Norwich are currently in the Football League Championship
of English football which is sponsored by Coca Cola.
Norwich have recently had a mixed season in 2001 but they
have beaten their arch-rivals Ipswich Town on enemy terriority. Due to the
recent win in the East Anglian derby Norwich hold the honours against the
infamous Ipswich squad. Norwich are hoping to join Ipswich in the
Premiership at the end of the next season which started on August 12th
2000. The 1999/2000 season has drawn to a close and Norwich have finished
mid-table and hope to push for promotion to the Premiership next season.
The football season in 2000/2001 started and NCFC went
through a
period of mixed fortunes and since the departure of Manager Brian
Hamilton, Nigel Worthington has taken over as Manager after a period as
Caretaker Manager and results have improved so far this season. NCFC have
made some new signings recently to help boost the squad and they include
Alex Notman (previously at Manchester United) and Zema Abbey (from Cambridge
United), Adam Drury (from Peterborough United), Gary Holt (from Kilmarnock).
But the 2001/2002 season which started on August
11th 2001, the team bought some new players. The signings are
Clint Easton (from Watford), Mark Rivers (from Crewe Alexandra), Marc Libbra
(from Toulouse), Paul Crichton (from Burnley) plus Neil Emblen (from
Wolverhampton Wanderers) and David Nielsen (from Wimbledon) to strengthen
the Squad for this season. They are at the moment doing well and starting
their push for promotion. Norwich Finished in the Play Offs but were
unsuccessful in gaining promotion through the play offs and will again push
for promotion to the Premiership next season.
Since writing the above, Norwich have now won promotion
to the FA Barclaycard Premiership and have signed a few players including
Paul Gallagher (from Dundee United) who is a current Scotland International
Goalkeeper and David Bentley on a Season Long Loan from Arsenal. Also
Norwich have signed Thomas Helveg (From Inter Milan) and Simon Charlton
(from Bolton Wanderers) and Yossif Safri (from Coventry City). The Season
starts on August 14th 2004. Norwich have recently brought Dean Ashton (from
Crewe Alexandra) for a record fee of £3 Million in January 2005.
Since writing the above, Norwich City are now in the
Football League Championship after they were relegated from the Premiership
but hopefully will return to the Premiership soon. Norwich have added Dean
Marney (on Loan from Tottenahm Hotspur), Jurgen Colin (from Ajax), Andy
Hughes (from Reading), Jeff Jarrett (from Wigan Athletic) to help Norwich
Return to the Premiership.
Dean Ashton left NCFC in January 2006 for West Ham and
Jeff Jarrett is also leaving for Preston North End. Several players listed
above have now left for other clubs and Norwich are hoping to get some more
squad members to strengthen it for forthcoming seasons. This should,
hopefully, return the Canaries to the Premiership sometime soon.
Watch this space for more information about the Football
Club or visit their official web site as recommended on this page.
Norwich City Football Club's Honours are as
follows:
Division 1 Champions: 2003-2004
Division 1 Play-Off Finalists: 2001-2002
Division 2 Champions: 1971-1972 and 1985-1986
Division 3 (South) Champions: 1933-1934
Division 3 (South) Runners Up: 1959-1960
League Cup Winners: 1962 and 1985
League Cup Runners Up: 1973 and 1975
FA Cup Semi-Finalists: 1959 and 1989 and 1992
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1983
Avon Insurance Combination Reserve League Cup Winners:
2001
Avon Insurance Combination Reserve League Runners-up:
2000-01
To get all the latest news and results about the football
club I recommend the Official NCFC Web
Site plus the Pink 'Un Online also
for Football in East Anglia. If you are also interested in sport in the
Eastern Region I also recommend visiting the
Eastern Daily Press Website and the
Evening News Website. I also
recommend the
BBC Sports Website for Football including
Norwich City Football Club.
