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James Norwood
Personal information
Full name James Hammond Norwood
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Forest Green Rovers
Youth career
1996–2002 Old Town Boys (Eastbourne)
2002–2004 Brighton & Hove Albion
2004–2005 Crystal Palace
2005–2008 Eastbourne Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Eastbourne Town 15 (10)
2009–2011 Exeter City 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Sutton United (loan) 13 (3)
2010 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 7 (1)
2011 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 4 (0)
2011– Forest Green Rovers 18 (2)
International career‡
2009 England Schools U18 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:41, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:28, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

James Norwood (born 5 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who is currently with Forest Green Rovers following his release by Exeter City in May 2011. He plays as a striker.

He started his career with Eastbourne Town, making eight senior appearances before signing for Exeter City in July 2009. Norwood also represented England Schools in 2009, making his debut on 5 March against Wales in the Carnegie Centenary Shield. He scored his first goal against France on 13 June 2009.

Career

Early career

Norwood played for Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace youth teams.[1] He later represented, Eastbourne Town youth, St Bede's School and England Schools as a youth player in the 2008–09 season.[2] Later in that same season, he played for Eastbourne Town's senior side despite still being at school, making eighteen appearances for the Isthmian League Division One South club.[3]

In April 2009, he won the English Schools FA Trophy with St Bedes.[4] He made his debut for England Schools on 5 March, against Wales in the Carnegie Centenary Shield.[5] In June 2009, Norwood represented England Schools again in their 4–2 defeat against France at Wembley Stadium.[2]

Club career

John Yems handed Norwood trial with Exeter City during their 2009–10 pre-season campaign along with nine other players.[2][6] Following the successful trial, he signed for the club on 25 July 2009.[7] His move was helped with funding from a branch of the Exeter City Supporters' Trust called the "19/31 Fund", which was created with the intention of signing players.[7] Members of the fund each pay £19 per month towards his wages.[7] Norwood made his debut in Exeter City's 2–1 defeat away to Leeds United in League One on 8 August, the opening day of the 2009–10 season.[8] He replaced Marcus Stewart as a substitute in the 70th minute.[8][9] Exeter manager Paul Tisdale commented on his debut saying; "It's remarkable that James should be on the field after only joining us a few weeks ago. He put in a really good 20 minutes and he showed some real touches of know-how, there's a bright future for him."[8] Norwood joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Sutton United on a one-month loan deal starting on 21 November 2009, which was extended into January 2010 for another month. Norwood scored his first goal for Sutton on 12 December 2009 against Kingstonian.[10]

In August 2010, he joined Conference National side Forest Green Rovers on a one-month loan deal.[11] Norwood impressed in his first month with Forest Green and the loan deal was extended for a further period. He scored his first goal for Forest Green in a 4-3 loss against Eastbourne Borough. Norwood returned to Exeter in October.

On 31 December 2010 he joined Eastbourne Borough on loan.[12] He made his debut for the club the next day, playing the entire match against Crawley Town.[13]

In May 2011 Exeter announced that he would not be offered a new deal at the end of the season.[14]

Norwood announced on Twitter in June 2011 that he would be returning to Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal. His comments on Twitter were confirmed a few days later when he signed permanently for Forest Green.[15] [16] In October 2011, Norwood had surgery on his hernia which ruled him out of action for a month.[17] Norwood returned from his injury as a second half substitute on 26 November 2011 against York City and scored a last minute equaliser to earn Forest Green a draw.[18]

Personal life

Norwood attended St Bede's School in Hailsham, who he represented playing football and rugby.[1] He was captain of his school football side and also won a national under-12 rugby title with St Bede's in 2003 and he has a smelly winkle.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Palace contract for goalgetter James". Eastbourne Today. 23 January 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Grecians snap up Eastbourne youngster". Non-League Daily. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Norwood realising his dream with City". thisisexeter.co.uk. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  4. ^ Davies, Gareth A (13 August 2009). "Five-star St Bede's claim English Schools FA Trophy". London: telegraphy.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  5. ^ "England 3-0 Wales". English Schools Football Association. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Triallists play for contracts". thisisexeter.co.uk. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  7. ^ a b c "Exeter fans fund striker signing". BBC Sport. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  8. ^ a b c "Exeter boss upbeat despite defeat". BBC Sport. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Leeds 2-1 Exeter". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  10. ^ "Russell's pledge". thisisexeter.co.uk. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  11. ^ "Forest Green reveal six signings". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  12. ^ "Eastbourne Borough sign Hutchinson, Walker and Norwood". BBC Sport. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Crawley Town 3-1 Eastbourne Boro". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Ben Watson and James Norwood to leave Exeter City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  15. ^ "Hockaday goes on signing spree". forestgreenroversfc.com. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  16. ^ "Three players commit to Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  17. ^ "Norwood planning quick return". Stroud News & Journal. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Forest Green Rovers 1-1 York City". BBC Sport. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.


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