2008–09 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City

2008–09 season
Chairman	Roger Munby
Manager	Glenn Roeder 9 August 2008 – 14 January 2009 Bryan Gunn 16 January 2009 – 3 May 2009
Stadium	Carrow Road
Championship	22nd - relegated to League One
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Leroy Lita (7) All: Leroy Lita (7)
Highest home attendance	25,487 vs Watford (13 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	23,225 vs Preston North End (8 November 2008)
Average home attendance	24,542
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Norwich City's fourth consecutive year in the Football League Championship. On 3 May 2009, the club was relegated to play League One football for the first time in 49 years after losing 4–2 to Charlton Athletic and finishing in 22nd place. This article shows statistics and lists all matches played by the club during the season.

Club sponsors

From 26 April 2008, it was announced that Flybe would be stepping down as the main club sponsor.^[1] On 29 April 2008 it was announced that Aviva would be the new shirt sponsors, having signed a three year contract. Aviva are the parent company of Norwich Union.^[2]

Board changes

On 2 September 2008, Andrew and Sharon Turner announced that they were leaving the football club's board of directors. This left a £2 million hole in Norwich City's budget. On 4 September 2008, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones announced that they would be injecting £2 million, avoiding financial problems for the club.^{[citation needed]}

It is, however, widely believed^[who?] despite this £2 million injection, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones are interested in selling their majority shareholding in the club. Chairman Roger Munby confirmed on 4 September 2008 that talks are ongoing with multiple potential investors

Board and staff members

Board members

Position	Staff
Chairman	Roger Munby
Joint Majority Shareholder	Delia Smith
Joint Majority Shareholder	Michael Wynn-Jones
Director	Michael Foulger
Chief Executive	Neil Doncaster

Last updated: 3 September 2008
Source: Norwich FC

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Bryan Gunn
Assistant manager	Ian Butterworth
First Team coach	Ian Crook
Reserve Team manager	Vacant
Goalkeeping coach	Paul Crichton
Head of strength and conditioning	Alan Pearson
Strengthening coach	Mark Garfoot
Academy manager	Ricky Martin
Under 14s coach	Neil Adams
Performance analyst	Liam Weeks
Physiotherapist	Simon Spencer
Head of player recruitment	Vacant
Club doctor	Dr Peter Harvey
Chief scout	John Deehan

Last updated: 14 January 2009
Source: Norwich FC

First-team squad

As of 10 February 2009.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Marshall 2 DF Jon Otsemobor 3 DF Adam Drury 4 DF Jason Shackell (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 6 DF Dejan Stefanović 7 MF Lee Croft 8 MF Sammy Clingan (vice-captain) 9 FW Chris Killen (on loan from Celtic) 10 FW Jamie Cureton 11 MF David Carney (on loan from Sheffield United) 12 DF Gary Doherty (captain) 13 GK Declan Rudd 14 MF Wes Hoolahan 16 MF Mark Fotheringham

No. Position Player 17 FW Alan Gow (on loan from Rangers) 18 FW David Mooney (on loan from Reading) 19 MF Simon Lappin 20 MF Darel Russell 21 DF Ryan Bertrand (on loan from Chelsea) 22 DF Adrian Leijer (on loan from Fulham) 24 MF Matty Pattison 25 GK Stuart Nelson 26 MF Robert Eagle 27 FW Cody McDonald 29 FW Carl Cort 30 FW Korey Smith 34 MF Tom Adeyemi 36 MF Damon Lathrope 37 FW Luke Daley

Players in / out

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	When
6	DF	Dejan Stefanović	Fulham	Undisclosed	Summer
8	MF	Sammy Clingan	Nottingham Forest	Free	Summer
14	MF	Wes Hoolahan	Blackpool	Undisclosed	Summer
17	MF	David Bell	Luton Town	Undisclosed	Summer
25	GK	Stuart Nelson	Leyton Orient	Free	Summer
29	FW	Carl Cort	Unattached	Free	December[4]
27	FW	Cody McDonald	Dartford	Undisclosed	February 2009[5]

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	When
4	DF	Jason Shackell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	Summer
6	MF	Darren Huckerby	San Jose Earthquakes*	Released	Summer
9	FW	Dion Dublin	Retired		Summer
12	GK	Matthew Gilks	Blackpool	Part of Hoolahan Deal	Summer
14	DF	Juan Velasco	Panthrakikos*	Released	Summer
23	FW	Ryan Jarvis	Leyton Orient*	Released	Summer
25	DF	Rossi Jarvis	Luton Town*	Released	Summer
29	DF	Matthew Halliday	Wroxham*	Released	Summer
31	DF	Andrew Cave-Brown	Leyton Orient*	Released	Summer
34	GK	Steven Arnold	Grays Athletic*	Released	Summer
36	MF	Bally Smart	Kerkyra FC*	Released	Summer
37	DF	Patrick Bexfield	TBC	Released	Summer
11	MF	Luke Chadwick	MK Dons	Free	Winter[6]
17	MF	David Bell	Coventry City	500k	Winter[7]
16	MF	Mark Fotheringham	TBC	Released	April 9[8]
26	DF	Robert Eagle	TBC	Released	April 9[8]

0* Indicates player joined club after being released by Norwich City

Loans in

#	Pos	Player	From	When	Until
5	DF	John Kennedy	Celtic	Summer	January 2009
9	MF	Antoine Sibierski	Wigan Athletic	Summer	January 2009
15	DF	Jonathan Grounds	Middlesbrough	Summer	December 2008
18	FW	Arturo Lupoli	ACF Fiorentina	Summer	January 2009
21	DF	Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea	Summer	Season
22	DF	Elliot Omozusi	Fulham	Summer	January 2009
23	FW	Omar Koroma	Portsmouth	Summer	January 2009
27	DF	Troy Archibald-Henville	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	December 2008
44	FW	Leroy Lita	Reading	October 2008	December 2008
15	DF	Jonathan Grounds	Middlesbrough	January 2009	March 2009
11	MF	David Carney	Sheffield United	January 2009	May 2009
9	FW	Chris Killen	Celtic	January 2009	May 2009
17	FW	Alan Gow	Rangers	January 2009	May 2009
22	DF	Adrian Leijer	Fulham	January 2009	May 2009
18	FW	David Mooney	Reading	January 2009	April 2009

Loans out

#	Pos	Player	To	Until	When
10	FW	Jamie Cureton	Barnsley	February 2009	November 2008
11	MF	Luke Chadwick	MK Dons	January 2009	October 2008
28	MF	Michael Spillane	Luton Town	Season	Summer
35	FW	Chris Martin	Luton Town	Season	Summer

Results by round

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

Last updated: 27 April.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season

16 July 2008	Gorleston	1 – 8	Norwich City	Gorleston, Norfolk
	Thompson  14'	(Report)	Todd  1' (o.g.) Martin  3'  45' Pattison  32' Daley  38' Richardson  51' Russell  53' Hoolahan  77'	Stadium: Emerald Park Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Unknown

19 July 2008	Ahlafors IF	1 – 2	Norwich City	Nödinge-Nol, Sweden
	Emback  13'	(Report)	Makiese  11' Cureton  90'	Stadium: Sjövallen Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Unknown

22 July 2008	Falkenbergs FF	0 – 3	Norwich City	Falkenberg, Sweden
		(Report)	Russell  4' Croft  42' Cureton  55'	Stadium: Falkenbergs IP Attendance: 0 Referee: Unknown

Date	Opponents	H – A	Result F – A	Scorers
25 July 2008	Dereham Town	A	1 – 2	Martin  8'
28 July 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 5	Cureton  16'
29 July 2008	King's Lynn	A	2 – 2	Daley  9' Renton  37'
2 August 2008	Colchester United	H	2 – 2	Russell  60'  63'

League

August

9 August 2008	Coventry City	2 – 0	Norwich City	Coventry, West Midlands
15:00 BST	Ward  48' (pen.) McKenzie  86'	(Report)		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 22,607 Referee: Colin Webster

16 August 2008	Norwich City	1 – 1	Blackpool	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Russell  74'	(Report)	Burgess  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,727 Referee: Kevin Friend

23 August 2008	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Norwich City	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST	McCormack  3'  67' (pen.)	(Report)	Lupoli  77'  81'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,032 Referee: Anthony Taylor

30 August 2008	Norwich City	1 – 1	Birmingham City	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Russell  46'	(Report)	Larsson  40'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,229 Referee: Jon Moss

September

13 September 2008	Plymouth Argyle	1 – 2	Norwich City	Plymouth, Devon
15:00 BST	Gallagher  90' Timár  29', 34'	(Report)	Lupoli  15' Sibierski  59'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,185 Referee: Andy Woolmer

17 September 2008	Norwich City	0 – 1	Queens Park Rangers	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST		(Report)	Connolly  11', 25' Rowlands  33'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,249 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

20 September 2008	Norwich City	1 – 0	Sheffield United	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Croft  90'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,175 Referee: Phil Crossley

27 September 2008	Barnsley	0 – 0	Norwich City	Barnsley, South Yorkshire
15:00 BST		(Report)		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,324 Referee: Nigel Miller

30 September 2008	Southampton	2 – 0	Norwich City	Southampton, Hampshire
19:45 BST	Robertson  29' McGoldrick  64' (pen.)	(Report)	Stefanović  63'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 14,480 Referee: Richard Beeby

October

4 October 2008	Norwich City	1 – 2	Derby County	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Clingan  51' (pen.)	(Report)	Hulse  26' Carroll  50' Ellington  85'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,771 Referee: Darren Deadman

18 October 2008	Bristol City	1 – 0	Norwich City	Bristol
15:00 BST	McCombe  75'	(Report)		Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 16,791 Referee: Andy Hall

21 October 2008	Norwich City	5 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST	Ikeme  28' (o.g.) Lita  39'  58'  70' Croft  75'	(Report)	Collins  41' Ebanks-Blake  67' (pen.) Stearman  27', 69'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,351 Referee: Graham Horwood

25 October 2008	Norwich City	2 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Sibierski  83' Lita  90'	(Report)	Stock  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,543 Referee: Clive Penton

28 October 2008	Derby County	3 – 1	Norwich City	Derby, Derbyshire
19:45 BST	Green  15' Hulse  29' Kaźmierczak  80'	(Report)	Kennedy  64'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 26,621 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

November

1 November 2008	Burnley	2 – 0	Norwich City	Burnley, Lancashire
15:00 GMT	Eagles  55'  60'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,353 Referee: Graham Laws

8 November 2008	Norwich City	2 – 2	Preston North End	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Lita  14' Kennedy  62' Russell  80'	(Report)	Brown  2' Mellor  81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,225 Referee: Paul Taylor

15 November 2008	Norwich City	2 – 3	Swansea City	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Lupoli  28' Rangel  61' (o.g.)	(Report)	Scotland  43' Pratley  47' Bodde  48'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,262 Referee: Grant Hegley

22 November 2008	Nottingham Forest	1 – 2	Norwich City	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
17:20 GMT	Anderson  38'	(Report)	Doherty  20' Pattison  23' Cohen  73' (o.g.)	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,566 Referee: Michael Oliver

25 November 2008	Norwich City	1 – 2	Crystal Palace	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT	Pattison  61'	(Report)	Beattie  27' Oster  40'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,034 Referee: Dean Whitestone

29 November 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	3 – 2	Norwich City	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
15:00 GMT	McMahon  51' Clarke  55' Tudgay  72'	(Report)	Clingan  43' (pen.) Lita  62' Kennedy  81'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 18,883 Referee: Anthony Bates

December

7 December 2008	Norwich City	2 – 0	Ipswich Town	Norwich, Norfolk
13:15 GMT	Croft  60' Pattison  82'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,472 Referee: Lee Probert

10 December 2008	Watford	2 – 1	Norwich City	Watford, Hertfordshire
19:45 GMT	Priskin  16' Smith  64'	(Report)	Croft  61'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,268 Referee: Phil Crossley

13 December 2008	Reading	2 – 0	Norwich City	Reading, Berkshire
15:00 GMT	S. Hunt  84' Long  86'	(Report)		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,382 Referee: Trevor Kettle

20 December 2008	Norwich City	1 – 0	Charlton Athletic	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Lita  60'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,827 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 December 2008	Crystal Palace	3 – 1	Norwich City	South Norwood, London
13:00 GMT	Fonte  6'  31' Butterfield  90'	(Report)	Doherty  18'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,180 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 December 2008	Norwich City	2 – 3	Nottingham Forest	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Breckin  73' (o.g.) Garner  90' (o.g.)	(Report)	Thornhill  17' McGugan  30' Earnshaw  89'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,475 Referee: Jon Moss

January

10 January 2009	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Norwich City	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
15:00 GMT	Henderson  17'	(Report)		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 27,267 Referee: Mark Halsey

17 January 2009	Norwich City	4 – 0	Barnsley	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Hoolahan  55' Cureton  74' Clingan  88' (pen.) Russell  90'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,685 Referee: Simon Hooper

27 January 2009	Norwich City	2 – 2	Southampton	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT	Fotheringham  40' Hoolahan  42'	(Report)	McLaggon  57' Saganowski  78'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,271 Referee: Lee Mason

30 January 2009	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 1	Norwich City	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
19:45 GMT	Heffernan  23'	(Report)	Grounds  61'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 12,384 Referee: Michael Oliver

February

3 February 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 3	Norwich City	Wolverhampton, West Midlands
19:45 GMT	Ebanks-Blake  25'  54'  56'	(Report)	Croft  32' Cort  47' Doherty  65'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,654 Referee: Andy Woolmer

7 February 2009	Norwich City	1 – 2	Bristol City	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Grounds  24' Doherty  44'	(Report)	Skuse  14' Orr  45' (pen.)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,691 Referee: Andy D'Urso

14 February 2009	Preston North End	1 – 0	Norwich City	Preston, Lancashire
15:00 GMT	Parkin  41'	(Report)		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,033 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

21 February 2009	Norwich City	1 – 1	Burnley	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Cureton  20'	(Report)	Thompson  36'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,363 Referee: Kevin Friend

28 February 2009	Norwich City	1 – 2	Coventry City	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Grounds  53'	(Report)	Henderson  19' Fox  73'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,450 Referee: Paul Taylor

March

3 March 2009	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 1	Norwich City	Shepherd's Bush, London
20:00 GMT		(Report)	Russell  68'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,533 Referee: Graham Scott

7 March 2009	Blackpool	2 – 0	Norwich City	Blackpool, Lancashire
15:00 GMT	Ormerod  55' Adam  74'	(Report)		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,505 Referee: Clive Oliver

10 March 2009	Norwich City	2 – 0	Cardiff City	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT	Mooney  49' McDonald  90'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,706 Referee: Trevor Kettle

14 March 2009	Norwich City	1 – 0	Plymouth Argyle	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Mooney  53'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,064 Referee: Fred Graham

21 March 2009	Birmingham City	1 – 1	Norwich City	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 GMT	Jerome  38'	(Report)	Clingan  53'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 18,159 Referee: Mark Haywood

April

4 April 2009	Norwich City	0 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST		(Report)	Johnson  48' Spurr  87', 89'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Mick Russell

11 April 2009	Swansea City	2 – 1	Norwich City	Swansea, Wales
15:00 BST	Scotland  29'  50' (pen.)	(Report)	Lee  33'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 April 2009	Norwich City	2 – 0	Watford	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Rose  15' (o.g.) Doherty  85'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,487 Referee: Steve Tanner

19 April 2009	Ipswich Town	3 – 2	Norwich City	Ipswich, Suffolk
12:45 BST	Quinn  24' Giovani  62' (pen.) Stead  90'	(Report)	Mooney  16' Clingan  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,274 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

27 April 2009	Norwich City	0 – 2	Reading	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 BST		(Report)	Long  68'  78'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,041 Referee: Clive Oliver

May

3 May 2009	Charlton Athletic	4 – 2	Norwich City	Charlton, London
13:15 BST	Bailey  9' Burton  25'  30'  51'	(Report)	Lee  45' Clingan  61'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 22,020 Referee: Russell Booth

FA Cup

Round	3	3(R)
Result	1–1	0–1

Round 3 3 January 2009	Charlton Athletic	1 – 1	Norwich City	Charlton, London
15:00 GMT	Shelvey  20'	(Report)	Lupoli  71'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,615 Referee: Steve Tanner

Round 3 (Replay) 13 January 2009	Norwich City	0 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Norwich, Norfolk
19:45 GMT		(Report)	Ambrose  6'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,997 Referee: Clive Oliver

League Cup

Round	1
Result	0–1

Round 1 12 August 2008	Milton Keynes Dons	1 – 0	Norwich City	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
19:45 BST	Baldock  34'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadium:mk Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Mike Thorpe

References

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