List of Norwich City F.C. managers

This is a list of Norwich City F.C. managers from the founding of Norwich City F.C. in 1902 until the present.

Division Three (South) (then the joint lowest tier of the Football League), a period that was distinguished by "a thrilling giant-killing sequence which took them to the FA Cup semi-finals" in 1959.Cite web | url = http://www.pinkun.com/content/NCFC/Info/CanaryCentury.aspx| publisher = The Pink 'Un | accessdate = 2008-03-20 | title = Norwich City - A Canary Century|author = David Cuffley] [Cite web | url = http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=90 | title = English FA Cup 1958/1959| accessdate = 2008-03-14| publisher = Soccerbase] Shortly thereafter, the club won its first major trophy, the 1962 League Cup.Cite web | url = http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/1960_1970.asp | title = A century of the Canaries . . . 1960-70 | publisher = Eastern Daily Press | accessdate = 2008-03-14] In 1972, the club finally reached the pinnacle of the league structure, with their first promotion to the top tier.

second major trophy, the League Cup in 1985, [Cite web
url = http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0,,10355,00.html
title = Norwich City F.C. History
accessdate = 2007-04-24
publisher = Norwich City F.C.] reaching two more FA Cup semi finals, [1989 and 1992, Cite web | url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engcup8596.html | accessdate = 2008-03-20 | work = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| publisher = rsssf.com | title = FA CUP 1985] finishing fifth, fourth and third in the top division and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup.

Ken Brown holds the record for most games in charge - 367 between 19xx and 19xx. [http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Managers.asp EDP24: Norwich City FC centenary ] ] , achieving xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Excluding caretaker managers, the shortest reigns were those of xxxxxx and xxxxxx, who both managed just 20 games, the latter of whom was unfortunate that his tenure was ended by the outbreak of World War Two.

Norwich's managerial turnover has been ....

Unsurprisingly, most Norwich managers (xx/xx) have been English, but a notable minority have been Scots, dating from the very start....

xxx men have returned for a second spell as Norwich manager, most recently Gary Megson whose first spell was as caretaker, and also fulfilled roles as a player and an assistant manager at the club. Mike Walker's two spells ended very differently; success in the Premiership and UEFA Cup led to him being approached to be Everton boss. After his second spell, he left football...

Assessment

While Norman Low and George Swindin won 50% of their games (see below), in 2002, [Updated in 2006] as part of Norwich City's centenary celebrations, the Eastern Daily Press assessed Norwich's managers by awarding three points for each win and one point per draw. When the points were averaged, they revealed a top five of:

PWDLFAAv

1George Swindin (1962)20105541251.75

2Martin O'Neill (1995)26129546291.73

3Norman Low (1950-55)25812956734493241.72

4Archie Macaulay (1957-61)22410560593942961.67

5John Bowman (1905-07)78312324114921.49

The bottom five were:

27Jimmy Jewell (1939)20641023371.10

28Charles O'Hagan (1920-21)2149817241.09

29John Deehan (1994-95)5813222365841.05

30Cyril Spiers (1946-47)65151238951480.88

31Gary Megson325101731410.78

The paper acknowledged the deficiencies of this rough and ready comparison between eras; regarding the highly placed Norman Low, they wrote "It’s only fair to point out that the Canaries never managed to get out of Division Three South during his stewardship", while for Ron Saunders, ranked 11th, "he ... spent the majority of his time rubbing shoulders with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal").

Managers

:"As of 31 March, 2008. Only professional, competitive matches are counted." [Cite web
url = http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Managers.asp
title = Manager History for Norwich City
publisher = Eastern Daily Press
accessdate = 2007-03-21] [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=540 www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database ] ]

By nationality

This table lists the total number of managers of each nationality.

Notes

:i: This includes matches played at an amateur level.:ii: Moved to Leicester City after just six months at Carrow Road.:iii : Caretaker manager.

References

External links

* [http://www.canaries.co.uk Norwich City official website]