TO celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canaries' 1958-59 cup run success, Norwich have commissioned 959 special limited edition replica shirts.

Speaking at the launch of the shirt in The Mall Canary Store, current City midfielder Sammy Clingan told canaries.co.uk he was proud to wear the shirt which saw his Norwich predecessors achieve their success.

"I think it's good for the Club and the fans to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the cup run," Sammy commented.  "I think they did really well and they got all the way to the semi final which is a great achievement - looking to nowadays it would be great if we could emulate something like that.

"It's always good when you're in the third round because the big guns are in there and it's always good to draw against the big teams, especially for the supporters. You get to see some of the best players in the world and we're really looking forward to getting in to the FA Cup, but in the mean time we've got to focus on our league form and hopefully getting up the table."

On the design of the replica shirt, Clingan added: "It's a nice shirt, it feels comfortable on and there doesn't feel much of a difference to other shirts. It's good for the Club to celebrate the anniversary of the great cup run that the guys had. I've seen some of the old shirts when I was at Wolves and they used to celebrate things like this as well, and there is a big difference from the shirts from those days to now."

Focussing on the performances of the current Canary squad, Sammy was asked for his thoughts on City's season so far. He said: "We've got a two-week break now because of the internationals and hopefully the lads will get league-focussed now and on the task ahead against Bristol City.

"I think all the lads will be looking forward to it because we were bitterly disappointed after the Derby County game; we felt when we got to 1-1 and they went down to ten men, we felt like we could go on and win the game. Obviously we didn't and we have to put that to the back of our minds and look forward. I think we're putting in some good performances but it's always the crucial thing when you get in front of goal you need to put your chances away, if you don't you're more likely to concede one at the other end.

"I was confident with my penalty - it was unfortunate that Leroy got brought down but it was fortunate that I got to take the penalty and put it away, and I'm looking forward to scoring some more this season."

This weekend will see Clingan miss Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Slovenia due to an injury to his shoulder. On his injury, Sammy said: "It's still a bit sore and tender but that's to be expected, but I'm just looking forward to getting really fit again and getting back in there. I always give it my all for Northern Ireland and Norwich and that's all you can do; as long as you give 110 per cent each game I don't think the manager can fault you.

"I have a good relationship with Nigel Worthington and I've really taken to what he's had to say since he's joined Northern Ireland and it would be good if the lads could get two good results in the qualifiers."