Former Town academy manager Sammy Morgan has thanked well-wishers as he battles cancer.
Morgan, 68, is now back home having recently undergone a six-hour operation on his stomach at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
The Northern Irishman, who is based at Gorleston, previously underwent three bouts of chemotherapy and will have three more, but hopes to attend a Town game soon.
"The staff at the hospital, led by Doctor Kumar, have been fantastic with their care and expertise. I couldn’t be in better hands,” he told the club site.
"It’s been a difficult time but my immediate family and close friends have given me great strength to help me get through this period.
"It was a big operation but I’m still standing and now I have three more bouts of chemotherapy to go through in the coming months.
"I’ve kept in touch with what’s being going on at Portman Road and I’m delighted to see the club doing so well this season.
"Mick McCarthy is a good man. Hopefully I can get down there and see a game before the end of the season.
"I’ve got a long way to go yet but the support I have received from not only my family and friends, but people I know in the game, coaches, staff, young players that I have worked with and their parents as well has been so uplifting. I’d like to thank them all.”
Morgan was with Port Vale, Aston Villa, Brighton, Cambridge United, Sparta Rotterdam and Groningen during his playing days and won 18 Northern Ireland caps, scoring three goals.
The Belfast-born striker, who qualified as a teacher after retiring, was the director of Norwich City’s academy prior to moving to Playford Road in 2004, initially as head of education. He was academy manager between 2009 and 2012.