The most galling aspect of an excruciating afternoon for Paul Lambert might be that, by the end, it was the Norwich supporters singing his name from the rafters. It was not supposed to be that way on his return to Carrow Road, where he won back-to-back promotions at the start of the decade, with Ipswich but the kind of assignment he outwardly relishes turned into a nightmare.Lambert was shown a red card by the referee, Peter Bankes, in first-half added time afte r a confrontation between the benches that required police intervention to assuage. At that point his side were a goal down to Onel Hernández’s second-minute strike. Teemu Pukki would add two doses of further punishment and the old rivals’ wildly differing directions of travel – Norwich’s towards the Premier League while Ipswich sink into the third tier – were underlined emphatically. Related: Football League: Birmingham hold on in seven-goal thriller at QPR Continue readingreadfullarticle
