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1986–87 Norwich City F.C. season

For the 1986–87 season, Norwich City F.C. competed in Football League Division One, following their promotion from Division Two the previous season. They also completed in the FA Cup and Littlewoods Cup and, for the first time, the Full Members Cup.

Norwich City
1986–87 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerKen Brown
StadiumCarrow Road
First Division5th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Full Members CupSemi-final
Player of the YearKevin Drinkell
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Drinkell (16)
All: Kevin Drinkell (21)
Highest home attendance23,489 v Everton
Lowest home attendance13,610 v Oxford United
Average home league attendance17,913
Biggest winAston Villa 1–4 Norwich City (20 September 1986)
Biggest defeatLiverpool 6–2 Norwich City (1 November 1986)

Overview edit

The previous season had seen Norwich promoted back to the top flight as Second Division champions.[1] Nevertheless, many expected them to struggle, especially since a number of players, including England internationals Chris Woods and Dave Watson, had departed the club just prior to the season. Instead, Norwich would be unbeaten in their first four games and, after experiencing their first defeat against Watford, would be unbeaten in the next six games, topping the table in October. Although they would subsequently suffer a 6–2 defeat to Liverpool, they would remain in the top half for the rest of the season, eventually securing fifth place and finishing the season with a 2–1 win over fourth-placed Arsenal.[2] This was Norwich's highest league finish to that point by some distance, beating the tenth-place finish in 1975–76, and would remain so until they finished fourth in 1988–89. However, there would be no European qualification this season, since the ban on English clubs following the Heysel stadium disaster was still in effect.

In addition to the league, Norwich entered three cup competitions but made relatively early exits from both the FA Cup and the Littlewoods Cup. For the first time, they competed in the Full Members Cup, having instead entered the Football League Super Cup the previous season. Here, they reached the semi-finals, one game away from Wembley, only to be eliminated 2–1 by Charlton Athletic after extra-time.

Squad edit

Squad at the end of season (9 May 1987)[3]

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   SCO Bryan Gunn
— GK   ENG Graham Benstead
— GK   ENG Harvey Lim
— GK   ENG Jon Sheffield
— DF   ENG Ian Culverhouse
— DF   ENG Tony Spearing
— DF   ENG Steve Bruce (captain)
— DF   ENG Ian Butterworth
— DF   ENG Shaun Elliott
— DF   ENG Kenny Brown
— DF   ENG Phil Chapple
— DF   ENG Andy Fensome
— MF   ENG Mike Phelan
— MF   ENG Dale Gordon
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Trevor Putney
— MF   ENG Ian Crook
— MF   WAL David Williams
— MF   ENG Mark Barham
— MF   ENG Peter Mendham
— MF   ENG Ruel Fox
— MF   ENG Jeremy Goss
— MF   ENG Garry Brooke
— FW   ENG Kevin Drinkell (vice-captain)
— FW   ENG Wayne Biggins
— FW   ENG Robert Rosario
— FW   ENG David Hodgson
— FW   ENG Paul Clayton

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos Name From Fee Reference
13 June 1986 MF Trevor Putney Ipswich Town Exchange [4][5]
18 June 1986 MF Ian Crook Tottenham Hotspur £80,000 [6][7]
18 July 1986 FW David Hodgson Sunderland Unknown [8]
22 August 1986 DF Shaun Elliott Sunderland £150,000 [6][9]
19 September 1986 DF Ian Butterworth Nottingham Forest £160,000 [6][10]
15 October 1986 GK Bryan Gunn Aberdeen Unknown [6][11]

Out edit

Date Pos Name To Fee Reference
28 May 1986 FW John Deehan Ipswich Town Exchange [4][12]
1 July 1986 GK Chris Woods Rangers £600,000 [13][4]
18 August 1986 DF Dennis van Wijk Club Brugge Unknown [14]
18 August 1986 DF Paul Haylock Gillingham Free [15][16]
21 August 1986 DF Dave Watson Everton £900,000 [17][18]

Loans in edit

Date Pos Name From Until Reference
21 November 1986 DF Mark Seagraves Liverpool 6 December 1986 [19]

Final table edit

Main article: 1986–87 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 8 13 68 43 +25 71 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup
4 Arsenal[a] 42 20 10 12 58 35 +23 70
5 Norwich City 42 17 17 8 53 51 +2 68
6 Wimbledon 42 19 9 14 57 50 +7 66
7 Luton Town 42 18 12 12 47 45 +2 66
Source: [20]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Arsenal would have qualified as League Cup winners.

Results edit

Division One edit

23 August 1986 (1986-08-23) 1 Chelsea 0–0 Norwich City London
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 19,867
Referee: A. Gunn
30 August 1986 (1986-08-30) 2 Norwich City 4–3 Southampton Norwich
Drinkell   47'
Gordn   49'
Williams   69'
Bruce   82'		 Wallace   31'
Blake   41'
Dennis   80'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,205
Referee: K. Barratt
3 September 1986 (1986-09-03) 3 Manchester City 2–2 Norwich City Manchester
Christie   6' (pen.)   39' Barham   10'
Elliott   78'		 Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 19,122
Referee: L. Robinson
6 September 1986 (1986-09-06) 4 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Norwich City London
Aizlewood   1' Drinkell   6'
Williams   84'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,312
Referee: B. Hill
13 September 1986 (1986-09-13) 5 Norwich City 1–3 Watford Norwich
Williams   18' Richardson   55'
Sterling   60'
Blissett   88'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,487
Referee: D. Reeves
17 September 1986 (1986-09-17) 6 Norwich City 2–1 Leicester City Norwich
Barham   33'
Biggins   78'		 Smith   22' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,814
Referee: K. Hackett
20 September 1986 (1986-09-20) 7 Aston Vila 1–4 Norwich City Birmingham
Stainrod   88' Phelan   29'
Biggins   44'
Gordon   54'
Bruce   62'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 12,304
Referee: K. Hackett
27 September 1986 (1986-09-27) 8 Norwich City 2–0 Newcastle United Norwich
Drinkell   4'   68' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,735
Referee: C. Downey
4 October 1986 (1986-10-04) 9 Norwich City 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Norwich
Gordon   78' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,984
Referee: V. Callow
11 October 1986 (1986-10-11) 10 Luton Town 0–0 Norwich City Luton
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,022
Referee: J. Ashworth
18 October 1986 (1986-10-18) 11 Norwich City 1–1 West Ham United Norwich
Drinkell   58' Goddard   76' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,884
Referee: A. Seville
25 October 1986 (1986-10-25) 12 Wimbledon 2–0 Norwich City London
Fashanu   13'
Gayle   38'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 6,172
Referee: P. Vanes
1 November 1986 (1986-11-01) 13 Liverpool 6–2 Norwich City Liverpool
Nicol   16'
Walsh   31'   58'   76'
Rush   49'   71'		 Phelan   72'
Hodgson   84'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 36,915
Referee: J. Bray
8 November 1986 (1986-11-08) 14 Norwich City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich
Crook   59'
Elliott   76'		 Claesen   72' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,139
Referee: K. Baker
15 November 1986 (1986-11-15) 15 Norwich City 0–0 Manchester United Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,684
Referee: J. McAulay
22 November 1986 (1986-11-22) 16 Coventry City 2–1 Norwich City Coventry
Phillips   7'   56' Biggins   19' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: D. Hutchinson
29 November 1986 (1986-11-29) 17 Norwich City 2–1 Oxford United Norwich
Drinkell   13'
Gordon   22'		 Aldridge   35' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,610
Referee: D. Phillips
6 December 1986 (1986-12-06) 18 Everton 4–0 Norwich City Liverpool
Power   18'
Steven   29' (pen.)
Pointon   76'
Heath   81'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 26,746
Referee: J. Lovatt
13 December 1986 (1986-12-13) 19 Norwich City 1–1 Arsenal Norwich
Drinkell   79' Hayes   55' (pen.) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 21,409
Referee: T. Mills
19 December 1986 (1986-12-19) 20 Watford 1–1 Norwich City Watford
Barnes   2' Terry   23' (o.g.) Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: J. Lloyd
26 December 1986 (1986-12-26) 21 Norwich City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Crook   75'
Rosario   79'		 Pearce   64' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,131
Referee: J. Ashworth
27 December 1986 (1986-12-27) 22 Manchester United 0–1 Norwich City Manchester
Drinkell   80' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 44,610
Referee: T. Simpson
1 January 1987 (1987-01-01) 23 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Norwich City Sheffield
Shelton   81' Drinkell   90' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 20,956
Referee: J. Worrall
3 January 1987 (1987-01-03) 24 Norwich City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Norwich
Biggins   74' Stuart   22' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,827
Referee: D. Axcell
24 January 1987 (1987-01-24) 25 Norwich City 2–2 Chelsea Norwich
Rosario   30'
Drinkell   62'		 Bumstead   2'
Wicks   46'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,562
Referee: J. Moules
7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) 26 Southampton 1–2 Norwich City Southampton
Cockerill   69' Phelan   55'
Drinkell   79'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 12,754
Referee: K. Cooper
14 February 1987 (1987-02-14) 27 Norwich City 1–1 Manchester City Norwich
Crook   44' Brightwell   42' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,094
Referee: R. Lewis
21 February 1987 (1987-02-21) 28 Leicester City 0–2 Norwich City Leicester
Crook   1'
Putney   61'		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,742
Referee: J. Ireland
28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) 29 Norwich City 1–1 Aston Villa Norwich
Phelan   72' Elliott   34' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,070
Referee: D. Hedges
7 March 1987 (1987-03-07) 30 Norwich City 0–0 Wimbledon Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,293
Referee: K. Hackett
14 March 1987 (1987-03-14) 31 West Ham United 0–2 Norwich City London
Bruce   2'
Drinkell   90'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 21,531
Referee: M. Bailey
21 March 1987 (1987-03-21) 32 Norwich City 0–0 Luton Town Norwich
Grimes   Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,440
Referee: M. James
28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) 33 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Norwich City London
Rosenior   40' Drinkell   20' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: L. Shapter
4 April 1987 (1987-04-04) 34 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Norwich City London
Allen   75'   81'   87' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 22,400
Referee: V. Callow
8 April 1987 (1987-04-08) 35 Newcastle United 4–1 Norwich City Newcastle
Goddard   40'
Gascoigne   62'
McDonald   71' (pen.)
D. Jackson   90'		 Drinkell   17' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 24,534
Referee: D. Allison
11 April 1987 (1987-04-11) 36 Norwich City 2–1 Liverpool Norwich
Putney   70'
Drinkell   88'		 Rush   37' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 22,879
Referee: C. Downey
18 April 1987 (1987-04-18) 37 Norwich City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
Putney   2'
Crook   72'		 Snodin   72' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,024
Referee: A. Buksh
20 April 1987 (1987-04-20) 38 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Norwich City Nottingham
Clough   78' Rosario   62' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,446
Referee: N. Butler
25 April 1987 (1987-04-25) 39 Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City Norwich
Drinkell   26' Butterworth   81' (o.g.) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,610
Referee: T. Ward
2 May 1987 (1987-05-02) 40 Oxford United 0–1 Norwich City Oxford
Gordon   2' Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 8,394
Referee: K. Baker
4 May 1987 (1987-05-04) 41 Norwich City 0–1 Everton Norwich
Van Den Hauwe   1' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,489
Referee: J. Bray
9 May 1987 (1987-05-09) 42 Arsenal 1–2 Norwich City London
Merson   61' Crook   8'
Putney   72'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 24,001
Referee: R. Milford

FA Cup edit

10 January 1987 (1987-01-10) Third Round Norwich City 1–1 Huddersfield Town Norwich
Drinkell   87' Shearer   73' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 11,524
Referee: A. Seville
21 January 1987 (1987-01-21) Third Round Replay Huddersfield Town 2–4 Norwich City Huddersfield
Brown   pen.' (13)
Cork   78'		 Phelan   30'
Rosario   45'
Drinkell   47'
Gordon   50'
Biggins  		 Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 8,970
Referee: A. Seville
31 January 1987 (1987-01-31) Fourth Round Wigan Athletic 1–0 Norwich City Wigan
Jewell   78' Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 8,095
Referee: M. Reed

Littlewoods Cup edit

24 September 1986 (1986-09-24) Second Round, First Leg Peterborough United 0–0 Norwich City Peterborough
Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 6,956
Referee: G. Napthine
8 October 1986 (1986-10-08) Second Round, Second Leg Norwich City 1–0 Peterborough United Norwich
Biggins   48' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: M. Scott
29 October 1986 (1986-10-29) Third Round Norwich City 4–1 Millwall Norwich
Hodgson   2'  77'  90'
Drinkell   11' (pen.)		 Byrne   14' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 10,277
Referee: J. Key
19 November 1986 (1986-11-19) Fourth Round Norwich City 1–4 Everton Norwich
Barham   30' Sheedy   21'
Sharp   35'
Steven   78' (pen.)
Heath   84'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,988
Referee: C. Downey

Full Members' Cup edit

4 November 1986 (1986-11-04) Second Round Norwich City 2–1 Coventry City Norwich
Drinkell   24'   88' Phillips   Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 6,235
Referee: M. James
9 December 1986 (1986-12-09) Third Round Southampton 1–2 (a.e.t.) Norwich City Southampton
Case   86' (pen.) Drinkell   48'
Rosario   92'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 5,745
Referee: M. Bodenham
25 February 1987 (1987-02-25) Quarter-final Norwich City 3–1 Portsmouth Norwich
Rosario   33'
Gordon   77'
Biggins   89'		 O'Callaghan   62' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: J. Moules
10 March 1987 (1987-03-10) Semi-final Charlton Athletic 1–2 (a.e.t.) Norwich City London
Walsh   90'
Butterworth   93' (o.g.)		 Rosario   89' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,431
Referee: M. Bodenham

Appearances edit

Pos Player League FA Cup Littlewoods Cup Full Members Cup Total
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Subs Goals
Goalkeepers
GK Bryan Gunn 29 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 37 0 0
GK Graham Benstead 13 0 0 – – – 3 0 0 – – – 16 0 0
Defenders
RB Ian Culverhouse 25 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 34 0 0
LB Tony Spearing 39 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 49 0 0
CB Steve Bruce 41 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 52 0 3
CB Ian Butterworth 28 0 0 3 0 0 – – – 3 0 0 34 0 0
RB Kenny Brown 17 1 0 – – – – – – 3 0 0 20 1 0
CB Shaun Elliott 15 0 2 – – – 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 1 2
LB Mark Seagraves 3 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 3 0 0
Midfielders
CM Mike Phelan 40 0 4 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 50 0 5
CM Ian Crook 31 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 40 3 5
AM Trevor Putney 20 3 4 – – – 1 0 0 3 0 0 24 3 4
AM Dale Gordon 40 1 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 50 1 7
CM David Williams 12 0 3 – – – 2 0 0 – – – 14 0 3
AM Mark Barham 11 2 2 – – – 3 1 1 – – – 14 3 3
AM Peter Mendham 3 0 0 – – – 1 1 0 – – – 4 1 0
AM Ruel Fox 1 2 0 – – – – – – 1 0 0 2 2 0
CM Jeremy Goss 1 0 0 – – – – – – 1 0 0 2 0 0
AM Garry Brooke 0 1 0 – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 2 0
Forwards
ST Kevin Drinkell 42 0 16 3 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 2 53 0 21
ST Wayne Biggins 23 8 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 30 10 7
ST Robert Rosario 25 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 31 0 7
ST David Hodgson 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 3 4

Goalscorers edit

Rank Position Player Division One FA Cup Littlewoods Cup Full Members Cup Total
1 ST Kevin Drinkell 16 2 1 2 21
2 LW Dale Gordon 5 1 0 1 7
ST Wayne Biggins 4 0 1 2 7
ST Robert Rosario 3 1 0 3 7
3 CM Ian Crook 5 0 0 0 5
CM Mike Phelan 4 1 0 0 5
4 RW Trevor Putney 4 0 0 0 4
ST David Hodgson 1 0 3 0 4
5 RW David Williams 3 0 0 0 3
CB Steve Bruce 3 0 0 0 3
CM Mark Barham 2 0 1 0 3
6 CB Shaun Elliott 2 0 0 0 2
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Norwich City match record: 1987". 11v11. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Norwich CITY squad 1986/87". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Norwich City: The Modern Era p.38
  5. ^ Canary Citizens p.314
  6. ^ a b c d Club Directory 1988 p.397
  7. ^ Canary Citizens p.238
  8. ^ Canary Citizens p.269
  9. ^ Canary Citizens p.250
  10. ^ Canary Citizens p.229
  11. ^ Canary Citizens p.263
  12. ^ Canary Citizens p.242
  13. ^ Canary Citizens p.351
  14. ^ Canary Citizens p.340
  15. ^ Canary Citizens p.266
  16. ^ 1988 Club Directory p.245
  17. ^ Canary Citizens p.345
  18. ^ 1988 Club Directory p.227
  19. ^ Canary Citizens p.325
  20. ^ "League Division One end of season table for 1986-87 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  21. ^ Norwich City: The Modern Era p.208-211
  22. ^ a b Norwich City: The Modern Era p.212
  23. ^ a b c 1988 Club Directory p.392–393

Bibliography edit

  • Canary Citizens Centenary Edition: Authors Mike Davage, John Eastwood and Kevan Platt ISBN 0711720207
  • The Football League Club Directory 1988: Editor Tony Williams ISBN 1-869833-05-8
  • Norwich City: The Modern Era: Author Rob Hadgraft ISBN 978-1-905328-82-6
  • News of the World Football Annual 1987-88: Editors Bill Bateson and Albert Sewell ISBN 0 85543 100 8
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