Norwich City's achievements in 1992β93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.
Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders
Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated
Bayern Munich from the
UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by
Inter Milan.
Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant
John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification.[1] However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to
Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder
Mike Milligan from
Oldham Athletic.
^Ekoku was born in
Cheetham,
England, but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for
Nigeria in 1994.
^Goss was born in Oekolia,
Cyprus, but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in May 1991.
^Fox was born in
Norwich,
England, and played for the
England B team, but also qualified to represent
Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for
Montserrat in 2004.
^Johnson was born in
Bristol,
England, but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in 1998.
^Akinbiyi was born in
Hackney,
England, but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for
Nigeria in November 1999.
Norwich City's achievements in 1992β93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.
Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders
Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated
Bayern Munich from the
UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by
Inter Milan.
Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant
John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification.[1] However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to
Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder
Mike Milligan from
Oldham Athletic.
^Ekoku was born in
Cheetham,
England, but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for
Nigeria in 1994.
^Goss was born in Oekolia,
Cyprus, but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in May 1991.
^Fox was born in
Norwich,
England, and played for the
England B team, but also qualified to represent
Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for
Montserrat in 2004.
^Johnson was born in
Bristol,
England, but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in 1998.
^Akinbiyi was born in
Hackney,
England, but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for
Nigeria in November 1999.