Martin O'Neill, who had taken
Wycombe Wanderers from the Conference to the Second Division with successive promotions, was appointed as Norwich City manager in the summer of 1995.[1] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman
Robert Chase over Chase's refusal to permit O'Neill to spend significant sums on strengthening the squad.[2] Soon after O'Neill's resignation, Chase stepped down after protests from supporters, who complained that he kept selling the club's best players and was to blame for the relegation.[3] Indeed, between 1992 and January 1995, Norwich sold a number of key attacking players:
Robert Fleck (for Β£2.1M),
Ruel Fox (for Β£2.25M), Chris Sutton (for Β£5M),
Efan Ekoku (Β£0.9M) and
Mark Robins (Β£1M).[4][5] Nearly 40 years after being instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, Geoffrey Watling bought Chase's majority shareholding. Gary Megson was appointed Norwich manager on a temporary basis for the second time in eight months. Megson remained in charge until the end of the season before leaving the club.[6] Just four seasons after finishing third in the Premiership and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, Norwich had finished 16th in Division One.[7]
^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.
Martin O'Neill, who had taken
Wycombe Wanderers from the Conference to the Second Division with successive promotions, was appointed as Norwich City manager in the summer of 1995.[1] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman
Robert Chase over Chase's refusal to permit O'Neill to spend significant sums on strengthening the squad.[2] Soon after O'Neill's resignation, Chase stepped down after protests from supporters, who complained that he kept selling the club's best players and was to blame for the relegation.[3] Indeed, between 1992 and January 1995, Norwich sold a number of key attacking players:
Robert Fleck (for Β£2.1M),
Ruel Fox (for Β£2.25M), Chris Sutton (for Β£5M),
Efan Ekoku (Β£0.9M) and
Mark Robins (Β£1M).[4][5] Nearly 40 years after being instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, Geoffrey Watling bought Chase's majority shareholding. Gary Megson was appointed Norwich manager on a temporary basis for the second time in eight months. Megson remained in charge until the end of the season before leaving the club.[6] Just four seasons after finishing third in the Premiership and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, Norwich had finished 16th in Division One.[7]
^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.