2006–07 Norwich City F.C. season

April 2022 Norwich City 2006–07 Nigel Worthington (5 August 2006 – 1 October 2006)Peter Grant (15 October 2006 – 6 May 2007) Roger Munby Carrow Road Championship 16th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Third round Robert Earnshaw (19) Robert Earnshaw (19) 25,476 (vs. Ipswich Town, 22 April 2007) 23,311 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 30 January 2007) 24,544 _norwich0607h _norwich0607h _norwich0607h _norwich0607h _classicfootball ffdd00 _norwich0607a _norwich0607a _norwich0607a _norwich0607a 2005–06 2007–08 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 £600,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5219044.stm Croft completes Norwich transfer 2006-07-31 BBC Sport 2009-09-02 – 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.http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/stewartjackson/3649931/Delia_turns_up_the_heat_on_Worthington_/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120325020235/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/stewartjackson/3649931/Delia_turns_up_the_heat_on_Worthington_/ dead 2012-03-25 Delia turns up the heat on Worthington Jackson Stewart 2006-09-27 blogs.telegraph.co.uk 2009-09-02 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5397320.stm Norwich sack manager Worthington 2006-10-01 BBC Sport 2009-09-02 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5409268.stm Hunter pleased with Canaries bow 2006-05-10 BBC Sport 2009-09-02 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.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/queens-park-rangers-3-norwich-city-3-grant-faces-sizeable-task-420281.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121104073957/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/queens-park-rangers-3-norwich-city-3-grant-faces-sizeable-task-420281.html dead November 4, 2012 Queen's Park Rangers 3 Norwich City 3: Grant faces sizeable task Wilson Jonathan 2006-10-16 independent.co.uk 2009-09-02 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.http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/LeagueTable/0,,10355~20070227,00.html Coca-Cola Football League Championship – 27/02/2007 2007-02-27 Norwich City F.C 2009-09-02 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.http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED13%20Mar%202007%2013%3A12%3A59%3A503 Martin's a Premiership striker in the making 2007-03-13 eveningnews24.co.uk 2009-09-02 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 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 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 Result0–12–03–20–05–10–33–30–11–31–43–31–01–00–51–11–01–01–31–13–10–11–21–2 Position1910762451014171915111716139121312151516 Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Result2–20–01–01–31–30–12–11–21–13–23–21–20–11–01–00–32–11–22–10–31–10–12–3 Position1517151717171618181616171715151613161515151616 August 5 August 2006 15:00 BST Leeds United 1–0 L Report Norwich City Healy 41 pen. Elland Road Leeds, West Yorkshire 22,417 Graham Laws 8 August 2006 19:45 BST Norwich City 2–0 W Report Preston North End St Ledger 56 o.g.Earnshaw 82 Alexander 0 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,676 Phil Joslin 12 August 2006 15:00 BST Norwich City 3–2 W Report Luton Town Huckerby 57Croft 67Earnshaw 71 Vine 15Morgan 52 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,863 Andy Penn 19 August 2006 15:00 BST Derby County 0–0 D Report Norwich City Pride Park Stadium Derby, Derbyshire 22,196 Richard Beeby 26 August 2006 15:00 BST Norwich City 5–1 W Report Barnsley Earnshaw 13 pen. 69Robinson 27Croft 57Huckerby 64 Kay 0 12Hayes 38 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,867 Iain Williamson September 9 September 2006 15:00 BST Coventry City 3–0 L Report Norwich City Birchall 12Kyle 63John 67 Ricoh Arena Coventry, West Midlands 20,006 Jon Moss 12 September 2006 19:45 BST Southend United 3–3 D Report Norwich City Eastwood 9Hammell 68Gower 90 Earnshaw 36 39Etuhu 47 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea, Essex 11,072 Uriah Rennie 16 September 2006 15:00 BST Norwich City 0–1 L Report Crystal Palace Kuqi 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,618 Andy D'Urso 23 September 2006 15:00 BST Plymouth Argyle 3–1 L Report Norwich City Doherty 14 o.g.Seip 47Norris 74 Earnshaw 90 Home Park Plymouth, Devon 11,813 Jarnail Singh October 1 October 2006 13:15 BST Norwich City 1–4 L Report Burnley Doherty 0 60Earnshaw 82 O'Connor 32Gray 45 64Mahon 89 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,717 Phil Crossley 14 October 2006 15:00 BST Queens Park Rangers 3–3 D Report Norwich City Smith 24Rowlands 45 90 Huckerby 4Dublin 72Earnshaw 84 pen. Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush, London 14,793 Andre Marriner 17 October 2006 19:45 BST Birmingham City 0–1 W Report Norwich City Shackell 66 St Andrew's Birmingham, West Midlands 20,537 Mike Pike 21 October 2006 15:00 BST Norwich City 1–0 W Report Cardiff City Etuhu 7McVeigh 0 90 Gilbert 0 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,014 Anthony Bates 28 October 2006 15:00 BST Stoke City 5–0 L Report Norwich City Hendrie 22Fuller 38Higginbotham 72Chadwick 79Russell 90 Ashdown 0 72 Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 13,444 Paul Robinson 31 October 2006 19:45 GMT Norwich City 1–1 D Report Colchester United Etuhu 72 Cureton 53 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,065 Dermot Gallagher November 4 November 2006 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–0 W Report Sunderland Earnshaw 51 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,652 Mike Riley 11 November 2006 15:00 GMT West Bromwich Albion 0–1 W Report Norwich City Earnshaw 57 The Hawthorns West Bromwich, West Midlands 18,718 Graham Laws 19 November 2006 11:30 GMT Ipswich Town 3–1 L Report Norwich City Legwinski 40Haynes 77 90 Chadwick 26 Portman Road Ipswich, Suffolk 27,276 Trevor Kettle 25 November 2006 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–1 D Report Hull City Earnshaw 72 Turner 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,129 Gary Sutton 30 November 2006 19:45 GMT Norwich City 3–1 W Report Leicester City Robinson 45Earnshaw 59McAuley 90 o.g. McCarthy 23 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,896 Darren Deadman December 2 December 2006 15:00 GMT Sunderland 1–0 L Report Norwich City Murphy 76 Stadium of Light Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 27,934 Phil Joslin 9 December 2006 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–2 L Report Sheffield Wednesday Dublin 85 Camp 80 o.g.Burton 83 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,816 Andy Woolmer 16 December 2006 15:00 GMT Southampton 2–1 L Report Norwich City Bale 41Jones 65 Earnshaw 21 St Mary's Stadium Southampton, Hampshire 25,919 Uriah Rennie 23 December 2006 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 D Report Norwich City Henry 36Craddock 90 Earnshaw 10 77 Molineux Wolverhampton, West Midlands 22,910 Phil Joslin 26 December 2006 15:00 GMT Norwich City 0–0 D Report Southend United Sodje 0 55 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,433 Andy Hall 30 December 2006 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–0 W Report Queens Park Rangers Dublin 69 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,113 Phil Dowd January 1 January 2007 15:00 GMT Crystal Palace 3–1 L Report Norwich City Hudson 26Kuqi 29Green 45 Earnshaw 45 pen. Selhurst Park South Norwood, London 16,765 Carl Boyeson 13 January 2007 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–3 L Report Plymouth Argyle Safri 45 Hayles 59Buzsáky 63 75 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,513 Mike Jones 30 January 2007 15:00 GMT Norwich City 0–1 L Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Breen 0 55Kightly 59McNamara 2 4 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,311 Nigel Miller February 3 February 2007 15:00 GMT Norwich City 2–1 W Report Leeds United Dublin 59Huckerby 78 Howson 20 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,018 Kevin Friend 20 February 2007 19:45 GMT Preston North End 2–1 L Report Norwich City Pergl 28Dichio 43 Shackell 62 Deepdale Preston, Lancashire 11,601 Phil Dowd 24 February 2007 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–1 D Report Coventry City Martin 81 Tabb 42 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,220 Andy D'Urso 27 February 2007 19:45 GMT Luton Town 2–3 W Report Norwich City Runström 11Talbot 48 Martin 26Shackell 73Lappin 90 Kenilworth Road Luton, Bedfordshire 8,868 Uriah Rennie March 3 March 2007 15:00 GMT Barnsley 1–3 W Report Norwich City Ferenczi 45 Huckerby 7Croft 26Martin 41 Oakwell Barnsley, South Yorkshire 11,010 Colin Webster 6 March 2007 19:45 GMT Norwich City 1–2 L Report Derby County Martin 52 Jones 62 72 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,462 Lee Probert 10 March 2007 15:00 GMT Cardiff City 1–0 L Report Norwich City Parry 3 Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 13,276 Graham Salisbury 13 March 2007 19:45 GMT Norwich City 1–0 W Report Birmingham City Huckerby 47 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,504 Russell Booth 17 March 2007 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–0 W Report Stoke City Huckerby 31 Griffin 0 84 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 24,293 Paul Taylor 31 March 2007 15:00 BST Colchester United 3–0 L Report Norwich City Cureton 52Garcia 64Iwelumo 73 Layer Road Colchester, Essex 5,851 Iain Williamson April 6 April 2007 15:00 BST Hull City 1–2 W Report Norwich City Dawson 88 Huckerby 39Etuhu 55 KC Stadium Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 19,053 Mike Thorpe 9 April 2007 15:00 BST Norwich City 1–2 L Report West Bromwich Albion Etuhu 58 Sodje 73Kamara 90 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,422 Jon Moss 14 April 2007 15:00 BST Leicester City 1–2 W Report Norwich City Kenton 1 Earnshaw 74 pen.McAuley 78 o.g. Walkers Stadium Leicester, Leicestershire 21,483 Colin Webster 17 April 2007 19:45 BST Burnley 3–0 L Report Norwich City Akinbiyi 30Gray 86Elliott 89 Turf Moor Burnley, Lancashire 9,681 Martin Atkinson 22 April 2007 12:00 BST Norwich City 1–1 D Report Ipswich Town Etuhu 5 Wright 30 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,476 Steve Tanner 28 April 2007 15:00 BST Norwich City 0–1 L Report Southampton Best 30 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 25,437 Lee Probert May 6 May 2007 13:00 BST Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 L Report Norwich City Johnson 26Burton 45Etuhu 50 o.g. Earnshaw 56Dublin 75 Hillsborough Sheffield, South Yorkshire 28,287 Clive Penton FA Cup Round 3 4 4(R) 5 Result4–11–13–20–4 Round 3 6 January 2007 12:30 GMT Tamworth 1–4 W Report Norwich City Weaver 20McGrath 26Storer 68 Dublin 40 62Huckerby 42 51 The Lamb Ground Tamworth, Staffordshire 3,165 Peter Walton Round 4 27 January 2007 15:00 GMT Blackpool 1–1 D Report Norwich City Evatt 52 Huckerby 45Brown 2 45 82 Bloomfield Road Blackpool, Lancashire 9,491 Chris Foy Round 4 (replay) 13 February 2007 19:45 GMT Norwich City 3–2 y W Report Blackpool Huckerby 78 95Martin 112 Jackson 37Barker 108 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 19,120 Andre Marriner Round 5 17 February 2007 15:00 GMT Chelsea 4–0 L Report Norwich City Wright-Phillips 39Drogba 51Essien 90Shevchenko 90 Stamford Bridge Fulham, London 41,537 Rob Styles League Cup 2006–07 Football League Cup First round 23 August 2006 19:45 BST Torquay United 0–2 W Report Norwich City McKenzie 48Etuhu 64 Plainmoor Torquay, Devon 3,100 Steve Tanner Second round 19 September 2006 19:45 BST Rotherham United 2–4 W Report Norwich City Keane 24Williamson 49 pen. Thorne 6Jarvis 53 90Fleming 54 Millmoor Rotherham, South Yorkshire 3,958 Scott Mathieson Third round 24 October 2006 19:45 BST Port Vale 0–0 y L Report Norwich City Vale Park Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 4,518 Mark Halsey Walker Constantine Harsley Whitaker Smith 3–2 Robinson Thorne Shackell Eagle Dublin Transfers Summer In DateNation Name Price FromEnglandLee Croft £600,000 Manchester City20 September 200620 September 2006 Veteran Dublin signs for Norwich http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5363332.stm 13 December 2025 BBC SportEnglandDion DublinFreeCeltic Out DateNation Name Price ToSimon Charlton Free Oldham AthleticEnglandRobert Green £2 million West Ham UnitedLeon McKenzie £1 million Coventry City Winter In DateNation Name Price FromEnglandLuke Chadwick Undisclosed Stoke CityChris Brown Undisclosed SunderlandDavid Marshall Loan CelticMark Fotheringham Free UnattachedSimon Lappin £100,000 St Mirren Out DateNation Name Price ToIan Henderson Loan Rotherham UnitedCraig Fleming Free Rotherham United Players First team squad Squad at end of season. http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355,00.html First team Profiles Norwich City F.C. 2007-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20070523070236/http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355,00.html 2007-05-23 dead |- 1 Scotland GK David Marshall on loan from Celtic 2 France DF Matthieu Louis-Jean 3 England DF Adam Drury captain 4 England DF Jason Shackell 6 England FW Darren Huckerby 7 England MF Lee Croft 8 England FW Peter Thorne 9 England FW Dion Dublin 10 Wales FW Robert EarnshawEarnshaw was born in Mufulira, Zambia, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2002. 11 England MF Luke Chadwick 12 Trinidad and Tobago GK Tony WarnerWarner 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. on loan from Fulham 14 England FW Chris Brown 15 Morocco MF Youssef Safri 16 Scotland MF Mark Fotheringham 17 England MF Andrew Hughes 18 Northern Ireland MF Paul McVeigh 19 Scotland MF Simon Lappin 20 Nigeria MF Dickson Etuhu 21 Scotland GK Paul Gallacher 22 England FW Ian Henderson 23 England FW Ryan Jarvis 24 Netherlands DF Jürgen Colin 25 England DF Rossi Jarvis 26 England MF Robert Eagle 27 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Doherty 28 Republic of Ireland MF Michael SpillaneSpillane 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. 29 England DF Matthew Halliday 30 England GK Joe Lewis 31 Scotland DF Andrew Cave-BrownCave-Brown was born in Gravesend, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-20 level. 32 ENG MF Andrew Fisk 33 Scotland FW Kris Renton 34 England GK Steven Arnold 35 England FW Chris MartinMartin 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. 36 South Africa MF Bally Smart 37 England MF Patrick Bexfield Left club during season 1 ENG GK Robert Green to West Ham United 1 ENG GK Jamie Ashdown on loan from Portsmouth 5 ENG DF Craig Fleming to Rotherham United 12 ENG GK Lee CampCamp 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. on loan from Derby County 14 ENG FW Leon McKenzie to Coventry City 16 SCO DF Patrick Boyle on loan from Everton 33 WAL MF Carl Robinson to Toronto FC Board and staff members Board members Position Name NationalityChairman Roger Munby Vice Chairman Barry Skipper Joint Majority Shareholder Delia Smith Joint Majority Shareholder Michael Wynn-Jones Director Michael Foulger Chief Executive Neil Doncaster Coaching staff Manager Scotland Peter Grant y Assistant manager England Jim Duffy First team coach England Martin Hunter y Goalkeeping coach England James Hollman y Youth coach England Ricky Martin Physiotherapist England Neal Reynolds y Sports Science England Dave Carolan Club Liaison Scotland Bryan Gunn 6 May 2007 Norwich FC January 2012 League table y NWC Notes notes References Category:Norwich City F.C. seasons Norwich City