The Giant Killers
NORWICH CITY
Norwich City can boast being the first British club ever to win a European game at Bayern Munich and yet their fans have yet to see the club grace an F A cup final, having lost out in three semi finals. City started out in 1902 and had already caused four cup upsets, including memorable defeats of Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland by the time they were admitted into the newly formed Third Division in 1920. It took Norwich twelve years to make it to the second tier and another forty before The Canaries finally reached the big time in 1972. Along the way there were four more major cup upsets of Arsenal in 1954, local rivals Ipswich in 1962 and Manchester United twice, in 1967 but most memorably in 1959 during a famous run to the semi finals. Norwich have remained in the top two divisions ever since.
Magic Moments
1908
2-0 vs Sheffield Wednesday
First round: 11th January 1908
Attendance: 10,366
Scorers: James Beauchop, Tommy Allsopp
Ranked at the time: 3
1909
3-2 @ Liverpool
Second round: 6th February 1909
Attendance: 30,000
Scorers: Tommy Allsopp {pen}, Jimmy Tomlinson, Smith
Ranked at the time: 9
1911
3-1 vs Sunderland
First round: 14th January 1911
Attendance: 11,426
Scorers: Billy Hampson [image left], Eddie Whiteside
Ranked at the time: 4
1915
3-2 vs Tottenham Hotspur
Second round: January 30th 1915
Attendance: 9,758
Scorers: Wilson {2}, Billy Taylor
Ranked at the time: 64
Norwich City:1:Joe Lansdale, 2:John Allen, 3:Jock MacKenzie, 4:Allan Collins, 5:Arthur Woodlands, 6:George 'Pompey' Martin, 7:Cecil Potter, 8:Wally Taylor, 9:Danny Wilson, 10:George Ritchie, 11:Harry Woods
Team courtesy 'Sing up the River End'
2-1 @ Leeds United
Fourth Round Replay: Wednesday January 30th 1935
Attendance: 27,000
Scorers: Jack Vinall, Ken Burditt
Ranked at the time: 146
Team: 1:Norman Wharton, 2:Halliday, 3:Bowen, 4:Bernard Robinson, 5:Scott, 6:Duggie Lochhead, 7:Alf Kirchen, 8:Ken Burditt, 9:Jack Vinall, 10:Houghton, 11:Jack Russell {Manager:Tom Parker}
3-0 vs Liverpool
Third round: Saturday January 16th 1937
Attendance: 26,800
Scorers: Jack Vinall {1,6} Scott {?} {half time 2-0}
Ranked at the time: 157
3-1 vs Liverpool
Third Round: Saturday January 6th 1951
Attendance: 34,693
Scorers: Tom Docherty {2}, Noel Kinsey
Ranked at the time: 130
Team: 1:Ken Nethercott, 2:John Duffy, 3:Bill Lewis, 4:Don Pickwick, 5:Reg Foulkes, 6:Ron Ashman, 7:Johnny Gavin, 8:Noel Kinsey, 9:Roy Hollis, 10:Les Eyre, 11:Tom Docherty
2-1 at Manchester United
Fourth Round: Saturday February 18th 1967
Attendance: 63,405
Scorers: Don Heath, Gordon Bolland
Ranked at the time: 28
Team: 1:Kevin Keelan, 2:Dave Stringer, 3:Joe Mullett, 4:Mal Lucas, 5:Laurie Brown, 6:Terry Allcock, 7:Mike Kenning, 8:Don Heath, 9:Tommy Bryceland, 10:Gordon Bolland, 11: Terry Anderson: Manager: Lol Morgan
Fourth Round: Saturday January 30th 1954
Attendance: 55,767
Scorers: Tommy Johnston {2,}
Ranked at the time: 28
Team: 1:Ken Oxford, 2:Dennis Morgan, 3:Bill Lewis, 4:Roy McCrohan, 5:Reg Foulkes, 6:Ron Ashman, 7:Peter Gordon, 8:Ron Hansell, 9:Tommy Johnston, 10:Bobby Brennan {sent off - 33}, 11:Johnny Gavin. Manager:Norman Low