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Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2021–22 season. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their home games at Carrow Road and have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town, with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 134 times since 1902.

Norwich City

Full name	Norwich City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Canaries The Yellows
Founded	17 June 1902; 120 years ago (1902-06-17)
Ground	Carrow Road
Capacity	27,359[1]
Owner	Delia Smith Michael Wynn-Jones
Head coach	Dean Smith[2]
League	EFL Championship
2021–22	Premier League, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Norwich have won the League Cup twice, in 1962 and 1985. The club's highest ever league finish came in the 1992–93 season when they finished third in the Premier League. Norwich have featured in the UEFA Cup once, in the 1993–94 season, where they were defeated in the third round, but en route became the only English club to defeat German side Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.

The club is nicknamed The Canaries after the history of breeding the birds in the area, which is represented in the team's yellow-and-green kits. The fans' song "On the Ball, City" is the oldest football chant in the world, written in the 1890s and still sung today.

History

Early years (1902–1934)

Norwich City F.C. was formed after a meeting at the Criterion Café in Norwich on 17 June 1902 and played their first competitive match against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902.[3] They joined the Norfolk & Suffolk League for the 1902–03 season,[4] but following a FA commission, the club was ousted from the amateur game in 1905, as it was deemed a professional organisation. Later that year Norwich were elected to play in the Southern League. With increasing crowds, they were forced to leave Newmarket Road in 1908 and moved to The Nest, a disused chalk pit. The club's original nickname was the Citizens, but this was superseded by 1907 by the more familiar Canaries after the club's chairman (who was a keen breeder of canaries) dubbed his boys "The Canaries" and changed their strip to yellow and green. During the First World War, with football suspended and facing spiralling debts, City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917.[5]

The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919 – a key figure in the event was Charles Frederick Watling, future lord mayor of Norwich and the father of future club chairman, Geoffrey Watling.[6] When, in May 1920, the Football League formed a third Division, Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season.[7] Their first league fixture, against Plymouth Argyle, on 28 August 1920, ended in a 1–1 draw. The club went on to endure a mediocre decade, finishing no higher than eighth but no lower than 18th.[5] The following decade proved more successful for the club with a club-record victory, 10–2, over Coventry City.[8] Norwich were promoted as champions to the Second Division in the 1933–34 season under the management of Tom Parker.[9][10]

Move to Carrow Road and an FA Cup semi-final (1934–1959)

With crowds continuing to rise, and with the Football Association raising concerns over the suitability of The Nest, the club considered renovation of the ground, but ultimately decided on a move to Carrow Road. The inaugural match, on 31 August 1935 against West Ham United, ended in a 4–3 victory for the home team and set a new record attendance of 29,779. The biggest highlight of the following four seasons was the visit of King George VI to Carrow Road on 29 October 1938.[5] However the club was relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season.[11] The league was suspended the following season due to the Second World War, and did not resume until the 1946–47 season.[5] City finished this and the following season in 21st place,[12][13] the poor results forcing the club to apply for re-election to the league.[14] The club narrowly missed out on promotion under the guidance of manager Norman Low in the early 1950s, but following the return of Tom Parker as manager, Norwich finished bottom of the football league in the 1956–57 season.[15] The 1958–59 season saw Norwich reach the semi-final of the FA Cup as a Third Division side, defeating two First Division sides on the way: Tottenham Hotspur and Matt Busby's Manchester United.[14][16]

League Cup glory and a place in the First Division (1959–1973)

In the 1959–60 season, Norwich were promoted to the Second Division after finishing second to Southampton, and achieved a fourth-place finish in the 1960–61 season.[14] In 1962 Ron Ashman guided Norwich to their first trophy, defeating Rochdale 4–0 on aggregate in a two-legged final to win the League Cup.[17]

Sixth place in the league was the closest the club came to promotion to the First Division again during the 1960s, but after winning the division in the 1971–72 season under manager Ron Saunders, Norwich City reached the highest level of English football for the first time.[18] They made their first appearance at Wembley Stadium in 1973,[19] losing the League Cup final 1–0 to Tottenham Hotspur.[20]

The John Bond Era (1973–1980)

Relegation to the Second Division in 1974 came after Saunders had departed and been succeeded by John Bond, but the board of directors kept faith in Bond and were quickly rewarded.[18] A highly successful first season saw promotion back to the First Division,[21] and another visit to Wembley, again in the League Cup final, this time losing 1–0 to Aston Villa.[22]

Promotion, silverware and more cup runs (1980–1992)

Bond departed to Manchester City in autumn 1980,[23] and the club were relegated six months later,[21] but bounced back the following season after finishing third under Bond's successor Ken Brown.[24] In August 1981, Norwich City striker Justin Fashanu became the first black footballer to command a £1m transfer fee when he moved to Nottingham Forest.[25]

The 1984–85 season was of mixed fortunes for the club; under Brown's guidance, they reached the final of the Football League Cup at Wembley Stadium, having defeated Ipswich Town in the semi-final.[26] In the final, they beat Sunderland 1–0,[26] but in the league, both Norwich and Sunderland were relegated to the second tier of English football.[27] This made Norwich the first English club to win a major trophy and suffer relegation in the same season; something which was not matched until Birmingham City also suffered relegation the season they won the League Cup 26 years later.[28]

Norwich were also denied their first foray into Europe with the ban on English clubs after the Heysel Stadium disaster.[29][30] City bounced back to the top flight by winning the Second Division championship in the 1985–86 season.[31] This was the start a club-record nine consecutive seasons in the top division of English football.[21] High league placing in the First Division in 1988–89 would have been enough for UEFA Cup qualification, but the ban on English clubs remained.[30] They also had good cup runs during this period, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1989 and again in 1992.[32][33]

Early success in the Premier League era (1992–1995)

During 1992–93, the inaugural season of the Premier League, Norwich City quickly emerged as surprise title contenders,[34] before faltering in the final weeks to finish third behind the champions, Manchester United, and runners-up Aston Villa.[35] The following season Norwich participated in the UEFA Cup for the first (and only) time,[36] losing in the third round to Inter Milan, but defeating Bayern Munich. Winning 2–1, Norwich were the first British team to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium.[37][38] Mike Walker quit as Norwich City manager in January 1994,[39] to take charge of Everton and was replaced by first team coach John Deehan who led the club to 12th place in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League.[40][41] Norwich began the 1994–95 season well, despite the pre-season departure of top scorer Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers for a British record fee of £5 million,[42] and by Christmas they were seventh in the league.[43] Norwich then won only one of their final 20 league games,[44] and slumped to 20th place and relegation, ending a nine-season run in the top flight.[45]

The Division One years (1995–2003)

Shortly before relegation, Deehan resigned as manager and his assistant Gary Megson took over until the end of the season.[46] Martin O'Neill, who had taken Wycombe Wanderers from the Conference to the Second Division with successive promotions, was appointed as Norwich City manager in summer 1995.[47] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman Robert Chase over money to strengthen the squad.[48] Soon after, Chase stepped down after protests from supporters, who complained that he kept selling the club's best players and was to blame for their relegation.[49] Chase's majority stakeholding was bought by Geoffrey Watling.[50]

English television cook Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones took over the majority of Norwich City's shares from Watling in 1996,[50] and Mike Walker was re-appointed as the club's manager.[51] He was unable to repeat the success achieved during his first spell and was sacked two seasons later with Norwich mid-table in Division One.[52] Nigel Worthington took over as Norwich City manager in December 2000 following an unsuccessful two years for the club under Bruce Rioch and then Bryan Hamilton. He had been on the coaching staff under Hamilton who resigned with the club 20th in the First Division and in real danger of relegation to the third tier of English football for the first time since the 1960s.[53] Worthington avoided the threat of relegation and, the following season, led City to a playoff final at the Millennium Stadium, which Norwich lost against Birmingham City on penalties.[54]

Return to the Premier League (2003–2009)

The 2003–04 campaign saw the club win the First Division title, finishing eight points clear of second-placed West Bromwich Albion and returned to the top flight for the first time since 1995.[55] For much of the 2004–05 season, the club struggled and a last day 6–0 defeat away to Fulham condemned them to relegation.[56] The club finished in ninth place in The Championship in the 2005–06 season[57] and, as results in the 2006–07 season went against City, Worthington was sacked in October 2006, directly after a 4–1 defeat by Burnley.[58]

On 16 October 2006, Norwich announced that former City player Peter Grant had left West Ham United to become the new manager,[59] and in February 2007, Grant replaced assistant Doug Livermore with his fellow Scot, Jim Duffy.[60] Grant's side struggled for most of the season and made a poor start to the 2007–08 season, with only two wins by mid October; following a 1–0 defeat at fellow-strugglers Queens Park Rangers, Grant left the club by "mutual consent" on 9 October 2007.[61] On 30 October 2007, former Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder was confirmed as Grant's replacement.[62] Roeder kept Norwich in the Championship with a 3–0 win over Queens Park Rangers, Norwich's penultimate game of the season.[63][64]

Relegation, promotion and yo-yo years (2009–present)

On 14 January 2009 it was announced that Roeder had been relieved of his first team duties after 60 games in charge, and just 20 victories.[65] A week later, Bryan Gunn was appointed as manager until the end of the season,[66] but he was unable to prevent the club from being relegated on 3 May 2009, after a 4–2 defeat away at already relegated Charlton Athletic.[67] Following their relegation, their first game of the season resulted in a shock 7–1 home defeat against East Anglian rivals Colchester United. This was the club's heaviest ever home defeat and Gunn was sacked six days later.[68]

On 18 August 2009, Paul Lambert was announced as the new manager, leaving his post at Colchester, and nine months later led Norwich to promotion back to the Championship as League One Champions, after a single season in League One.[69][70] The following season saw Norwich promoted to the Premier League, finishing second in the table and completing the first back-to-back promotions from the third tier to the first since Manchester City in 2000.[71]

The club finished in 12th place in their first season back in the Premier League.[72] However, Lambert resigned within a month of the season's close to take up the vacant managerial spot at league rivals Aston Villa and was replaced by Chris Hughton.[73] The 2012–13 season started poorly but they secured their third year in the Premier League with an 11th-place finish, including a ten-game unbeaten run in the league from mid-October to mid-December.[74][75] They were relegated back to the Championship after finishing 18th in the 2013–14 season and Hughton was sacked to be replaced by Neil Adams.[76][77]

After a mediocre first half of the 2014–15 season, Adams resigned in January 2015 and then-Hamilton Academical manager Alex Neil was appointed as Norwich manager four days later.[78][79] The appointment reinvigorated Norwich's season, and victory in the 2015 Championship playoff final secured an immediate return to the top division of English football.[80] This was only temporary relief, as at the end of the next season they were relegated again to play the 2016–17 season in the Football League Championship.[81]

The following season started successfully, with the club sitting top of the Championship in mid-October. However, a poor run of form and results followed and on 10 March 2017, Alex Neil was sacked by the club.[82] First-team coach Alan Irvine was placed in caretaker charge for the remainder of the season, ultimately finishing in eighth.[83][84]

On 25 May 2017, the club appointed German coach Daniel Farke as head coach, becoming the first head coach of the club in its 114-year history that was not from the British Isles.[85] In Farke's first season, Norwich finished in 14th place. Despite a slow start, the following season was far more successful and the team spent most of the season at the top of the table – helped on by top scorer Teemu Pukki. Following a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers, the club was promoted back to the Premier League after a three-year absence as Championship winners.[86] However, Norwich were once again relegated back to the Championship after just a single season back in the top flight, becoming the first team in Premier League history to be relegated five times from the division.[87]

On 1 May 2021, Norwich were crowned champions of the 2020–21 EFL Championship, securing promotion back to the top flight at the first time of asking.[88] Norwich failed to win a match in their first nine games back in Premier League in the 2021–2022 season, with a crushing 7–0 away defeat to Chelsea their heaviest loss.[89] On 6 November 2021 despite recording their first Premier League win away at Brentford, Farke was sacked by the club.[90][91] On 14 November 2021, the club appointed former Walsall, Brentford and Aston Villa manager Dean Smith as their new head coach.[2] Norwich confirmed a record sixth relegation from the Premier League on 30 April 2022 with a 2–0 loss to Aston Villa at Villa Park.[92]

Colours and badge

Norwich City's nickname, "The Canaries", has long influenced the team's colours and badge. Originally, the club was nicknamed the Citizens ("Cits" for short), and played in light blue and white halved shirts,[5] although the halves were inconsistent; "the blue was sometimes on the left-hand side of the shirt and sometimes on the right."[93] The earliest known recorded link between the club and canaries comes in an interview recorded in the Eastern Daily Press with the newly appointed manager, John Bowman in April 1905. The paper quotes him saying "Well I knew of the City's existence ... I have ... heard of the canaries."[94] "This as far as we can tell is the first time that the popular pastime of the day ie ... rearing ... canaries was linked with Norwich City FC... the club still played in blue and white, and would continue to do so for another two seasons" wrote one history of the club.[94]

By February 1907, the nickname Canaries had come more into vogue; thoughts that an FA Cup tie against West Bromwich Albion (nicknamed "Throstles" after a bird) was "a bird -singing contest" were dismissed by the polymath C. B. Fry as "humbug" but the national press increasingly referred to the team as Canaries.[95] The following season, to match the nickname, City played for the first time in Canary livery; "yellow shirts with green collars and cuffs. One paper produced the quote 'The Cits are dead but the Canaries are very much alive'."[96] While the home colours of yellow and green remain to this day, the away colours have varied since introduction. For example, the away kit for the 2012–13 season was black shirts and shorts.[97]

A simple canary badge was first adopted in 1922.[98] The current club badge consists of a canary resting on a football with a stylised version of the City of Norwich arms in the top left corner.[99] For the club's centenary celebrations in 2002, a special badge was designed, featuring two canaries looking left and right, plus a ribbon noting the centenary.[100]

In November 2021, the club unveiled a new club badge that officially replaced the previous badge on all club branding from June 2022 and that would appear on club shirts from the 2022–23 season. The current badge is a modernised version of its predecessor that no longer has black keylines around the badge, as well as a redesigned version of the city's coat of arms that has a much closer resemblance to a lion and Norwich Castle and a redesigned canary on a ball that's more centralised in the badge than its predecessor.[101]

Stadium

Norwich City played at Newmarket Road from 1902 to 1908, with a record attendance of 10,366 against Sheffield Wednesday in a second round FA Cup match in 1908.[102] Following a dispute over the conditions of renting the Newmarket Road ground, in 1908 the club moved to a new home in a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road which became known as "The Nest".[103] By the 1930s, the ground was too small for the growing crowds, and in 1935 the club moved to its current home in Carrow Road.[104] The original stadium, "the largest construction job in the city since the building of Norwich Castle... was "miraculously" built in just 82 days... it was referred to [by club officials] as 'The eighth wonder of the world'"[105][106] An aerial photograph from August 1935 shows three sides of open terracing and a covered stand, with a Colman's Mustard advertisement painted on its roof, visible only from the air.[107] Another photograph, taken on a match day that same season, shows that a parking area was provided at the ground.[108]

Floodlights were erected at the ground in 1956, but their cost of £9,000 nearly sent the club into bankruptcy. However the success in the 1959 FA Cup secured the financial status of the club and allowed a cover to be built over the South Stand, which was itself replaced in 2003 when a new 7,000 seat South stand, subsequently renamed the Jarrold Stand, was built in its place.[104]

1963 saw the record attendance for Carrow Road, with a crowd of 43,984 for a 6th round FA Cup match against Leicester City, but in the wake of the Ibrox disaster in 1971, safety licences were required by clubs, and this drastically reduced the ground's capacity to around 20,000. A two-tier terrace was built at the River End, and soon afterwards seats began to replace the terraces. By 1979 the stadium had a capacity of 28,392 with seats for 12,675. A fire in 1984 partially destroyed one of the stands, which eventually led to its complete demolition and replacement by 1987 of a new City Stand, which chairman Robert Chase described as "Coming to a football match within the City Stand is very much like going to the theatre – the only difference being that our stage is covered with grass".[104] After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent outcome of the Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater. Today, Carrow Road is an all-seater stadium, with a capacity of 27,244.[109]

Supporters

While much of the support that the club enjoys is local, there are a number of expatriate fan clubs, notably in London and stretching from Scandinavia to countries further afield such as the United Arab Emirates, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia and the United States.[110]

The fans' song, On the Ball, City, is the oldest football song in the world still in use today; the song is, in fact, older than the club itself having probably been penned for Norwich Teachers or Caley's FC in the 1890s and adapted for Norwich City.[94] Although the first use of the tune and song is disputed, it had been adopted by 1902 and it remains in use today in part if not the whole.[94] The chorus is:[111]

Kick off, throw in, have a little scrimmage,

Keep it low, a splendid rush, bravo, win or die;
On the ball City, never mind the danger,
Steady on, now's your chance,
Hurrah! We've scored a goal,

City! City! City!

Locally, much is made of the informal title "Pride of Anglia". Fans variously claim the title for either winning the East Anglian Derby, finishing highest in the league, having the better current league position, having the more successful club history or for reasons without any apparent logical basis. The club's main local rival is Ipswich Town. When Norwich and Ipswich meet it is known as the 'East Anglian Derby', or, informally, as the 'Old Farm Derby' – a comic reference to the 'Old Firm Derby' played between Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers.[112] Norwich have currently been unbeaten against Ipswich for over 12 years, encompassing 12 matches, including 5–1 and 4–1 victories, as well as a victorious play-off semi final fixture in 2015.[113]

The club also maintains a healthy celebrity support with celebrity cook Delia Smith and comedian Stephen Fry both having moved from being fans of the club to running it.[114] Actor Hugh Jackman is also a fan of the club, having been taken to Carrow Road as a child by his English mother, though he turned down an opportunity to become an investor in the club in 2010.[115] BT Sport Presenter Jake Humphrey, who was born in Peterborough but moved to Norwich with his family at the age of nine, is another celebrity supporter.[116][117] Other well-known supporters include Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas, who is vice-president of the Norwich City Supporters Trust,[117][118] Norfolk-born musician, model and media personality Myleene Klass, fiction author Philip Pullman, and Labour ex-politician Ed Balls.[119][120] Journalist and broadcaster Sir David Frost also declared his love for The Canaries during his lifetime.[121]

In March 2018, supporters helped the club raise £5m through a mini-bond investment scheme via sports investment platform Tifosy.[122] The purpose of the mini-bond, called the Canaries Bond[123] was to raise money to fund new academy facilities at Colney Training Ground for the Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy.[124]

Current ownership

Norwich City F.C. is a public limited company that, in 2003, comprised approximately 8,000 individual shareholdings.[125] As of September 2022^[update], Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones are the joint majority shareholders.[50]

At the 2006–07 Norwich City FC Annual General Meeting (on 18 January 2007) Smith and Wynn-Jones announced that they would be open to offers to buy their majority stake-holding in the club. They made clear that any prospective buyer would have to invest heavily in the squad, with regards to team improving.[126]

The only way we would relinquish our shares is if somebody is going to put money into the football ... Only if they put money into the squad – not if they buy our shares, we don't want money. It has to be that there is money for the squad, serious money for the squad.

In September 2022, a general meeting of shareholders took place to discuss and voted for Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio to be appointed as a director at the club.[127][128] Attanasio is expected to buy the 15.9% stake in the club currently owned by Michael Foulger.[128]

Statistics and records

Ron Ashman holds the record for Norwich league appearances, having played 592 first-team matches between 1947 and 1964.[129] Ralph Hunt holds the record for the most goals scored in a season, 31 in the 1955–56 season in Division Three (South), with Johnny Gavin the top scorer over a career – 122 between 1948 and 1955.[129]

The club's widest victory margin in the league was their 10–2 win against Coventry City in the Division Three (South) in 1930.[129] Their heaviest defeat in the league was 10–2 against Swindon Town in 1908 in the Southern Football League.[129]

Norwich's record home attendance is 43,984 for a sixth-round FA Cup match against Leicester City on 30 March 1963.[129] In the wake of the Ibrox stadium disaster in 1971, government regulations resulted in the capacity being drastically reduced to around 20,000.[104] After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater.[109] As of July 2020, the capacity is 27,359.[1]

The highest transfer fee received for a Norwich player is £33 million from Aston Villa for Emiliano Buendía in June 2021, while the most confirmed spent by the club on a player was the signing of Ricky van Wolfswinkel for £8.5 million from Sporting Lisbon in July 2013.[130]

The club's highest league finish was third in the FA Premier League in 1992–93.[109] The 2021–22 season was Norwich's 27th in the top flight of English football. The club has won the League Cup twice (most recently in 1985) and reached the[FA Cup semi-final three times, most recently in 1992.[109] Norwich have taken part in European competition just once, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94 and are the only English side to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium.[34]

Club sponsors

Sponsors[131]

Seasons	Kit manufacturers	Main sponsors	Sleeve sponsor
1975–76	Umbro	none	none
1976–81	Admiral
1981–83	Adidas
1983–84		Poll Withey Windows
1984–86	Hummel
1986–87		Foster's Lager
1987–89	Scoreline
1989–92	Asics	Asics
1992–94	Ribero	Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
1994–97	Mitre
1997–99	Pony	Colman's
1999–01	Alexandra Plc
2001–03	Xara	Digital Phone Company
2003–06		Proton Cars / Lotus Cars
2006–08		Flybe
2008–09		Norwich Union
2010		Aviva
2011–16	Erreà
2016–17		Aviva Community Fund
2017–19		LeoVegas
2019–21		Dafabet	Best Fiends
2021–	Joma	Lotus Cars	JD Sports

Between 2006 and 2008 the club was sponsored by airline Flybe but on 26 April 2008, it was announced that the company was stepping down as the main sponsor.[132] On 29 April 2008 it was announced that Aviva which has offices in the city and is the parent company of the former Norwich Union, would be the new shirt sponsor, having signed a three-year contract.[133] In 2009 the deal was extended until the end of the 2011–12 season.[134] It was further extended in 2012 by four more years to the end of the 2015–16 season. During the 2016–17 season, Aviva Community Fund were Norwich's main shirt sponsor. On 26 June 2017, the club announced that Swedish mobile betting company LeoVegas would take over as their main shirt sponsor for three seasons, starting from the 2017–18 season.[135] On 7 June 2021, the club announced that Asian online betting company BK8 Sports would replace Dafabet as their main shirt sponsor, starting from the 2021–22 season. However, on 10 June 2021, the club announced that their agreement with BK8 Sports would be terminated as a result of backlash from supporters over the company's use of sexually provocative advertising on its social media accounts.[136] On 25 June 2021, the club announced that Lotus Cars would replace BK8 as the club's shirt sponsor for the 2021–22 season.[137]

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2022[138]

Players listed on the First Team page on Norwich City's official website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Tim Krul 2 DF  ENG Max Aarons 3 DF  ENG Sam Byram 4 DF  IRL Andrew Omobamidele 5 DF  SCO Grant Hanley (captain) 6 DF  ENG Ben Gibson (vice-captain) 8 MF  ENG Isaac Hayden (on loan from Newcastle United) 9 FW  ENG Jordan Hugill 10 MF  ENG Kieran Dowell 11 FW  IRL Adam Idah 14 MF  ENG Todd Cantwell 15 DF  ENG Sam McCallum 17 MF  BRA Gabriel Sara 19 MF  DEN Jacob Sørensen 20 MF  ENG Aaron Ramsey (on loan from Aston Villa)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  LUX Danel Sinani 22 FW  FIN Teemu Pukki 23 MF  SCO Kenny McLean 24 FW  USA Josh Sargent 25 MF  CUB Onel Hernández 26 MF  CHI Marcelino Núñez 27 FW  ENG Jonathan Rowe 28 GK  ENG Angus Gunn 30 DF  GRE Dimitris Giannoulis 33 GK  NIR Michael McGovern 37 GK  WAL Daniel Barden 42 MF  IRL Tony Springett 45 DF  USA Jonathan Tomkinson 46 MF  ENG Liam Gibbs

Out on loan

A list of first team players who are out on loan.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  KOS Milot Rashica (on loan at Galatasaray until the end of the season)[139] — MF  POL Przemysław Płacheta (on loan at Birmingham City until the end of the season)[140] — MF  ENG Josh Martin (on loan at Barnsley until the end of the season)[141] — DF  ENG Bali Mumba (on loan at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season)[142] — MF  GRE Christos Tzolis (on loan at Twente until the end of the season)[143]

Development squad

This team is made up of under-23 and academy players and is effectively Norwich City's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game.[144] The under-18 players among other younger age groups make up the academy team.

In March 2018, Norwich City F.C. announced a public mini-bond investment scheme, through sports investment platform Tifosy, with the aim of raising £3,500,000 towards developing new academy facilities.[145] Funds from more than 700 fans and investors exceeded the £3,500,000 target and reached the £5,000,000 limit through a five-year bond scheme,[146] called the Canaries bond, and sold out before it could be made publicly available.[147]

With this investment, the club installed new pitches at its Category 1 Academy, as well as a new irrigation system, cameras for analysis and floodlights. The club has already started work on a new main building, which will house a new gym, classrooms, physios room, changing rooms and offices, and is due to be completed this summer and has just had a roof put on. A stand will also be installed next to the main Academy pitch.[148]

Notable players

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here

During the club's centenary season, a "Hall of Fame" was created, honouring 100 former players chosen by fan vote. Further players have since been inducted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame.[149][150]

Greatest Ever Norwich City XI (1902–2008)

In 2008, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Norwich City team.[151]

• Kevin Keelan (1963–80)
• Ian Culverhouse (1985–94)
• Steve Bruce (1984–87)
• Duncan Forbes (1968–81)
• Mark Bowen (1987–96)
• Darren Huckerby (2003–08)
• Ian Crook (1986–97)
• Martin Peters (1975–80)
• Darren Eadie (1993–99)
• Chris Sutton (1991–94)
• Iwan Roberts (1997–2004)

Players of the Season

Every year, fans vote for whom they believe to have been the player of the season.[152][153]

Year Winner 1967 Terry Allcock 1968 Hugh Curran 1969 Ken Foggo 1970 Duncan Forbes 1971 Ken Foggo 1972 Dave Stringer 1973 Kevin Keelan 1974 1975 Colin Suggett 1976 Martin Peters 1977 1978 John Ryan

Year Winner 1979 Tony Powell 1980 Kevin Bond 1981 Joe Royle 1982 Greg Downs 1983 Dave Watson 1984 Chris Woods 1985 Steve Bruce 1986 Kevin Drinkell 1987 1988 Bryan Gunn 1989 Dale Gordon 1990 Mark Bowen

Year Winner 1991 Ian Culverhouse 1992 Robert Fleck 1993 Bryan Gunn 1994 Chris Sutton 1995 Jon Newsome 1996 Spencer Prior 1997 Darren Eadie 1998 Matt Jackson 1999 Iwan Roberts 2000 2001 Andy Marshall 2002 Gary Holt

Year Winner 2003 Adam Drury 2004 Craig Fleming 2005 Darren Huckerby 2006 Gary Doherty 2007 Darren Huckerby 2008 Dion Dublin 2009 Lee Croft 2010 Grant Holt 2011 2012 2013 Sébastien Bassong 2014 Robert Snodgrass

Year Winner 2015 Bradley Johnson 2016 Jonny Howson 2017 Wes Hoolahan 2018 James Maddison 2019 Teemu Pukki 2020 Tim Krul 2021 Emiliano Buendía 2022 Teemu Pukki

Club staff

Managers

As of 19 September 2022. Not including caretaker managers. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.[157]

Name	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	%W
John Bowman		1 August 1905	31 July 1907	78	31	23	24	039.7
James McEwen		1 August 1907	31 May 1908	43	13	10	20	030.2
Arthur Turner		1 August 1909	31 May 1910	86	27	22	37	031.4
Bert Stansfield		1 August 1910	31 May 1915	248	78	75	95	031.5
Major Frank Buckley		1 August 1919	1 July 1920	43	15	11	17	034.9
Charles O'Hagan		1 July 1920	1 January 1921	21	4	9	8	019.0
Albert Gosnell		1 January 1921	28 February 1926	233	59	79	95	025.3
Bert Stansfield		1 March 1926	1 November 1926
Cecil Potter		1 November 1926	1 January 1929	101	30	26	45	029.7
James Kerr		1 April 1929	28 February 1933	168	65	43	60	038.7
Tom Parker		1 March 1933 1 May 1955	1 February 1937 31 March 1957	271	104	69	98	038.4
Bob Young		1 February 1937 1 September 1939	31 December 1938 31 May 1946	78	26	14	38	033.3
Jimmy Jewell		1 January 1939	1 September 1939	20	6	4	10	030.0
Duggie Lochhead		1 December 1945	1 March 1950	104	42	28	34	040.4
Cyril Spiers		1 June 1946	1 December 1947	65	15	12	38	023.1
Norman Low		1 May 1950	30 April 1955	258	129	56	73	050.0
Archie Macaulay		1 April 1957	1 October 1961	224	105	60	59	046.9
Willie Reid		1 December 1961	1 May 1962	31	13	6	12	041.9
George Swindin		1 May 1962	30 November 1962	20	10	5	5	050.0
Ron Ashman		1 December 1962	31 May 1966	162	59	39	64	036.4
Lol Morgan		1 June 1966	1 May 1969	127	45	47	35	035.4
Ron Saunders		1 July 1969	16 November 1973	221	84	61	76	038.0
John Bond		27 November 1973	31 October 1980	340	105	114	121	030.9
Ken Brown		1 November 1980	9 November 1987	367	150	93	124	040.9
Dave Stringer		9 November 1987	1 May 1992	229	89	58	82	038.9
Mike Walker		1 June 1992 21 June 1996	6 January 1994 30 April 1998	179	69	46	64	038.5
John Deehan		12 January 1994	31 July 1995	58	13	22	23	022.4
Martin O'Neill		August 1995	December 1995	26	12	9	5	046.2
Gary Megson		December 1995	21 June 1996	32	5	10	17	015.6
Bruce Rioch		12 June 1998	13 March 2000	93	30	31	32	032.3
Bryan Hamilton		5 April 2000	4 December 2000	35	10	10	15	028.6
Nigel Worthington		4 December 2000	2 October 2006	280	114	104	62	040.7
Peter Grant		13 October 2006	9 October 2007	54	18	12	24	033.3
Glenn Roeder		30 October 2007	14 January 2009	65	20	15	30	030.8
Bryan Gunn		16 January 2009	13 August 2009	21	6	5	10	028.6
Paul Lambert		18 August 2009	2 June 2012	142	70	37	35	049.3
Chris Hughton		6 June 2012	6 April 2014	82	24	23	35	029.3
Neil Adams		6 April 2014	5 January 2015	32	11	8	13	034.4
Alex Neil		9 January 2015	10 March 2017	108	45	21	42	041.7
Daniel Farke		25 May 2017	6 November 2021	208	87	49	72	041.8
Dean Smith		15 November 2021	Present	42	12	9	21	028.6

Honours

Norwich City have won a number of honours:[158]

League

Football League Second Division/EFL Championship (Tier 2)^[ii]

• Winners (5): 1971–72, 1985–86, 2003–04, 2018–19, 2020–21

Football League Third Division/EFL League One (Tier 3)

• Winners (2): 1933–34 (South), 2009–10

Cup

League Cup^[iii]

• Winners (2): 1961–62, 1984–85

European football

Friendship Trophy

Each time they meet, Norwich and Sunderland contest the Friendship Trophy, a game dating back to the camaraderie forged between fans of the two clubs at the time of the 1985 League Cup final that they contested.[159] Norwich are the current holders having beaten Sunderland 0–1 at the Stadium of Light on 27 August 2022 in the 2022–23 EFL Championship.[160]

In popular culture

In the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager,[161] the eponymous hero, played by Ricky Tomlinson, rises to prominence as a result of success as manager of Norwich City, having won the 'Mr Clutch Cup'. The celebratory scenes of the open-top bus ride around the city were actually shot in St Albans, Hertfordshire, rather than Norwich.[162]

In a 2015 episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, character Super Hans encourages Mark to pursue his love interest, no matter the odds, because "Norwich are never going to win the league, but they still turn up every week, don't they? The pricks."[163]

Norwich City Women

Norwich City Women is the women's football club affiliated to Norwich City.[164] They are managed by Scott Emmerson and compete in the Women's South East Combination League, in the third tier of English women's football.[164] According to Norwich City, "They are the official women's team of Norwich City Football Club and are linked to the Girls' Centre of Excellence programme".[164] Consequently, 95% of the club's players have progressed from the youth ranks. Norwich City Women play their home games at The Nest, Norwich.[164]

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

• Norwich City F.C. on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures
• NCFC Official Site
• The Pink 'Un
• BBC Norfolk's Norwich City Page
• Norwich City Anthem
• Norwich City Highlights

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[de] Norwich City

Norwich City (offiziell: Norwich City Football Club) – auch bekannt als The Canaries (deutsch Die Kanarienvögel) – ist ein Fußballclub aus der englischen Stadt Norwich. Der Kanarienvogel von Norwich, einst das Haustier der Webergilde in der ostenglischen Stadt, ist heute das Maskottchen des Norwich City Football Club. Gegründet wurde der Verein 1902. Zu den größten Erfolgen der Vereinsgeschichte gehören der Gewinn des League Cups in den Jahren 1962 und 1985 sowie ein dritter Platz in der neu eingeführten Premier League 1992/93. Der Verein spielt aktuell in der EFL Championship. Seine Heimspiele trägt er im 27.033 Zuschauer fassenden Stadion an der Carrow Road aus.

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[es] Norwich City Football Club

El Norwich City Football Club, conocido simplemente como Norwich City, es un club de fútbol profesional que milita en la English Football League Championship de Inglaterra. Tiene sede en la ciudad de Norwich, en el condado de Norfolk. El club fue fundado en 1902. Desde 1935, disputa sus partidos como local en el Carrow Road. Mantiene una fuerte rivalidad con el Ipswich Town, con quien ha disputado el «Derbi de Anglia Oriental» en 134 oportunidades desde 1902.

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[ru] Норвич Сити

«Но́рвич Си́ти»[2] (англ. Norwich City Football Club, английское произношение: [ˈnɒrɪdʒ 'sɪtɪ 'futbɔ:l klʌb]) — английский профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Норидж в графстве Норфолк, Восточная Англия. Был основан в 1902 году. С 1935 года проводит матчи на стадионе «Карроу Роуд», который в настоящее время вмещает более 27 тысяч зрителей[1].

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