The 2007–08 season was Norwich City's third consecutive year in the Football League Championship. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.
Season summary Norwich had a busy summer with Peter Grant bringing in 9 players, which included goalkeeper David Marshall and former players Jamie Cureton and Darel Russell making returns to Carrow Road. 10 players departed Norwich, most notably Dickson Etuhu and Robert Earnshaw, while Darren Huckerby caused controversy by criticizing the club for selling their best players.
Norwich started off with a goalless draw away at Preston and a 2–1 win over Southampton, but after this Norwich endured a horrendous run of form, winning 1 league game in 8. After a 1–0 away defeat to QPR, Grant and City parted company by mutual consent.
Jim Duffy took over as caretaker boss, but lost his 3 games in charge.
On 30 October, Glenn Roeder was appointed as Grant's successor with the team bottom of the table. His first game was the East Anglian Derby against Ipswich, a 2–2 draw with Norwich coming back from 2–0 down. Norwich lost their next 2 games, including a dreadful 3–0 defeat away at Plymouth Argyle, and were 8 points away from safety. After that defeat Roeder brought in Matty Pattison, Mo Camara and Ched Evans on loan to add to the loan signing of Martin Taylor, who had been signed before the game against Ipswich (Pattison's loan move was made permanent in January). Norwich's form improved greatly, with only one defeat in eleven league games. After a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 12 January Norwich were in 18th position, four points clear of the relegation zone. Roeder began an overhaul of the squad during the January transfer window, selling Chris Brown to Preston and releasing David Strihavka, Julien Brellier and Ian Murray, all of whom had been signed by Grant and who had not figured in the first team since the defeat at Plymouth.
Results
Pre-season friendlies Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Result1–212–04–02–01–21–21–0
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 Result0–02–11–21–21–00–20–20–10–00–11–31–20–22–21–30–32–03–11–22–11–01–11–0 Position159152013172021222223232424242424242423212118
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Result1–11–11–13–10–01–01–02–11–10–41–01–21–10–10–10–25–11–22–01–21–23–01–4 Position2020201818161313131312131313171817171616181617
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup Round 3 3(R) Result1–11–2
League Cup Round 1 2 3 Result5–21–10–1
Transfers Transfers in Date from Name From Fee Ref.1 July 2007 Jon OtsemoborCrewe Alexandra Free 1 July 2007 Matthew GilksRochdale Free 1 July 2007 Jamie CuretonColchester United Undisclosed 3 July 2007 Julien BrellierHearts Free 4 July 2007 David MarshallCeltic Undisclosed 11 July 2007 David StřihavkaBaník Ostrava Undisclosed 30 July 2007 Darel RussellStoke City £600,000 24 August 2007Ian Murray Rangers Free 4 January 2008 Matty Pattison Newcastle United Undisclosed 19 February 2008 Juan Velasco — Free
Loans in Date from Name From Date until Ref.19 July 2007Jimmy Smith Chelsea 31 December 200812 October 2007John HartsonWest Bromwich Albion 8 November 2007 1 November 2007Martin TaylorBirmingham City1 December 200715 November 2007Matty PattisonNewcastle United1 January 200720 November 2007Mo Camara Derby County 30 June 2008 22 November 2007Ched EvansManchester City1 January 20084 January 2008Ryan Bertrand Chelsea 30 June 2008 31 January 2008James Henry Reading17 March 200831 January 2008Kieran GibbsArsenal29 April 200831 January 2008Matthew Bates Middlesbrough30 April 200831 January 2008Alex Pearce Reading30 June 200819 March 2008Maceo Rigters Blackburn Rovers 1 April 2008
Transfers out Date Name To Fee Ref.4 May 2007 Ian Henderson Northampton Town Released 4 May 2007 Peter Thorne Bradford City Released 4 May 2007 Andrew Fisk King's Lynn Released 4 May 2007Paul McVeigh Luton Town Released 4 May 2007Matthieu Louis-Jean Released 1 July 2007Robert Earnshaw Derby County £3.5 million 1 July 2007Jürgen ColinAjax£67,50017 July 2007 Dickson Etuhu Sunderland £1.5 million 2 August 2007Youssef Safri Southampton Undisclosed 9 August 2007 Andrew Hughes Leeds United Undisclosed 31 December 2007 Paul Gallacher Dunfermline Athletic Released 8 January 2008Joe Lewis Peterborough United £400,000 10 January 2008Chris Brown Preston North End £400,000 18 January 2008Ian Murray Hibernian Free 11 January 2008 David Střihavka Released 11 January 2008 Julien Brellier FC Sion Released
Loans out Date from Name To Date until Ref.8 August 2007Joe LewisMorecambe31 December 200720 August 2007Paul GallacherDunfermline Athletic31 December 200724 August 2007Ryan JarvisKilmarnockJanuary 200812 September 2007Bally SmartMilton Keynes DonsDecember 200731 January 2008Simon LappinMotherwell30 June 200831 January 2008Ryan JarvisNotts County30 June 2008
Players First team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Board and staff members
Board members
Position Name NationalityChairman Roger Munby Joint majority shareholder Delia Smith Joint majority shareholder Michael Wynn-Jones Director Andrew Turner Director Sharon Turner Director Michael Foulger Chief executive Neil Doncaster
Coaching staff
Final league table
Notes
References