It took an age to happen but, finally, the planets of negotiation, bureaucracy, due diligence, and patience have aligned. Mark Attanasio and his Norfolk Group are now the majority shareholders of Norwich City FC.

The significance of this change will only become clear further down the track.

We will never know for sure whether this would have been the outcome if Michael Foulger had not decided to call time on his Norwich City shareholding, but his decision to do so was the first domino to fall in a series of events that have concluded with Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones no longer being significant shareholders in our football club.

Instead, they will deservedly become honorary vice presidents.

It brings to an end a reign that?s lasted well over a quarter of a century and has yielded six promotions, six relegations, two play-off finals, and 15 permanent managers.
It has seldom been dull. Not always for the right reasons… but rarely dull.

They were first elected to the board on 28 November 1996, as the club re-emerged from the ashes of Robert Chase’s reign – one that ended amid much acrimony when, basically, the money ran out.

Initially, Delia and Michael were the holders of a minority stake, sitting alongside existing board members Michael Foulger and Barry Skipper, as they injected a reported £2m into the club as it battled to survive in the wake of the post-Chase financial crash.

It was, on their part, an act of faith. A respon...