Norwich City F.C. in European football

Norwich City Football Club is an English football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club was founded in 1902 and has competed in the English football league system since 1920. Their first[1] and so far only season in UEFA-sanctioned cup competition came when they reached the third round of the UEFA Cup in the 1993–94 season. They also took part in the Texaco Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup in the 1970s.

History

1972–73 Texaco Cup

Norwich's first taste of European competition was in the Texaco Cup in the 1972–73 season. In the first round, Norwich faced Scottish club Dundee. A 2-1 loss was perhaps not the most auspicious of starts but a 2-0 win in the second leg saw Norwich safely through to the second round, where Norwich were pitted against Leicester City. After a 2-0 home win each and no decider after extra time, Norwich progressed by winning the penalty shoot-out 4-3. In the third round, Norwich played Motherwell and beat them in both legs to set up a contest with local rivals Ipswich Town in the Final. Norwich were beaten in both legs.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1972–73 Texaco Cup First round Scotland Dundee 2–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Second round England Leicester City 2–0 (A), 2–0 (H)[nb 1]
Semifinal Scotland Motherwell 2–0 (H), 3–2 (A)
Final England Ipswich Town 2–1 (A), 1–2 (H)

1973–74 Texaco Cup

After being beaten finalists the previous year, Norwich had a second go at the Texaco Cup in the 1973–74 season. Their first round opponents would again hail from Scotland; Perth side St Johnstone. Norwich beat them home and away to get through to the second round, where Norwich would again face Motherwell and just as in the semifinal the year before, overcame them in both legs. They then took on Lancashire club Burnley. The Clarets beat City 5-2 on aggregate to send them out.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1973–74 Texaco Cup First round Scotland St Johnstone 0–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
Second round Scotland Motherwell 2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
Semifinal England Burnley 2–0 (A), 3–2 (H)

1974–75 Texaco Cup

The Texaco Cup format was changed in the 1974–75 season. Group stages were introduced for the English clubs. Each team would play the others in the group once, with only the team finishing top of the group progressing. The four Scottish clubs would join in at the quarter-final stage. Norwich were in Group 1, with Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Peterborough United. Norwich kicked off the tournament with a 2-1 home win against Peterborough, however a 5-1 defeat at the Hawthorns to West Bromwich Albion and a 2-1 loss to Birmingham at their St Andrew's ground meant Norwich finished bottom of their group.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1974–75 Texaco Cup First round England Peterborough United 2–1 (H)
First round England West Bromwich Albion 1–5 (A)
First round England Birmingham City 1–2 (A)

1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup

After Texaco dropped their sponsorship of the tournament, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was created in the 1975–76 season, using largely the same format as the Texaco Cup the previous year, but with the introduction of a Scottish Qualifier round to select four from eight teams for the quarter-final stage. Norwich were in Group 4 of the English Qualifiers, with Fulham, Chelsea and Bristol City.[2] Norwich only picked up one point - that coming from a 1-1 draw away at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge - and finished bottom of their group. Fulham progressed from Group 4, and went on to be beaten in the final by Middlesbrough.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup First round England Fulham 1–2 (H)
First round England Chelsea 1–1 (A)
First round England Bristol City 4–1 (A)

1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup

In the 1976–77 season of the Anglo-Scottish Cup Norwich were the only non-London club in Group 3: Fulham, Chelsea and Orient provided the opposition. Draws with all three teams saw the Canaries finish second to Orient, who would be beaten in the Final by Nottingham Forest.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup First round England Orient 0–0 (H)
First round England Chelsea 1–1 (A)
First round England Fulham 1–1 (A)

1977–78 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Fulham, Chelsea and Orient would again be Norwich's opposition in the 1977–78 season of the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Draws with Orient and Chelsea either side of a 1-0 defeat at home to Fulham meant that Norwich were eliminated. Fulham progressed, but were knocked out by St Mirren in the first quarterfinal.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1977–78 Anglo-Scottish Cup First round England Orient 1–1 (H)
First round England Fulham 0–1 (H)
First round England Chelsea 2–2 (A)

1978–79 Anglo-Scottish Cup

For the third successive Anglo-Scottish Cup, Norwich and Orient would be pitted against each other in a group that also featured Nottinghamshire clubs Mansfield Town and Notts County. Draws with Mansfield and Orient after a 2-1 away defeat to Notts County saw Norwich again fail to progress past the group stages. This would be the last time Norwich took part in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, which was scrapped after the 1980–81 tournament.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1978–79 Anglo-Scottish Cup First round England Notts County 2–1 (A)
First round England Mansfield Town 1–1 (H)
First round England Orient 0–0 (H)

1985–91

Norwich won the 1984–85 Football League Cup, giving them a place in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup. However, English clubs were banned from taking part in European competition in the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster.[3] As a compromise, the Football League Super Cup was created, with the clubs that would have taken part in European competition that year (league champions Everton, FA Cup winners Manchester United, and fellow UEFA Cup qualifiers Liverpool, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur) participating. Norwich were placed in Group 1 with Everton and Manchester United. A home win and an away loss against Everton and two draws against Manchester United saw Norwich progress with Everton to the semifinals, where they faced Liverpool. A 1-1 home draw in the first leg and 3-1 away defeat sealed Norwich's elimination, and Liverpool carried on to face Everton in a Merseyside derby in the Final, which Liverpool won 7-2 on aggregate. The Super Cup was never held again, and was ostensibly replaced by the Full Members Cup.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1985–86 Super Cup Group phase England Everton 1–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
Group phase England Manchester United 1–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
Semi final England Liverpool 1–1 (H), 3–1 (A)

Norwich would be denied places in the UEFA Cup twice more: in 1986–87 Norwich finished fifth.[4] Had the usual rules been in place, the club would join Liverpool, Tottenham and 1986–87 Football League Cup winners Arsenal in the 1987–88 tournament. City's finish of fourth place in the 1988–89 season[5] would ordinarily have secured qualification for the 1989–90 tournament, however the ban was still in force. It remained so until 1990–91, with England not getting back all their allocation of clubs to send to European competition until 1995–96.

1993–94 UEFA Cup

The Canaries, managed by Mike Walker, achieved a third-place finish in the 1992–93 season; the first season of the new FA Premier League.[6] It was the club's highest league finish to date, and for much of the season they had been surprise contenders for the league title.[7] Thus, along with Aston Villa, Norwich would represent England in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. Norwich's first opponents were Vitesse Arnhem. A 3-0 home win in the first leg and a 0-0 draw away at Nieuw Monnikenhuize were enough to see Norwich through to the second round, where they would face three-time European champions FC Bayern Munich. A famous 2-1 win at the Olympic Stadium in Munich was followed up with a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road, ensuring that City would progress to the third round. Again Norwich would face a former European Cup winner, this time in the shape of Italian club Inter Milan. The East Anglian club's participation in the competition was ended at this stage as the Nerazzurri ran out one-nil winners in both legs.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1993–94 UEFA Cup First round Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem 3–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Second round Germany FC Bayern Munich 2–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
Third round Italy Inter Milan 0–1 (H), 0–1 (A)

Overall record

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
Texaco Cup 17 9 0 8 22 25 -3
Anglo-Scottish Cup 12 0 8 4 10 16 -6
Super Cup 6 1 3 2 5 7 -2
UEFA Cup 6 2 2 2 6 4 2
Total 41 12 13 16 43 52 -9

Notes

  1. ↑ Won 4–3 on penalties

References

  1. ↑ "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Anglo Scottish Cup draw". The Herald (Glasgow). 14 July 1975. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "1985: English teams banned after Heysel". BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Stuart. "Season 1986-87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Stuart. "Season 1988-89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Premiership 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "NORWICH CITY - 1986-1995". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City F.C. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
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