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2008–09 Norwich City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Norwich City
season	2008–09
manager	Glenn Roeder 9 August–14 January
Bryan Gunn 16 January–3 May
chairman	Roger Munby
stadium	Carrow Road
league	Championship
league result	[22nd](2008-09-football-league-championship) (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Third round](2008-09-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[First round](2008-09-football-league-cup)
league topscorer
Leroy Lita (7)
season topscorer
Leroy Lita (7)
highest attendance	25,487 (vs. Watford, 13 April)
lowest attendance	23,225 (vs. Preston North End, 8 November)
average attendance	24,542
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prevseason	[2007–08](2007-08-norwich-city-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2009–10](2009-10-norwich-city-f-c-season)

Bryan Gunn 16 January–3 May Leroy Lita (7) Leroy Lita (7) 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.{{Cite web |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428044723/http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0%2C%2C10355~1297089%2C00.html |archive-date=28 April 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502133513/http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0%2C%2C10355~1300844%2C00.html |archive-date=2 May 2008 |url-status=dead

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.

Board and staff members

Board members

Coaching staff

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season{{Cite web | access-date = 2007-10-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070523070236/http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355,00.html | archive-date = 2007-05-23 | url-status = dead

Left club during season

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	When
8	MF	NIR Sammy Clingan	Nottingham Forest	Free	17 June 2008
6	DF	SER Dejan Stefanović	Fulham	Undisclosed	date=19 July 2008	title=Norwich snap up duo from Fulham	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7512032.stm	access-date=29 December 2025	work=BBC Sport	language=en-GB}}
17	MF	IRE David Bell	Luton Town	Undisclosed	23 July 2008
14	MF	IRE Wes Hoolahan	Blackpool	Undisclosed	Summer
25	GK	ENG Stuart Nelson	Leyton Orient	Free	Summer
29	FW	ENG Carl Cort	Unattached	Free	11 December 2008{{Cite web
27	FW	ENG Cody McDonald	Dartford	Undisclosed	2 February 2009{{Cite web

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	When
9	FW	ENG Dion Dublin	Retired		Summer
4	DF	ENG Jason Shackell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	Summer
6	MF	ENG Darren Huckerby	San Jose Earthquakes*	date=6 May 2008	title=Canaries release forward Huckerby	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7385477.stm	access-date=29 December 2025	work=BBC Sport	language=en-GB}}	30 June 2008
14	DF	ESP Juan Velasco	Panthrakikos*	Released	30 June 2008
23	FW	ENG Ryan Jarvis	Leyton Orient*	Released	30 June 2008
25	DF	ENG Rossi Jarvis	Luton Town*	Released	30 June 2008
29	DF	ENG Matthew Halliday	Wroxham*	Released	30 June 2008
31	DF	SCO Andrew Cave-Brown	Leyton Orient*	Released	30 June 2008
34	GK	ENG Steven Arnold	Grays Athletic*	Released	30 June 2008
36	MF	South Africa Bally Smart	Kerkyra FC*	Released	30 June 2008
37	DF	ENG Patrick Bexfield	Released	Released	30 June 2008
12	GK	ENG Matthew Gilks	Blackpool	Part of
Hoolahan deal	Summer
11	MF	ENG Luke Chadwick	MK Dons	Free	2 January 2009
17	MF	IRE David Bell	Coventry City	£500,000	30 January 2009
16	MF	SCO Mark Fotheringham	Released	Released	9 April 2009{{Cite web
26	DF	ENG Robert Eagle	Released	Released	9 April 2009

Indicates player joined club after being released by Norwich City

Loans in

#	Pos	Player	From	When	Until
5	DF	SCO John Kennedy	Celtic	Summer	January 2009
22	DF	ENG Elliot Omozusi	Fulham	19 July 2008	date=2 February 2009	title=Norwich sign Leijer and McDonald	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7865701.stm	access-date=29 December 2025	work=BBC Sport	language=en-GB}}
18	FW	ITA Arturo Lupoli	ACF Fiorentina	23 July 2008	2 February 2009
27	DF	ENG Troy Archibald-Henville	Tottenham Hotspur	8 August 2008	December 2008
9	MF	FRA Antoine Sibierski	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2008	18 January 2009
15	DF	ENG Jonathan Grounds	Middlesbrough	1 September 2008	1 December 2008
21	DF	ENG Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea	Summer	Season
23	FW	GAM Omar Koroma	Portsmouth	Summer	January 2009
44	FW	ENG Leroy Lita	Reading	October 2008	December 2008
15	DF	ENG Jonathan Grounds	Middlesbrough	January 2009	March 2009
11	MF	AUS David Carney	Sheffield United	January 2009	May 2009
9	FW	NZL Chris Killen	Celtic	January 2009	May 2009
17	FW	SCO Alan Gow	Rangers	January 2009	May 2009
22	DF	AUS Adrian Leijer	Fulham	2 February 2009	May 2009
18	FW	IRE David Mooney	Reading	January 2009	April 2009

Loans out

#	Pos	Player	To	When	Until
28	MF	IRE Michael Spillane	Luton Town	date=8 August 2008	title=Luton Town bring in 11 new faces	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7549885.stm	access-date=3 January 2026	work=BBC Sport	language=en-GB}}	End of season
35	FW	ENG Chris Martin	Luton Town	8 August 2008	End of season
10	FW	ENG Jamie Cureton	Barnsley	November 2008	February 2009
11	MF	ENG Luke Chadwick	MK Dons	October 2008	January 2009

Results by round

Competitions

Pre-season

Martin
Pattison Daley Richardson Russell Hoolahan

Cureton

Croft Cureton

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

[[2008–09 Football League Championship|League]]

August

McKenzie

September

Timár Sibierski

Rowlands

McGoldrick

October

Carroll Ellington

Lita Croft Ebanks-Blake Stearman

Lita

Hulse Kaźmierczak

November

Kennedy Russell Mellor

Rangel Pratley Bodde

Pattison Cohen

Oster

Clarke Tudgay Lita Kennedy

December

Pattison

Smith

Long

Butterfield

Garner McGugan Earnshaw

January

Cureton Clingan Russell

Hoolahan Saganowski

February

Cort Doherty

Doherty Orr

Fox

March

Adam

McDonald

April

Spurr

Doherty

Giovani Stead Clingan

May

Burton Clingan

[[2008-09 FA Cup|FA Cup]]

Round	3	3(R)
Result	1–1	0–1

[[2008-09 Football League Cup|League Cup]]

Round	1
Result	0–1

League table

Notes

References

Collins, Ben. (17 June 2008). "Clingan joins Norwich on free".
(19 July 2008). "Norwich snap up duo from Fulham". BBC Sport.
(23 July 2008). "Norwich sign up Bell".
(6 May 2008). "Canaries release forward Huckerby". BBC Sport.
"Winger Chadwick makes Dons switch". BBC Sport.
"Norwich's Bell in Coventry switch". BBC Sport.
(2 February 2009). "Norwich sign Leijer and McDonald". BBC Sport.
(23 July 2008). "Canaries seal Lupoli loan signing". BBC Sport.
(2 February 2009). "Lupoli joins Blades".
(8 August 2008). "Canaries land Spurs stopper".
(1 September 2008). "Sibierski joins Norwich on loan". BBC Sport.
(1 September 2008). "Norwich clinch Grounds loan deal". BBC Sport.
(8 August 2008). "Luton Town bring in 11 new faces". BBC Sport.

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