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Norwich City
Badge of Norwich City
Full nameNorwich City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Canaries
Founded17 June 1902[1]
GroundCarrow Road
Capacity26,164
ChairmanEngland Roger Munby
ManagerEngland Glenn Roeder
LeagueThe Championship
2006–07The Championship, 16th

Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.

Norwich are currently members of the Football League Championship (second tier of the English football pyramid). They were founder members of the Premier League in 1991–92, and played in its first three seasons, returning for one season in 2004–05. They first won promotion to the Football League First Division in 1972, and have played a total of 18 seasons in the top flight, with a longest continuous spell of nine seasons. Norwich have won the League Cup twice, in 1962 and 1985.

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 neighbours Ipswich Town, with whom they have contested the East Anglian Derby 134 times, winning 51 since 1902.

The fans' song On The Ball, City is regarded as being the oldest football song in the English speaking world.[2]

History

Main article: History of Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City F.C. was formed on 17 June, 1902,[1] 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.[3] Following a FA Commission, the club was ousted from the amateur game in 1905, deemed a professional organisation. Later that year Norwich were elected to play in the Southern League and with increasing crowds, they were forced to leave Newmarket Road in 1908, moving to The Nest, a disused chalk pit. During the First World War, with football suspended and facing spiraling debts, City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December, 1917.[4] The club was officially reformed on 15 February, 1919. In May 1920, The Football League formed a third Division and Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season.[5] 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.[4]

The following decade proved more successful for the club with a club-record victory, 10–2, over Coventry and promotion as champions to the Second Division in the 1933–34 season under the management of Tom Parker.[6] 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, 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. The biggest highlight of the following four seasons was the visit of King George VI to Carrow Road on October 29, 1938. However, the club was relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season.[7] 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.[4] City finished this and the following season in 21st place,[8][9] the poor results forcing the club to apply for re-election to the league.[10] 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.[11]

The 1958–59 season saw Norwich lose in 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.[10][12] 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.[10] 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.[13]

Sixth place in the league was the closest the club came to promotion to the First Division 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.[14] They made their first appearance at Wembley Stadium in 1973, losing the League Cup final 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.[15] Relegation to the Second Division in 1974 resulted in the resignation of Saunders and the appointment of John Bond.[14] 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.[16] Bond resigned during the 1980–81 season and the club were relegated, but bounced back the following season after finishing third.[17]

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 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. Norwich were also denied their first foray into Europe with the ban on English clubs after the Heysel Stadium disaster.[18][19] City bounced back to the top flight immediately by winning the Second Division championship in the 1985–86 season.[20] 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.[19] They also had good cup runs during his period, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1989 and again in 1992.[21][22]

In 1992–93, the inaugural season of the English Premier League, Norwich City led the league for most of the season,[23] before faltering in the final weeks to finish third behind the champions, Manchester United, and Aston Villa.[24] The following season Norwich played in the UEFA Cup for the first time, losing in the third round to Internazionale, but defeating Bayern Munich. Winning 2–1, Norwich are the only English team to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium.[25] Mike Walker quit as Norwich City manager in January 1994,[26] to take charge of Everton and was replaced by 36-year-old first team coach John Deehan who lead the club to 12th place in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League.[27] The club were relegated to the First Division the following season.[28] Shortly before relegation, Deehan resigned as manager and his assistant Gary Megson took over until the end of the season.[29] 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.[30] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman Robert Chase over money to strengthen the squad.[31] 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.[32] Chase's majority stakeholding was bought by Geoffrey Watling.[33]

English television cook Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones took over the majority of Norwich City's shares from Watling in 1996,[33] and Mike Walker was re-appointed as the club's manager.[34] 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.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37]

City players celebrate winning the First Division Championship, 2004

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.[38] For much of the 2004–05 season however, the club struggled and, despite beating Manchester United 2–0 and Newcastle United 2–1 towards the end of the season,[39] a last day 6–0 defeat away to Fulham condemned them to relegation.[40] A mediocre season followed in The Championship as the club finished in ninth despite hopes of bouncing straight back up to the top flight,[41] and as results in the 2006–07 season went against City, the pressure mounted on manager Nigel Worthington, culminating with his sacking on October 1, 2006, directly after a 4–1 defeat at the hands of Championship rivals Burnley.[42] On October 16 2006, Norwich held a press conference to reveal that former City player Peter Grant had left West Ham United to become the new manager,[43] and in February 2007, Grant replaced assistant Doug Livermore with his fellow Scot, Jim Duffy. [44] Grant's side struggled for most of the season and worse was to follow. Norwich made a terrible start to the 07–08 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.[45] On 30 October 2007, former Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder was confirmed as Grant's replacement.[46]

Colours and crest

Norwich City's nickname, "The Canaries", has long influenced the team's colours and crest. Originally, the club was nicknamed the Citizens ("Cits" for short), and played in light blue and white halved shirts,[4] although the halves were inconsistent; "the blue was sometimes on the left hand side of the shirt and sometimes on the right."[47] The earliest known recorded link between the club and canaries, comes in an interview recorded in the Eastern Daily Press with 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."[2] "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."[2]

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 Bowman and Fry's colleagues in the national press increasingly referred to the team as Canaries.[48]

City of Norwich Coat of Arms

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'."[49] Apart from the obvious colour link, a canary may seem an odd choice; however, many English football clubs have adopted small birds as emblems that symbolise agility and deftness around the field.[50]

While the home colours of yellow and green remain to this day, the away colours have varied since introduction; the away kit is currently white shirts, green shorts and white socks.[51]

A simple canary badge was first adopted in 1922.[52] 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.[53] A competition was held to select the badge, with the winning entry designed by local architect Andrew Anderson.

For the club's centenary celebrations in 2002, a special crest was designed. It featured two canaries looking left and right, and a ribbon noting the centenary.[54]

Stadia

Main article: Carrow Road
View of the "River End" of Carrow Road, decorated by fans holding fliers distributed by a local newspaper.

Norwich City F.C. 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.[55] 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".[56] By the 1930s, the ground capacity was proving insufficient for the growing crowds and in 1935 the club moved to its current home in Carrow Road.[57] 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'"[58][59] An aerial photograph from August 1935 show three sides of open terracing and a covered stand, with a Colman's Mustard advertisement painted on its roof, visible only from the air.[60] Floodlights were erected at the ground in 1956 whose £9,000 costs nearly sent the club into bankruptcy but the success in the 1959 FA Cup secured the financial status of the club and allowed for 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.[57]

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 stadium disaster in 1971, safety licences were required by clubs which resulted in the capacity being drastically reduced to around 20,000. A two-tier terrace was built at the River End and soon after 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".[57] After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent outcome of the Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater with the corners being filled. Today, Carrow Road is an all-seater stadium, with a capacity of 26,034.[61]

The club installed new electronic screen/scoreboards at either end of the stadium during the off-season, 2007. They were first utilised in the 5–2 Carling Cup victory over Barnet F.C. on 14 August 2007.

Supporters

See also: On The Ball, City; Pride of Anglia; and East Anglian Derby

While much of the support that the club enjoys is local, there are a number of exiled fan clubs, notably in London and Scandinavia.[62]

The fans' song, On the ball, City, is the oldest football song anywhere 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.[2] 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.[2] The chorus is:[63]

Kick off, throw it 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.

Norwich City fans at the 2002 Play-Off final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium

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.[64] Over the 134 matches played against Ipswich since 1902, Ipswich boasts the better record, having won 45% of the matches to Norwich's 37%.[65][i] Another commonly employed measure for "Pride of Anglia", and one that encompasses all of the East Anglian teams is to dub the side finishing as the highest placed East Anglian team in the Football League as the Pride of Anglia.[66][67]

Ownership

Norwich City F.C. is a public limited company that, in 2003, comprised approximately 8,000 individual shareholdings.[68] Since purchasing their shares from Geoffrey Watling, Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones have been joint majority shareholders.[33]

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

At the 2006–07 Norwich City FC Annual General Meeting (on the 18 January 2007) Smith and Wynn-Jones announced that they would be open to offers to buy their majority stake-holding in the club. However, they made clear that any prospective buyer would have to invest heavily in the squad, with regards to team improving.[69]

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.

On the 8 May 2007 the football club announced that Andrew Turner and his wife Sharon had bought out all 5,000 shares belonging to Barry Skipper and had given the club an interest-free loan of £2m. Mr and Mrs Turner are owners and directors of rapidly-expanding personal finance company Central Trust PLC, based in Norwich.

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

Statistics and records

Main article: List of Norwich City F.C. club records

Ron Ashman holds the record for Norwich appearances, having played 592 first-team matches between 1947 and 1964. 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. Mark Bowen holds the club record for most international caps, with 35 for Wales.[70]

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

Norwich's record home attendance is 43,984 for a sixth round FA Cup match against Leicester City on 30 March, 1963. With the introduction of regulations enforcing all-seater stadiums, it is unlikely that this record will be beaten in the foreseeable future.

The highest transfer fee received for an Norwich player is £7.25 million, from West Ham United for Dean Ashton in January 2006, while the most spent by the club on a player was £3.5 million for Robert Earnshaw from West Bromwich Albion in the same month.[71]

The club's highest league finish was third in the FA Premiership in 1992–93.[61] The club has won the League Cup twice (most recently in 1985) and also reached the FA Cup semi-final three times, most recently in 1992.[61] Norwich have taken part in European competition just once, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94 and are the only British side to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium.[23]

Players

Current squad

As of 19 March, 2008.[72]

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 Scotland SCO David Marshall
2 DF England ENG Jon Otsemobor
3 DF England ENG Adam Drury
4 DF England ENG Jason Shackell
6 FW England ENG Darren Huckerby
7 MF England ENG Lee Croft
9 FW England ENG Dion Dublin
10 FW England ENG Jamie Cureton
11 MF England ENG Luke Chadwick
12 GK England ENG Matthew Gilks
14 DF Spain ESP Juan Velasco
15 DF Scotland SCO Alex Pearce (on loan from Reading)
16 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham (captain)
17 DF Guinea GUI Mohammed Camara (on loan from Derby)
18 MF England ENG Kieran Gibbs (on loan from Arsenal)
20 MF England ENG Darel Russell
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF England ENG Ryan Bertrand (on loan from Chelsea)
24 MF South Africa RSA Matty Pattison
25 DF England ENG Rossi Jarvis
26 MF England ENG Robert Eagle
27 DF Ireland EIR Gary Doherty
28 MF Ireland EIR Michael Spillane
29 DF England ENG Matthew Halliday
31 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Cave-Brown
32 FW Wales WAL Ched Evans (on loan from Man City)
33 FW Scotland SCO Kris Renton
34 GK England ENG Steven Arnold
35 FW England ENG Chris Martin
36 MF South Africa RSA Bally Smart
37 MF England ENG Patrick Bexfield
39 FW England ENG Luke Daley
–– FW Netherlands NED Maceo Rigters (on loan from Blackburn)

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
19 MF Scotland SCO Simon Lappin (on loan to Motherwell)
23 FW England ENG Ryan Jarvis (on loan to Notts County)

For recent transfers, see List of English football transfers 2007-08.

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 and a further 10 players were inducted into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in 2006.

Players of the Year

For a more detailed list of these winners of the Barry Butler trophy, see List of Norwich City F.C. Players of the Year.
Year Winner
1967 England Terry Allcock
1968 Scotland Hugh Curran
1969 Scotland Ken Foggo
1970 Scotland Duncan Forbes
1971 Scotland Ken Foggo
1972 England Dave Stringer
1973 England Kevin Keelan
1974 England Kevin Keelan
1975 Scotland Colin Suggett
1976 England Martin Peters
1977 England Martin Peters
1978 England John Ryan
1979 England Tony Powell
1980 England Kevin Bond
1981 England Joe Royle
1982 England Greg Downs
1983 England Dave Watson
1984 England Chris Woods
1985 England Steve Bruce
1986 England Kevin Drinkell
1987 England Kevin Drinkell
 
Year Winner
1988 Scotland Bryan Gunn
1989 England Dale Gordon
1990 Wales Mark Bowen
1991 England Ian Culverhouse
1992 Scotland Robert Fleck
1993 Scotland Bryan Gunn
1994 England Chris Sutton
1995 England Jon Newsome
1996 England Spencer Prior
1997 England Darren Eadie
1998 England Matt Jackson
1999 Wales Iwan Roberts
2000 Wales Iwan Roberts
2001 England Andy Marshall
2002 Scotland Gary Holt
2003 England Adam Drury
2004 England Craig Fleming
2005 England Darren Huckerby
2006 Republic of Ireland Gary Doherty
2007 England Darren Huckerby

Captains

For a list of Norwich City captains, see Captains of Norwich City F.C.

Managers

As of 25 November, 2007. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.[73]
Name Nat From To Record
P W D L %W
John Bowman England 1 August, 1905 31 July, 1907 78 31 23 24 39.7
James McEwen Scotland 1 August, 1907 31 May, 1908 43 13 10 20 30.2
Arthur Turner England 1 August, 1909 31 May, 1910 86 27 22 37 31.4
Bert Stansfield England 1 August, 1910
1 March, 1926 		31 May, 1915
1 November, 1926 		248 78 75 95 31.4
Major Frank Buckley England 1 August, 1919 1 July, 1920 43 15 11 17 34.9
Charles O'Hagan England 1 July, 1920 1 January, 1921 21 4 9 8 19.0
Albert Gosnell England 1 January, 1921 28 February, 1926 223 59 79 95 26.5
Cecil Potter England 1 November, 1926 1 January, 1929 101 30 26 45 29.7
James Kerr England 1 April, 1929 28 February, 1933 168 65 43 60 38.7
Tom Parker England 1 March, 1933
1 May, 1955 		1 February, 1937
31 March, 1957 		271 104 69 98 38.4
Bob Young England 1 February, 1937
1 September, 1939 		31 December, 1938
31 May, 1946 		78 26 14 38 33.3
Jimmy Jewell England 1 January, 1939 1 September, 1939 20 6 4 10 30.0
Duggie Lochhead Scotland 1 December, 1945 1 March, 1950 104 42 28 34 40.4
Cyril Spiers England 1 June, 1946 1 December, 1947 65 15 12 38 23.1
Norman Low England 1 May, 1950 30 April, 1955 258 129 56 73 50.0
Archie Macaulay Scotland 1 April, 1957 1 October, 1961 224 105 60 59 46.9
Willie Reid Scotland 1 December, 1961 1 May, 1962 31 13 6 12 41.9
George Swindin England 1 May, 1962 30 November, 1962 20 10 5 5 50.0
Ron Ashman England 1 December, 1962 31 May, 1966 162 59 39 64 36.4
Lol Morgan England 1 June, 1966 1 May, 1969 127 45 47 35 35.4
Ron Saunders England 1 July, 1969 16 November, 1973 221 84 61 76 38.0
John Bond England 27 November, 1973 31 October, 1980 340 105 114 121 34.5
Ken Brown England 1 November, 1980 9 November, 1987 367 150 93 124 40.9
Dave Stringer England 9 November, 1987 1 May, 1992 229 89 58 82 38.9
Mike Walker Wales 1 June, 1992
21 June, 1996 		6 January, 1994
30 April, 1998 		179 69 46 64 38.5
John Deehan England 12 January, 1994 31 July, 1995 58 13 22 23 22.4
Martin O'Neill[ii] Northern Ireland August, 1995 December, 1995 26 12 9 5 46.2
Gary Megson England December, 1995 21 June, 1996 32 5 10 17 15.6
Bruce Rioch Scotland 12 June, 1998 13 March, 2000 93 30 31 32 32.3
Bryan Hamilton Northern Ireland 5 April, 2000 4 December, 2000 35 10 10 15 28.6
Nigel Worthington Northern Ireland 4 December, 2000 2 October, 2006 280 114 104 62 40.7
Martin Hunter[iii] England 2 October, 2006 14 October, 2006 1 0 1 0 00.0
Peter Grant Scotland 13 October, 2006 9 October, 2007 47 17 11 19 36.2
Jim Duffy[iii] Scotland 9 October, 2007 30 October, 2007 3 0 0 3 00.0
Glenn Roeder England 30 October, 2007 present 19 8 7 4 42.1

Honours

Norwich City F.C. have won a number of honours, including the following:[74]

Honour Year(s)
Second tier Champions 1971–72, 1985–86, 2003–04
Third tier Champions 1933–34
Third tier Runners Up 1959–60
League Cup Winners 1962, 1985
League Cup Runners Up 1973, 1975

Friendship Trophy

Each time they meet, Norwich and Sunderland contest the Friendship Trophy, an honour dating back to the camaraderie forged between fans of the two clubs at the time of the 1985 League Cup final that they contested.[75] Sunderland are the current holders of the cup, having defeated Norwich 1–0 on 2 December, 2006.[76]

Making of Mike Bassett: England Manager

In the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager,[77] 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 (right) were actually shot in St Albans, rather than Norwich.

In 1972 the Children's Film Foundation released a movie called "The Boy Who Turned Yellow", about a boy living in London who supports Norwich City. In the film, he and everyone and everything else on his tube train are turned yellow. That night he is visited by a yellow alien called Nick, short for electronic, who teaches him all about electricity. The link to the football club is used to explain why the boy already has so many yellow things in his bedroom.[78]

Notes

i^ : This includes matches played at an amateur level.
ii^ : Moved to Leicester City after just six months at Carrow Road.
iii ^ : Caretaker manager.

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Further reading

  • Canary Citizens by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
  • Norfolk 'n' Good by Kevin Baldwin, published by Goldstone Books, (1993), ISBN 0-9522074-0-0
  • Second Coming: Supporter's View of the New Era at Norwich City by Kevin Baldwin, published by Yellow Bird Publishing, (1997), ISBN 0952207419
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