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Norwich City
1987–88 season
Chairman Robert Chase
Manager Ken Brown (until 9 November)
Dave Stringer (from 9 November)
Stadium Carrow Road
First Division 14th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Full Members Cup Fourth round
Player of the Year Bryan Gunn
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Drinkell (12)
All: Kevin Drinkell (12)
Highest home attendance22,509 v Liverpool
Lowest home attendance11,872 v Wimbledon
Average home league attendance15,759
←  1986–87
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For the 1987–88 season, Norwich City F.C. competed in Football League Division One, as well as the FA Cup, Littlewoods Cup and Simod Cup.

Overview

The previous season had seen Norwich finish fifth in Division One, their highest position to that date, [1] but any hope of a repeat was quickly dashed. By the beginning of November, Norwich had only registered three league wins, and would soon after slip to bottom of the table after only winning one point from five matches. Chairman Robert Chase took drastic action: On 9 November, long-serving manager Ken Brown was sacked. Dave Stringer, who had only become his assistant at the start of the year after previously being reserve team manager, was appointed as his replacement, initially on a caretaker basis and later permanent. Veteran player David Williams was made a player/coach as his assistant.

The trend was not immediately reversed and in December club captain Steve Bruce left the club for Manchester United. His vice-captain Mike Phelan replaced him as captain. With the money from the sale, Norwich acquired Robert Fleck, who would contribute seven goals in the second half of the season and be the club's leading scorer for the next four seasons, as well as buying Andy Linighan as a replacement for Bruce at centre-half. One of the most unfortunate incidents of the year surrounded John O'Neill, who signed for the club in December only to suffer a career-ending knee injury on his debut, after which he never played professionally again. [2]

Norwich made early exits from all three cup competitions but six wins and six draws in the latter half of the season were enough to secure them another season in the top flight as they finished in 14th place, four places and three points clear of the relegation play-offs. Their biggest win of the season was 4–1 against West Ham United and their heaviest defeat was 3–0, which occurred four times. Their highest scoring game was 4–2 which happened twice, a defeat to Arsenal and a victory over Oxford United. [3]

Squad

Squad at the end of season (7 May 1988) [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland  SCO Bryan Gunn
— GK England  ENG Graham Benstead
— GK England  ENG Jon Sheffield
— DF England  ENG Ian Culverhouse
— DF England  ENG Tony Spearing
— DF England  ENG Ian Butterworth ( vice-captain)
— DF England  ENG Andy Linighan
— DF England  ENG Shaun Elliott
— DF England  ENG Simon Ratcliffe
— DF England  ENG Kenny Brown
— DF Northern Ireland  NIR John O'Neill
— DF England  ENG Andy Fensome
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England  ENG Mike Phelan ( captain)
— MF Wales  WAL Mark Bowen
— MF England  ENG Trevor Putney
— MF England  ENG Ruel Fox
— MF England  ENG Ian Crook
— MF England  ENG Dale Gordon
— MF England  ENG Jeremy Goss
— MF Wales  WAL David Williams
— FW England  ENG Kevin Drinkell
— FW Scotland  SCO Robert Fleck
— FW England  ENG Wayne Biggins
— FW England  ENG Robert Rosario

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee Reference
16 June 1987 DF Simon Ratcliffe Manchester United £40,000 [5]
23 July 1987 MF Mark Bowen Tottenham Hotspur £90,000 [5]
23 July 1987 DF Paul Wilson Huddersfield Town £30,000 [6]
16 December 1987 DF John O'Neill Queens Park Rangers Unknown [7]
17 December 1987 FW Robert Fleck Rangers £580,000 [5]
4 March 1988 DF Andy Linighan Oldham Athletic £350,000 [5] [8]

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee Reference
1 June 1987 MF Peter Mendham King's Lynn Free [9]
3 July 1987 FW Mark Barham Huddersfield Town £100,000 [10]
July 1987 FW David Hodgson Jerez Club de Portivo Unknown [11]
18 December 1987 DF Steve Bruce Manchester United £900,000 [12]
December 1987 MF Garry Brooke Groningen Unknown [13]
4 March 1988 FW Paul Clayton Darlington £25,000 [14]
29 March 1988 DF Phil Chapple Cambridge United Free [15] [16]

Final table

Main article: 1987–88 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Southampton 40 12 14 14 49 53 −4 50
13 Tottenham Hotspur 40 12 11 17 38 48 −10 47
14 Norwich City 40 12 9 19 40 52 −12 45
15 Derby County 40 10 13 17 35 45 −10 43
16 West Ham United 40 9 15 16 40 52 −12 42
Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Division One

15 August 1987 (1987-08-15) 1 Everton 1–0 Norwich City Liverpool
Power 35' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,728
Referee: G. Tyson
19 August 1987 (1987-08-19) 2 Norwich City 0–1 Southampton Norwich
Moore 61' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,429
Referee: K. Hackett
22 August 1987 (1987-08-22) 3 Norwich City 3–1 Coventry City Norwich
Bruce 20'
Drinkell 54' 84'		 Kilcline 58' ( pen.) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,726
Referee: A. Buksh
29 August 1987 (1987-08-29) 4 West Ham United 2–0 Norwich City London
Cottee 51' 65' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 16,394
Referee: M. Reed
1 September 1987 (1987-09-01) 5 Norwich City 1–1 Newcastle United Norwich
Biggins 73' D. Jackson 76' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,636
Referee: B. Hill
5 September 1987 (1987-09-05) 6 Watford 0–1 Norwich City Watford
Bruce 48' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 11,724
Referee: L. Shapter
12 September 1987 (1987-09-12) 7 Norwich City 1–2 Derby County Norwich
Rosario 78' Davison 50'
Gregory 67' ( pen.)		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,402
Referee: D. Hedges
19 September 1987 (1987-09-19) 8 Chelsea 1–0 Norwich City London
Dixon 4' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 15,242
Referee: J. Martin
26 September 1987 (1987-09-26) 9 Norwich City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Webb 28' 31' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,755
Referee: P. Don
3 October 1987 (1987-10-03) 10 Oxford United 3–0 Norwich City Oxford
Slatter 14'
Hill 57'
Foyle 68'		 Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 6,847
Referee: A. Gunn
10 October 1987 (1987-10-10) 11 Norwich City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich
Drinkell 23'
Biggins 63'		 Claesen 34' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,689
Referee: K. Barrett
17 October 1987 (1987-10-17) 12 Manchester United 2–1 Norwich City Manchester
Davenport 46'
Robson 80'		 Biggins 29' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,345
Referee: G. Alpin
24 October 1987 (1987-10-24) 13 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Norwich City Sheffield
Pearson 12' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 15,861
Referee: M. Peck
31 October 1987 (1987-10-31) 14 Norwich City 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Norwich
Biggins 64' Allen 80' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,522
Referee: D. Axcell
7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) 15 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Norwich City London
Bennett 15'
Jones 22'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,044
Referee: J. Ashworth
14 November 1987 (1987-11-14) 16 Norwich City 2–4 Arsenal Norwich
Drinkell 31' 81' Rocastle 49' 54'
Thomas 52'
Groves 61'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,558
Referee: J. Key
21 November 1987 (1987-11-21) 17 Liverpool 0–0 Norwich City Liverpool
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 37,446
Referee: J. Deakin
28 November 1987 (1987-11-28) 18 Norwich City 0–1 Portsmouth Norwich
Horne 36' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,099
Referee: T. Holbrook
5 December 1987 (1987-12-05) 19 Luton Town 1–2 Norwich City Luton
Stein 20' Gordon 61'
Crook 88'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,002
Referee: D. Scott
18 December 1987 (1987-12-18) 20 Wimbledon 1–0 Norwich City London
Fashanu 14' Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 4,026
Referee: A. Seville
26 December 1987 (1987-12-26) 21 Derby County 1–2 Norwich City Derby
Wright 49' Fleck 33'
Gordon 52'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 15,452
Referee: V. Callow
28 December 1987 (1987-12-28) 22 Norwich City 3–0 Chelsea Norwich
Fox 51'
Goss 71'
Drinkell 76' ( pen.)		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,668
Referee: K. Morton
1 January 1988 (1988-01-01) 23 Norwich City 4–1 West Ham United Norwich
Gordon 47'
Drinkell 67'
Bowen 79'
Rosario 86'		 Cottee 27' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,059
Referee: B. Hall
16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) 24 Norwich City 0–3 Everton Norwich
Sharp 21' 87'
Heath 90'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,750
Referee: S. Lodge
23 January 1988 (1988-01-23) 25 Southampton 0–0 Norwich City Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 12,002
Referee: R. Lewis
6 February 1988 (1988-02-06) 26 Norwich City 0–0 Watford Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,318
Referee: M. Bailey
13 February 1988 (1988-02-13) 27 Newcastle United 1–3 Norwich City Newcastle
Gascoigne 34' Fleck 2' 58'
Drinkell 85'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 21,068
Referee: A. Flood
20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) 28 Coventry City 0–0 Norwich City Coventry
Elliott Red card Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,577
Referee: E. Parker
5 March 1988 (1988-03-05) 29 Norwich City 1–0 Manchester United Norwich
Fleck 76' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,129
Referee: M. Reed
12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) 30 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Norwich City London
Claesen 85' Goss 37'
Fleck 67'
Drinkell 75'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 19,322
Referee: G. Tyson
16 March 1988 (1988-03-16) 31 Norwich City 4–2 Oxford United Norwich
Linighan 10'
Fleck 65' 80'
Drinkell 72'		 Bardsley 45'
Hebberd 82'
Phillips Red card		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,280
Referee: K. Miller
19 March 1988 (1988-03-19) 32 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 Norwich City London
Channing 25'
Coney 47'
Fereday 81'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 9,033
Referee: D. Allison
26 March 1988 (1988-03-26) 33 Norwich City 0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
Sterland 43' ( pen.)
Jonsson 75'
Chapman 80'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,280
Referee: D. Hutchinson
2 April 1988 (1988-04-02) 34 Norwich City 2–0 Charlton Athletic Norwich
Fox 50'
Drinkell 58'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,015
Referee: B. Stevens
4 April 1988 (1988-04-04) 35 Arsenal 2–0 Norwich City London
Smith 38'
Groves 59'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 19,341
Referee: B. Stevens
20 April 1988 (1988-04-20) 36 Norwich City 0–0 Liverpool Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,509
Referee: R. Hart
23 April 1988 (1988-04-23) 37 Norwich City 2–2 Portsmouth Norwich
Linighan 31'
Biggins 90' ( pen.)		 Quinn 59'
Mariner 68'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,762
Referee: P. Don
30 April 1988 (1988-04-30) 38 Norwich City 2–2 Luton Town Norwich
Drinkell 51'
Putney 63'		 Stein 87'
Wilson 98' ( pen.)		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: A. Ward
4 May 1988 (1988-05-04) 39 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Norwich City Nottingham
Webb 9'
Glover 51'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 11,610
Referee: A. Robinson
7 May 1988 (1988-05-07) 40 Norwich City 0–1 Wimbledon Norwich
Gibson 82' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 11,782
Referee: J. Martin

FA Cup

9 January 1988 (1988-01-09) Third Round Swindon Town 0–0 Norwich City Swindon
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: K. Walmsley
13 January 1988 (1988-01-13) Third Round Replay Norwich City 0–2 Swindon Town Norwich
Bamber 67' 87' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,501
Referee: J. Moules

Littlewoods Cup

22 September 1987 (1987-09-22) Second Round, First Leg Burnley 1–1 Norwich City Burnley
Oghani 7' Biggins 15' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 7,912
Referee: G. Courtney
7 October 1987 (1987-10-07) Second Round, Second Leg Norwich City 1–0 Burnley Norwich
Bowen 48' Oghani Red card Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 6,168
Referee: I. Hemley
27 October 1987 (1987-10-27) Third Round Stoke City 2–1 Norwich City Stoke
Daly 14'
Talbot 17'		 Bruce 76' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 8,603
Referee: J. Moules

Simod Cup

19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) Third Round Millwall 2–3 Norwich City London
Cascarino 18' 60' Fleck 14' 23'
Goss 75'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 4,654
Referee: J. Key
23 February 1988 (1988-02-23) Fourth Round Swindon Town 2–0 Norwich City Swindon
Elliott 64' (og.)
Foley 72'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,491
Referee: K. Barratt

Appearances

Pos Player League FA Cup Littlewoods Cup Simod Cup Total
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Subs Goals
Goalkeepers
GK Bryan Gunn 38 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 45 0 0
GK Graham Benstead 2 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 2 0 0
Defenders
RB Ian Culverhouse 33 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 0
LB Tony Spearing 17 1 0 – – – – – – – – – 17 1 0
CB Steve Bruce 19 0 2 – – – 3 0 1 – – – 21 0 3
CB Ian Butterworth 34 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 39 2 0
CB Andy Linighan 12 0 2 – – – – – – – – – 12 0 2
LB Shaun Elliott 14 2 0 – – – 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 3 0
CB Simon Ratcliffe 6 3 0 – – – 2 0 0 – – – 8 3 0
RB Kenny Brown 7 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 7 0 0
CB John O'Neill 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0
Midfielders
CM Mike Phelan 37 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 44 0 0
DM Mark Bowen 23 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 30 1 2
AM Trevor Putney 25 1 1 2 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 28 1 1
AM Ruel Fox 33 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 30 1 2
CM Jeremy Goss 20 2 2 2 0 0 – – – 2 0 1 24 2 3
AM Dale Gordon 16 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 21 5 3
CM Ian Crook 16 7 1 – – – 1 1 0 0 1 0 17 9 1
DM David Williams 7 2 0 – – – 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 3 0
Forwards
ST Kevin Drinkell 38 0 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 45 0 12
ST Robert Fleck 18 0 7 0 1 0 – – – 2 0 2 20 1 9
ST Wayne Biggins 15 5 5 – – – 3 0 1 1 0 0 19 5 6
ST Robert Rosario 9 5 2 2 0 0 – – – 0 1 0 11 6 2

Goalscorers

Rank Position Player Division One FA Cup Littlewoods Cup Simod Cup Total
1 ST Kevin Drinkell 12 0 0 0 12
2 ST Robert Fleck 7 0 0 2 9
3 ST Wayne Biggins 5 0 1 0 6
4 LW Dale Gordon 3 0 0 0 3
CB Steve Bruce 2 0 1 0 3
CM Jeremy Goss 2 0 0 1 3
5 ST Robert Rosario 2 0 0 0 2
RW Ruel Fox 2 0 0 0 2
CB Andy Linighan 2 0 0 0 2
LB/LW Mark Bowen 1 0 1 0 2
6 LW Trevor Putney 1 0 0 0 1
RW Ian Crook 1 0 0 0 1

References

  1. ^ "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Flown from the Nest: John O'Neill". ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Norwich City match record: 1988". 11v11. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Norwich CITY squad 1987/88". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d 1989 Club Directory p.397
  6. ^ 1993 Club Directory p.263
  7. ^ Canary Citizens p.303
  8. ^ 1993 Club Directory p.22
  9. ^ Canary Citizens p.293
  10. ^ 1989 Club Directory p.277
  11. ^ Canary Citizens p.269
  12. ^ 1989 Club Directory p.353
  13. ^ Canary Citizens p.225
  14. ^ Canary Citizens p.233
  15. ^ 1989 Club Directory p.133
  16. ^ 1993 Club Directory p.134
  17. ^ "League Division One end of season table for 1987-88 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  18. ^ Norwich City: The Modern Era p.213-217
  19. ^ a b Norwich City: The Modern Era p.218
  20. ^ a b c 1991 Club Directory p.392–393

Bibliography

  • Canary Citizens Centenary Edition: Authors Mike Davage, John Eastwood and Kevan Platt ISBN  0711720207
  • Barclays League Club Directory 1989: Editor Tony Williams ISBN  0-85144-472-5
  • Norwich City: The Modern Era: Author Rob Hadgraft ISBN  978-1-905328-82-6
  • News of the World Football Annual 1988-89 Editors Bill Bateson and Albert Sewell ISBN  0855431458
  • Barclays League Club Directory 1993: Editor Tony Williams ISBN  1-873057-12-1
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