2007–08_Norwich_City_F.C._season

2007–08 Norwich City F.C. season

2007–08 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City 2007–08 football season

The 2007–08 season was Norwich City's third consecutive year in the Football League Championship. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.

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Season summary

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. 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. After a 1–0 away defeat to QPR, Grant and City parted company by mutual consent.

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

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. 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.

Results

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Pre-season friendlies

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15 July 2007 Exeter City 2–1 Norwich City Exeter, Devon
15:00 BST Mackie 15'
Stansfield 16'		 Report Chadwick 36' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
17 July 2007 Lowestoft Town 0–12 Norwich City Lowestoft, Suffolk
19:45 BST Report Martin 15', 37', 43', 61'
Brown 18'
Safri 22'
Eagle 36'
Spillane 49'
Chadwick 54'
Rossi Jarvis 68'
Renton 69', 76'		 Stadium: Crown Meadow
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
19 July 2007 King's Lynn 0–4 Norwich City King's Lynn, Norfolk
19:45 BST Report Drury 4'
Cureton 82' (pen.), 85'
Lathrope 87'		 Stadium: The Walks
Attendance: 1,366
Referee: Unknown
23 July 2007 AGOVV Apeldoorn Netherlands 0–2 Norwich City Harderwijk, Netherlands
15:00 BST Report Brown 76'
Cureton 84'		 Stadium: Sportpark De Strokel
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
23 July 2007 FC Zwolle Netherlands 2–1 Norwich City Harderwijk, Netherlands
19:45 BST Jansen 45'
Moisander 69'		 Report Střihavka 8' Stadium: Sportpark De Strokel
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
31 July 2007 Norwich City 1–2 West Ham United Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST Brown 57' Report Spector 28'
Ashton 44'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,751
Referee: Mike Thorpe
3 August 2007 Norwich City 1–0 Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST Drury 60' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Andre Marriner

League

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August

11 August 2007 Preston North End 0–0 Norwich City Preston, Lancashire
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,408
Referee: Paul Taylor
18 August 2007 Norwich City 2–1 Southampton Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Cureton 61', 71' Report Jones 37' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,004
Referee: Clive Oliver
25 August 2007 Hull City 2–1 Norwich City Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
15:00 BST Windass 49'
Garcia 77'		 Report Dublin 71' Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 15,939
Referee: Nigel Miller

September

1 September 2007 Norwich City 1–2 Cardiff City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Lappin 12' Report Whittingham 64'
Johnson 84'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,292
Referee: Clive Penton
15 September 2007 Norwich City 1–0 Crystal Palace Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Střihavka 75' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,228
Referee: Lee Probert
18 September 2007 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Norwich City Charlton, London
19:45 BST Reid 85' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Report Dublin Red card 90' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 21,543
Referee: Jarnail Singh
22 September 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Norwich City Wolverhampton, West Midlands
15:00 BST Foley 23'
Keogh 35'		 Report Shackell Red card 63'
Brellier Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 75'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Steve Bennett
29 September 2007 Norwich City 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich, Norfolk
17:20 BST Report Small 76' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,293
Referee: Lee Probert

October

2 October 2007 Norwich City 0–0 Scunthorpe United Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,176
Referee: Kevin Friend
8 October 2007 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Norwich City Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST Rowlands 67' (pen.) Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,514
Referee: Andy Penn
20 October 2007 Norwich City 1–3 Bristol City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Huckerby 82' Report McIndoe 48'
Murray 85'
Trundle 90'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,125
Referee: Anthony Bates
23 October 2007 Burnley 2–1 Norwich City Burnley, Lancashire
19:45 BST Blake 1'
Gray 4' (pen.)		 Report Brown 68' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,133
Referee: Mike Jones
27 October 2007 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Norwich City West Bromwich, West Midlands
15:00 BST Miller 16'
Phillips 51'		 Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 20,247
Referee: Phil Joslin

November

4 November 2007 Norwich City 2–2 Ipswich Town Norwich, Norfolk
12:45 GMT Garvan 56' (o.g.)
Cureton 67'
Huckerby Red card 90'		 Report Lee 27'
Couñago 41'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,461
Referee: Rob Styles
6 November 2007 Norwich City 1–3 Watford Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Croft 65' Report Henderson 36'
Marshall 43' (o.g.)
King 88'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,192
Referee: Clive Penton
10 November 2007 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Norwich City Plymouth, Devon
15:00 GMT Martin 26'
Connolly 47'
Norris 49'		 Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Darren Drysdale
24 November 2007 Norwich City 2–0 Coventry City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Chadwick 34'
Cureton 77'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,590
Referee: Andy D'Urso
27 November 2007 Blackpool 1–3 Norwich City Blackpool, Lancashire
19:45 GMT Ślusarski 38' Report Dublin 30', 90'
Taylor 74'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,759
Referee: Mark Haywood

December

1 December 2007 Stoke City 2–1 Norwich City Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
15:00 GMT Cort 38'
Cresswell 89'		 Report Huckerby 5' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 19,285
Referee: Lee Probert
4 December 2007 Norwich City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Evans 2'
Huckerby 87' (pen.)		 Report Timár 89' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,434
Referee: Paul Taylor
8 December 2007 Norwich City 1–0 Sheffield United Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Evans 10' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,493
Referee: Darren Deadman
15 December 2007 Colchester United 1–1 Norwich City Colchester, Essex
17:20 GMT McLeod 78' Report Granville 90' (o.g.) Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Mike Jones
22 December 2007 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Norwich City Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
15:00 GMT Report Cureton 78' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 6,648
Referee: Graham Laws
26 December 2007 Norwich City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Russell 73' Report Zheng 21'
Sodje Red card 30'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,327
Referee: Mick Russell
29 December 2007 Norwich City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Cureton 75' Report Keogh 52' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,300
Referee: Lee Probert

January

1 January 2008 Crystal Palace 1–1 Norwich City South Norwood, London
15:00 GMT Morrison 50' Report Russell 9' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,199
Referee: Mike Thorpe
12 January 2008 Barnsley 1–3 Norwich City Barnsley, South Yorkshire
15:00 GMT Devaney 18' Report Evans 48'
Fotheringham 70'
Dublin 74'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,117
Referee: Paul Armstrong
19 January 2008 Norwich City 0–0 Leicester City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,462
Referee: Anthony Bates
29 January 2008 Southampton 0–1 Norwich City Southampton, Hampshire
19:45 GMT Report Evans 45' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 18,004
Referee: Andy Penn

February

2 February 2008 Norwich City 1–0 Preston North End Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Russell 90' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,092
Referee: Jarnail Singh
9 February 2008 Cardiff City 1–2 Norwich City Cardiff, Wales
12:00 GMT Rae 45' Report Evans 15', 88' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,937
Referee: Richard Beeby
12 February 2008 Norwich City 1–1 Hull City Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Dublin 19' Report Campbell 53' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,259
Referee: Andy Hall
16 February 2008 Leicester City 4–0 Norwich City Leicester, Leicestershire
15:00 GMT Hume 22'
Howard 57'
Campbell 77'
Clemence 82'		 Report Russell Red card 60' Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 25,854
Referee: Clive Oliver
23 February 2008 Norwich City 1–0 Barnsley Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Cureton 26' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,197
Referee: Grant Hegley

March

1 March 2008 Norwich City 1–2 Blackpool Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Cureton 65' (pen.) Report McPhee 15', 39' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,531
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
4 March 2008 Watford 1–1 Norwich City Watford, Hertfordshire
19:45 GMT Shittu 11' Report Cureton 81' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 16,537
Referee: Keith Stroud
8 March 2008 Coventry City 1–0 Norwich City Coventry, West Midlands
15:00 GMT Tabb 6' Report Doherty Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 54'
Russell Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 85'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 18,108
Referee: Paul Taylor
11 March 2008 Norwich City 0–1 Stoke City Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Report Sidibe 58' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,471
Referee: Andy Woolmer
15 March 2008 Sheffield United 2–0 Norwich City Sheffield, South Yorkshire
15:00 GMT Sharp 52'
Kilgallon 56'		 Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 25,536
Referee: Michael Oliver
22 March 2008 Norwich City 5–1 Colchester United Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Otsemobor 6'
Cureton 36', 53' (pen.), 87'
Dublin 90'		 Report Lisbie 41' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,215
Referee: Mark Haywood
29 March 2008 Bristol City 2–1 Norwich City Bristol
15:00 GMT Adebola 41'
Brooker 90'		 Report Huckerby 70' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 17,511
Referee: Andy D'Urso

April

5 April 2008 Norwich City 2–0 Burnley Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Dublin 2'
Evans 90'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,049
Referee: Russell Booth
13 April 2008 Ipswich Town 2–1 Norwich City Ipswich, Suffolk
12:00 BST Pearce 13' (o.g.)
Haynes 40'		 Report Evans 4' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 29,656
Referee: Mike Jones
19 April 2008 Norwich City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Evans 73' (pen.) Report Koren 2'
Gera 71'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,442
Referee: Iain Williamson
26 April 2008 Norwich City 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Evans 7'
Fotheringham 56'
Russell 83'		 Report Stewart Red card 5' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,497
Referee: Phil Joslin

May

4 May 2008 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Norwich City Sheffield, South Yorkshire
14:00 BST Burton 23' (pen.), 76'
Sahar 53'
Clarke 87'		 Report Huckerby 9' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 36,208
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

FA Cup

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5 January 2008 Round 3 Norwich City 1–1 Bury Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Doherty 80' Report Bishop 71' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,815
Referee: Steve Bratt
15 January 2008 Round 3 (replay) Bury 2–1 Norwich City Bury, Greater Manchester
19:45 GMT Futcher 18'
Bishop 61'		 Report Dublin 86' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,146
Referee: Colin Webster

League Cup

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14 August 2007 Round 1 Norwich City 5–2 Barnet Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST Cureton 3', 16'
Lappin 21'
Fotheringham 25'
Russell 31'		 Report Puncheon 66'
Birchall 74'
Bishop Red card 86'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,971
Referee: Darren Deadman
28 August 2007 Round 2 Rochdale 1–1 (AET)
(3–4 p)		 Norwich City Rochdale, Greater Manchester
19:45 BST Murray 9' Report Dublin 49' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,990
Referee: Colin Webster
Penalties
Kennedy soccer ball with check mark
Le Fondre soccer ball with check mark
Prendergast soccer ball with red X
Dagnall soccer ball with check mark
Jones soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Brown
soccer ball with check mark Lappin
soccer ball with check mark Martin
soccer ball with check mark Huckerby
25 September 2007 Round 3 Manchester City 1–0 Norwich City Bradford, Greater Manchester
19:45 BST Samaras 90' Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Andre Marriner

Transfers

Transfers in

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Loans in

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Transfers out

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Loans out

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Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season[39]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Left club during season

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Board and staff members

Board members

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Coaching staff

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Last updated: 26 June 2008
Source: Norwich FC

Final league table

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Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Pearce was born in Wallingford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented Scotland at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2012.
  2. [N 2]
    Spillane was born in Cambridge, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level.
  3. [N 3]
    Cave-Brown was born in Gravesend, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-20 level.
  4. [N 4]
    Martin was born in Beccles, England, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2014.

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