Thorn hopeful over next season

07 May 2011 17:00
Coventry boss Andy Thorn hopes his side can one day taste the same success as Norwich following a 2-2 draw at Carrow Road. Norwich, who last played among the elite clubs of English football for just one season in 2004/2005, had already secured a second-successive promotion at Portsmouth on Monday night after rivals Cardiff suffered a shock 3-0 home defeat by Middlesbrough. It meant a party atmosphere at a sun-baked Carrow Road, where Paul Lambert's men had to come from behind after Richard Keogh bundled the Sky Blues in front at the start of the second half. Two goals in the space of six minutes from captain Grant Holt and on-loan Liverpool youngster Dani Pacheco put the Canaries in front, only for Lukas Jutkiewicz to grab a quick equaliser. While Coventry were left to contemplate another campaign looking up at the riches of the Premier League, the Canaries set off on a lap of honour as the 25,000-strong home support dreamed of tackling the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal just two years after dropping down into League One. Thorn, appointed 10 games ago, said: "There is a lot of confidence and a strong dressing room here. I am disappointed the season is at an end, as I would have liked to kept going. We want to enjoy this sort of occasion ourselves and I cant see any reason why we can`t do that. This is what we want and next season, who knows?"

Source: PA