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| WHERE IT ALL BEGAN:
The Savoy Taylors Guild, formerly the Criterion
Cafe. |
June 17: Club formed at a meeting held
in the Criterion Cafe (now the Savoy Taylors Guild).
Robert Webster elected as first chairman, Arthur
Turner as match secretary and Robert Collinson
team captain. Permission is gained from Norfolk
FA to play at Newmarket Road for a rent of £25
per annum.
June 18: Report of the meeting in EDP reveals
earlier fruitless attempts to set-up City club
in 1890s.
July 12: Norwich City elected to Norfolk
and Suffolk League.
September 6: First match – a 1-1 draw
with Harwich & Parkeston at Newmarket Road.
Jimmy Shields scores City’s first-ever goal.
September 20: First competitive match –
5-0 defeat at Lowestoft in preliminary round of
the FA Cup.
September 27: Debut in the Norfolk and
Suffolk League – a 4-1 win at Beccles Caxton.
November 15: Fred Witham scores the only
goal in the first ‘Norwich-Ipswich’
derby match, watched by a crowd of 1,700.
December 26: 4,500 pack into CEYMS’
Earlham Road ground for the ‘Norwich derby’,
which City win 4-2 (CEYMS won the return 2-1).
Finished: 3rd out of 8 in the Norfolk and Suffolk
League
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Manager
Arthur Turner (right) spends summer strengthening
his squad and is rewarded with two good cup runs,
reaching the third qualifying round of the FA Cup
before scratching after a 1-1 draw with West Norwood
to concentrate on the Amateur version, where City
get through five rounds. 
James
McEwen (right) becomes manager and guides City,
who by now had abandoned their blue-and-white kit
for the familiar yellow-and-green, to a famous 2-0
win over FA Cup holders Sheffield Wednesday. 
The
arrival of former England centre-half Sam Wolstenholme
(right) couldn’t help City finish any higher
than 17th while they also made an early exit from
the FA Cup, at Queens Park Rangers. Towards the
end of the season Bert Stansfield, formerly with
Carlisle, is unveiled as new manager.