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Norwich City Deepdale 20/12/2025 12.30 - themaclad - 19-12-2025 For the second week in succession we start at the ungodly time of 12.30pm, suspect any visitors travelling by coach will set their alarms for a truly great time of 3am to give them ample time to crawl out of bed and still realise it's the middle of the night, good news is at 3.03pm on the 21st is the furthest the earth's axis will be from the sun, from then on in it's downhill to summer. City not having the best summer although seem to be starting to improve under Phil the man from Belgium, certainly won't be in the drop zone by May although by no means an easy task to get away from that line above 22nd. canaries.co.uk Norwich City Football Club The official website of Norwich City Football Club, featuring first team news, club updates, ticketing information and retail products. | Sign up to a One City account to enjoy all that’s available | Norwich City Football Club canaries.co.uk canaries.co.uk MANAGER Philippe Clement (born 22 March 1974) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Norwich City.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Clement#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He began his professional career at Belgian clubs Beerschot and Genk between 1992 and 1998, thereafter he joined Coventry City in England for one season. Clement then returned to his homeland and spent ten seasons at Club Brugge, between 1999 and 2009, making over 300 appearances. At international level, Clement won 38 caps for the Belgium national team between 1998 and 2007 and scored one goal. As a manager, Clement led Genk and Club Brugge to Belgian Pro League titles over three consecutive seasons. Abroad, he managed Monaco in Ligue 1 and Rangers in the Scottish Premiership, winning a Scottish League Cup. Attributed Ellywa Always like the waY backroom staff always have their initials on their clothing, easy to remember who you are then. HOT SHOTS AND NEWBIES Top Scorer Sargeant 8 Kvistgaarden biggest transfer 8.5 million FORM GUIDE PNE 14 NORWICH 9 Team News​ A number of players who have recently returned from injury or who are still on their way back, the likes of Ali McCann, Andrija Vukčević and Will Keane, all took part in a training match earlier this week. Liam Lindsay will return to contention after serving his one-match suspension, while Brad Potts will be hoping for his first minutes since March on Saturday, after being an unused substitute for the last two matches. Jamal Lewis, Milutin Osmajić and Robbie Brady remain unavailable. The Visitors​ Following a summer of change, with Liam Manning being appointed as head coach and a plethora of new faces added to the squad, things didn’t get off to the start that Norwich City would have wanted. The Canaries went 12 matches between September and November without a victory and found themselves in the bottom three, leading to the dismissal of Manning as boss and the appointment of Philippe Clement. Norwich have picked up some impressive results under the two-time Belgian Pro League winning manager, including victories over Queens Park Rangers and Southampton, and he’ll be hoping his side can come up with the goods again at Deepdale this weekend. Match Officials​ Referee: Stephen Martin Assistant Referees: Hugh Gilroy and Hristo Karaivanov Fourth Official: Simon Mather Stephen Martin will take charge of Saturday’s fixture. Martin officiated North End’s draw against Millwall earlier in the campaign and is vastly experienced in the EFL, having first refereed PNE back in 2013. So far this season, he has shown 55 yellow cards in 12 matches.