1986–87 Norwich City F.C. season

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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)

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.

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 Scotland SCO Bryan Gunn
— GK England ENG Graham Benstead
— GK England ENG Harvey Lim
— GK England ENG Jon Sheffield
— DF England ENG Ian Culverhouse
— DF England ENG Tony Spearing
— DF England ENG Steve Bruce (captain)
— DF England ENG Ian Butterworth
— DF England ENG Shaun Elliott
— DF England ENG Kenny Brown
— DF England ENG Phil Chapple
— DF England ENG Andy Fensome
— MF England ENG Mike Phelan
— MF England ENG Dale Gordon
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Trevor Putney
— MF England ENG Ian Crook
— MF Wales WAL David Williams
— MF England ENG Mark Barham
— MF England ENG Peter Mendham
— MF England ENG Ruel Fox
— MF England ENG Jeremy Goss
— MF England ENG Garry Brooke
— FW England ENG Kevin Drinkell (vice-captain)
— FW England ENG Wayne Biggins
— FW England ENG Robert Rosario
— FW England ENG David Hodgson
— FW England 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 Red card 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 Red card 72'		 Snodin Red card 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 Red card		 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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