Norwich City Football Club stars' surprise Christmas visit

Players and staff from Norwich City Football Club surprised patients in the children's ward of James Paget University Hospital (JPUH), handing out presents, signing autographs and posing for photos.

Championship players including Adam Idah - whose 95th-minute belter led to City's third win in four games against Bristol on Sunday - Przemysław Płacheta, Liam Gibbs, Sam McCallum, Christian Fassnacht, Hwang Ui-Jo and Dan Barden visited the ward on Wednesday to wish the patients a very Merry Christmas.

Sam McCallum, Liam Gibbs, Adam Idah, Hwang Ui-Jo and Przemek Placheta wishing patients at the children's ward a Merry Christmas. Picture - JPUH (Image: JPUH)Other players, including Jonny Rowe and Dimitris Giannoulis, visited patients at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and East Anglia's Children's Hospices base at The Nook in Norwich.

Staff at the hospitals were also given a hamper by the players as a special thank you for their hard work throughout the year.

Defender Sam McCallum said: "It's good to do your part in the community. All the patients were so appreciative of everything we did and coming to visit them. 

"It's of massive importance to them, and to us."

The Canaries are back in action against Preston on Saturday.

Liam Gibbs, Adam Idah, Christian Fassnacht, Sam McCallum (front), Hwang Ui-Jo, Dan Barden and Przemek Placheta handed out presents and autographs to patients at the James Paget. Picture - JPUH (Image: JPUH)