Will Norris

Will Norris

Will Norris with Braintree in 2015
Personal information
Full name William James Norris[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-12) 12 August 1993
Place of birth Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Cambridge United
Number 35
Youth career
2006–2011 Northwood
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011 Hatfield Town 16 (0)
2011–2012 Royston Town 28 (0)
2012– Cambridge United 38 (0)
2012–2013 → Royston Town (loan) 28 (0)
2013 → Royston Town (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Braintree Town (loan) 24 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 1 May 2016 (BST).

† Appearances (goals)

William James "Will" Norris (born 12 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cambridge United.

Club career

Royston Town

2011–12 season

Without a club, Norris made an approach to join Hertfordshire side Royston Town who in the previous season had narrowly missed out on promotion after finishing 3rd in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division. He played a number of games for the reserve team where his performances caught the attention of then first team manager, Paul Attfield, who pulled him into the first team.[3] On 20 September 2011, he made his debut for Royston in a 4–1 home win against Haringey Borough in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup.[4] Norris went on to make 41 appearances in all competitions in 2011–12 helping the club to secure the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division title and a cup double which included the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup and the South Midlands Floodlit Cup. In the quarter final of the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup against Cambridge City on 25 January 2012, the game was decided by a penalty shoot-out in which Norris pulled off a number of saves in sudden death before scoring the winning penalty to send Royston into the semi-final.[5][6]

Cambridge United

2012–13 season

On 16 July 2012, Norris signed for Cambridge United on a two-year deal and was loaned back to Royston Town for the duration of the 2012–13 season.[7]

2013–14 season

Norris rejoined Royston in December 2013 on a short-term loan spell,[8] before being recalled to make his first team debut for Cambridge in a 1–0 away win at Tamworth in the Conference Premier on 21 January 2014.[9] On 30 January 2014, he signed a new contract which extended his previous deal by two and a half years to 2016.[10] He went on to make a total of 15 appearances in the league helping Cambridge make a return to The Football League, after a nine-year absence, via the Conference play-offs. Norris kept a clean sheet in Cambridge's 4–0 victory over Gosport Borough in the 2013–14 FA Trophy Final.[11]

2014–15 season

Norris made his Football League debut for Cambridge in a 2–2 draw at home Accrington Stanley on 11 April 2015.[12] He went on to make a total of 3 appearances in the league in 2014–15 as Cambridge finished 19th in their first season back in the Football League.[13]

2015–16 season

On 7 July 2015 Norris signed a new contract with Cambridge, which extended his previous deal by two years to 2018, and was loaned to Braintree Town.[14] On 8 August 2015, he made his debut for Braintree in a 1–0 away defeat to Chester City in the National League.[15] On his home debut for Braintree, in a 1–3 defeat to Lincoln City, Norris saved a first half penalty from Alan Power to prevent the visitors taking a 1–0 lead.[16] He gained his first clean sheet for Braintree four days later against Tranmere in a 0–0 draw.[17] After a run of impressive performances, keeping four clean sheets in six games, he was named the National League's Player of the Month for October. His standout performance during the month came in a 1–1 draw away at second placed Cheltenham Town.[18] At the time of collecting the award Norris had amassed 9 clean sheets in the league, the most of any goalkeeper in the top 5 English divisions. On 9 January 2016 Norris was recalled from his loan with Braintree after impressing newly appointed Cambridge manager Shaun Derry in training and with his performances for Braintree.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hatfield Town 2010–11 Spartan South Midlands League Premier 16 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 17 0
Royston Town 2011–12 Spartan South Midlands League Premier 28 0 — — 13[lower-alpha 2] 0 41 0
Cambridge United 2012–13 Conference Premier —
2013–14 Conference Premier 15 0 0 0 — 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 19 0
2014–15 League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2015–16 League Two 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Total 38 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 42 0
Royston Town (loan) 2012–13 Southern League Division One Central 28 0 — — 11[lower-alpha 4] 0 39 0
2013–14 Southern League Division One Central 6 0 — — 0 0 6 0
Total 34 0 — — 11 0 45 0
Braintree Town (loan) 2015–16 National League 24 0 2 0 — 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 28 0
Career Total 140 0 2 0 0 0 31 0 173 0
  1. ↑ One appearance in the South Midlands Senior Floodlit Cup
  2. ↑ Four appearances in the FA Vase, Three appearances in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Cup, Three appearances in the Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup, Two appearances in the South Midlands Senior Floodlit Cup, One appearance in the Herts Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Four appearances in the FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Three appearances in the FA Trophy, Two appearances in the FA Cup Qualifying Rounds, Two appearances in the Herts Senior Cup, One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup, One appearance in the Hinchingbrooke Cup, One appearance in the South Midlands Floodlit Cup, One appearance in the Red Insure Cup
  5. ↑ One appearance in the FA Cup Qualifying Rounds, One appearance in the FA Trophy

Awards and honours

Club

Royston Town
Cambridge United

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "findmypast – Search Results". findmypast.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Will Norris". Cambridge United FC. 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Will Norris: How an approach to Royston led to Cambridge United chance". Cambridge News. 27 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Match Report:Royston Town v Haringey Borough". roystontownfc.co.uk. 20 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Norris heroics send Crows into semis". Royston Crow. 27 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Norris the hero for Royston". Hertfordshire Mercury. 26 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Cambridge United sign teenage goalkeeper Will Norris". bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Cambridge United goalkeeper Will Norris loaned to Royston". Cambridge News. 6 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Will Norris produced a 'mature' performance in Cambridge United's win over Tamworth". Cambridge News. 22 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Duo Sign New Deals". Cambridge United F.C. 30 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Will can't wait for Wembley return in FA Trophy Final". thefa.com. 21 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Cambridge United 2–2 Accrington Stanley". bbc.co.uk. 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Will Norris taking the positives from Cambridge United's Sky Bet League Two campaign". Cambridge News. 6 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cambridge United keeper Will Norris moves to Braintree Town on loan after signing new deal". Cambridge News. 7 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Chester 1–0 Braintree". bbc.co.uk. 8 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Braintree 1–0 Lincoln City". bbc.co.uk. 11 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Braintree 0–0 Tranmere". bbc.co.uk. 15 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Braintree Keeper Takes October Player Award". thenationalleague.org.uk. 6 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Cambridge United boss Shaun Derry urges Will Norris to play for keeps". Cambridge News. 11 January 2016.

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