as Chris Kamara or 'Kammy', back us to survive.
After sampling the drinks on offer at the 'official' away pub, the Red Robin, me and my brother made our way to ground amongst a sea of yellow shirts. However. an electric atmosphere outside the ground and in the away end, could not contrast any differently to the somewhat despondent home fans.
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| Lager from the Wigans 'Red Robin' |
After Victor Moses had turned Russell Martin inside out on numerous ocassions previously, it was Richie De Laet's mistake that allowed Franco Di Santo to burst into the box, only for De Laet to then drag him down in calamatious fashion. Ben Watson despatched the subsequent penalty to John Ruddys right-hand-side, nevertheless a rousing 'On-the-ball-city' saw the Norwich players rally. Upping the tempo Norwich new-boy, Steve Morison, beat Jordi Gomez and whipped in a cross which was only half-heartedly parried by Ali Al-Habsi. This saw the ball drop to Wes Hoolahan, who duly smashed the ball into the roof of the net.
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| Hoolahan despatching the ball past Al-Habsi to send the Canary fans delirious |
An eventful second half saw Moses once again toil and turn the entire Norwich team onto their heels and at one point, he raced past five, only to be denied a deserved goal by De Laet's despairing blocks. A late scare from Watson saw Ruddy stand alike to spectator as the ball crashed against his right hand post. Clear-cut chances evaded Norwich, yet they were more than worthwhile for their point. A tame Grant Holt header; who looked out of sorts at this level, and a indirect freekick from Andrew Surman shaved the crossbar but for their possession Norwich created few second half chances.
All in all, the 10 hour round trip to Wigan was worthwhile and no doubt saw the 4,500 Norwich fans go home happier than the infamously quiet and subdued home contingent.
If the spirit and never-say-die attitude that the whole of the Norwich City squad and management team possess remains, and is maintained throughout the season, Norwich look in good stead for Premiership survival.
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