| A century of the Canaries . .
. 1910-1920 |
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| 1910-1911 |
 Manager
Stansfield makes several new signings, including
full-back Jock Mackenzie (right), who became the
first man to make 200 appearances for the club.
The FA Cup provides the campaign’s most memorable
moment as First Division giants Sunderland are beaten
3-1 at The Nest.
Finished: 10th out of 20 in the Southern League
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| 1911-1912 |
City’s struggle for goals
– just 40 in 38 games – is reflected in
a final league position of just below halfway while
an early exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Blackburn
makes it a particularly low-key season. Manager
Bert Stansfield fielded the same side for the first
seven games of the campaign – a club record.
Finished: 12th out of 20 in the Southern League
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| 1912-1913 |
Another disappointing season
ends with City finishing third from bottom in the
league, a position that would have been even worse
had they not won their final two matches in emphatic
fashion. There’s a lock-out at The Nest as
over 13,000 cram in to see a 2-2 draw against Bristol
Rovers in an FA Cup second round replay. City lost
the third game at Stamford Bridge 1-0. Club mourns
the death of Robert Webster, one of the men who
called the meeting that formed the club back in
1902.
Finished: 18th out of 20 in the Southern League
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| 1913-1914 |
 Bert
Stansfield spends the princely sum of £120
to bring Isaac ‘Pompey’ Martin to Norwich
from Portsmouth. The half-back (right) went on to
make a total of 243 appearances in a career that
spanned 14 years. City finished seventh from bottom
in the league and lost to Crystal Palace in the
first round of the FA Cup.
Finished: 14th out of 20 in the Southern League
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| 1914-1915 |
War is declared on August 14.
Competitive football continues to be played, although
City have to rely more and more on local players
as the call-up papers arrive. They finish just below
halfway in the league and enjoy a reasonable cup
run before going out to Bradford City in a third
round second replay played at Lincoln’s Sincil
Bank.
Finished: 13th out of 20 in the Southern League
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| 1915-1916 |
| League competitions are closed
down for the duration of the Great War but the club
stays active by playing friendlies. They win 36
of the 40 games, many of which are hopelessly one-sided
with the Canaries reaching double figures on no
fewer than seven occasions. |
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| 1916-1917 |
| Another season of friendlies
with City winning 28 out of 33. |
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| 1917-1918 |
| The war exacerbates City’s
financial problems and a meeting is held at the
Museum Café to wind up the club because of
mounting debts. The Nest is locked up and the club
is put in the hands of liquidator Robert Spicer.
Only two games are played, a benefit game for the
Red Cross and a Hospital Cup clash against an army
side. |
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| 1918-1919 |
| War ends on November 11. Debt-ridden
City are officially wound up at an extraordinary
general meeting – but a new club rises from
the ashes at a meeting at the Great Eastern Hotel
on February 15. Major Frank Buckley, who was injured
while fighting with the Middlesex Battallion in
the Somme, is appointed manager and the club returns
to action in a friendly against Birmingham. |
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| 1919-1920 |
Return to Southern League action.
First FA Cup tie for over four years ends in a 5-0
defeat at Darlington. The Football League decides
to expand to take on all the teams in the top flight
of the Southern League as a new Division Three.
Buckley and chairman William Blyth resign following
behind-the-scenes disputes.
Finished: 12th out of 22 in the Southern League
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