The 45-year-old is celebrating three decades of making the journey from Northern Ireland to Norfolk to watch the Canaries this weekend.

Jonathan Martindale, pictured here when he was 15, with Bryan Gunn who played as City's goalkeeper at the time (Image: Supplied by Jonathan Martindale)

Mr Martindale has racked up roughly 50,000 miles during his biannual visits to Carrow Road from Donaghadee, near Belfast, which equates to about two trips around the world.

Mr Martindale was introduced to the Canaries when they played at Ards Football Club - his local team at the time - during City's 1995 pre-season tour around Northern Ireland under Martin O'Neill.

"I was a little 14-year-old with my sticker book and I was........

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