THIS is it – the Norwich City Dream Team to beat all the rest, voted by Evening News readers as the Canaries’ top 11 players of all time.

There are six Englishmen, two Irishmen, two Welshmen and one Scot – seven of them full internationals. Two of them played for the Canaries in the 1950s, two of them as recently as the 1990s.

Topping the poll was England World Cup winner and former City skipper Martin Peters. Seven out of every ten voters included him in their line-up.
Behind Peters’ 71 per cent support in second place was full-back Mark Bowen, with 60 per cent. Goalkeeper Kevin Keelan, who holds the club’s appearance record with 673 senior games, was third with 56 per cent backing.

Steve Bruce – who, along with Bowen, was in charge of the Birmingham team which beat City in May’s Division One play-off final – was joint fourth on 52 per cent with 60s goalscoring hero Ron Davies.

Milk Cup-winning captain Dave Watson polled 44 per cent and former Northern Ireland World Cup captain Martin O’Neill 39 per cent.

Two members of the legendary 1959 FA Cup semi-final team made it into the side – centre-half Barry Butler with 38 per cent and outside-left Bobby Brennan with 29 per cent.

Full-back and former Player of the Year Ian Culverhouse (33 per cent) and Scotland international striker Ted MacDougall (29 per cent) complete the line up.

In all, 140 players received votes. Those who narrowly missed out on the final 11 include Ian Crook (28 per cent), Ron Ashman (27 per cent) and Chris Sutton (25 per cent). Ken Nethercott, with 19 per cent, was next goalkeeper in the poll. Of the current City side, Iwan Roberts had the most support at 15 per cent.

Two entries, drawn at random from all Dream Team votes, each win a set of three Norwich City videos produced by Visionsport International. They are M Palmer, Sunnyfield, Oakham, Rutland, and G Winter, Charles Avenue, Norwich.