Norwich City
Grant Holt is winning his race to be fit for the start of Norwich City's Championship season. The Canaries leading scorer has been sidelined with a thigh injury and has missed the three pre-season away games - at Stevenage, Dagenham & Redbridge and last night's goalless draw at Lincoln City.
SLIDESHOW: Lincoln City manager Chris Sutton believes Norwich City fans should keep their expectations in check ahead of their Championship return. The Canaries' runaway success in League One last season, followed by a successful summer of player recruiting and Saturday's friendly victory over Premier League new boys Newcastle United have all added to the growing optimism over City's chances next season.
Lincoln City 0, Norwich City 0: Norwich City completed the away obligations of their pre-season schedule last night - drawing another blank, but putting valuable minutes under their belts.
Norwich City are already top of the Championship when it comes to their impressive season ticket base. Only Derby County come anywhere close to rivalling the massive show of support in Paul Lambert's squad ahead of City's return to the second tier after this week's announcement of a club record 20,550 take up.
Darel Russell looks set to start the new season with City's Championship rivals Preston North End. Deepdale boss Darren Ferguson has confirmed that he is in talks with Russell over personal terms.
Young winger Josh Dawkin was given an international boost yesterday - something Academy boss Ricky Martin believes will help him develop as a Norwich City player.
Much-travelled striker Drewe Broughton is hoping to be fit for action tonight - to face the club where he started his career 14 years ago. The 31-year-old is struggling to overcome a combination of slight concussion and whiplash, sustained during Lincoln City's 4-1 home defeat by Celtic at the weekend.
Norwich City supporters have broken the club record for season tickets sold for a single campaign. All available season tickets have now been sold, with 20,550 fans signed up to watch the Canaries throughout the 2010-11 npower Championship campaign.
SLIDESHOW: Norwich City’s rising stars were given a taste of what is to come when they represent the club in the new season’s Norfolk Senior Cup.
Diss Town 0, Norwich City XI 0: Norwich City's rising stars were given a taste of what is to come when they represent the club in the new season's Norfolk Senior Cup.
Canaries youngster Josh Dawkin has been put on standby for the Wales Under-21 side.
The 18-year-old winger has won caps at under-17 and under-19 level for Wales and has been put on alert for the friendly international against Malta in Ta'Qali on August 10 - along with another Canaries Academy product David Stephens, who joined Scottish Premier League side Hibs earlier this month.
A hunt has been launched for a man who ran onto the pitch during Norwich city's 2-1 win at home to Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon. Thousands of fans saw the man run across the pitch during the second half before being led away by a safety steward.
Midfielder David Fox is happy to be Norwich City's new 'holding man' as he settles into life at Carrow Road. The 26-year-old, who signed from Colchester United at the start of the summer, impressed at the base of manager Paul Lambert's diamond formation during the Canaries' 2-1 win over Premier League new boys Newcastle United at the weekend.
Diss Town manager Rob Taylor is willing to give everyone a chance to shine against Norwich City this evening - even if he runs out of shirts. The Tangerines host a Canaries XI at Brewers Green Lane (7.45pm) as part of their preparations for a promotion assault on the Ridgeons League First Division this term.
SLIDESHOW: Chris Martin believes there is no need to worry about Norwich City's firepower ahead of next season's Championship campaign. The Canaries made up for firing blanks in their friendly draw at Stevenage and defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge with a stirring 2-1 win over Premier League new boys Newcastle United at Carrow Road on Saturday.
SLIDESHOW: Paul Lambert has backed Wes Hoolahan to shine in the Championship this season. The midfield maestro ran rings around Newcastle defence on Saturday as City chalked up an impressive 2-1 win over the Premier League new boys.
Chris Hughton admitted that time was against Paul Lambert in his bid to re-sign Newcastle goalkeeper Fraser Forster. The Magpies begin their Premier League campaign 10 days after City's opening Championship game - and that's where the deal fell down.
The Canaries face three games inside the space of a week as they complete their pre-season schedule. Paul Lambert is likely to send out a young squad for the trip to Ridgeons League Division One side Diss Town tomorrow (7.
England will face Spain in the semi-finals of the Uefa European Under-19 Championships after a last-gasp equaliser from Matt Phillips earned them a draw against hosts France in their final group game.
Norwich City 2, Newcastle United 1: Paul Lambert insists that nothing can be read into pre-season performances, but the sight of the besuited manager applauding from the touchline as his charges old and new set about the Premier League new-boys had a certain evidential feel about it.
Chris Martin's brace earned Norwich City a heartening 2-1 win over Premier League Newcastle United at Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon.
The striker had given City a first half lead, applying the finishing touch to some Wes Hoolahan magic on 37 minutes - tapping home unmarked from two yards following a run from Hoolahan that had James Tavernier and Fabricio Coloccini tied in knots.
Norwich City defender Russell Martin admits the pre-season sparring is rapidly drawing to a close ahead of today's opening Carrow Road friendly against Premiership giants Newcastle.
Defender Elliott Ward is determined to make up for lost time as the Championship kick-off looms large for Norwich City.
With the first league fixture - at home to Watford on Friday, August 6 - now less than a fortnight away, the 25-year-old centre-back is hoping to cram as much match practice as possible into the week ahead to bring him up to speed before the real business begins.
Norwich City boss Paul Lambert insists he has no concerns about his team's goalscoring potency after another blank evening. The Canaries were beaten 1-0 at League One club Dagenham & Redbridge last night, the senior side's first pre-season defeat and their second successive goalless 90 minutes after Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Stevenage.
Norwich City defender Zak Whitbread was the latest pre-season injury casualty in last night's 1-0 friendly defeat at Dagenham & Redbridge. The luckless centre-back was withdrawn before kick-off after suffering a tight calf in the warm-up, having originally being named on the teamsheet alongside Elliott Ward.
Dagenham & Redbridge 1, Norwich City 0: Quite what the Watford scout made of it all was anyone's guess. Paul Lambert kept the majority of his big-hitters in reserve until well into the second half of City's latest friendly outing in deepest Essex.
Dagenham & Redbridge 1, Norwich City 0: The Daggers were just a little too sharp for Norwich City's reshuffled defence as they inflicted the first pre-season defeat on last season's League One champions.
SLIDESHOW: Norwich City were firing blanks for the second time in three days as they slipped to defeat in their pre-season friendly at Dagenham. After a goalless draw at Stevenage on Tuesday night, the Canaries failed to score again as Gavin Tomlin’s first-half goal settled the match in front of a sparse crowd at Victoria Road.
Norwich City chief executive David McNally, who brought City boss Paul Lambert to Carrow Road, has lifted the lid on his no-nonsense approach to the business of football in this year's Canary Preview magazine.
Striker Simeon Jackson is determined his finishing will be razor-sharp before the real business of Norwich City's Championship season gets under way. The 23-year-old new signing came close to scoring his first goal in Canary colours in the 0-0 draw at Stevenage on Tuesday night - but was foiled twice by goalkeeper Chris Day.
Norwich City boss Paul Lambert makes no apologies for pushing his players to the limit in order to prepare for the Championship. The goalless draw at Stevenage on Tuesday was the first of five pre-season games in 12 days for the Canaries, the second of which is against League One side Dagenham & Redbridge at Victoria Road tonight (7.
Former Norwich City midfielder Damon Lathrope has agreed a two-year deal with League Two side Torquay United. Lathrope, 20, featured in the 8-0 pre-season win at Tiverton and has impressed the Gulls' manager, Paul Buckle.
Declan Rudd could not prevent England slipping to a 1-0 defeat to Holland in the European Under-19 Championships last night. Steven Berghuis leapt highest to send a fine header past the City keeper after only six minutes, while Rudd made a fine save minutes later to deny a Luc Castaignos half volley destined for the top corner.