What is your favourite Norwich City away shirt?
On the Scrimmage Daily, Chris Goreham and Rob Butler discussed fans' favourite Canary away shirts.On Saturday, Norwich will change their strip to avoid a colour clash with Watford in the Championship. It's one of the rare games in which two teams meet each other who traditionally play in yellow.You can listen to the episode here:
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