To be fair to him he made what looked to be the sensible decision

NCFC bias aside I think most us would have left the mess that was NCFC at that point!

His wiki entry is good....

Norwich City
On 17 June 2008, he agreed to join Norwich City when his Forest contract expired.[9] He signed a two-year deal and was Glenn Roeder's first summer signing.[10] During the 2008–09 season, Clingan became the club's established penalty taker, scoring all four spot-kicks he took. His other goals were an impressive free-kick in a 1–1 draw away to Birmingham City and a similar effort in the final day 4–2 defeat to Charlton Athletic which sealed the club's relegation to League One. In March, Clingan was soon appointed as Norwich City's vice captain, following Gary Doherty promotion as captain.[11] In the January transfer window, Clingan revealed that Premier League side Fulham tried to sign him.[12]

Following Norwich City's relegation, Clingan requested a transfer and was sold to Coventry City. He proclaimed that he wanted to play in the Premier League and Coventry offered him the best chance of getting there. Unfortunately for him, Coventry didn't make it to the Premier League.

Two years later, however, Norwich City did secure promotion to the Premier League and Clingan was mercilessly taunted with cries of "Sammy Clingan, it could have been you." by Norwich City Supporters when the two clubs met on the last day of the championship season.[13]

He later admitted regretting leaving Norwich for Coventry[citation needed].

Posted By: megson on May 17th 2023 at 16:23:40

Message Thread

The "... Are Paying Half" Quiz (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 17, 12:19:52
- Hmm. Haven’t read answers and can’t get them all (NCFC) - Old Git, May 17, 13:22:41
- The Answers (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 17, 13:01:33
  - Got 5 of those (NCFC) - KentonCanary, May 17, 13:32:22
  - Arguably only 1 of those was a success (NCFC) - Poirot, May 17, 13:02:45
    - Pattison was ok wasn't he? (NCFC) - CWC, May 17, 13:43:10
      - He was ok in the sense that Lee Croft was ok and Clingan was very good (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 17, 14:02:54
        
        it could have been you, it could have been yoouuuuuu Oh Sammy Clingan, it could have been (NCFC) - megson, May 17, 15:42:12
        
        He admitted he should never have left us later in his career (NCFC) - Poirot, May 17, 16:03:56
        
        To be fair to him he made what looked to be the sensible decision (NCFC) - megson, May 17, 16:23:40
        
        Lee Croft POTS (n/m) (NCFC) - Poirot, May 17, 14:24:44
        
        Clingan was so good (NCFC) - Poirot, May 17, 14:23:45
        
        Fair (NCFC) - CWC, May 17, 14:21:37
        
        I can't remember a season where I've been less interested in POTS (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 17, 14:58:40
        
        The team significantly improved after his arrival (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 17, 14:24:40
        
        I remember liking his committed approach (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 17, 14:57:14
    - Oh ahh (NCFC) - Old Git, May 17, 13:23:51
- Given I'm namechecked I'd better have a go....but (NCFC) - Saucerer, May 17, 12:57:06
- Got 5 I think (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, May 17, 12:33:01
  - Plus Brady and Kevin Scott? (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, May 17, 12:35:17
    - Dalglish (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 17, 12:37:44
    - Would never of got them to be fair (n/m) (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, May 17, 12:36:44
- My go (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 17, 12:31:34

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