# 2007–08 Norwich City F.C. season

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

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season friendlies

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Result | 1–2 | 12–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |

### 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 |
| Result | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Round | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 |

#### May
### FA Cup

| Round | 3 | 3(R) |
| Result | 1–1 | 1–2 |

### League Cup

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Result | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2007 | Jon Otsemobor | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 1 July 2007 | Matthew Gilks | Rochdale | Free |
| 1 July 2007 | Jamie Cureton | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2007 | Julien Brellier | Hearts | Free |
| 4 July 2007 | David Marshall | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2007 | David Střihavka | Baník Ostrava | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2007 | Darel Russell | Stoke City | £600,000 |
| 24 August 2007 | Ian 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 |
| 19 July 2007 | Jimmy Smith | Chelsea | 31 December 2008 |
| 12 October 2007 | John Hartson | West Bromwich Albion | 8 November 2007 |
| 1 November 2007 | Martin Taylor | Birmingham City | 1 December 2007 |
| 15 November 2007 | Matty Pattison | Newcastle United | 1 January 2007 |
| 20 November 2007 | Mo Camara | Derby County | 30 June 2008 |
| 22 November 2007 | Ched Evans | Manchester City | 1 January 2008 |
| 4 January 2008 | Ryan Bertrand | Chelsea | 30 June 2008 |
| 31 January 2008 | James Henry | Reading | 17 March 2008 |
| 31 January 2008 | Kieran Gibbs | Arsenal | 29 April 2008 |
| 31 January 2008 | Matthew Bates | Middlesbrough | 30 April 2008 |
| 31 January 2008 | Alex Pearce | Reading | 30 June 2008 |
| 19 March 2008 | Maceo Rigters | Blackburn Rovers | 1 April 2008 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Name | To | Fee |
| 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 2007 | Paul McVeigh | Luton Town | Released |
| 4 May 2007 | Matthieu Louis-Jean | | Released |
| 1 July 2007 | Robert Earnshaw | Derby County | £3.5 million |
| 1 July 2007 | Jürgen Colin | Ajax | £67,500 |
| 17 July 2007 | Dickson Etuhu | Sunderland | £1.5 million |
| 2 August 2007 | Youssef Safri | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2007 | Andrew Hughes | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2007 | Paul Gallacher | Dunfermline Athletic | Released |
| 8 January 2008 | Joe Lewis | Peterborough United | £400,000 |
| 10 January 2008 | Chris Brown | Preston North End | £400,000 |
| 18 January 2008 | Ian 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 |
| 8 August 2007 | Joe Lewis | Morecambe | 31 December 2007 |
| 20 August 2007 | Paul Gallacher | Dunfermline Athletic | 31 December 2007 |
| 24 August 2007 | Ryan Jarvis | Kilmarnock | January 2008 |
| 12 September 2007 | Bally Smart | Milton Keynes Dons | December 2007 |
| 31 January 2008 | Simon Lappin | Motherwell | 30 June 2008 |
| 31 January 2008 | Ryan Jarvis | Notts County | 30 June 2008 |

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SCO | David Marshall |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jon Otsemobor |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Drury |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell |
| 6 | FW | ENG | Darren Huckerby |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lee Croft |
| 8 | FW | NED | Maceo Rigters (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dion Dublin |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Jamie Cureton |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Luke Chadwick |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Matthew Gilks |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Declan Rudd |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Velasco |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Alex Pearce (on loan from Reading) |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Mark Fotheringham (captain) |
| 17 | DF | GUI | Mo Camara (on loan from Derby County) |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Darel Russell |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Ryan Bertrand (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 24 | MF | RSA | Matty Pattison |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Rossi Jarvis |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Robert Eagle |
| 27 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Michael Spillane |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Matthew Halliday |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Korey Smith |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Andrew Cave-Brown |
| 32 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Kris Renton |
| 34 | GK | ENG | Steven Arnold |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Chris Martin |
| 36 | MF | RSA | Bally Smart |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Patrick Bexfield |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Damon Lathrope |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Luke Daley |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Martin Taylor (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Julien Brellier (released) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Chris Brown (to Preston North End) |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Ian Murray (to Hibernian) |
| 17 | FW | WAL | John Hartson (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jimmy Smith (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Kieran Gibbs (on loan from Arsenal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Simon Lappin (on loan to Motherwell) |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Paul Gallacher (to Dunfermline Athletic) |
| 22 | FW | CZE | David Střihavka (released) |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Matthew Bates (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ryan Jarvis (on loan to Notts County) |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Joe Lewis (to Peterborough United) |
| 30 | MF | ENG | James Henry (on loan from Reading) |

## Board and staff members
### Board members

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Chairman | Roger Munby | England |
| Joint majority shareholder | Delia Smith | England |
| Joint majority shareholder | Michael Wynn-Jones | Wales |
| Director | Andrew Turner | England |
| Director | Sharon Turner | England |
| Director | Michael Foulger | England |
| Chief executive | Neil Doncaster | England |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Glen Roeder |
| Assistant manager | Lee Clark |
| First team coach | Paul Stephenson |
| Goalkeeping coach | Tommy Wright |
| Fitness coach | Dave Carolan |
| Youth coach | Ricky Martin |
| Physiotherapist | Neal Reynolds |
| Sports science | Dave Carolan |
| Club liaison | Bryan Gunn |
| Club doctor | Dr Peter Harvey |
| Chief scout | Bryan Gunn |
Last updated: 26 June 2008 Source: Norwich FC

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 56 |
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 55 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 55 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 55 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 54 |