Life would be dull without Norwich in our lives

CAST aside your contempt, ignore county boundaries and discard rivalries of days gone by.

That is my clarion call to the proud folk of Suffolk today as I urge those with an allegiance to all things blue and white to back poor Bryan Gunn’s struggling Canaries.

Make no mistake, I want nothing more for ailing Norwich City than their current plight – hovering ominously above the dreaded drop zone.

But to lose them from our fixture list entirely would be a disaster - like Superman without Lex Luther, Supergran without Scunner Campbell (remember him?), or Bananaman without General Blight.

Without yellow and green in our lives, where would the anticipation, excitement and passion be found in our perennial anti-climatic campaigns?

Where would the North Stand die-hards release their fury if there was no Jamie Cureton, Gary Docherty or Lee Croft to vocally abuse?

What would be the point in having a 30,000-seater stadium if the only fixture which ever came close to attracting a sell-out crowd no longer existed?

And who could we smugly mock from our mid-table, financially secure position?

No, it is imperative that our friends from the north maintain their second tier status.

I will stop short of singing On the Ball City and you won’t catch me in the Barclay End any time soon.

But, when the fixture lists are released in the summer, I hope Norwich City feature.