James Norwood

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James Norwood

Norwood celebrates a hat-trick for Forest Green Rovers in 2013.
Personal information
Full nameJames Thomas Norwood[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-05) 5 September 1990[1]
Place of birthEastbourne, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubForest Green Rovers
Number7
Youth career
1996–2002Old Town Boys (Eastbourne)
2002–2004Brighton & Hove Albion
2004–2005Crystal Palace
2005–2008Eastbourne Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2009Eastbourne Town15(10)
2009–2011Exeter City4(0)
2009–2010→ Sutton United (loan)13(3)
2010→ Forest Green Rovers (loan)11(2)
2011→ Eastbourne Borough (loan)4(0)
2011–Forest Green Rovers105(32)
National team‡
2009England Schools U184(1)
2013–England C3(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:55, 25 January 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:28, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

James Thomas Norwood (born 5 September 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Forest Green Rovers and the England C team as a striker, having previously played for Exeter City.

He started his career with Eastbourne Town, making eight senior appearances before signing for Exeter City in July 2009. Norwood also represented England Schools in 2009, making his debut on 5 March against Wales in the Carnegie Centenary Shield. He scored his first goal against France on 13 June 2009.

Career

Early career

Born in Eastbourne, East Sussex,[1] Norwood played for Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace youth teams.[2] He later represented, Eastbourne Town youth, St Bede's School and England Schools as a youth player in the 2008–09 season.[3] Later in that same season, he played for Eastbourne Town's senior side despite still being at school, making eighteen appearances for the Isthmian League Division One South club.[4]

In April 2009, he won the English Schools FA Trophy with St Bedes[5] against Carre's Grammar School, Lincolnshire and was made infamous with the Carre's pupils as 'Pink Boots'. He made his debut for England Schools on 5 March, against Wales in the Carnegie Centenary Shield.[6] In June 2009, Norwood represented England Schools again in their 4–2 defeat against France at Wembley Stadium.[3]

Club career

John Yems handed Norwood trial with Exeter City during their 2009–10 pre-season campaign along with nine other players.[3][7] Following the successful trial, he signed for the club on 25 July 2009.[8] His move was helped with funding from a branch of the Exeter City Supporters' Trust called the "19/31 Fund", which was created with the intention of signing players.[8] Members of the fund each pay £19 per month towards his wages.[8] Norwood made his debut in Exeter City's 2–1 defeat away to Leeds United in League One on 8 August, the opening day of the 2009–10 season.[9] He replaced Marcus Stewart as a substitute in the 70th minute.[9][10] Exeter manager Paul Tisdale commented on his debut saying; "It's remarkable that James should be on the field after only joining us a few weeks ago. He put in a really good 20 minutes and he showed some real touches of know-how, there's a bright future for him."[9] Norwood joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Sutton United on a one-month loan deal starting on 21 November 2009, which was extended into January 2010 for another month. Norwood scored his first goal for Sutton on 12 December 2009 against Kingstonian.[11]

In August 2010, he joined Conference National side Forest Green Rovers on a one-month loan deal.[12] Norwood impressed in his first month with Forest Green and the loan deal was extended for a further period. He scored his first goal for Forest Green in a 4–3 loss against Eastbourne Borough. Norwood returned to Exeter in October.

On 31 December 2010 he joined Eastbourne Borough on loan.[13] He made his debut for the club the next day, playing the entire match against Crawley Town.[14]

In May 2011 Exeter announced that he would not be offered a new deal at the end of the season.[15]

Norwood announced on Twitter in June 2011 that he would be returning to Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal. His comments on Twitter were confirmed a few days later when he signed permanently for Forest Green.[16] In October 2011, Norwood had surgery on his hernia which ruled him out of action for a month.[17] Norwood returned from his injury as a second half substitute on 26 November 2011 against York City and scored a last minute equaliser to earn Forest Green a draw.[18] He scored his first hat-trick for Forest Green on 1 January 2013 in a 5–0 away win at Rodney Parade against Newport County.[19]

On 11 February 2013, Norwood signed a new two year extension to his contract at Forest Green, a move that would see him tied down to the club for up to the summer of 2015.[20] He scored his second hat-trick for Forest Green on 12 February 2013 in a 4–1 win against Braintree Town.[21] An impressive 2012–13 campaign for Norwood saw him earn the Player's Player of the Year award at the end of the season and a call up to the England C squad for the first time for an international with Bermuda.[22] He made his hundredth league appearance for Forest Green on 21 September 2013 in a defeat against Cambridge United.[23]

International

Norwood experienced his first taste of representing his country in March 2009 for the England Schools squad in a Carnegie Centenary Shield fixture against Wales. He would later go on to play at Wembley Stadium against France, scoring in a 4–2 defeat.

He made his England C team debut on 4 June 2013, coming on as a half time substitute and scoring a hat-trick against Bermuda at the Bermuda National Stadium.[24] He earned his second cap for the England C squad against the Latvia under 23's national side on 10 September 2013 in Jelgava, suffering a 1–0 defeat.[25] He scored a last minute penalty on 19 November 2013 in a friendly with the Czech Republic under 21's squad to earn England a 2–2 draw at Woking's Kingfield.

International goals

# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
3 4 June 2013 National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda 1  Bermuda 1–6 1–6 Friendly
1 19 November 2013 Kingfield Stadium, Woking 3  Czech Republic 2–2 2–2 Friendly

Personal life

Norwood attended St Bede's School in Hailsham, who he represented playing football and rugby.[2] He was captain of his school football side and also won a national under-12 rugby title with St Bede's in 2003.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Palace contract for goalgetter James". Eastbourne Today. 2004-01-23. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Grecians snap up Eastbourne youngster". Non-League Daily. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  4. ↑ "Norwood realising his dream with City". thisisexeter.co.uk. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  5. ↑ Davies, Gareth A (2009-08-13). "Five-star St Bede's claim English Schools FA Trophy". London: telegraphy.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  6. ↑ "England 3–0 Wales". English Schools Football Association. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  7. ↑ "Triallists play for contracts". thisisexeter.co.uk. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Exeter fans fund striker signing". BBC Sport. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Exeter boss upbeat despite defeat". BBC Sport. 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  10. ↑ "Leeds 2–1 Exeter". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  11. ↑ "Russell's pledge". thisisexeter.co.uk. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
  12. ↑ "Forest Green reveal six signings". BBC Sport. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 
  13. ↑ "Eastbourne Borough sign Hutchinson, Walker and Norwood". BBC Sport. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 
  14. ↑ "Crawley Town 3–1 Eastbourne Boro". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Ben Watson and James Norwood to leave Exeter City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Three players commit to Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Norwood planning quick return". Stroud News & Journal. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 1–1 York City". BBC Sport. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  19. ↑ "Newport County 0–5 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 1 January 2013. 
  20. ↑ "James Norwood: Forest Green striker signs two-year extension". BBC Sport. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Forest Green 4–1 Braintree". BBC Sport. 12 February 2013. 
  22. ↑ "England C squad announced". Football Conference. 10 May 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Cambridge 2–1 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 21 September 2013. 
  24. ↑ "Norwood bags England C hat-trick in Bermuda". Gloucestershire Gazette. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  25. ↑ "Nuneaton Town trio Gaz Dean, James Armson and Louis Moult make their England C debuts". Nuneaton News. 10 September 2013. 

External links

Forest Green Rovers F.C. – current squad
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