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2014–15 Norwich City F.C. Season
The 2014–15 season was Norwich City F.C., Norwich City Football Club's 113th season as a professional club. It was their first season back in the Football League Championship after their relegation from the Premier League in the 2013–14 Norwich City F.C. season, 2013–14 season. Neil Adams (footballer), Neil Adams began the season as manager, to embark on a first full season in charge, however this was not to be as he was replaced by Alex Neil (footballer), Alex Neil in January 2015. Norwich started the League Cup in the second round and exited in the third round following a defeat at League Two side Shrewsbury Town, and were also eliminated in the FA Cup third round, following a defeat by Preston North End. Norwich finished third in the regular Championship season, qualifying for the play-offs. They were promoted back to the Premier League after a single season's absence by defeating Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough 2–0 in the play-off final. Build up to the season Finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich City F
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider Norwich built-up area had a population of 213,166 at the 2011 census. As the seat of the See of Norwich, the city has one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals. For much of the second millennium, from medieval to just before industrial times, Norwich was one of the most prosperous and largest towns of England; at one point, it was second only to London. Today, it is the largest settlement in East Anglia. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom. It includes cobbled streets such as Elm Hill, Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as St Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Robson (footballer)
Mark Robson (born 22 May 1969) is an English former footballer and current football coach. He is a first team coach for West Ham United. During his playing career he played for Exeter City, Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Watford, Plymouth Argyle, Rosenborg, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic, Notts County and Wycombe Wanderers. Playing career Robson started his career at Exeter City as an apprentice in 1986. He made his debut on 11 October 1986 in a 2–0 win against Lincoln City, a game in which he also scored his first goal for Exeter City. Making 28 appearances in all competitions in his first season he came to the attention of Tottenham Hotspur transferring to them for £50,000 in 1987. Robson had to wait until 17 December 1988 to make his debut for Tottenham, in a 2–0 against West Ham United at Upton Park coming on as a substitute for Paul Walsh. After several loan spells, Robson moved to the team he supported as a boy, West Ham United in 1992. He made his debut for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Thompson
Louis Clyde William Thompson (born 19 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive-midfielder for club Stevenage. He is a former Wales U21 international. His brother Nathan is a professional footballer who plays for Milton Keynes Dons. Club career Swindon Town Thompson started his career at Swindon Town where he followed his older brother Nathan through the Wiltshire football club's youth system under the guidance of former Wales national football team, Wales international footballer and Swindon coach, Paul Bodin. During the 2011–2012 season, Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio drafted Thompson into the senior side by naming him on the substitutes bench for FA Cup victories over Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town, Colchester United F.C., Colchester United and Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic. He was also on the bench for the Football League Trophy draw at Barnet F.C., Barnet and Football League Two wins over AFC Wimbledon and Rotherham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignasi Miquel
Ignasi Miquel Pons (born 28 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD. Mainly a centre-back, he can also be utilized at left-back. Miquel is a Spanish youth international and has played for the under-21 team, under-19 team and under-16 team. Club career Early career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Miquel spent five years at La Masia academy before being released. Miquel transferred to UE Cornellà but it was not long before Miquel was playing for the club's reserve team, leading to a call-up to the Spain under-16's. A series of outstanding performances for the Spanish Youth side caught the eye of some of the world's biggest clubs. Manchester United and Valencia CF both faxed trial offers, showing how his stock had risen in just a few months. Arsenal Miquel joined the club just after his 16th birthday, making his debut in the Zinedine Zidane Tournament held in Cannes. Miquel made 12 appearances for the reserves in the 2009–10 season, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (born 21 February 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. In July 2025, he will join Belgian Provincial League club Eendracht Aalst. Club career Odjidja-Ofoe joined the team of his birth area Gent at the age of five. Later on, he was transferred to Anderlecht. He was part of the 2006–07 Anderlecht reserves team that won the reserves championship. In the 2007–08 season, he was promoted to the first team of Anderlecht. On 22 December 2007, he scored his first goal on his full debut for RSCA against RAEC Mons. In January 2008, he was signed by Hamburger SV. On 9 January 2009, he left Hamburg and moved for €900,000 to Club Brugge K.V. after one year in the Bundesliga. Odjidja-Ofoe completed his move to English Championship side Norwich City in August 2014. He made his league debut for Norwich City on 16 September 2014 after coming on as a substitute in an away league match against Brentford. Injury hampered much of Odjidja-Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor McGrandles
Conor McGrandles (born 24 September 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Lincoln City. Club career Falkirk Born in Falkirk, McGrandles is a product of the Falkirk youth academy, moving into the first team at the start of the 2012–13 season. He made his first team début on 29 September 2012, against Cowdenbeath at Central Park, five days after his 17th birthday. His first senior goal came seven weeks later, against Livingston at Almondvale in the 84th minute. Norwich City McGrandles was transferred to Norwich City in August 2014. In January 2016, McGrandles returned to Falkirk on loan until the end of the season. On 20 February 2016, McGrandles was stretchered off during Falkirk's 1–0 win at Greenock Morton after suffering a double break in his right leg. Milton Keynes Dons McGrandles signed a two-year contract with Milton Keynes Dons in May 2017. On 4 August 2018, during the opening league game of the season away to Oldham Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkirk F
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the 2001 UK Census. The population of the town had risen to 34,570 according to a 2008 estimate, making it the 20th most populous settlement in Scotland. Falkirk is the main town and administrative centre of the Falkirk council area, which has an overall population of 156,800 and inholds the nearby towns of Grangemouth, Bo'ness, Denny, Camelon, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, and the cluster of Braes villages. The town is at the junction of the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, a location which proved key to its growth as a centre of heavy industry during the Industrial Revolution. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Falkirk was at the centre of the iron and steel industry, underpinned by the Carron Company in nearby Carron. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary O'Neil
Gary Paul O'Neil (born 18 May 1983) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently head coach of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. A midfielder, O'Neil made 214 Premier League appearances and scored 16 goals between 2003 and 2016, representing Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, West Ham United and Norwich City. He also played in the Football League First Division or EFL Championship for all four of those clubs plus Walsall, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers, Bristol City and Bolton Wanderers. In his first job as a manager, O'Neil led AFC Bournemouth to a 15th place finish in the 2022–23 Premier League, but was then dismissed ahead of the following season. He was appointed head coach by Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2023 and sacked from the position in December 2024. Club career Portsmouth O'Neil was born in Beckenham, London and grew up in Downham. Tony Pulis gave O'Neil his Portsmouth debut as a 16-year-old on 29 January 2000 at home to Barnsl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens Park Rangers F
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County, New York, Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistics, linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the List of United States cities by population, fourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Queens is the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Città Di Palermo
Palermo Football Club () is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Palermo, Sicily, that currently plays in Serie B. It is part of the City Football Group. Founded for the first time on 1 November 1900 as Anglo Palermitan Athletic and Football Club, Palermo is one of the oldest clubs in Italy. Among the club's accomplishments are a Coppa Italia Serie C, won in the 1992–93, and five Serie B league titles. It also appeared in three Coppa Italia finals: in 1973–74 Coppa Italia, 1973–74, in 1978–79 Coppa Italia, 1978–79 and in 2010–11 Coppa Italia, 2010–11; and played 29 seasons in Serie A. Internationally, the club has made five appearances in European competitions, all in the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup/Europa League. History Early history (1898–1947) There is some debate and uncertainty about the exact date the club was founded. Some authorities believe that it may have been founded as early as 1898 due to the existence of pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Serie B
The 2013–14 Serie B (known as the Serie B Eurobet for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 of which were returning from the 2012–13 Serie B, 2012–13 season, 4 of which were promoted from 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from 2012–13 Serie A, Serie A. The league features three clubs relegated from Serie A: Pescara returned after a one-year stint, Siena after two seasons, and Palermo after nine seasons. Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with only two certain as of May 2013: Avellino, after four seasons, and Trapani, which will make their debut in the league. On 16 June, the winners of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione play-off finals were determined as two newcomers: Carpi and Latina. Changes from last season Playoff format A new playoff format changes the number of playoff participants from four (third through sixth place) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for side Johnstone Burgh. Lafferty began his professional career with English side Burnley, where he made 89 appearances. He signed for Rangers in 2008 for £3.25 million and won three Scottish Premier League titles, the Scottish Cup once and the Scottish League Cup twice with the club. In 2012 Lafferty chose not to transfer over to the new company, moving to Switzerland's FC Sion. He signed for Serie B club Palermo in 2013 and led them to promotion as champions in his only season before joining Norwich City. He spent time on loan with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor and back in England with Birmingham City. After just over a year back in Scotland with Heart of Midlothian, Lafferty re-signed for Rangers in August 2018, and he has since had short spells with Sarpsborg 08, Sunderland, Reggina, Kilmarnock and Anorthosis Famagusta. In January 2022, he ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
