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Norwich City's league positions since the club joined The Football League in 1920, showing "yo-yo"ing

The history of Norwich City F.C. stretches back to 1902. The club spent 18 years as a semi-professional team in the Southern League, before being admitted to The Football League in 1920.

For most of the next 50 years, Norwich City sat in Division Three (South), then the joint lowest tier of the football league, a period that was distinguished by "a thrilling giant-killing sequence which took them to the F.A. Cup semi-finals" in 1959.[1][2] Shortly thereafter, the club won its first major trophy, the 1962 League Cup.[3] In 1972, the club finally reached the pinnacle of the league structure, with their first promotion to the top tier.

Since then, Norwich City has acquired a reputation as a "yo-yo club",[4] with 21 seasons in the top league and 15 in the second tier, where they currently reside.[5][6] It is during this period that the club has achieved most of its greatest distinctions, claiming its second major trophy, the League Cup in 1985,[7] reaching two more F.A. Cup semi finals,[8] finishing fifth, fourth and third in the top division and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup.

In the course of the club's history, Norwich City has survived a number of incidents that threatened its survival, including ousting from amateur football, the need to be re-elected to The Football League and a number of financial crises. Geoffrey Watling was instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, both in the 1950s and 1990s; his father had played a similar role in 1919.

Early years: 1902–1920

Norwich City F.C. was formed on 17 June, 1902,[9] by a group of friends following a meeting at the Criterion Cafe in Norwich and played its first competitive match against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September, 1902.[10] Originally, the club was nicknamed the Citizens and played in light blue and white halved shirts.[11] By April 1905, there is evidence of the use of the nickname Canaries,[12] "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".[12] By February 1907, the term "Canaries" was being used in the national press.[13] The following season, to match the nickname, City played for the first time in Canary livery; "yellow shirts with green collars and cuffs ... 'The Cits are dead but the Canaries are very much alive'."[14]

Following a Football Association (F.A.) Commission, the club was informed on the last day of 1904 that they had been deemed a professional organisation.[15] The main allegations were:[15]

"fees ... paid for the use of a gymnasium and also for the training and massage of players. The sum of £8 was also paid to a player when he left the club. Payments were made to players without a receipt being taken. The club advertised for players ... [the] secretary ... spent considerable sums of money in travelling to other towns in East Anglia ... complete outfits ... were bought for players out of club funds ... there was no adequate system for checking gate money ... travelling expenses were ... excessive."

The club officials, including founding chairman Robert Webster, had to be removed from office and Norwich were to be ousted from the amateur game at the end of the season.[16] The response was swift. Just two days later, at a meeting, Wilfrid Lawson Burgess became the first chairman of the professional club and it was resolved to find a place in the professional game.[16] The decision was endorsed at a public meeting in March 1905, a meeting that significantly was attended by Nat Whitaker, secretary of the Southern League, who seconded a motion proposed by a local businessman, that endorsed the club's " ...determination to run a first class professional team."; Whitaker actively supported Norwich, as he wanted the League's influence to spread eastwards.[16] On 30 May 1905, Norwich were elected to play in the Southern League, in place of Wellingborough.[17]

With increasing crowds and stringent new clauses in a proposed lease extension, Norwich were forced to leave Newmarket Road and move to a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road which became known as "The Nest".[18] The works at The Nest, which included dismantling and moving the stands from Newmarket Road, were complete in time for the start of the 1908–09 season.[19] During the First World War, with football suspended and facing spiralling debts, City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December, 1917.[11] The club was officially reformed on 15 February, 1919; a key figure in the events was a Mr C Watling, father of future club Chairman, Geoffrey Watling.[20] In May 1920, The Football League formed a Third Division, which Norwich joined for the following season.[21] Their first league fixture, against Plymouth, 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.[11]

Striving to reach the top level: 1920–1972

The 1930s began with a brush with disaster – the side finished bottom of the League in 1931, but were successful in their bid for re-election.[1] The rest of the decade proved more successful for Norwich with a club-record victory, 10–2,[22] over Coventry City and promotion as champions to the Second Division in the 1933–34 season under the management of Tom Parker.[23]

View of Carrow Road, 2007

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 original stadium was terraced on three sides with only one stand (along Carrow Road) having wooden bench seating and a roof. The inaugural match, held on 31 August, 1935, against West Ham United, ended in a 4–3 victory to the home team and set a new record attendance of 29,779.[1] A highlight of the following four seasons was the visit of King George VI to Carrow Road on October 29, 1938; this was the first occasion a reigning monarch watched a second tier football match.[1] However, the club was relegated back to the Third Division at the end of the season.[24] Norwich's anguish was exacerbated by the closeness of the relegation fight; having finished second from bottom of Division Two, they were demoted on a goal average difference of just 0.05 of a goal.[1]

The league was suspended the following season as a result of the outbreak of the Second World War and did not resume until the 1946–47 season.[11] City finished this and the following season in 21st place,[25][26] the poor results forcing the club to apply for re-election to the league.[27] The poor performances did not deter the crowds and Carrow Road attracted its record attendance in 1948; 37,863 watched City play Notts County.[1] 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.[28] Events off the field were to overshadow the team's performances. City "were plunged into a financial crisis which threatened their very existence".[1] With debts amounting to more than £20,000, the club was rescued by the formation of a new Board, chaired by Geoffrey Watling and the creation of an appeal fund chaired by the Lord Mayor of Norwich, Arthur South, which raised more than £20,000.[1] For these and other services to the club, both men (now deceased) have been recognised with the honour of having stands named after them at Carrow Road.[29]

Archie Macaulay had become manager when the club was reformed and he inspired one of the club's greatest achievements, its run to the semi-final of the 1958–59 F.A. Cup.[1] Competing as a Third Division side, Norwich defeated two First Division opponents along the way, notably a 3–0 win against the Manchester United "Busby Babes".[27][30] They lost the semi-final only after a replay against another First Division side, Luton Town. The side is today well-represented in the club Hall of Fame, including Terry Bly who scored seven goals in the run, and Ken Nethercott who played most of the second half of one match in goal despite a dislocated shoulder.[1][31] The "59 cup run" as it is now known locally,[32] "remains as one of the truly great periods in Norwich City's history".[31] Norwich were the third ever Third Division team to reach the F.A. Cup semi final.[31] 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.[27] From 1960, Norwich spent the next 12 seasons in the second tier, with finishes of 4th in 1961 and 6th in 1965 being among the most notable before promotion to the First Division in 1972.[33][34][35]

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.[36] Norwich finally achieved promotion from Division Two when they finished as champions in the 1971–72 season under manager Ron Saunders; Norwich City had reached the highest level of English football for the first time.[37]

First division yo-yo: 1972–1992

Norwich made their first appearance at Wembley Stadium in 1973, losing the League Cup final 1–0 to Tottenham Hotspur.[38] Relegation to the Second Division in 1974 resulted in the resignation of Saunders and the appointment of John Bond.[37] A highly successful first season saw promotion back to the First Division and another visit to Wembley, again in the League Cup final, this time losing 1–0 to Aston Villa.[39] Bond resigned during the 1980–81 season and the club were relegated, but bounced back the following season after finishing third.[40]

The 1984–85 season was of mixed fortunes for the club; under Ken Brown's guidance, they reached the final of the Milk Cup at Wembley Stadium, having defeated local rivals Ipswich Town in the semi-final. In the final, they beat Sunderland 1–0, but in the league both Norwich and Sunderland were relegated to the second tier of English football.[41] Norwich had qualified for a place in the UEFA Cup, but were denied their first foray into European competition when English club sides were banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster.[42][43] City made an immediate return to the top flight by winning the Second Division championship in the 1985–86 season.[44] High league placings in the First Division in 1986–87 and 1988–89 would have been enough for UEFA Cup qualification, but the ban on English clubs remained.[43] They also had good cup runs during his period, reaching the F.A. Cup semi-finals in 1989 and again in 1992.[45][46]

Europe, rise and fall: 1992–1999

See also: Bayern Munich v Norwich City

In 1992–93, the inaugural season of the English Premier League, Norwich City led the league for most of the season and were eight points clear of the field shortly before Christmas,[47][47] before faltering in the final weeks to finish third behind the champions, Manchester United, and Aston Villa.[48] The following season Norwich played in the UEFA Cup for the first time, defeating Vitesse Arnhem of the Netherlands 3–0 in the first round.[49] In the second round, they faced Bayern Munich of Germany. Norwich won the tie 3–2 on aggregate; their 2–1 victory in Munich creating history, as the only English team to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium.[50][51] The Independent described the win in Munich as "the pinnacle of Norwich City's history".[52] Reflecting on the scale of the shock result, Four Four Two wrote "The news that Norwich had gone 2–0 up in the Olympic Stadium seemed frankly surreal." [53] Norwich's cup run was ended by Italy's Internazionale, who defeated them 2–0, over the two legs.[54] Mike Walker's success at Norwich attracted attention and in January 1994,[55] he left the club to take charge of Everton. Walker's replacement was first team coach John Deehan, assisted by Gary Megson, then still a player. Deehan led the club to 12th place in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League.[56]

During the 1994 close season, the club sold 21 year-old striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers for a then British record fee of £5 million.[57] By Christmas 1994, Norwich City were seventh in the Premiership and were therefore challenging for a return to the UEFA Cup.[47] But, following a serious injury to goalkeeper Bryan Gunn, the club's results nosedived; with just one win in their final 20 Premiership fixtures,[58] Norwich plummeted to 20th place and relegation to the second tier of English football.[59] Deehan resigned just before relegation was confirmed and his deputy, Megson, took over as temporary boss until the end of the season.[60] 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 the summer of 1995.[61] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman Robert Chase over Chase's refusal to permit O'Neill to spend significant sums on strengthening the squad.[62]

Michael Wynn-Jones and Delia Smith at a fans' event

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.[63] Indeed, between 1992 and January 1995, Norwich had offloaded a number of key attacking players: Robert Fleck (£2.1m), Ruel Fox (£2.25m), Chris Sutton (£5m), Efan Ekoku (£0.9m) and Mark Robins (£1m).[64][65][66][67] Nearly 40 years after being instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, Geoffrey Watling bought Chase's majority shareholding.[68] Gary Megson was appointed Norwich manager for the second time in eight months, on a temporary basis. Megson remained in charge until the end of the season before leaving the club.[69] Just four seasons after finishing third in the Premiership and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, Norwich had finished 16th in Division One.[70]

English television cook Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones took over the majority of Norwich City's shares from Watling in 1996,[68] and Mike Walker was re-appointed as the club's manager.[71] He was unable to repeat the success achieved during his first spell and was sacked two seasons later with Norwich mid-table in the First Division.[72] His successor Bruce Rioch lasted two seasons and departed in the summer of 2000, with promotion still yet to be achieved.[73]

The new millennium: 2000–2008

Iwan Roberts, 84 goals for Norwich in seven years around the turn of the millennium

Rioch's successor Bryan Hamilton lasted in the job for six months before he 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.[74] The new appointee was Nigel Worthington, who had been Hamilton's assistant manager.[75] Worthington's time as Norwich manager was one of peaks and troughs, with mid-table comfort a rarity. In his first part-season, he successfully steered the team away from the threat of relegation.[76] The following season, Norwich exceeded expectations and reached the Play-off final, losing to Birmingham City on penalties.[77]

City players celebrate winning the First Division Championship, 2004

After a season of consolidation, in 2003–04 Worthington led the club to the First Division title, a success achieved by a margin of eight points and Norwich returned to the top flight for the first time in nine years.[78] For much of the 2004–05 season, the club struggled in the Premiership. A remarkable comeback in the final weeks of the season ensued, the catalyst being victory against Manchester United 2–0.[79] A team that could hardly win a game suddenly went on a run of securing 13 points out of 18,[79] lifting the side to fourth from bottom. On the last day of the season, a win would have therefore kept Norwich in top flight football, but a 6–0 away defeat to Fulham condemned them to relegation.[80]

The club was expected to make a quick return to the Premiership in the 2005–06 season,[81][82] but a terrible first four months to the campaign saw City fall as low as 18th in The Championship. Worthington had won promotion just two seasons earlier, but "by October, following some inept performances and bad results, the fans started to turn on Nigel Worthington."[83] Dean Ashton was sold for a club-record £7m, approximately a 100% profit on the fee they had paid just one year earlier.[84] Half Ashton's fee (£3.5m) was immediately reinvested in the purchase of Welsh striker Robert Earnshaw,[85] who helped the Canaries' revival to a ninth place finish.[86] Worthington made just one permanent signing in the close season,[87] and despite the sale of goalkeeper Robert Green to West Ham United, the club endured just one defeat in the opening five games of the 2006–07 season. Results then deteriorated, with a run of four defeats and one draw in five league fixtures and when Burnley defeated the club 4–1 on the 1st October 2006, leaving the club in 17th place in the Championship, Worthington was dismissed.[88] First team coach Martin Hunter acted as caretaker manager for a fortnight before former City player Peter Grant left West Ham to become the new manager.[89]

Grant's early matches in charge saw City secure 13 points from a maximum of 21, a run which lifted the club from 19th place to midtable; the side finished 16th in the league. Along the way, Grant brought in his fellow Scot, Jim Duffy, as his assistant.[90] During the 2007 close-season, Grant brought in nine players, [91] however 10 players, including Earnshaw, departed and Darren Huckerby caused controversy by criticising the club for selling their best players.[83]

Norwich made a terrible start to the 2007–08 season, with only two wins by mid October; following a 1–0 defeat at fellow-strugglers QPR, Peter Grant left the club by "mutual consent" on October 9, 2007.[92] Jim Duffy took over as caretaker for three games, losing them all.[93] On 30 October 2007, former Newcastle United boss Glenn Roeder was confirmed as the new manager.[94] Roeder released a number of Grant's signings on free transfers, largely replacing the players with inexperienced loan signings.[95] After an initial hiatus, results improved enormously, with the club averaging two points per game from November to February, lifting the club from five points adrift at the foot of the table to mid-table comfort.[96]


See also

Further reading

  • Canary Citizens by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

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