Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Norwich City U18s 3-0 West Ham United U18sU18 Premier League South West Ham United U18s fell to a 3-0 defeat at Norwich City in their penultimate U18 Premier League South fixture of the 2024/25 campaign With a number of young professionals and second-year scholars absent preparing for the U21s’ Premier League 2 play-off quarter-final at Manchester United on Monday coach Lauris Coggin fielded an inexperienced team in Norfolk Under-16s Joe Scanlon and Harry Montague both started in defence Majid Balogun and Andre Dike were also in the team from kick-off midfielder Preston Fearon and forward Josh Ajala were eligible to play but not involved Golambeckis and Ajala all started the U21s’ PL2 play-off round of 16 win over Sunderland Norwich took the lead inside three minutes at the end of a counter-attack through Damari Daley an 18-year-old forward who signed his first professional contract last year then doubled their advantage on 23 minutes when another 18-year-old West Ham’s best chances of the opening period fell to Elisha Sowunmi The Canaries made the game safe six minutes after half-time when centre-forward Finlay Corke beat goalkeeper Hooper at the end of another fast break from the home side David Chigwada and Jonathan Unwin from the bench but the Hammers were unable to work themselves back into the game as Dike saw another shot saved Defeat leaves the Irons 12th in the 13-team U18 Premier League South table victory over bottom side West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday would lift them two places and possibly three in the final table to ninth above Brighton & Hove Albion and Norwich and Leicester City should the Foxes fail to win at Aston Villa on Thursday Steele (Owen 66)Sub not used: Tkaczuk (GK) Site designed & built by Other Media, powered by Clubcast CloseA camera used to monitor a pair of breeding peregrine falcons shows the first chick of the year hatched and fed by adult birds laid on a special nesting site high up on Norwich Cathedral The Hawk and Owl Trust, external said about 260,000 people had already tuned in to watch the live feed of the birds of prey outreach and conservation ranger at the trust said: "It's always remarkable to witness the moment peregrine falcon chicks hatch." 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What's in the US-Ukraine resources deal 1:23 Kamala Harris hits out at Trump in first major speech since losing election 00:01:18Kamala Harris hits out at Trump in first major speech since losing election There were 1,242 Bluebirds in the away end with Ramsey beginning by praising their support “They’ve been unbelievable and I think they’ve really bought into the boys over the last few weeks and the performances that they’ve produced. It’s a lot of effort for them to come up here today and support us We appreciate every single one of them doing that and making that journey. "Thank you again to them and they’re going to be a huge part of us bouncing back as a Club." City fought back in the contest with two goals from Yousef Salech who ends the campaign with nine goals for the Bluebirds “I was really happy with the way we started the game," Aaron continued caused them a few problems and had chances but then there’s the sending off and these things happen it’s about trying to readjust and sort things out pressed their 10s better and had a threat on the counter-attack as well For them to take on all the information that we wanted them to it speaks volumes about how far we’ve come in a few weeks. "When you’re 3-1 down and you have seven players in their box all sprinting back to clear danger or make an interception that’s the culture and the habits you need if you’re going to be a serious team and bounce back. “The message at half-time was that we go on and try and win this half They’re a good team and they have some really good players "For us to produce a performance like that with ten men U21 defender Ronan Kpakio earned his first league start for City while there were also league debuts for Dylan Lawlor and Tanatswa Nyakuhwa Aaron concluded: “The Academy has so many talented players and it’s about creating that pathway again I thought every one of them were superb. "Some of them looked like they had been there doing it for ages so it’s a very proud day for them and it’s just a glimpse of the players we have in store and available next season.” Watch more from Aaron on Cardiff City TV. Designed & built by Other Media Search and my tour isn’t visiting that fine city of the east A group of six women returned to Earth from space on Monday the former wife of the Trump cheerleader Russell Brand; and the former Fox news presenter and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez fiancee of Donald Trump’s media lapdog Jeff Bezos who bent Washington Post editorial policy to favour the New American Fascism ™ ® It’s a shame they didn’t fly straight into the heart of the sun The six compliant women were sent to space as a costly PR exercise for Bezos’s commercial space flight ambitions, although Perry said it was actually about “finding the love for yourself” and “feeling that divine feminine”. Tell that to all the women worldwide whom Bezos’s pal Trump’s policies are penalising. Singing idiot. Katy Perry said she kissed a girl and she liked it As Trump rolls back on LGBTQ+ rights I’m surprised the Trump-adjacent Bezos allowed a bi-curious woman into space I suppose discussions of sexual identity don’t matter if they’re mere titillation she is at least less likely to influence vulnerable young people while orbiting the Earth Sánchez, meanwhile, is vice-chairman of Bezos’s Bezos Earth Fund, an environmental group that ended its funding of decarbonisation initiatives in February who denies climate change while simultaneously seeing that a defrosting Greenland offers superb mineral mining opportunities Why are all these wankers so totally and unashamedly full of shit As I drove the Penwith peninsula in search of sacred underground Cornish fogous to decompress in the dead car radio suddenly found a frequency to tell me Perry had sadly survived her Bezos-boosting spaceflight If those women really cared about the future of the planet they’d have sabotaged themselves to discredit Trump’s big tech donor Ostensibly I’m here to see the Tate St Ives exhibition of the mighty 20th-century surrealist Ithell Colquhoun whose greatest works were inspired by the landscapes of Cornwall Colquhoun is indivisible from the land that nurtured her talent and both created works called This Train Don’t Stop Camborne Wednesdays though only one features an impressionistic portrayal of the vulva as twin columns of flame I’m the Ralph McTell of champagne socialist satire Let me take you by the hand.Thirty years ago I’d pick up Colquhoun’s signed books in secondhand shops and wonder at her obscurity Maybe one day I may yet help Bloomsbury’s Museum of Comedy stage that long mooted Jethro retrospective My sister asks why I am not appearing at Norwich Theatre Royal as printed news and trustworthy current affairs television began to wither came to rely on social media to bob us along on its churning sewage-strewn surface Then Trump’s tech bros skewed the algorithms away from liberal content and even agreed to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to appease him I can feel people glazing over as I explain this What does the end of verifiable information matter to them And all politicians are as bad as one another anyway And I realise I sound like that American bloke on acid at a Butthole Surfers gig in 1988 saying The Man is controlling our minds with miniature ear robots and hidden smells all those stoned paranoid imaginings are finally true and it seems the future of facts themselves still nursing a grudge against the kids from their high school who played guitar or drew cool comics accommodated by the likes of Keir Starmer and Katy Perry is the geopolitical equivalent of a football player stuffing the face of the boy who won the spelling competition into the toilet bowl and random Venezuelans with random tattoos I think one routine I wrote about immigration sometime in the early 00s was shared by socials so often it basically gave me a career culminating in the Times calling me the world’s greatest living standup comedian by osmosis writing careers and worthy causes that gained traction in the tiny toilet window between the downturn in print media and the twin horrors of Musk’s annexation of Twitter and Google’s apparent abandonment of its “Don’t Be Evil” mantra would never flourish today The light gleams an instant as Twitter helps Tracey Thorn from Everything But the Girl become a bestselling author I think someone needs to build a new global news network disinvested from media money men and Trump knee-benders using the skills he learned from kickstarting GB News sign up to my monthly mailing list at stewartlee.co.uk to find out if I ever play Norwich Theatre Royal again or whether my permanent absence from eastern England becomes just another victory for the fascist future Stewart Lee tours Stewart Lee vs the Man-Wulf until spring 2026 with a Royal Festival Hall run in July. 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The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media. 619 CommentsNorwich City have sacked head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup and placed ex-Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere in charge for their two remaining games of the season was appointed in May 2024 as the replacement for David Wagner who had been dismissed following the Canaries' play-off defeat by Leeds United But the Dane leaves Carrow Road following a run of six defeats in eight Championship matches "While we made this appointment with a long-term focus and in line with our wider club strategy and direction unfortunately recent results and performances have deemed it necessary for us make a change," said sporting director Ben Knapper Norwich won 14 out of 47 games under Thorup who was previously in charge of FC Nordsjaelland His assistant Glen Riddersholm has also left the club Knapper added: "They are both fantastic people who worked tirelessly to help improve and move our football club forward We all wish the two of them the best in the next stage of their respective careers." Norwich lost both games over the Easter weekend conceding eight goals in the process and are 14th in the table "There is no short-term solution here, it's long-term and hopefully with all the decisions we have taken and are going to take we'll build an even stronger team, a team that is better suited to the way we want to play," Thorup had told BBC Radio Norfolk following Monday's 3-1 defeat by Millwall. who will be assisted by Tony Roberts and Nick Stanley will take charge of Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough and the Canaries' final-day game at home to Cardiff on 3 May He was appointed as a first-team coach last October having previously been manager of Arsenal's under-18 team Wilshere takes over a Norwich team who have scored more Championship goals (67) than any team other than leaders Leeds a total exceeded only by Sheffield Wednesday Are Canaries right to dismiss Johannes Hoff Thorup Sargent says Norwich must find 'reason to fight' Wilshere out of 'comfort zone' in Norwich role Thorup's departure means 14 of the 24 Championship clubs have changed managers this season - and he is the third boss to lose his job since the start of the Easter weekend following Cardiff's Omer Riza and Tony Mowbray of West Bromwich Albion He was appointed on a three-year contract but had to manage without two leading members of last season's team who had both been sold by the club and his plans have been hit by a number of injuries during the season Norwich lost their opening game at Oxford United but remained unbeaten at home until a 2-0 defeat by Bristol City on 9 November They only managed one point from four games in December but took 10 points from the next four following a 2-1 Boxing Day home win over Millwall The experienced Emiliano Marcondes and Anis Ben Slimane were added to a squad containing Borja Sainz one of the most exciting players in the division who scored twice in a 5-1 win over Swansea in January as the Canaries stayed on the fringes of the play-off picture But Sainz served a six-match ban for spitting at Sunderland's Chris Mepham and a 3-2 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday on 11 March began the poor eight-match run which ultimately led to Thorup's downfall Their only win in that period was a 1-0 success against West Brom The club has been owned by American Mark Attanasio's Norfolk FB Holdings since March replacing long-term majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones Thorup visited Attanasio in the US during last month's international break and afterwards said: "We discussed everything from strategy to player development from how we do things now to how we should do them in the future and (it was useful) also just to get some inspiration from each other and get a feeling of where we are as a team "We refer to a team - the USA team and the British team over here - because we do things together It was a good way of just aligning everything." mean the playing department and boardroom are now out of alignment and Norwich have begun the search for a new head coach in the hope of a big improvement next season Attanasio stated an ambition last November for Norwich to become a Premier League team again in three to five years The club have won promotion from the Championship three times in the past 10 years under Alex Neil - now Millwall boss - in 2015 and Daniel Farke in 2020 and 2022 but each of those successes was followed by single-season stays in the top flight Defender Shane Duffy scored the final goal of Thorup's time in charge in the 3-1 loss to Millwall BBC Radio Norfolk's Norwich City commentator One win in 10 - the worst performing team in the Championship since the start of March Only Leeds have scored more Championship goals than Norwich City this season encouragement from the attacking statistics has been undermined by a lack of defensive resilience Thorup himself recently told me he was "tired" of watching his side fail to deal with balls into the penalty area The eight goals shipped to Portsmouth and Millwall over Easter suggest lessons were not being learned most supporters expected JHT to be given a chance to go again after a tough first season in the Championship Parallels with Daniel Farke's first season in English football in 2017-18 have regularly been drawn But patience is in shorter supply at Carrow Road these days with new American owners keen to make their mark Listen to BBC Radio Norfolk's The Scrimmage podcast To load Comments you need to enable JavaScript in your browser View comments | 619Top stories Stunning stats and 'Ronaldo behaviour' - 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. while there are also starts for David Turnbull Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Troy Perrett are on the City bench