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All the stats on Norwich City’s opening games of the season
The announcement of a new season’s fixtures is one of those events that has a lot of build-up but which, after the initial excitement, quickly boils down to the nitty gritty of long trips to all points of the compass on a wet Tuesday night in deep mid-winter.
Away supporters are admired by us all, because of their dedication to the cause through thick and thin. And whole last season was more of the thing for Norwich fans, it’s only fair to see they’ve had more thrills and spills than most to keep them on the edge of their seats in recent seasons – that yo-yo tag is envied by many who regularly end up with that mid-table feeling.
Every season starts with good intentions and a healthy dose of optimism – although by the time the first game is over, reality has often hit home. City fans haven’t had too much to smile about after the first 90 minutes of a season.
So what is City’s first-day form like?
OVERALL RECORD
P 65 W 22 D 20 L 23
HOME AND AWAY
Home games: 29
Away games: 36
BEST WINNING RUN
Four games (1977-78 to 1980-1981)
WORST LOSING RUN
Three games (2008-09 to 2010-11)
WITHOUT A WIN
13 (2003-04 to 2015-16)
BIGGEST WINNING MARGIN
Four goals – 4-0 v Grimsby and 5-1 v Stoke
HIGHEST SCORING DRAW
Six goals – 3-3 v Liverpool
BIGGEST LOSING MARGIN
Six goals – Home 1-7 (Colchester), away 5-0 (Fulham)
TEAMS FACED
1: Arsenal (W), Barnsley (L), Blackburn (W), Blackpool (W), Bradford (D), Bury (W), Carlisle (L), Colchester (L), Crewe (W), Grimsby (W), Huddersfield (W), Leeds (L), Man Utd (L), Millwall (L), Newport (W), Nottm Forest (W), Oldham (W), Rotherham (L), Sheff Weds (W), Stoke (W), Swansea (W), Swindon (W), Watford (L), West Brom (D), West Ham (W), Wigan (D).
2: Aston Villa (W W), Birmingham (D, W), Cardiff (L, L), Chelsea (L, D), Coventry (L, D), Crystal Palace (L, D), Fulham (D, L), Luton (W, D), Man City (L, L), Portsmouth (D, D), Preston (D, D), Sheff Utd (D, D), Southampton (W, D), Sunderland (W, D).
3: Wolves (L, L, L).
4: Everton (D, L, W, D), Liverpool (L, L, D, L).
RECORD AGAINST CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
Birmingham (D, W), Blackburn (W), Cardiff (L, L), Coventry (L, D), Huddersfield (W), Leeds (L), Millwall (L), Preston (D, D), Rotherham (L), Sheff Weds (W), Southampton (W, D), Stoke (W), Sunderland (W, D), Swansea (W), Watford (L), West Brom (D),
YET TO FACE …
Bristol City, Hull, Ipswich, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, QPR.
OPENING DAY RESULTS
2022-23 (Ch): Cardiff 1 Norwich 0
2021-23 (PL): Norwich 0 Liverpool 3
2020-21 (Ch): Huddersfield 0 Norwich 1
2019-20 (PL): Liverpool 4 Norwich 1
2018-19 (Ch): Birmingham 2 Norwich 2
2017-18 (Ch): Fulham 1 Norwich 1
2016-17 (Ch): Blackburn 1 Norwich 4
2015-16 (PL): Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 3
2014-15 (Ch): Wolves 1 Norwich 0
2013-14 (PL): Norwich 2 Everton 2
2012-13 (PL): Fulham 5 Norwich 0.
2011-12 (PL): Wigan 1 Norwich 1
2010-11 (Ch): Norwich 2 Watford 3
2009-2010: (L1): Norwich 1 Colchester 7
2008-2009 (Ch): Coventry 2 Norwich 0
2007-2008 (Ch): Preston 0 Norwich 0
2006-2007 (Ch): Leeds 1 Norwich 0
2005-2006 (Ch): Norwich 1 Coventry 1
2004-2005 (PL): Norwich 1 Crystal Place 1
2003-2004 (Div 1): Bradford 2 Norwich 2
2002-2003 (Div 1): Norwich 4 Grimsby 0
2001-2002 (Div 1): Millwall 4 Norwich 0
2000-2001 (Div 1): Barnsley 1 Norwich 0
1999-2000 (Div 1): West Brom 1 Norwich 1
1998-1999 (Div 1): Norwich 2 Crewe 1
1997-1998 (Div 1): Norwich 0 Wolves 2
1996-1997 (Div 1): Norwich 2 Swindon 0
1995-1996 (Div 1): Luton 1 Norwich 3
1994-1995 (PL): Chelsea 2 Norwich 0
1993-1994 (PL): Norwich 0 Man Utd 2
1992-1993 (PL): Arsenal 2 Norwich 4
1991-1992 (Div 1): Norwich 2 Sheff Utd 2-
1990-1991: (Div 1): Norwich 3 Sunderland 2
1989-1990 (Div 1): Sheff Weds 0 Norwich 2
1988-1989 (Div 1): Norwich 2 Nottm Forest 1
1987-1988 (Div 1): Everton 1 Norwich 0
1986-1987: Chelsea 0 Norwich 0
1985-1986 (Div 2): Norwich 1 Oldham 0
1984-1985 (Div 1): Norwich 3 Liverpool 3
1983-1984 (Div 1): Sunderland 1 Norwich 1
1982-1983 (Div 1): Norwich 1 Man City 2
1981-1982 (Div 2): Rotherham 4 Norwich 1
1980-1981 (Div 1): Norwich 5 Stoke 1
1979-1980 (Div 1): Everton 2 Norwich 4
1978-1979 (Div 1): Norwich 3 Southampton 1
1977-1978 (Div 1): West Ham 1 Norwich 3
1976-1977 (Div 1): Liverpool 1 Norwich 0
1975-1976 (Div 1): Man City 3 Norwich 0
1974-1975 (Div 2): Norwich 2 Blackpool 1
1973-1974 (Div 1): Wolves 3 Norwich 1 —– 50
1972-1973 (Div 1): Norwich 1 Everton 1
1971-1972 (Div 2): Luton 1 Norwich 1
1970-1971 (Div 2): Norwich 1 Portsmouth 1
1969-1970 (Div 2): Aston Villa 0 Norwich 1
1968-1969 (Div 2): Birmingham 1 Norwich 2
1967-1968: (Div 2): Norwich 1 Aston Villa 0
1966-1967 (Div 2): Norwich 0 Portsmouth 0
1965-1966 (Div 2): Carlisle 4 Norwich 1
1964-1965 (Div 2): Norwich 2 Swansea 1
1963-1964 (Div 2): Cardiff 3 Norwich 1
1962-1963 (Div 2): Preston 2 Norwich 2
1961-1962 (Div 2): Norwich 3 Bury 1
1960-1961 (Div 2): Norwich 1 Sheff Utd 1
1959-1960 (Div 3): Southampton 2 Norwich 2
1958-1959 (Div 3): Norwich 3 Newport 0.
