Norwich City F.C. season 2007-08

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Norwich City

Season 2007-08
League	Football League Championship
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Chairman	Roger Munby
League position	17th
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Cureton: 14
Stadium	Carrow Road
Average Attendance	24,572
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round

This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Norwich City F.C.. It will list all matches that Norwich City will play in the 2007-08 season.

[edit] A dreadful start

Norwich had a busy summer with Peter Grant bringing in 9 players which included goalkeeper David Marshall and former players Jamie Cureton and Darel Russell making returns to Carrow Road. Also 10 players departed Norwich most notably Dickson Etuhu and Robert Earnshaw while Darren Huckerby caused controversy by criticizing the club for selling their best players.

Norwich started off with a goalless draw away at Preston and a 2-1 win over Southampton. But after this Norwich endured a horrendous run of form winning 1 league game in 8 which included a 2-0 defeat at Wolves which was labelled by some supporters the worst city performance ever. After the 1-0 away defeat to QPR Grant and and City parted company by mutual consent.

Jim Duffy took over as caretaker boss but lost his 3 games in charge

[edit] Roeder revolution

On 30 October Glenn Roeder was appointed as Grant's successor with the team bottom of the table. His first game was the East Anglian Derby against Ipswich, a 2-2 draw with Norwich coming back from 2-0 down. Norwich lost their next 2 games including a dreadful 3-0 defeat away at Plymouth Argyle and were 8 points away from safety.

After that defeat Roeder brought in Matty Pattison, Mo Camara and Ched Evans on loan to add to the loan signing of Martin Taylor, who had been signed before the game against Ipswich. Pattison's loan move was made permanent in January. Norwich's form improved greatly with only one defeat in eleven league games and after a 3-1 win over Barnsley on 12 January Norwich were in 18th position, four points clear of the relegation zone. Roeder began an overhaul of the squad during the January transfer window, selling Chris Brown to Preston and releasing David Strihavka, Julien Brellier and Ian Murray, all of whom had been signed by Grant and who had not figured in the first team since the defeat at Plymouth.

[edit] Games

Norwich City's Historical League Position

[edit] Pre Season

Exeter City 2 - 1 Norwich
Lowestoft Town 0 - 12 Norwich
King's Lynn 0 - 4 Norwich
AGOVV Apeldoorn 0 - 2 Norwich
FC Zwolle 2 - 1 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 2 West Ham
Norwich 1 - 0 Vitesse Arnhem

[edit] The Season

August
Preston North End 0 - 0 Norwich
Norwich 5 - 2 Barnet
Norwich 2 - 1 Southampton
Hull City 2 - 1 Norwich
Rochdale 1 (3) - (4) 1 Norwich (League Cup)

September
Norwich 1 - 2 Cardiff City
Norwich 1 - 0 Crystal Palace
Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Norwich
Wolves 2 - 0 Norwich
Manchester City 1 - 0 Norwich (League Cup)
Norwich 0 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday

October
Norwich 0 - 0 Scunthorpe United
Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 3 Bristol City
Burnley 2 - 1 Norwich
West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Norwich

November
Norwich 2 - 2 Ipswich Town
Norwich 1 - 3 Watford
Plymouth Argyle 3 - 0 Norwich
Norwich 2 - 0 Coventry City
Blackpool 1 - 3 Norwich

December
Stoke City 2 - 1 Norwich
Norwich 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
Norwich 1 - 0 Sheffield United
Colchester United 1 - 1 Norwich
Scunthorpe United 0 - 1 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Norwich 1 - 1 Wolves

January
Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 1 Bury (FA Cup)
Barnsley 1 - 3 Norwich
Bury 2 - 1 Norwich (FA Cup)
Norwich 0 - 0 Leicester City
Southampton 0 - 1 Norwich

February
Norwich 1 - 0 Preston North End
Cardiff City 1 - 2 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 1 Hull
Leicester City 4 - 0 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 0 Barnsley

March
Norwich 1 - 2 Blackpool
Watford 1 - 1 Norwich
Coventry City 1-0 Norwich
Norwich 0-1 Stoke
Sheffield United 2-0 Norwich
Norwich 5-1 Colchester United
Bristol City 2-1 Norwich

April
Norwich 2 - 0 Burnley
Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Norwich
Norwich 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
Norwich 3 - 0 Queens Park Rangers

May
Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 1 Norwich

[edit] Players in / out

[edit] Summer

[edit] In

Name	Price	From
Jon Otsemobor	Free	Crewe
Matthew Gilks	Free	Rochdale
Jamie Cureton	Undisclosed	Colchester
Julien Brellier	Free	Hearts
David Marshall	Undisclosed	Celtic
David Strihavka	Undisclosed	Banik Ostrava
Darel Russell	Undisclosed	Stoke
Ian Murray	Free	Rangers

[edit] Out's

Name	Price	To
Robert Earnshaw	£3.5million	Derby County
Dickson Etuhu	£1.5million	Sunderland
Youssef Safri	Undisclosed	Southampton
Jurgen Colin	Undisclosed	Ajax
Andy Hughes	Undisclosed	Leeds United
Ian Henderson	Released	Northampton
Peter Thorne	Released	Bradford City
Andrew Fisk	Released	Kings Lynn
Paul McVeigh	Released	Luton Town
Matthieu Louis-Jean	Released

[edit] Winter

[edit] In

Name	Price	From
Matthew Bates	On Loan	Middlesbrough
Ryan Bertrand	On Loan	Chelsea
Matty Pattison	Undisclosed	Newcastle United
Mohammed Camara	On Loan	Derby County
Martin Taylor	On Loan	Birmingham
John Hartson	On Loan	West Brom
Matty Pattison	On Loan	Newcastle United
Jimmy Smith	On Loan	Chelsea
Juan Velasco Damas	Free	Bosman
Maceo Rigters	On Loan	Blackburn Rovers

[edit] Out

Name	Price	To
Joe Lewis	400k	Peterborough United
Chris Brown	400k	Preston North End
Ian Murray	Free Transfer	Hibernian
John Hartson	Loan Expired	West Brom
Matty Pattison	Loan Expired	Newcastle United
David Střihavka	Released
Julien Brellier	Released
Paul Gallacher	Released

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of 4 May 2008.^[1]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Marshall
2	DF	Jon Otsemobor
3	DF	Adam Drury
4	DF	Jason Shackell
6	FW	Darren Huckerby
7	MF	Lee Croft
8	FW	Maceo Rigters (on loan from Blackburn)
9	FW	Dion Dublin
10	FW	Jamie Cureton
11	MF	Luke Chadwick
12	GK	Matthew Gilks
13	GK	Declan Rudd
14	DF	Juan Velasco
15	DF	Alex Pearce (on loan from Reading)
16	MF	Mark Fotheringham (captain)
17	DF	Mohammed Camara (on loan from Derby)
20	MF	Darel Russell

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Ryan Bertrand (on loan from Chelsea)
24	MF	Matty Pattison
25	DF	Rossi Jarvis
26	MF	Robert Eagle
27	DF	Gary Doherty
28	MF	Michael Spillane
29	DF	Matthew Halliday
31	DF	Andrew Cave-Brown
32	FW	Ched Evans (on loan from Man City)
33	FW	Kris Renton
34	GK	Steven Arnold
35	FW	Chris Martin
36	MF	Bally Smart
37	MF	Patrick Bexfield
38	MF	Damon Lathrope
39	FW	Luke Daley

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
19		MF	Simon Lappin (on loan to Motherwell)
23		FW	Ryan Jarvis (on loan to Notts County)

[edit] Board and Staff Members

[edit] Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman	Roger Munby	England
Joint Majority Shareholder	Delia Smith	England
Joint Majority Shareholder	Michael Wynn-Jones	Wales
Director	Andrew Turner	England
Director	Sharon Turner	England
Director	Michael Foulger	England
Chief Executive	Neil Doncaster	England

[edit] Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Glen Roeder
Assistant Manager	Lee Clark
First Team Coach	Paul Stephenson
Goalkeeping coach	Tommy Wright
Fitness coach	Vacant
Youth Coach	Ricky Martin
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Assistant Physio	Vacant
Sports Science	Vacant
Club Liaison	Bryan Gunn
Club Doctor	Dr Peter Harvey
Chief scout	Bryan Gunn

Last updated: 4 May 2008
Source: Norwich FC

[edit] League Championship

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C) (P)	46	23	12	11	88	55	33	81	Premier League
2	Stoke City (P)	46	21	16	9	69	55	14	79	Premier League
3	Hull City (P)	46	21	12	13	65	47	18	75	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	54	53	1	74
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	58	42	16	71
6	Watford	46	18	16	12	62	56	6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	53	48	5	70
8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	61	49	12	64
11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	63	58	5	64
12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	59	55	4	64
13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	60	67	-7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	60	66	-6	58
15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	50	55	-5	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	54	55	-1	55
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	-10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	-13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	-5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	-16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	-12	53
22	Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	-3	52	Relegation to League One
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	45	69	-24	46
24	Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	-24	38

Last updated: 4 May 2008
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.