Your World Cup Picks?

Australia

Where do I go next for inspiration? Colours. The Socceroos play in gold* and green so that’s the closest we’re getting to a Norwich kit in this World Cup.

I’ve personally always found the Socceroos fairly endearing, compared to their other sports sides anyway. Admittedly this is almost certainly because they are not very good at football.

So, unless you have a lust for losses, it is probably best to lend your support elsewhere.

*It’s yellow, ya flamin’ galahs

Brazil

So that brings us nicely on to a team that unashamedly wears yellow and quite often win this tournament – Brazil.

The Brazilians have recovered remarkably well from a shocking period post the German massacre in Belo Horizonte. The new manager Tite (not pronounced how it is written in English so stop your giggling) has got Brazil playing like…well…Brazil again.

Perhaps the biggest reason you should support this South American giant though is the fact the colour of their shirts means they share a nickname with the finest club in East Anglia.

Can Captain Canary do this though?

Denmark

Managed by former Norwich defender Age Hareide, Denmark head to Russia with a fifteen match unbeaten streak.

Unfortunately they are not decked out in their 1986 kits, nevertheless they are another side with a classy number 10.

We’ve also had Steeno, Thomas Helveg, Jan Molby and Henrik Mortenson play for us down the years, while Norfolk basically borders Denmark if you ignore the North Sea.

Denmark is also home to my favourite ex-Norwich player anecdote.

Former Danish Canary David Nielsen, who must have been delighted Italy missed the cut, was once involved in a training ground spat in 2005 with Allan Gaarde.According to our Dave, his teammate was “pretentious… talking loudly about wine in Italian.”

He went on: ‘The next time you speak Italian I will break you in half. You’re not f***ing Italian – you spent eight months there.’

David was true to his word: “So when he did it again I decided to break his shitting legs like sticks. I jumped at him and bang. Jackpot. Felt good.“

Needless to say, David Nielsen was sacked by AaB.

Mind you, the one real negative about supporting Denmark in this World Cup is the fact that they have that Ippo player that always plays well against us.

Morocco

A nation that may well prove to be a surprise package at the World Cup is of course the land offormer midfield maestro Youssef Safri.

Safri was the inspiration for what is probably our greatest ever chant – Moroccan All Over The World.

So support the Atlas Lions this summer and stick on some Quo (or maybe not)

Germany

If you’re really in need of supporting a winner this June and July then you probably don’t have to look much further than the country that we buy lots of FOURTH DIVISION players from these days – Germany.

Let’s face it, Carrow Road is basically a German enclave these days to the point my mate went down there the other day and came out wearing lederhosens.

If leather trousers aren’t your thing then no fear: Along Comes Norwich has already provided you with some acceptable clothes with the German flag. That means there’s no need to buy one of those really cool Adidas retro shirts to concrete your support for Die Mannschaft.

While you’re here. We’re selling another t-shirt (yes, we know, again) to help raise fund for Barclay End Norwich to purchase flags and banners, while hopefully putting on some larger scale displays this season. Links below if you wanted to help out but pre orders finish today (13 June)