2011–12 Norwich City F.C. season
# 2011–12 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was the 110th season of football for Norwich City. It was their first season in the Premier League for six years following promotion from the Championship in 2010–11 as runners-up.

Norwich City ended the season in 12th place after winning their last league game 2–0 against Aston Villa on 13 May 2012. They collected 47 points from 38 games.

## Players

### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2012.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ENG | John Ruddy |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Russell Martin (3rd captain) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Drury |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Bradley Johnson |
| 5 | FW | WAL | Steve Morison |
| 6 | DF | USA | Zak Whitbread |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Andrew Crofts |
| 8 | FW | ENG | James Vaughan |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Grant Holt (captain) |
| 10 | FW | CAN | Simeon Jackson |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Anthony Pilkington |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Declan Rudd |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Wes Hoolahan (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | David Fox |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Elliott Bennett |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Simon Lappin |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Leon Barnett |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Aaron Wilbraham |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Marc Tierney |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Jonny Howson |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Daniel Ayala |
| 30 | MF | NIR | Matt Ball |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Jed Steer |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Chris Martin (at Crystal Palace until 1 June 2012) |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Korey Smith (at Barnsley until 1 June 2012) |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Tom Adeyemi (at Oldham Athletic until 10 March 2012) |
| 28 | DF | ENG | George Francomb (at Hibernian until 1 June 2012) |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Josh Dawkin (at Kettering Town until 1 June 2012) |

### Transfers

**In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | FW | James Vaughan | 22 | EU | Everton | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | BBC Football |
| 5 | FW | Steve Morison | 27 | EU | Millwall | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | BBC Football |
| 17 | MF | Elliott Bennett | 22 | EU | Brighton & Hove Albion | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | BBC Football |
| 24 | DF | Ritchie De Laet | 22 | EU | Manchester United | Loan | Summer | 2012 | | BBC Football |
| 4 | MF | Bradley Johnson | 24 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Football |
| 12 | MF | Anthony Pilkington | 23 | EU | Huddersfield Town | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | Sky Sports |
| 25 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 22 | EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Summer | 2012 | | BBC Football |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Ayala | 20 | EU | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | | £800,000 | BBC Football |
| 24 | MF | Jonathan Howson | 23 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | | BBC Football |
| 33 | DF | Ryan Bennett | 21 | EU | Peterborough United | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | | BBC Football |

**Out**

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | MF | Matthew Gill | 30 | Out of Contract | Bristol Rovers | Summer | N/A | 12 | 0 | Norwich City |
| 25 | FW | Luke Daley | 21 | Transfer | Plymouth Argyle | Summer | Undisclosed | 11 | 0 | BBC Football |
| 33 | DF | Jens Berthel Askou | 28 | Out of Contract | Vejle Kolding | Summer | N/A | 27 | 2 | Norwich City |
| 36 | DF | Sam Habergham | 19 | Out of Contract | Tamworth | Summer | N/A | 0 | 0 | Norwich City |
| 30 | DF | Owain Tudur Jones | 27 | Released | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Summer | N/A | 5 | 1 | |
| 31 | GK | Jed Steer | 18 | Loan | Yeovil Town | Summer | Three-month loan | | | BBC Football |
| 26 | DF | Steven Smith | 26 | Transfer | Preston North End | Summer | Free | 7 | 0 | Sky Sports |
| | MF | Tom Adeyemi | 31 | Loan | Oldham Athletic | Summer | Five-month loan | 11 | 0 | BBC Football |
| | MF | Stephen Hughes | 28 | Contract terminated | Motherwell | Summer | Free | 36 | 3 | BBC Football |
| | FW | Cody McDonald | 25 | Transfer | Coventry City | Summer | Undisclosed | 32 | 5 | Norwich City |
| | MF | Anthony McNamee | 27 | Transfer | MK Dons | Summer | Free | 37 | 1 | Norwich City |
| | MF | Oli Johnson | 24 | Contract terminated | Oxford United | Winter | Free | 24 | 4 | BBC Football |
| 28 | MF | George Francomb | 20 | Loan | Hibernian | Winter | Loan | 4 | 0 | BBC Football |

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

## Statistics

### Appearances, goals and cards

    Last updated on 14 April 2012.
    (Substitute appearances in brackets)

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | John Ruddy | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Russell Martin | 26 (2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Adam Drury | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Bradley Johnson | 21 (3) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Steve Morison | 21 (8) | 7 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 22 (10) | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Zak Whitbread | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Andrew Crofts | 13 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (10) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | James Vaughan | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Grant Holt | 20 (11) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 (11) | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Simeon Jackson | 8 (12) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 (13) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andrew Surman | 20 (3) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 (3) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Anthony Pilkington | 21 (5) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (5) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Declan Rudd | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | 22 (7) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 (7) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | David Fox | 17 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Elliott Bennett | 12 (9) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Korey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Simon Lappin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Leon Barnett | 13 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (4) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Aaron Wilbraham | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Elliott Ward | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Marc Tierney | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ritchie De Laet | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 22 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Ayala | 6 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | George Francomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Josh Dawkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Matt Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Jed Steer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||
| 16 | FW | Chris Martin | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Oli Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Captains

    Accounts for all competitions.

| No. | Pos. | Name | Starts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | Grant Holt | 16 |
| 14 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | 9 |
| 2 | DF | Russell Martin | 3 |

### Top goalscorers

    Lists at most top 10 goalscorers only.
    Legend: LG = Premier League; L. Cup = League Cup
    Classification: 1. Goals in total 2. Goals in league 3. Goals in FA Cup 4. Goals in League Cup 5. Most recently scored

| Rank | # | Pos. | Player | LG | FA Cup | L. Cup | Total | Last scored against |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Grant Holt | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | Aston Villa (Premier League) |
| 2 | 5 | FW | Steve Morison | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | Arsenal (Premier League) |
| 3 | 12 | MF | Anthony Pilkington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Simeon Jackson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Aston Villa (Premier League) |
| 4 | 14 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Arsenal (Premier League) |
| 4 | 11 | MF | Andrew Surman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Manchester City (Premier League) |
| 7 | 2 | DF | Russell Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Queens Park Rangers (Premier League) |
| 7 | 4 | MF | Bradley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers (Premier League) |
| 9 | 20 | DF | Leon Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sunderland (Premier League) |
| 9 | 24 | DF | Ritchie De Laet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Stoke City (Premier League) |

### Penalties awarded

Last updated on 24 March 2012.

| Date | Success? | Penalty Taker | Opponent | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 October | Y | Grant Holt | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League |
| 7 January | N | Grant Holt | Burnley | FA Cup |
| 24 March | Y | Grant Holt | Wolves | Premier League |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season

Note: this section relates to first team friendlies only.

### Premier League

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 47 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 45 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 45 |

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
