CITY today confirmed there will be a minute's applause held before today's game against Watford (3pm) at Carrow Road in memory of popular former Canary Jimmy Neighbour, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 58.

Neighbour, a right-winger made 115 appearances for City, scoring five goals between 1976 and 1979 including a memorable strike in a 2-1 win over Liverpool.

Club Secretary Kevan Platt said: "He was the type of player that fans loved, a jinking winger who formed part of the very exciting side that John Bond put together in the mid 1970s.

"I remember him scoring a fantastic goal with a curling shot past Ray Clemence to help us to a 2-1 win against Liverpool. He became something of a cult figure and will be fondly remembered by fans of that era.

"The thoughts of everyone at the Club are with Jimmy and his family at this sad time."

Former City boss Ken Brown told the EDP: "The best way of summing Jimmy up as a footballer is that he would run through brick walls for you.

"He was a smashing little player, an excellent right winger with a superb cross on him who also worked very hard when he didn't have the ball and was a good trainer as well. Jimmy was also a thinking player, with a good footballing brain, and he did a great job for us while he was here.

"He was a key man, always one of the first names on our team sheet, and was also a lovely fella. To lose him at such a young age is a terrible shock."

City signed Neighbour from Tottenham Hotspur, where he was a League Cup winner, in September 1976 and became a key figure in John Bond's side of the late 70s. He had a spell in the United States with Seattle Sounders before returning to England with West Ham United in September 1979.

He had a loan spell at Bournemouth, where he made the last of his 304 Football League appearances, before moving into management with Enfield in 1988, helping them lift the FA Trophy.

After four years in charge, he had spells as Youth Development Officer at West Ham United, assistant manager at Doncaster Rovers and manager of St. Albans City.

He was inducted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame in 2002.