Good piss off Labour ******.
The former Labour MP cited his upcoming television commitments behind the decision, which will also see him stand down as a director, but the lifelong City fan will become a club ambassador and vice-president.
Balls will officially leave his position as chairman on Boxing Day, the third anniversary of accepting the position from City’s majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones.
The club’s owners, along with the rest of the Canaries’ board, have no immediate plans to appoint a successor to Balls as chairman.
“I said to Delia and Michael in the autumn I felt it was the right time for me to step down,” said Balls, speaking prior to the Canaries’ 3-1 home win against Rotherham that kept them top of the Championship.