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Huddersfield will be without suspended on-loan striker Nathan Eccleston for the clash against league leaders Norwich.

The Liverpool teenager starts a three-game ban following his dismissal in last week’s defeat at Gillingham, but manager Lee Clark has plenty of options with Gary Roberts, Theo Robinson and Robbie Simpson all desperate to return to the starting line-up.

Clark, who spent two years as assistant to former Norwich boss Glenn Roeder at Carrow Road before taking charge of Town, could also hand a recall to defender Lee Peltier, who has missed the last two games due to an ankle injury.

Otherwise, the Terriers boss has no new injury or suspension worries as his side look to make up lost ground on the top six following back-to-back league defeats.

Norwich have midfielder Darel Russell back in contention for the encounter.

Russell has sat out the last three games through suspension after he was sent off against Southampton last month and now faces a battle to get back into Paul Lambert’s side.

The Canaries won all three games without him to go four points clear at the top and Russell may have to make do with a place on the bench.

Left-back Adam Drury played for an hour for the reserves earlier this week as he recovers from a thigh injury and will travel with the squad.

But centre-half Zak Whitbread (calf) and striker Cody McDonald (thigh) are still out as Lambert’s side look for yet another victory.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Update

Forthcoming Events

Information on forthcoming events for members

Social Event – Milk Cup 25th Anniversary – 24 March 2010

The Supporters Group in conjunction with The Murderers have arranged a social event to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Norwich City’s 1985 Milk Cup win.

Ken Brown and Tim Sheppard have both confirmed that they will be attending, and it is hoped that the Football Club will loan us the Milk Cup for the evening, whilst a video of the 1985 Milk Cup Final will be screened in the Main Bar.

A donation from ticket sales will be made to The Help for Heroes Charity, and we are hoping that we can raise £2000 for the charity.

There are 220 tickets available for the event, priced at £10, which are now on sale from The Murderers.

Pre-Match Meet – NCFC v Leeds United – 27 March 2010

The Supporters Group will meet in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1300 on 27 March 2010, prior to the home match against Leeds United.

If you are in the area please come along.

Social Event – Tranmere Rovers v NCFC – 2 April 2010

The Supporters Group will be meeting in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1930 on 2 April 2010, to watch the televised League One match between Tranmere Rovers and Norwich City.

If you are in the area please come along.

Pre-Match Meet – NCFC v Stockport County – 5 April 2010

The Supporters Group will meet in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1300 on 5 April 2010, prior to the home match against Stockport County.

If you are in the area please come along.

Pre-Match Meet – NCFC v MK Dons – 10 April 2010

The Supporters Group will meet in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1300 on 10 April 2010, prior to the home match against MK Dons.

If you are in the area please come along.

Pre-Match Meet – NCFC v Gillingham – 24 April 2010

The Supporters Group will meet in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1300 on 24 April 2010, prior to the home match against Gillingham.

If you are in the area please come along.

Meeting – Annual General Meeting – 8 May 2010

The Annual General Meeting will take place at The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1200 on 8 May 2010.

All members are welcome to attend.

Meeting – Committee Meeting – 8 May 2010

The Committee Meeting will take place at The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1230 on 8 May 2010.

All members are welcome to attend.

Pre-Match Meet – NCFC v Carlisle United – 8 May 2010

The Supporters Group will meet in The Murderers on Timber Hill at 1300 on 8 May 2010, prior to the home match against Carlisle United.

If you are in the area please come along.

Social Event – End of Season Social – 8 May 2010

We are looking to arrange our End of Season Social for 8 May 2010 (funny old thing!), and are looking at booking a room with The Murderers for a general get together / social gathering.

The room at The Murderers holds 70 people, and the event will be by invite only i.e. if you’re name isn’t on the list then you won’t get in!

Obviously we need to know numbers to see whether it’s worthwhile booking the room and the invites / tickets will be free of charge; with donations being taken on the night for the Matthew Project; the recipients of the Forces2Canaries Sponsored Event 2010.

The evening will start at 1930-2000 (ish) going on till whenever the pub shuts!

If you are interested in coming along then please let me know ASAP; including the number of invites you require!

Tickets will only be available to signed up members of the Supporters Group until 1200 on Saturday 12 April 2010, when they will then be made available to friends of Forces2Canaries.

Sponsored Event – Matthew Project – 15 May 2010

On 15 May 2010, members of the Forces2Canaries Supporters Group will be walking from Cromer to Norwich, starting and finishing at the offices of The Matthew Project, in each location.

Having lost one of our members in recent years, who was a beneficiary of The Matthew Project, we felt this was an important charity for the Supporters Group to represent, and we hope you will feel the same too, and donate whatever you feel you can.

http://www.justgiving.com/forces2canaries-cromer-norwich-10

Event – Carrow Road – 21 May 2010

The Supporters Group has hired the pitch at Carrow Road between 1600-1700 on 21 May 2009. We have managed to hire the pitch for the same price as 2009 and places will cost £35 per person.

The list for this event is now closed.

General Information

Information for members

Forces2Canaries Fantasy F1 2010

The Supporters Group are running a Fantasy F1 competition for the 2010 season, with particpants being required to pick 2 constructors and 4 drivers from the available list.

More details for the competition can be found on the F2C website.

Forces2Canaries Prediction League 2010-11

The Supporters Group will be running a new Prediction League for the 2010-11 season, but to accomplish this we will be running a preliminary round for the remaining games of this season.

Although new members will be enter the competition next season, this seasons preliminary round will set the league placings.

More details can be found on the F2C website.

Forces2Canaries Merchandise

The Supporters Group now have a number of items or merchandise available for members including polo shirts, fleeces, beanie hats, key rings and mugs.

If you are interested in ordering any of these items please contact me as we will be looking to put another order together at the end of March.

Forces2Canaries Player of the Month – February 2010

The poll to select your Player of the Month for February 2010 is now online.

Forces2Canaries Email Addresses

Email addresses are available to all members.

If you wish to sign up for an email address please contact me.

Any Ideas?

If you have any ideas for the Supporters Group please let the Committee know.

This is your Supporters Group, and our aim is to get as many of you involved with all events as possible.

We are looking to arrange our End of Season Social for 8 May 2010 (funny old thing!), and are looking at booking a room with The Murderers for a general get together / social gathering.

The room at The Murderers holds 70 people, and the event will be by invite only i.e. if you’re name isn’t on the list then you won’t get in!

Obviously we need to know numbers to see whether it’s worthwhile booking the room and the invites / tickets will be free of charge; with donations being taken on the night for the Matthew Project; the recipients of the Forces2Canaries Sponsored Event 2010.

The evening will start at 1930-2000 (ish) going on till whenever the pub shuts!

If you are interested in coming along then please let me know ASAP; including the number of invites you require!

Tickets will only be available to signed up members of the Supporters Group until 1200 on Saturday 12 April 2010, when they will then be made available to friends of Forces2Canaries.

Norwich’s relentless march towards automatic promotion from League One continued as they strolled to a 12th win in 14 matches with a 3-0 victory over Yeovil.

Leading scorers Wes Hoolahan, Grant Holt and Chris Martin all hit the target to take their cumulative total of goals up to 60 as Norwich dismissed the challenge of the visitors with a minimum of fuss.

The Canaries took less than two minutes to grab the initiative as poor defending from an Anthony McNamee corner allowed Holt to power a header goalwards.

His effort hit the bar and rebounded kindly for Hoolahan to blast home from point-blank range.

Norwich went on to dominate the remainder of the game and should have doubled their advantage just before half-time when Holt played a one-two with Martin and rounded keeper Alex McCarthy, only to hit the side netting.

But Norwich duly wrapped up the points 20 minutes from the end with another scrappy goal. This time McNamee’s cross from the right was headed high up into the air by Terrell Forbes and when McCarthy missed his punch Holt was on hand to convert from inside the six-yard box.

The win was made safe six minutes later when Holt set up Martin for his 20th goal of the season, with the striker’s shot trickling into the back of the net after being only half-stopped by the keeper.

Stephen Elliott will go straight into the Norwich squad after signing on loan from Preston.

The Republic of Ireland striker is down the pecking order at Deepdale and has joined the Canaries` promotion push for the rest of the season.

He is likely to have to settle for a place on the bench, although manager Paul Lambert could be tempted to rest Chris Martin, who has looked out of sorts in recent games.

Should that be the case then Oli Johnson is likely to start alongside leading goalscorer Grant Holt.

Midfielder Darel Russell completes his three-game suspension while Zak Whitbread (calf) and Adam Drury (thigh) remain sidelined although the latter did return to training this week.

Cody McDonald, who this week had his contract extended until the summer of 2012, is also absent with a thigh strain.

Yeovil manager Terry Skiverton will be hoping to name an unchanged side after back-to-back wins.

Those wins have lifted the Glovers to 12th, nine points clear of fourth-from-bottom Oldham and Skiverton will be keen to keep faith with his players.

He is sweating on the fitness of striker Dean Bowditch (hamstring), who was substituted in the second half of last Saturday’s 1-0 home win over MK Dons as a precaution.

Ryan Mason was introduced from the bench as Bowditch’s replacement and could be handed a start should the former Ipswich man not make it.

On-loan Brighton attacking midfielder Arron Davies is expected to keep his place in midfield after replacing Owain Tudur Jones, who was on loan at Yeovil from the Canaries before returning to Carrow Road.