Norwich City
2006–07 season
ChairmanRoger Munby
ManagerNigel Worthington 5 August 2006 – 1 October 2006
Peter Grant 15 October 2006 – 6 May 2007
StadiumCarrow Road
Championship16th
FA CupFifth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robert Earnshaw (19)
All:
Robert Earnshaw (19)
Highest home attendance25,476 (vs. Ipswich Town, 22 April 2007)
Lowest home attendance23,311 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 30 January 2007)
Average home league attendance24,544

The 2006–07 season was Norwich City's second consecutive year in the Football League Championship after failing to gain promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.

Season overview

End of the Worthington era

Following the departure of key players Robert Green and Leon McKenzie to West Ham United and Coventry City respectively, Norwich's lack of activity in the summer transfer window was somewhat surprising. Indeed, only one player - Lee Croft, from Manchester City, for a fee in the region of £600,000[1] - came into the club on a permanent basis. However, despite this and an opening day defeat, the club enjoyed a relatively good start to the season, with three consecutive home wins in the league and progress in the League Cup. This form did not last - having collected just one point from a possible twelve during September, pressure was mounting on manager Nigel Worthington. Following the 3–1 defeat at Plymouth Argyle on 23 September, joint majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones issued a public ultimatum stating that performances must immediately improve.[2]

In their next match on 1 October, Norwich slumped to a 4–1 defeat against Burnley at Carrow Road - a game which was televised by Sky Sports. The club announced they had parted company with Worthington just hours after the final whistle.[3]

Grant appointed

Martin Hunter was appointed caretaker manager going into the October international break. His side came out 3–0 winners in a friendly match at King's Lynn, specially arranged for former Norwich midfielder Shaun Carey who had suffered a double fracture of his leg.[4] During the week leading up to the meeting with Queens Park Rangers on 14 October, it emerged that former City player and West Ham coach Peter Grant was to be appointed new manager of the Canaries. He watched from the stands as his new side - still under the guidance of Hunter - drew 3–3 with QPR, conceding a stoppage-time equaliser by Martin Rowlands.[5]

Grant's start was encouraging, winning four of his first six matches in full charge. This included beating all three sides relegated from the Premier League the previous season, as well as then league leaders, Cardiff City. However, defeat to local rivals Ipswich Town followed by a run of six defeats in nine through December and January left the club languishing in 17th, with no realistic hopes of reaching the play-offs and just four points above the relegation zone.

A key point in the season came on 27 February, in a match against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. Norwich were behind twice in the game and defeat would have left them in real relegation danger. However, equalisers from emerging striker Chris Martin and defender Jason Shackell, followed by a vital stoppage-time winning free-kick from new signing Simon Lappin lifted City to the relative safety of 16th.[6]

Norwich's form in the latter part of the season was very inconsistent, often winning one then losing one. The main bright spot was arguably the emergence of young striker Martin, who scored in four consecutive league games through February and March, reportedly attracting interest from Manchester United.[7] The return of top scorer Robert Earnshaw from injury could not stop a run of three defeats from the last four games, which left City ending an overall disappointing campaign in 16th place and hoping for much better in 2007–08.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Result 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 5–1 0–3 3–3 0–1 1–3 1–4 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2
Position 19 10 7 6 2 4 5 10 14 17 19 15 11 17 16 13 9 12 13 12 15 15 16
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Result 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–3
Position 15 17 15 17 17 17 16 18 18 16 16 17 17 15 15 16 13 16 15 15 15 16 16

August

5 August 2006 Leeds United 1 – 0 Norwich City Leeds, West Yorkshire
15:00 BST Healy 41' (pen.) Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,417
Referee: Graham Laws
8 August 2006 Norwich City 2 – 0 Preston North End Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST St Ledger 56' (o.g.)
Earnshaw 82'		 Report Alexander Red card 90' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,676
Referee: Phil Joslin
12 August 2006 Norwich City 3 – 2 Luton Town Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Huckerby 57'
Croft 67'
Earnshaw 71'		 Report Vine 15'
Morgan 52'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,863
Referee: Andy Penn
19 August 2006 Derby County 0 – 0 Norwich City Derby, Derbyshire
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,196
Referee: Richard Beeby
26 August 2006 Norwich City 5 – 1 Barnsley Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Earnshaw 13' (pen.), 69'
Robinson 27'
Croft 57'
Huckerby 64'		 Report Kay Red card 12'
Hayes 38'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,867
Referee: Iain Williamson

September

9 September 2006 Coventry City 3 – 0 Norwich City Coventry, West Midlands
15:00 BST Birchall 12'
Kyle 63'
John 67'		 Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 20,006
Referee: Jon Moss
12 September 2006 Southend United 3 – 3 Norwich City Southend-on-Sea, Essex
19:45 BST Eastwood 9'
Hammell 68'
Gower 90'		 Report Earnshaw 36', 39'
Etuhu 47'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 11,072
Referee: Uriah Rennie
16 September 2006 Norwich City 0 – 1 Crystal Palace Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Report Kuqi 90' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,618
Referee: Andy D'Urso
23 September 2006 Plymouth Argyle 3 – 1 Norwich City Plymouth, Devon
15:00 BST Doherty 14' (o.g.)
Seip 47'
Norris 74'		 Report Earnshaw 90' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 11,813
Referee: Jarnail Singh

October

1 October 2006 Norwich City 1 – 4 Burnley Norwich, Norfolk
13:15 BST Doherty Red card 60'
Earnshaw 82'		 Report O'Connor 32'
Gray 45', 64'
Mahon 89'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,717
Referee: Phil Crossley
14 October 2006 Queens Park Rangers 3 – 3 Norwich City Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST Smith 24'
Rowlands 45', 90'		 Report Huckerby 4'
Dublin 72'
Earnshaw 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,793
Referee: Andre Marriner
17 October 2006 Birmingham City 0 – 1 Norwich City Birmingham, West Midlands
19:45 BST Report Shackell 66' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 20,537
Referee: Mike Pike
21 October 2006 Norwich City 1 – 0 Cardiff City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Etuhu 7'
McVeigh Red card 90'		 Report Gilbert Red card 90' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,014
Referee: Anthony Bates
28 October 2006 Stoke City 5 – 0 Norwich City Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
15:00 BST Hendrie 22'
Fuller 38'
Higginbotham 72'
Chadwick 79'
Russell 90'		 Report Ashdown Red card 72' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 13,444
Referee: Paul Robinson
31 October 2006 Norwich City 1 – 1 Colchester United Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Etuhu 72' Report Cureton 53' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,065
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

November

4 November 2006 Norwich City 1 – 0 Sunderland Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Earnshaw 51' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,652
Referee: Mike Riley
19 November 2006 Ipswich Town 3 – 1 Norwich City Ipswich, Suffolk
11:30 GMT Legwinski 40'
Haynes 77', 90'		 Report Chadwick 26' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 27,276
Referee: Trevor Kettle
25 November 2006 Norwich City 1 – 1 Hull City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Earnshaw 72' Report Turner 90' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,129
Referee: Gary Sutton
30 November 2006 Norwich City 3 – 1 Leicester City Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Robinson 45'
Earnshaw 59'
McAuley 90' (o.g.)		 Report McCarthy 23' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,896
Referee: Darren Deadman

December

2 December 2006 Sunderland 1 – 0 Norwich City Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
15:00 GMT Murphy 76' Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 27,934
Referee: Phil Joslin
9 December 2006 Norwich City 1 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Dublin 85' Report Camp 80' (o.g.)
Burton 83'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,816
Referee: Andy Woolmer
16 December 2006 Southampton 2 – 1 Norwich City Southampton, Hampshire
15:00 GMT Bale 41'
Jones 65'		 Report Earnshaw 21' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 25,919
Referee: Uriah Rennie
26 December 2006 Norwich City 0 – 0 Southend United Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Report Sodje Red card 55' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,433
Referee: Andy Hall
30 December 2006 Norwich City 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Dublin 69' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,113
Referee: Phil Dowd

January

1 January 2007 Crystal Palace 3 – 1 Norwich City South Norwood, London
15:00 GMT Hudson 26'
Kuqi 29'
Green 45'		 Report Earnshaw 45' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,765
Referee: Carl Boyeson
13 January 2007 Norwich City 1 – 3 Plymouth Argyle Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Safri 45' Report Hayles 59'
Buzsáky 63', 75'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,513
Referee: Mike Jones
30 January 2007 Norwich City 0 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Report Breen Red card 55'
Kightly 59'
McNamara Yellow card 4' Yellow-red card 90'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,311
Referee: Nigel Miller

February

3 February 2007 Norwich City 2 – 1 Leeds United Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Dublin 59'
Huckerby 78'		 Report Howson 20' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,018
Referee: Kevin Friend
20 February 2007 Preston North End 2 – 1 Norwich City Preston, Lancashire
19:45 GMT Pergl 28'
Dichio 43'		 Report Shackell 62' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,601
Referee: Phil Dowd
24 February 2007 Norwich City 1 – 1 Coventry City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Martin 81' Report Tabb 42' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,220
Referee: Andy D'Urso
27 February 2007 Luton Town 2 – 3 Norwich City Luton, Bedfordshire
19:45 GMT Runström 11'
Talbot 48'		 Report Martin 26'
Shackell 73'
Lappin 90'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,868
Referee: Uriah Rennie

March

3 March 2007 Barnsley 1 – 3 Norwich City Barnsley, South Yorkshire
15:00 GMT Ferenczi 45' Report Huckerby 7'
Croft 26'
Martin 41'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,010
Referee: Colin Webster
6 March 2007 Norwich City 1 – 2 Derby County Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Martin 52' Report Jones 62', 72' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,462
Referee: Lee Probert
10 March 2007 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Norwich City Cardiff, Wales
15:00 GMT Parry 3' Report Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,276
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 March 2007 Norwich City 1 – 0 Birmingham City Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Huckerby 47' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,504
Referee: Russell Booth
17 March 2007 Norwich City 1 – 0 Stoke City Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Huckerby 31' Report Griffin Red card 84' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 24,293
Referee: Paul Taylor
31 March 2007 Colchester United 3 – 0 Norwich City Colchester, Essex
15:00 BST Cureton 52'
Garcia 64'
Iwelumo 73'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,851
Referee: Iain Williamson

April

6 April 2007 Hull City 1 – 2 Norwich City Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
15:00 BST Dawson 88' Report Huckerby 39'
Etuhu 55'		 Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 19,053
Referee: Mike Thorpe
9 April 2007 Norwich City 1 – 2 West Bromwich Albion Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Etuhu 58' Report Sodje 73'
Kamara 90'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,422
Referee: Jon Moss
14 April 2007 Leicester City 1 – 2 Norwich City Leicester, Leicestershire
15:00 BST Kenton 1' Report Earnshaw 74' (pen.)
McAuley 78' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 21,483
Referee: Colin Webster
17 April 2007 Burnley 3 – 0 Norwich City Burnley, Lancashire
19:45 BST Akinbiyi 30'
Gray 86'
Elliott 89'		 Report Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 9,681
Referee: Martin Atkinson
22 April 2007 Norwich City 1 – 1 Ipswich Town Norwich, Norfolk
12:00 BST Etuhu 5' Report Wright 30' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,476
Referee: Steve Tanner
28 April 2007 Norwich City 0 – 1 Southampton Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Report Best 30' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,437
Referee: Lee Probert

May

6 May 2007 Sheffield Wednesday 3 – 2 Norwich City Sheffield, South Yorkshire
13:00 BST Johnson 26'
Burton 45'
Etuhu 50' (o.g.)		 Report Earnshaw 56'
Dublin 75'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 28,287
Referee: Clive Penton

FA Cup

Round 3 4 4(R) 5
Result 4–1 1–1 3–2 0–4
6 January 2007 Round 3 Tamworth 1 – 4 Norwich City Tamworth, Staffordshire
12:30 GMT Weaver Yellow card 20'
McGrath Yellow card 26'
Storer 68'		 Report Dublin 40', 62'
Huckerby 42', 51'		 Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Attendance: 3,165
Referee: Peter Walton
27 January 2007 Round 4 Blackpool 1 – 1 Norwich City Blackpool, Lancashire
15:00 GMT Evatt 52' Report Huckerby 45'
Brown Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 82'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,491
Referee: Chris Foy
13 February 2007 Round 4 (replay) Norwich City 3 – 2 (AET) Blackpool Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT Huckerby 78', 95'
Martin 112'		 Report Jackson 37'
Barker 108'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,120
Referee: Andre Marriner
17 February 2007 Round 5 Chelsea 4 – 0 Norwich City Fulham, London
15:00 GMT Wright-Phillips 39'
Drogba 51'
Essien 90'
Shevchenko 90'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,537
Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup

23 August 2006 First round Torquay United 0 – 2 Norwich City Torquay, Devon
19:45 BST Report McKenzie 48'
Etuhu 64'		 Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Steve Tanner
19 September 2006 Second round Rotherham United 2 – 4 Norwich City Rotherham, South Yorkshire
19:45 BST Keane 24'
Williamson 49' (pen.)		 Report Thorne 6'
Jarvis 53', 90'
Fleming 54'		 Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Scott Mathieson
24 October 2006 Third round Port Vale 0 – 0 (AET)
(3 – 2 p)		 Norwich City Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,518
Referee: Mark Halsey
Penalties
Walker soccer ball with red X
Constantine soccer ball with red X
Harsley soccer ball with check mark
Whitaker soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Robinson
soccer ball with check mark Thorne
soccer ball with red X Shackell
soccer ball with red X Eagle
soccer ball with check mark Dublin

Transfers

Summer

In

NamePriceFrom
Lee Croft£600,000Manchester City

Out

NamePriceTo
Simon CharltonFreeOldham Athletic
Robert Green£2 millionWest Ham United
Leon McKenzie£1 millionCoventry City

Winter

In

NamePriceFrom
Luke ChadwickUndisclosedStoke City
Chris BrownUndisclosedSunderland
David MarshallLoanCeltic
Mark FotheringhamFreeUnattached
Simon Lappin£100,000St Mirren

Out

NamePriceTo
Ian HendersonLoanRotherham United
Craig FlemingFreeRotherham United

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season.[8]

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 (on loan from Celtic)
2 DF France FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean
3 DF England ENG Adam Drury (captain)
4 DF England ENG Jason Shackell
6 FW England ENG Darren Huckerby
7 MF England ENG Lee Croft
8 FW England ENG Peter Thorne
9 FW England ENG Dion Dublin
10 FW Wales WAL Robert Earnshaw[notes 1]
11 MF England ENG Luke Chadwick
12 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Tony Warner[notes 2] (on loan from Fulham)
14 FW England ENG Chris Brown
15 MF Morocco MAR Youssef Safri
16 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham
17 MF England ENG Andrew Hughes
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul McVeigh
19 MF Scotland SCO Simon Lappin
20 MF Nigeria NGA Dickson Etuhu
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Scotland SCO Paul Gallacher
22 FW England ENG Ian Henderson
23 FW England ENG Ryan Jarvis
24 DF Netherlands NED Jürgen Colin
25 DF England ENG Rossi Jarvis
26 MF England ENG Robert Eagle
27 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Doherty
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Michael Spillane[notes 3]
29 DF England ENG Matthew Halliday
30 GK England ENG Joe Lewis
31 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Cave-Brown[notes 4]
32 MF England ENG Andrew Fisk
33 FW Scotland SCO Kris Renton
34 GK England ENG Steven Arnold
35 FW England ENG Chris Martin[notes 5]
36 MF South Africa RSA Bally Smart
37 MF England ENG Patrick Bexfield

Left club during season

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 England ENG Robert Green (to West Ham United)
1 GK England ENG Jamie Ashdown (on loan from Portsmouth)
5 DF England ENG Craig Fleming (to Rotherham United)
12 GK England ENG Lee Camp[notes 6] (on loan from Derby County)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW England ENG Leon McKenzie (to Coventry City)
16 DF Scotland SCO Patrick Boyle (on loan from Everton)
33 MF Wales WAL Carl Robinson (to Toronto FC)

Board and staff members

Board members

PositionNameNationality
ChairmanRoger Munby England
Vice ChairmanBarry Skipper England
Joint Majority ShareholderDelia Smith England
Joint Majority ShareholderMichael Wynn-Jones Wales
DirectorMichael Foulger England
Chief ExecutiveNeil Doncaster England

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Peter Grant
Assistant manager England Jim Duffy
First team coach England Martin Hunter
Goalkeeping coach England James Hollman
Youth coach England Ricky Martin
Physiotherapist England Neal Reynolds
Sports Science England Dave Carolan
Club Liaison Scotland Bryan Gunn

Last updated: 6 May 2007
Source: Norwich FC

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Ipswich Town 46 18 8 20 64 59 +5 62
15 Burnley 46 15 12 19 52 49 +3 57
16 Norwich City 46 16 9 21 56 71 −15 57
17 Coventry City 46 16 8 22 47 62 −15 56
18 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 11 21 54 68 −14 53
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Notes

  1. ↑ Earnshaw was born in Mufulira, Zambia, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2002.
  2. ↑ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Cave-Brown was born in Gravesend, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-20 level.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Croft completes Norwich transfer". BBC Sport. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Stewart (27 September 2006). "Delia turns up the heat on Worthington". blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Norwich sack manager Worthington". BBC Sport. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Hunter pleased with Canaries bow". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Jonathan (16 October 2006). "Queen's Park Rangers 3 Norwich City 3: Grant faces sizeable task". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Coca-Cola Football League Championship - 27/02/2007". Norwich City F.C. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Martin's a Premiership striker in the making". eveningnews24.co.uk. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "First team Profiles". Norwich City F.C. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
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