Norwich City F.C.#Current squad

{{Main|History of Norwich City F.C.}}

File:Norwich city fc.jpg in the background|alt=See caption]]

Norwich City F.C. was formed after a meeting at the Criterion Café in Norwich on 17 June 1902 and played their first competitive match, against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902.{{cite book |last1=Eastwood |first1=John |first2=Mike |last2=Davage |title=Canary Citizens |publisher=Almeida Books |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-7117-2020-6 |pages=1, 19}} They joined the Norfolk & Suffolk League for the 1902–03 season,{{Cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3E/NSL97.html |title=Norfolk & Suffolk League 1897–1939 |website=Non-League Matters |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312064023/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3E/NSL97.html |url-status=live}} but following a FA commission, the club was ousted from the amateur game in 1905, as it was deemed a professional organisation. Later that year Norwich were elected to play in the Southern League. With increasing crowds, they were forced to leave Newmarket Road in 1908 and moved to The Nest, a disused chalk pit. The club's original nickname was the Citizens, but this was superseded by 1907 by the Canaries after the club's chairman (who was a keen breeder of canaries) dubbed his boys "The Canaries" and changed their strip to yellow and green. During the First World War, with football suspended and facing spiralling debts, City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1023784,00.html |title=History – 1902/1940 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208052006/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1023784%2C00.html |archive-date=8 December 2009}}

The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919 – a key figure in the event was Charles Frederick Watling, future lord mayor of Norwich and the father of future club chairman, Geoffrey Watling.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=46}} When the Football League formed a third Division in May 1920, Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=47}} Their first league fixture, against Plymouth Argyle, 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. The following decade proved more successful for the club with a club-record victory, 10–2, over Coventry City.{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1855&teamTabs=records |title=Norwich: Records |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628130040/https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1855&teamTabs=records |url-status=live}} Norwich were promoted as champions to the Second Division in the 1933–34 season under the management of Tom Parker.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=63 |title=Final 1933/1934 English Division 3 South Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001175451/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=63 |archive-date=1 October 2007}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/norwich-citys-birthday-11-memorable-moments |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=20 September 2022 |title=Norwich City's birthday: 11 memorable moments |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925171747/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/norwich-citys-birthday-11-memorable-moments |url-status=live}}

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, on 31 August 1935 against West Ham United, ended in a 4–3 victory for 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 29 October 1938. However the club was relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=68 |title=Final 1938/1939 English Division 2 (old) Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071127131717/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=68 |archive-date=27 November 2007}}

The league was suspended the following season due to the Second World War, and did not resume until the 1946–47 season. City finished this and the following season in 21st place,{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=76 |title=Final 1946/1947 English Division 3 South Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001151202/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=76 |archive-date=1 October 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=77 |title=Final 1947/1948 English Division 3 South Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225818/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=77 |archive-date=30 September 2007}} the poor results forcing the club to apply for re-election to the league.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025325,00.html |title=History – 1941/1969 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221033903/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025325%2C00.html |archive-date=21 February 2011}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=76 |title=Final 1956/1957 English Division 3 South Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001151202/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=76 |archive-date=1 October 2007}}

Events off the field were to overshadow the team's performances as the club faced financial difficulties severe enough to render them non-viable.{{cite news |url=http://www.pinkun.com/content/NCFC/Info/CanaryCentury.aspx |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |access-date=20 March 2008 |title=Norwich City – A Canary Century |last=Cuffley |first=David |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023433/http://www.pinkun.com/content/NCFC/Info/CanaryCentury.aspx |archive-date= 20 August 2008}} With debts amounting to more than £20,000, the club was rescued by the formation of a new board, chaired by Geoffrey Watling and the creation of an appeal fund chaired by the Lord Mayor of Norwich, Arthur South, which raised more than £20,000. For these and other services to the club, both men (now deceased) were later honoured by having stands named after them at Carrow Road.{{efn|1=The South Stand was later renamed the Jarrold Stand. See Carrow Road#Stands}}

Archie Macaulay became manager when the club was reformed and he oversaw one of the club's greatest achievements, its run to the semi-final of the 1958–59 FA Cup. Competing as a Third Division side, Norwich defeated two First Division opponents along the way, notably a 3–0 win against the Manchester United "Busby Babes".{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1958-1959/results |title=Norwich City 1958–1959 : Results |access-date=21 March 2012 |publisher=Statto Organisation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324201942/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1958-1959/results |archive-date=24 March 2011}} City lost the semi-final only after a replay against another First Division side, Luton Town.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=88 |title=English FA Cup 1958/1959 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045138/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=88 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} The team of 1958–59 – including Terry Bly who scored seven goals in the run, and Ken Nethercott who played most of the second half of one match in goal despite a dislocated shoulder – is today well represented in the club Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025325,00.html |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=21 March 2012 |title=Club History – 1941 to 1969 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221033903/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025325%2C00.html |archive-date=21 February 2011}} The "59 Cup Run" as it is now known locally,{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Centenary.asp |title=A century of the Canaries ... 1902–2002 |last=Wise |first=Chris |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206071514/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Centenary.asp |archive-date=6 December 2007}} "remains as one of the truly great periods in Norwich City's history". Norwich were the third-ever Third Division team to reach the FA Cup semi-final.

File:Norwich City FC 1959.jpg, Hunt, Ken Nethercott, Butler, Ron Ashman, Crowe; seated from left: Crossan, Terry Allcock, Terry Bly, Hill, Brennan.|alt=See caption]]

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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=91 |title=English League Cup 1961/1962 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045148/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=91 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}

Sixth place in the league was the closest the club came to promotion to the First Division again 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025326,00.html |title=History – 1970/1985 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=29 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722160316/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025326%2C00.html |archive-date=22 July 2012}} They made their first appearance at Wembley Stadium in 1973,{{Cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/club/history |title=Club History |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815143003/https://www.canaries.co.uk/club/history/ |url-status=live}} losing the League Cup final 1–0 to Tottenham Hotspur.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259796 |title=English League Cup Final 1972–73 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127150500/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259796 |archive-date=27 November 2007}}

Relegation to the Second Division in 1973–74 season came after Saunders had departed and been succeeded by John Bond, but the board of directors kept faith in Bond and were quickly rewarded. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259933 |title=English League Cup Final 1974–75 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045600/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259933 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}

Bond departed to Manchester City in autumn 1980,{{cite news |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/all-change-at-norwich-city-in-1980-81-8070012 |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |title=City in the top flight: Goodbye Bond, hello relegation |first=Chris |last=Lakey |date=22 June 2021 |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622161747/https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/all-change-at-norwich-city-in-1980-81-8070012 |url-status=live}} and the club were relegated six months later, but bounced back the following season after finishing third under Bond's successor Ken Brown.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=111 |title=Final 1981/1982 English Division 2 (old) Table |access-date=29 March 2007 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045220/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=111 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} In August 1981, Norwich City striker Justin Fashanu became the first black footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee when he moved to Nottingham Forest.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/the-tragic-tale-of-justin-fashanu-s-battle-with-his-demons-a3650471.html |title=The tragic tale of Justin Fashanu's battle with his demons |date=4 October 2017 |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407182729/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/the-tragic-tale-of-justin-fashanu-s-battle-with-his-demons-a3650471.html |url-status=live |first=Tony |last=Evans}}

The 1984–85 season was of mixed fortunes for the club; under Brown's guidance, they reached the final of the Football League Cup at Wembley Stadium, having defeated Ipswich Town in the semi-final.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html#85 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |title=England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 |access-date=19 September 2022 |date=28 March 2008 |first=Dinant |last=Abbink |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720060422/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html#85 |url-status=live}} 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 going down by only one point.{{Cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/premier-league/1984-1985/regular-season/r6245/tables/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=19 September 2022 |title=Tables – Premier League – 1984/85}} This made Norwich the first English club to win a major trophy and suffer relegation in the same season; something which was not matched until Birmingham City also suffered relegation the season they won the League Cup 26 years later.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/26/birmingham-city-won-league-cup-10-years-ago-arsenal-fairytale |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=19 September 2022 |title='A fairytale': when Birmingham City won the League Cup a decade ago |first=Sean |last=Cole |date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151004/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/26/birmingham-city-won-league-cup-10-years-ago-arsenal-fairytale |url-status=live}}

Norwich were also denied their first foray into Europe with the ban on English clubs after the Heysel Stadium disaster.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=114 |title=English League Cup 1984–85 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045143/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=114 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025327,00.html |title=History 1986/95 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122051003/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025327%2C00.html |archive-date=22 January 2011}} City bounced back to the top flight by winning the Second Division championship in the 1985–86 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=6&seasonid=115 |title=Final 1985/1986 English Division 2 (old) Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045209/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=6&seasonid=115 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} This was the start a club-record nine consecutive seasons in the top division of English football.{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/NORWICHC.HTM |title=Norwich City |website=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=2 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715085158/http://www.fchd.info/NORWICHC.HTM |archive-date=15 July 2012}} High league placing in the First Division in 1988–89 would have been enough for UEFA Cup qualification, but the ban on English clubs remained. They also had good cup runs during this period, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1989 and again in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=118 |title=English FA Cup 1988/1989 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045127/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=118 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=121 |title=English FA Cup 1991/1992 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045132/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=121 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}

During 1992–93, the inaugural season of the Premier League, Norwich City quickly emerged as surprise title contenders,{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025327,00.html |title=History 1986/1995 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=25 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122051003/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025327%2C00.html |archive-date=22 January 2011}} before faltering in the final weeks to finish third behind the champions, Manchester United, and runners-up Aston Villa.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=122 |title=Final 1992/1993 English Premier Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045225/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=122 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} The following season Norwich participated in the UEFA Cup for the first (and only) time,{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52921--norwich/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |publisher=UEFA |title=Norwich City FC |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215000122/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52921--norwich/ |url-status=live}} losing in the third round to Inter Milan, but defeating Bayern Munich. Winning 2–1, Norwich were the first British team to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympiastadion.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=64&seasonid=123 |title=UEFA Cup 1993/1994 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045153/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=64&seasonid=123 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}{{cite news |url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/22526331.former-physio-gives-inside-view-norwich-citys-famous-uefa-cup-victory-bayern-munich/ |title=Former physio gives his inside view of Norwich City's famous Uefa Cup victory over Bayern Munich |first=David |last=Freezer |newspaper=Norwich Evening News |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103222454/https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/22526331.former-physio-gives-inside-view-norwich-citys-famous-uefa-cup-victory-bayern-munich/ |url-status=live }}

Mike Walker quit as Norwich City manager in January 1994,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/86316.stm |title=Walker leaves Norwich City |access-date=27 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |date=30 April 1998|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114101305/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/86316.stm |archive-date=14 November 2012}} to take charge of Everton and was replaced by first team coach John Deehan who led the club to 12th place in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League.{{Cite web |url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/john-deehan/ |publisher=League Managers Association |title=John Deehan |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414114435/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/john-deehan/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=123 |title=Final 1993/1994 English Premier Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045230/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=123 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} Norwich began the 1994–95 season well, despite the pre-season departure of top scorer Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers for a British record fee of £5 million,{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-blackburn-smash-record-to-sign-sutton-norwich-s-muchadmired-striker-ends-the-uncertainty-by-becoming-rovers-latest-expensive-acquisition-1414189.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |access-date=19 September 2022 |title=Football: Blackburn smash record to sign Sutton: Norwich's much-admired striker ends the uncertainty by becoming Rovers' latest expensive acquisition |first=Matt |last=Tench |date=16 July 1994 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182456/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-blackburn-smash-record-to-sign-sutton-norwich-s-muchadmired-striker-ends-the-uncertainty-by-becoming-rovers-latest-expensive-acquisition-1414189.html |url-status=live}} and by Christmas they were seventh in the league.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/25-december-1994/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=19 September 2022 |title=Premier League table after close of play on 25 December 1994 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182505/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/25-december-1994/ |url-status=live}} Norwich then won only one of their final 20 league games,{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/1995/ |website=11v11.com |title=Norwich City football club match record: 1995 |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327174825/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/1995/ |url-status=live}} and slumped to 20th place and relegation, ending a nine-season run in the top flight.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=124 |title=Final 1994/1995 English Premier Table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045235/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=124 |archive-date=4 May 2008}}

{{football squad on pitch|align=right

| GK_nat = ENG| GK = Green

| RB_nat = ENG| RB = Kenton

| RCB_nat = SCO| RCB = Mackay

| LCB_nat = ENG| LCB = Fleming

| LB_nat = ENG| LB = Drury

| RM_nat = ENG| RM = Rivers

| RCM_nat = NIR| RCM = Mulryne

| LCM_nat = SCO| LCM = Holt

| LM_nat = ENG| LM = Easton

| LCF_nat = NIR| LCF = McVeigh

| RCF_nat = DEN| RCF = Nielsen

| caption = 2002 Football League First Division play-off final starting line-up

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Shortly before relegation, Deehan resigned as manager and his assistant Gary Megson took over until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/sport/2004/10/megson_factfile.shtml |title=Gary Megson Factfile |website=BBC Birmingham |date=27 October 2004 |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050723082431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/sport/2004/10/megson_factfile.shtml |archive-date=23 July 2005}} 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 summer 1995.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scottish_cup/1961921.stm |title=Profile: Martin O'Neill |date=1 May 2002 |access-date=27 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117064707/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scottish_cup/1961921.stm |archive-date=17 November 2006}} He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman Robert Chase over money to strengthen the squad.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/tv_radio_coverage/newsid_1987000/1987736.stm |title=Martin O'Neill |website=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2002 |access-date=27 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022215829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/tv_radio_coverage/newsid_1987000/1987736.stm |archive-date=22 October 2007}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/1990_2000.asp |title=Canary Centenary |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=23 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403191310/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/1990_2000.asp |archive-date=3 April 2007}} Chase's majority stakeholding was bought by Geoffrey Watling.

English television cook Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn-Jones took over the majority of Norwich City's shares from Watling in 1996,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/4020587.stm |title=Norwich legend Watling has died |date=17 November 2004 |access-date=27 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/4020587.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}} and Mike Walker was re-appointed as the club's manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=972 |title=Mike Walker's managerial career |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045309/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=972 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} He was unable to repeat the success achieved during his first spell and was dismissed two seasons later with Norwich mid-table in Division One.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=127 |title=Final 1997/1998 Football League Championship Table |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045240/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?teamid=1855&seasonid=127 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/1097980.stm |title=Worthington handed Norwich chance |date=2 January 2001 |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119170920/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/1097980.stm |archive-date=19 January 2009}} Worthington avoided the threat of relegation and, the following season, led City to a play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, which Norwich lost against Birmingham City on penalties.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/1979806.stm |title=Birmingham reach Premiership |date=12 May 2002 |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113141447/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/1979806.stm |archive-date=13 January 2009}}

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The 2003–04 season 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/funstuff/galleries/norwich_city_promotion/norwich_city_promotion_01.shtml |title=Norwich City win Premiership promotion |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=BBC Norfolk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311003201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/funstuff/galleries/norwich_city_promotion/norwich_city_promotion_01.shtml |archive-date=11 March 2006}} For much of the 2004–05 season, the club struggled and a last day 6–0 defeat away to Fulham condemned them to relegation.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4525103.stm |title=Fulham 6–0 Norwich |date=15 May 2005 |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507042133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4525103.stm |archive-date= 7 May 2008}} The club finished in ninth place in the Championship in the 2005–06 season{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=2&seasonid=135 |title=Final 2005/2006 Football League Championship Table |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045204/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=2&seasonid=135 |archive-date=4 May 2008}} and, as results in the 2006–07 season went against City, Worthington was dismissed in October 2006, directly after a 4–1 defeat by Burnley.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5397320.stm |title=Norwich sack manager Worthington |access-date=28 March 2007 |date=1 October 2006 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120030815/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5397320.stm |archive-date=20 January 2009}}

In October 2006, Norwich announced that former City player Peter Grant had left West Ham United to become the new manager.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/6049534.stm |title=Grant appointed as Norwich boss |access-date=28 March 2007 |date=16 October 2006 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114101650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/6049534.stm |archive-date=14 November 2012}} Grant's side struggled for most of the season and made a poor start to the 2007–08 season, with only two wins by mid October; following a 1–0 defeat at fellow-strugglers Queens Park Rangers, Grant left the club by mutual consent on in October 2007.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7035042.stm |title=Grant parts company with Canaries |access-date=30 October 2007 |date=9 October 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011031158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7035042.stm |archive-date=11 October 2007}} Later the same month, former Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder was confirmed as Grant's replacement.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7068855.stm |title=Norwich name Roeder as new boss |access-date=30 October 2007 |date=30 October 2007 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121164503/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7068855.stm |archive-date=21 January 2009}}

Roeder kept Norwich in the Championship with a 3–0 win over Queens Park Rangers, Norwich's penultimate game of the season.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7356046.stm |title=Norwich 3–0 QPR |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 September 2022 |date=26 April 2008 |archive-date=29 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429082909/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7356046.stm |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/2008/ |title=Norwich City football club match record: 2008 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327171915/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/2008/ |url-status=live}}

In January 2009, Roeder was relieved of his duties as manager{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7828617.stm |title=Roeder sacked as Norwich manager |date=14 January 2009 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=14 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120030126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7828617.stm |archive-date=20 January 2009}} and, shortly after, former Norwich goalkeeper Bryan Gunn was appointed until the end of the season.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7841754.stm |title=Norwich name Gunn boss for season |access-date=3 May 2009 |date=21 January 2009 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122160038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7841754.stm |archive-date=22 January 2009}} However, he was unable to prevent the club from being relegated in May 2009, after a 4–2 defeat away to already relegated Charlton Athletic.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8015098.stm |title=Norwich drop down to League One|access-date=3 May 2009 |date=3 May 2009 |website=BBC Sport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504080027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8015098.stm|archive-date= 4 May 2009}} Following their relegation, their first game of the season resulted in a 7–1 home defeat against East Anglian rivals Colchester United. This was the club's heaviest ever home defeat and Gunn was dismissed six days later.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/8202278.stm |title=Manager Gunn sacked by Canaries |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 August 2009 |date=13 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/8202278.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}}

On 18 August 2009, Paul Lambert was announced as the new manager, leaving his post at Colchester, and nine months later led Norwich to promotion back to the Championship as League One Champions, after a single season in League One.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8617895.stm |title=Charlton 0–1 Norwich |access-date=17 April 2010 |date=17 April 2010 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8617895.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8620715.stm |title=Norwich 2–0 Gillingham |access-date=24 April 2010 |date=24 April 2010 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8620715.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}} The following season saw Norwich promoted to the Premier League, finishing second in the table and completing the first back-to-back promotions from the third tier to second and to the first since Manchester City in 2000.{{Cite news |last=Ronay |first=Barney |date=2011-05-02 |title=Paul Lambert hails 'absolute miracle' of Norwich City's promotion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/03/paul-lambert-norwich-city-promotion |access-date=2024-05-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |date=2011-05-02 |title=Norwich seal Premier League place |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/13185001.stm |access-date=2024-04-22 |language=en-GB}}

The club finished in 12th place in their first season back in the Premier League.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2012/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=Premier League table at close of 2011–12 season |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182502/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2012/ |url-status=live}} However, Lambert resigned within a month of the season's close to take up the vacant managerial spot at league rivals Aston Villa and was replaced by Chris Hughton.{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/former-norwich-city-manager-chris-hughton-back-in-business-after-733522 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=Former Norwich City manager Chris Hughton back in business after taking Brighton job |date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729101043/https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/former-norwich-city-manager-chris-hughton-back-in-business-after-733522 |url-status=live}} Hughton led Norwich to an 11th-place finish, including a ten-game unbeaten run in the league,{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2013/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=Premier League table at close of 2012–13 season |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182500/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2013/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/2013/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=Norwich City football club match record: 2013 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327171919/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/matches/season/2013/ |url-status=live}} but they were relegated back to the Championship after the 2013–14 season. Hughton was dismissed to be replaced by former Norwich player Neil Adams.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2014/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=Premier League table at close of 2013–14 season |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182503/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2014/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26916661 |title=Chris Hughton: Norwich sack manager and appoint Neil Adams |date=6 April 2014 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815145254/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26916661 |url-status=live}}

After a mediocre first half of the 2014–15 season, Adams resigned in January 2015 and Hamilton Academical manager Alex Neil was appointed as Norwich manager four days later.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30685075 |title=Neil Adams resigns as Norwich City manager |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 September 2022 |date=5 January 2015 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621122836/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30685075 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/norwich-city-alex-neil-new-manager |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=18 September 2022 |date=9 January 2015 |title=Norwich City appoint Hamilton's Alex Neil as their new manager |first=Ian |last=McCourt |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823182955/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/norwich-city-alex-neil-new-manager |url-status=live}} The appointment reinvigorated Norwich's season, and victory in the 2015 Championship play-off final secured an immediate return to the top division of English football.{{Cite news |title=Middlesbrough 0–2 Norwich City |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32776552 |access-date=6 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731222655/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32776552 |archive-date=31 July 2015}} This was only temporary relief, as at the end of the next season they were relegated again to play the 2016–17 season in the Championship.{{Cite web |title=2016 Relegation |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html |publisher=Premier League |access-date=16 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516065708/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html |archive-date=16 May 2016}}

The following season started successfully, with the club sitting top of the Championship in mid-October. However, a poor run of form and results followed and in March 2017, Neil was dismissed by the club.{{Cite web |title=Club statement: Alex Neil leaves Norwich City |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2017/march/club-statement-alex-neil-leaves-norwich-city/ |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608083130/https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2017/march/club-statement-alex-neil-leaves-norwich-city/|url-status=live}} First-team coach Alan Irvine was placed in caretaker charge for the remainder of the season, ultimately finishing in eighth.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40227647 |title=Alan Irvine: Norwich City's former caretaker manager leaves Championship club |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182504/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40227647 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2017/ |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=18 September 2022 |title=League Championship table at close of 2016–17 season |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182506/https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/leagueTables/2017/ |url-status=live}}

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In May 2017, the club appointed German coach Daniel Farke as head coach, becoming the first head coach of the club in its 114-year history that was not from the British Isles.{{Cite web |title=Norwich City appoint Daniel Farke as Head Coach |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2017/may2/daniel-farke-appointed/ |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=25 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525182317/https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2017/may2/daniel-farke-appointed/ |url-status=live}} In Farke's first season, Norwich finished in 14th place. The following season was far more successful; helped by top scorer Teemu Pukki, the club was promoted back to the Premier League after a three-year absence as Championship winners.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47994427 |title=Norwich 2–1 Blackburn – Canaries promoted to Premier League |website=BBC Sport |date=27 April 2019 |access-date=27 April 2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528113150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47994427 |url-status=live}} However, Norwich were once again relegated back to the Championship after just a single season back in the top flight, becoming the first team in Premier League history to be relegated five times from the division.{{Cite web |date=11 July 2020 |title=Norwich City 0–4 West Ham United: Michael Antonio scores four to send Canaries down |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53283313 |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825011423/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53283313 |url-status=live}} The yo-yo effect continued unabated: in May 2021, Norwich were crowned winners of the Championship, securing promotion back to the top flight at the first time of asking,{{cite news |last=Southwell |first=Connor |date=1 May 2021 |title=Norwich City are champions! |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-reading-championship-match-report-7940272 |access-date=1 May 2021 |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501161200/https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-reading-championship-match-report-7940272 |url-status=live}} but they failed to win a match in their first nine games back in the Premier League in the 2021–22 season,{{Cite magazine |last=Hemming |first=Jago |title=Chelsea 7–0 Norwich City: Mount Hat-Trick Sees Blues Thrash 10-Man Canaries |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/match-coverage/chelsea-7-0-norwich-no-lukaku-no-problem-mason-mount-shines-as-chelsea-remain-top-of-the-table|access-date=25 October 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182501/https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/match-coverage/chelsea-7-0-norwich-no-lukaku-no-problem-mason-mount-shines-as-chelsea-remain-top-of-the-table|url-status=live}} and Farke was dismissed by the club in November.{{cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-statement-daniel-farke |title=Club statement: Daniel Farke |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |date=6 November 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130084554/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-statement-daniel-farke |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59099968 |title=Brentford 1–2 Norwich City |website=BBC Sport |first=Gary |last=Rose |date=6 November 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106204949/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59099968 |url-status=live}} On 14 November 2021, the club appointed former Walsall, Brentford and Aston Villa manager Dean Smith as their new head coach.{{cite news |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/norwich-city-announce-dean-smith-as-new-head-coach |title=Norwich City announce Dean Smith as new head coach |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |date=15 November 2021 |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122051831/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/norwich-city-announce-dean-smith-as-new-head-coach |url-status=live}} Norwich completed a record sixth relegation from the Premier League,{{Cite web |title=Aston Villa 2–0 Norwich: Dean Smith's side are relegated from Premier League after Burnley beat Watford |url=https://uk-sport-web.prod.oceanusorigin.com/football/a-villa-vs-norwich/report/446628 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=Sky Sports }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and, after an indifferent first half of the following season, Smith was dismissed in December 2022.{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Michael |title=Norwich City sack Dean Smith after Boxing Day defeat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4037690/2022/12/27/dean-smith-sacked-norwich/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=4 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103145810/https://theathletic.com/4037690/2022/12/27/dean-smith-sacked-norwich/ |url-status=live }}

On 6 January 2023, the club appointed former Huddersfield Town, Schalke and Young Boys manager David Wagner as their new head coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/david-wagner-appointed-norwich-city-head-coach|title=David Wagner appointed Norwich City head coach|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=6 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106161427/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/david-wagner-appointed-norwich-city-head-coach|url-status=live}} After a thirteenth-place finish under Wagner in the 2022-23 season, the club improved to a sixth-placed finish in 2023-24 and qualified for the Championship playoffs. However, on 17 May 2024, Wagner was sacked by the club after fifteen months in charge following a 4–0 loss on aggregate against Leeds United in the playoff semi-finals.{{cite news|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/david-wagner-departs-norwich-city|title=David Wagner departs Norwich City|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=17 May 2024}}

On 30 May 2024, the club appointed Johannes Hoff Thorup as their new head coach, who joined from Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland on a three-year contract ahead of the 2024–25 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/johannes-hoff-thorup-appointed-new-norwich-city-head-coach|title=Johannes Hoff Thorup appointed new Norwich City head coach|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=30 May 2024}} However on 22 April 2025, the club sacked Thorup after only fourteen wins in forty seven games, with former Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who was previously appointed as a first team coach by the club in October 2024, taking charge for the remainder of the season.{{cite web |last1=Davitt |first1=Paddy |title=Norwich: Thorup departs with Wilshere interim head coach |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/25106114.norwich-thorup-departs-wilshere-interim-head-coach/ |website=pinkun.com |access-date=22 April 2025 |date=22 April 2025}} Wilshere also left the club on 24 May 2025 after being informed that he would not be appointed as the permanent head coach.{{citenews|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/wilshere-departs|title=Wilshere departs Norwich City|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=24 May 2025}}

In June 2025, the club appointed Liam Manning as their new head coach on a four-year contract, after agreeing a compensation package with his former club Bristol City. Born in Norwich, Manning became the first person born in the city to manage the club, as well as the second Norfolk-born person to do so after Dave Stringer.{{citenews|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/norwich-city-appoint-liam-manning-as-head-coach|title=Norwich City appoint Liam Manning as head coach|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=3 June 2025}}

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{{Commons|Norwich City F.C. kits}}

Norwich City's nickname, "The Canaries", has long influenced the team's colours and badge. Originally, the club was nicknamed the "Citizens" ("Cits" for short), and played in light blue and white halved shirts, although the halves were inconsistent: the blue was on the left on some shirts, and on the right for others.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=18}} The earliest known recorded link between the club and canaries comes in an interview recorded in the Eastern Daily Press with the newly appointed manager, John Bowman in April 1905. The paper quotes him saying "Well I knew of the City's existence{{nbsp}}... I have{{nbsp}}... heard of the canaries." "This as far as we can tell is the first time that the popular pastime of the day ie{{nbsp}}... 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" wrote one history of the club.

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 the national press increasingly referred to the team as Canaries.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |pages=28–29}} 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'."{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=29}} While the home colours of yellow and green remain to this day, the away colours have varied since introduction. For example, the away kit for the 2012–13 season was black shirts and shorts.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich_city_are_the_men_in_black_1_1461396 |title=Norwich City are the men in black |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830190523/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich_city_are_the_men_in_black_1_1461396 |archive-date=30 August 2012}}

A simple canary badge was first adopted in 1922.{{cite web |url=http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/img/Bridewell%20web%20Trail.pdf |title=Bridewell trail |publisher=Norfolk Museums |access-date=20 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326062551/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/img/Bridewell%20web%20Trail.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009}} 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.{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Roger |title=The Canary Companion |publisher=RJS Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-9548287-0-7 |page=39}} For the club's centenary celebrations in 2002, a special badge was designed, featuring two canaries looking left and right, plus a ribbon noting the centenary.{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/east+of+england/norwich/art14471 |title=On the Ball – 100 Years of Norwich City Football Club |first=Richard |last=Moss |date=20 December 2002 |access-date=20 April 2007 |url-status=live |publisher=Culture24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013153623/http://www.culture24.org.uk/places%2Bto%2Bgo/east%2Bof%2Bengland/norwich/art14471 |archive-date=13 October 2012}}

In November 2021, the club unveiled a new club badge that officially replaced the previous badge on all club branding from June 2022 and that would appear on club shirts from the 2022–23 season. It is a modernised version of its predecessor that removed black keylines around the badge, a redesigned version of the city's coat of arms that more closely resembles a lion and Norwich Castle, and a redesigned canary on a ball that's more centralised in the badge than its predecessor.{{cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-reveal-new-crest |title=Club reveal new crest |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |date=23 November 2021 |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=24 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124082616/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-reveal-new-crest |url-status=live}}

{{Main|Carrow Road}}

Norwich City 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Newmarket.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 1. Newmarket Road |access-date=28 March 2007 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505133045/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Newmarket.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}} 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".{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Nest.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 2. The Nest |access-date=28 March 2007 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505092150/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Nest.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}}

By the 1930s, the ground was too small for the growing crowds, and in 1935 the club moved to its current home in Carrow Road.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 3. Carrow Road |access-date=28 March 2007 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505125111/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}} 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'"{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=63}}{{cite web |url=http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Past.aspx |title=The highs and lows of City's rich past |newspaper=Norwich Evening News |date=10 May 2004 |access-date=23 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015607/http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Past.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2007}} An aerial photograph from August 1935 shows three sides of open terracing and a covered stand, with a Colman's Mustard advertisement painted on its roof, visible only from the air.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=65}} Another photograph, taken on a match day that same season, shows that a parking area was provided at the ground.{{cite AV media |url=http://georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/Colour/Carrow%20Rd%20football%20ground%20car%20park%20COLOUR%20%5B0759%5D%201935-09-14.jpg |title=Carrow Rd football ground car park COLOUR [0759] 1935-09-14 |website=George Plunkett's Photographs of old Norwich |medium=Photograph |location=Norwich |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073758/http://georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/Colour/Carrow%20Rd%20football%20ground%20car%20park%20COLOUR%20%5B0759%5D%201935-09-14.jpg |archive-date= 4 March 2016}}

Floodlights were erected at the ground in 1956, but their cost of £9,000 nearly sent the club into bankruptcy. The success in the 1959 FA Cup secured the financial status of the club and allowed a cover to be built over the South Stand. This was itself replaced in 2003 when a new 7,000 seat South stand was built in its place and subsequently renamed the Jarrold Stand.

1963 saw the record attendance for Carrow Road, with a crowd of 43,984 for a 6th round FA Cup match against Leicester City. After the Ibrox disaster in 1971, safety licences were required by clubs and this drastically reduced the ground's capacity to around 20,000. A two-tier terrace was built at the River End, and 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". After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent outcome of the Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater. It has a capacity of 27,150.

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{{main|On the Ball, City}}

The fans' song, On the Ball, City, is the oldest football song in the world still in use today; the song is older than the club itself, having probably been penned for Norwich Teachers or Caley's FC in the 1890s and adapted for Norwich City. 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.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=24}} The chorus is:{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/sport/norwich_city/song_sheets_words.shtml |title=Learn to sing like a canary |access-date=17 November 2013 |date=10 March 2004 |website=BBC Sport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828004144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/sport/norwich_city/song_sheets_words.shtml |archive-date=28 August 2005}}

{{cquote|Kick it 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,

City! clap-clap City! clap-clap City! clap-clap}}

While much of the support that the club enjoys is local, there are a number of expatriate fan clubs, notably in London and stretching from Scandinavia to countries further afield such as the United Arab Emirates, North Macedonia, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, and the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/SupporterGroup/0,,10355~2218056,00.html |title=Supporter Groups |access-date=23 April 2007 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103130230/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/SupporterGroup/0%2C%2C10355~2218056%2C00.html |archive-date=3 November 2011}} The London supporters' club is known as the Capital Canaries, and was founded in 1975. They gather at The Old Red Lion in The Angel, Islington to watch live games.{{cite web | title=Norwich City TV games live in London | website=Capital Canaries | date=25 May 2015 | url=http://www.capitalcanaries.co.uk/tvgamesinlondon | access-date=3 June 2024}}{{cite web | title=History | website=Capital Canaries | url=http://www.capitalcanaries.co.uk/history | access-date=3 June 2024}}

The club also maintains a healthy celebrity support with celebrity cook Delia Smith and comedian Stephen Fry both having moved from being fans of the club to running it.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10968940 |title=Stephen Fry joins Norwich City board |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2014 |website=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723030033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10968940 |archive-date=23 July 2015}} Actor Hugh Jackman is also a fan of the club, having been taken to Carrow Road as a child by his English mother, though he turned down an opportunity to become an investor in the club in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15242397 |title=Hugh Jackman on boxing and not investing in Norwich City |website=BBC News |date=10 October 2011 |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124075525/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15242397 |archive-date=24 November 2012}} Other well-known supporters include television presenter Simon Thomas, who is vice-president of the Norwich City Supporters Trust,{{cite news |url=http://www.pinkun.com/fun-and-games/win-lose-or-draw |title=Win, Lose or Draw |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607231916/http://www.pinkun.com/fun-and-games/win-lose-or-draw |archive-date=7 June 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.networknorwich.co.uk/Articles/381861/Network_Norwich_and_Norfolk/People/Simon_Thomas_has_two_great_Norfolk_passions.aspx |title=Network Norwich and Norfolk : Simon Thomas has two great Norfolk passions |website=Network Norfolk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511053714/http://networknorwich.co.uk/Articles/381861/Network_Norwich_and_Norfolk/People/Simon_Thomas_has_two_great_Norfolk_passions.aspx |archive-date=11 May 2015}} Norfolk-born musician, model and media personality Myleene Klass, fiction author Philip Pullman, and former Labour politician Ed Balls.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city-fc/did_the_queen_mother_support_canaries_1_637425 |title=Did the Queen Mother support Canaries? |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729181623/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city-fc/did_the_queen_mother_support_canaries_1_637425 |archive-date=29 July 2013}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567402/Profile-Ed-Balls.html |title=Profile: Ed Balls |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=26 October 2007 |access-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567402/Profile-Ed-Balls.html |archive-date=30 June 2009}} Journalist and broadcaster David Frost also declared his love for The Canaries during his lifetime.

In March 2018, supporters helped the club raise £5 million through a mini-bond investment scheme.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 |title=Norwich City: Fans and board members raise £5m to build new academy |date=27 March 2018 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405190200/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 |url-status=live}} The purpose of the mini-bond, called the Canaries Bond{{cite news |url=https://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/why-promotion-signalled-canaries-bond-payback-1-6030445 |title=Canaries call time on bond that prepared Colney for promotion |last=Bailey |first=Michael |date=3 May 2019 |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503094209/https://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/why-promotion-signalled-canaries-bond-payback-1-6030445|url-status=live}} was to raise money to fund new academy facilities at Colney Training Ground for the Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy.{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/city-announce-scheme-to-fund-academy-facilities-1-5426820 |title=Canaries announce £3.5m bond scheme to fund new academy facilities at Colney |last=Freezer |first=David |date=8 March 2018 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031122526/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/city-announce-scheme-to-fund-academy-facilities-1-5426820 |url-status=live}}

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{{See also|Pride of Anglia|East Anglian derby}}

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 clubs Celtic and Rangers.{{cite news |url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article1996290.ece |title=East Anglia Derby: Grant ready with his shark riposte |access-date=19 March 2007 |date=19 November 2006 |first=Ronald |last=Atkin |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181916/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article1996290.ece |archive-date=30 September 2007}} {{as of|May 2024}} Norwich are unbeaten against Ipswich since {{Start date and age|df=yes|2009|4}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Ipswich%20Town/ |title=Norwich City football club: record v Ipswich Town |website=11v11.com}}

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 or having the more successful club history.

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Norwich City F.C. is a public limited company that, in 2003, comprised approximately 8,000 individual shareholdings.{{cite web |url=http://www.football-research.org/hope/hope-appendix1tables.htm |title=The Ownership Structure of Nationwide League Football Clubs 2002–03 |access-date=23 April 2007 |website=Football Governance Research Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319025644/http://www.football-research.org/hope/hope-appendix1tables.htm |archive-date= 19 March 2008}} {{As of|October 2024}}, the group Norfolk Holdings, led by American businessman and Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio are the majority shareholders, having taken over from the former majority shareholders, English cook and television presenter Delia Smith and her husband, Welsh writer Michael Wynn-Jones, who had held the title since 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-statement-october-23-2024|title=Club Statement - October 23, 2024|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=23 October 2024}}

At the 2006–07 Norwich City FC Annual General Meeting (on 18 January 2007), Smith and Wynn-Jones announced that they would be open to offers to buy their majority stake-holding in the club. They made clear that any prospective buyer would have to invest heavily in the squad, with regards to team improving.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Delia |url=http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1781_1856316,00.html |title=Delia Smith open to Canaries offers |website=TEAMtalk |publisher=Planet Sport |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=20 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221095758/http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0%2C16368%2C1781_1856316%2C00.html |archive-date=21 February 2007}}

{{cquote|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.}}

In September 2022, a general meeting of shareholders took place to discuss and voted for Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio to be appointed as a director at the club.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62607099 |title=Mark Attanasio: Norwich City shareholders called to vote on Milwaukee Brewers owner becoming director |website=BBC Sport |date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831035133/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62607099 | url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62886925 |title=Mark Attanasio: Norwich City shareholders back Milwaukee Brewers owner buy-in |date=13 September 2022 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913190802/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62886925 | url-status=live}} Attanasio was expected to buy the 15.9% stake in the club as was owned by Michael Foulger. It was later announced by the club he had purchased shares from a variety of holders, which included Foulger's shares, as part of his investment group, “Norfolk Holdings”.{{Cite web |title=Club statement: Group led by Mark Attanasio acquires minority club shareholding |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-statement-group-led-by-mark-attanasio-acquires-minority-club-shareholding |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Norwich City |language=en}} In April 2024, Attanasio's stake in the club was increased to 40.4% following EFL ratification, making him joint majority shareholder alongside Smith and Wynn-Jones.{{cite news|url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/24276065.norwich-city-confirm-efl-ratification-attanasios-group/|title=Norwich City confirm EFL ratification on Attanasio's group|publisher=Pink Un|date=24 April 2024}}

On 12 August 2024, the club announced that a deal had been reached for Attanasio to increase his stake to 85% and take majority control of the club, subject to takeover panel and shareholder approval. As part of the deal, Smith and Wynn-Jones would also stand down from their respective roles as club directors and become honorary life presidents as well as reduce their stake in the club to 10%.{{cite news|url= https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-statement-norfolk-holdings-reaches-agreement-to-enable-majority-control-of-norwich-city|title=Club statement: Norfolk Holdings reaches agreement to enable majority control of Norwich City|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=12 August 2024}} The deal was approved by the clubs other shareholders at a general meeting on 23 October 2024 with Smith & Wynn-Jones stepping down from the board of directors with immediate effect, bringing their twenty-eight years of involvement with the club to an end.

{{Main|List of Norwich City F.C. records and statistics}}

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Ashman holds the record for Norwich league 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 the Third Division South, with Johnny Gavin the top scorer over a career – 122 between 1948 and 1955

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

Norwich's record home attendance is 43,984 for a sixth-round FA Cup match against Leicester City on 30 March 1963. In the wake of the Ibrox stadium disaster in 1971, government regulations resulted in the capacity being drastically reduced to around 20,000. After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0,,10355,00.html |title=Carrow Road |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=28 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723202915/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0%2C%2C10355%2C00.html |archive-date=23 July 2010}} As of July 2020, the capacity is 27,359. Norwich's highest transfer fee received is £33 million from Aston Villa for Emiliano Buendía in June 2021, while the most spent by the club on a player was for the signing of Christos Tzolis for £8.8 million from PAOK FC in August 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58185642 |title=Christos Tzolis: Norwich City sign Greece international for £8.8m |website=BBC Sport |date=12 August 2021 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102160144/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58185642 |url-status=live }}

Norwich's highest league finish was third in the Premier League in 1992–93. The 2021–22 season was Norwich's 27th in the top flight of English football. The club has won the League Cup twice (most recently in 1985) and reached the FA Cup semi-final three times, most recently in 1992. Norwich have taken part in European competition once, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94 and are the only English side to beat Bayern Munich in the Olympiastadion.

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{{Main|Norwich City F.C. Under-23s and Academy}}

This team is made up of under-23 and academy players and is effectively Norwich City's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game.{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/u21-competition-format/ |title=Barclays U21 Premier League: Competition Format explained |publisher=Premier League |access-date=24 September 2013 |archive-date=16 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916200720/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/u21-competition-format/ |url-status=live}}

In March 2018, the public mini-bond investment scheme mentioned above raised £5 million.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 |title=Norwich City: Fans and board members raise £5m to build new academy |date=27 March 2018|access-date=19 September 2022 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107162122/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 |url-status=live}} With this investment, the club installed new pitches at its Category 1 Academy, as well as a new irrigation system, cameras for analysis and floodlights, a new main building, with a gym, classrooms, physios room, changing rooms and offices. A stand was also installed next to the main Academy pitch.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/invest-in-the-canaries-bond-and-help-build-our-future |title=Invest in the Canaries Bond and Help build our future |publisher=Tifosy Capital & Advisory |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926122200/https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/invest-in-the-canaries-bond-and-help-build-our-future |url-status=live}}

: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. Further players have since been inducted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame.{{cite news |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/terry-anderson-one-of-my-nominees-for-norwich-city-hall-1789438 |title=Terry Anderson one of my nominees for Norwich City Hall of Fame |first=David |last=Cuffley |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |access-date=25 September 2022 |date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415055503/https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/terry-anderson-one-of-my-nominees-for-norwich-city-hall-1789438 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/ten-more-inducted-into-norwich-city-hall-of-fame-1782254 |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |title=Ten more inducted into Norwich City Hall of Fame |date=10 October 2020 |access-date=25 September 2022 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420005403/https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/ten-more-inducted-into-norwich-city-hall-of-fame-1782254 |url-status=live}}

In 2008, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Norwich City team.{{cite news |title=Greatest Ever Norwich City Team |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/canaries_greatest_ever_team_revealed_1_643093 |access-date=19 May 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055124/http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/canaries_greatest_ever_team_revealed_1_643093 |archive-date= 8 August 2014}}

• Kevin Keelan (1963–1980)
• Ian Culverhouse (1985–1994)
• Steve Bruce (1984–1987)
• Duncan Forbes (1968–1981)
• Mark Bowen (1987–1996)
• Darren Huckerby (2003–2008)
• Ian Crook (1986–1997)
• Martin Peters (1975–1980)
• Darren Eadie (1993–1999)
• Chris Sutton (1991–1994)
• Iwan Roberts (1997–2004)

{{For|a more detailed list of the winners of the Barry Butler trophy|Norwich City F.C. Player of the Season}}

Every year, fans vote for whom they believe to have been the player of the season.{{cite news |url=https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/buendia-joins-norwich-royalty-as-trophy-winner-7937482 |newspaper=The Pink Un |location=Norwich |date=30 April 2021 |access-date=25 September 2022 |title=Buendia joins City royalty as Barry Butler Memorial Trophy winner |first=David |last=Freezer |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508051327/https://www.pinkun.com/sport/norwich-city/buendia-joins-norwich-royalty-as-trophy-winner-7937482 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/pukki-wins-war-paint-for-men-player-of-the-season-award |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |title=Pukki wins War Paint for Men Player of the Season award |access-date=25 September 2022 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518172943/https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/pukki-wins-war-paint-for-men-player-of-the-season-award |url-status=live}}

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{{Main article|List of Norwich City F.C. managers}}

:{{updated|18/04/2025}}. Not including caretaker managers. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Managers.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504204315/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Managers.asp|archive-date=4 May 2008 |title=So just who was City's top boss? |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |access-date=13 February 2010}}

Norwich City have won a number of honours:{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0,,10355,00.html |title=Norwich City F.C. History |access-date=24 April 2007 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723202915/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0%2C%2C10355%2C00.html |archive-date=23 July 2010}}

League

• Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2){{efn|Norwich's highest finish in the first tier is third in the 1992–93 Premier League.}}
• Champions (5): 1971–72, 1985–86, 2003–04, 2018–19, 2020–21
• Runners-up: 2010–11
• Play-off winners: 2015
• Third Division South / League One (level 3)
• Champions: 1933–34, 2009–10
• Runners-up: 1959–60

Cup

• Football League Cup{{efn|Norwich's best performances in the FA Cup have been appearances in the semi-finals in the 1958–59, 1988–89 and 1991–92 seasons.}}
• Winners: 1961–62, 1984–85
• Runners-up: 1972–73, 1974–75

{{Main|Norwich City F.C. in European football}}

Each time they meet, Norwich and Sunderland contest the Friendship Trophy, a game dating back to the camaraderie forged between fans of the two clubs at the time of the 1985 League Cup final that they contested.{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Trophies.aspx |title=Up for the cups |newspaper=Norwich Evening News |date=10 May 2004 |access-date=13 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000835/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Trophies.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007}} Sunderland are the current champions as of 21st December 2024 having won 2-1 at the Stadium of Light.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c6230d8x6nxt|title=Sunderland 2-1 Norwich City: Jobe Bellingham curls winner for Black Cats|website=BBC Sport}}

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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.{{cite web |title=Fascinating trivia (and any goofs) connected with the film |url=http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/72_BWTY/BWTY00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004044137/http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/72_BWTY/BWTY00.html |archive-date=4 October 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012 |publisher=Powell-pressburger.org}}

In the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1564112.stm |title=Football film kicks off |date=26 September 2001 |access-date=28 March 2007 |website=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224901/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1564112.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}} 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 were actually shot in St Albans, Hertfordshire, rather than Norwich.{{Cite news |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hilarious-mike-bassett-england-manager-5600287 |newspaper=Hertfordshire Mercury |location=Hertford |title=The hilarious Mike Bassett England Manager scene filmed in St Albans |first=Matthew |last=Smith |date=2 July 2021 |access-date=25 September 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004547/https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hilarious-mike-bassett-england-manager-5600287 |url-status=live}}

{{Further|Norwich City Women F.C.}}

Norwich City Women is the women's football club affiliated to Norwich City.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/team/ladies-team/ |title=Ladies Team |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127171944/http://www.canaries.co.uk/team/ladies-team/ |archive-date=27 November 2012}} Since 2022, the general manager is Flo Allen,{{Cite web |url=https://files.canaries.co.uk/womens/programmevactonians.pdf |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=5 December 2022 |title=Official Matchday Programme |date=28 August 2022 |page=2 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205183002/https://files.canaries.co.uk/womens/programmevactonians.pdf |url-status=live }} and they currently compete in Division One South East, in the fourth tier of English women's football.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43155787 |title=FA Women's Championship: New name chosen for England's second tier |website=BBC Sport |access-date=5 December 2022 |first=Tom |last=Garry |date=26 February 2018 |archive-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301145332/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43155787 |url-status=live }} Norwich City Women play their home games at The Nest, a {{convert|22|acre|ha|abbr=on}} site at Horsford.{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://www.thenest.org.uk/facilities/ |publisher=The Nest |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207112458/https://www.thenest.org.uk/facilities/ |url-status=live }}

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• {{cite book |title=Norfolk 'n' Good: A Supporter's View of Norwich City's Best-ever Season |first=Kevin |last=Baldwin |publisher=Yellow Bird Publishing |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-9522074-0-5 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |title=Second Coming: Supporter's View of the New Era at Norwich City |first1=Kevin |last1=Baldwin |publisher=Yellow Bird Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-9522074-1-2 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |title=Norwich City Miscellany |first=Edward |last=Couzens-Lake |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-905411-70-2 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |title=Fantasy Football |first=Edward |last=Couzens-Lake |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-906796-52-5 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |title=Norwich City: Greatest Games |first=Edward |last=Couzens-Lake |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908051-46-2 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |title=Canary Citizens |first1=Mike |last1=Davage |first2=John |last2=Eastwood |first3=Kevin |last3=Platt |publisher=Jarrold Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7117-2020-6 |ref=none}}

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