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Bob Cooper

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Norwich Career: Chairman (1996-2002)
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Nationality: English

Biography

CHAIRMAN Bob Cooper informed colleagues at the Board meeting on 23rd May 2002 that he was standing down as Chairman and Director of Norwich City Football Club with immediate effect.The Chairman told the Board that he had made his decision in January, however he had decided that the decision should be kept in the strictest of confidence until the season was over. The Chairman wanted Nigel Worthington and the team to have every opportunity to succeed this season.

The Chairman said: "When I left Sainsbury's almost 4 years ago I knew I wanted to do a range of things in my life. My love for football and my friendship with Delia and Michael brought me to Norwich. They wanted me to help them bring the Club out of a difficult period of decline and re-establish itself as a successful Club again. It was a difficult task and it has taken longer than I expected.

"However, as everyone can now see, Norwich City is on the up again. The whole nation saw in the Play-Off Final what a vibrant and good team Norwich now have with Nigel Worthington, its outstanding young Manager.It was clear when I arrived that the team needed major surgery. This needed time and money. The money to rebuild the team came from the sale of Craig Bellamy and others. The careful accumulation of good players at bargain prices and the appointment of Nigel Worthington and Doug Livermore gave us a team to make it happen.

"We also invested in our youth and retained our status as an Academy. The new indoor playing area is now ready. Young players are now emerging for the 1st team squad and behind them there are a growing number of high quality players and nearly all of them are from Norfolk.

"The Club is financially much healthier and this year will show, for the first time in many years, a healthy financial result achieved without the need to sell players and with no overdraft at the end of the year. The plans for the development of the land around the ground, including the new South Stand, are sensible and well thought through. The one dark spot on the horizon is the loss of income from ITV Digital. We have gone some way to cover this loss with Birmingham's share of the gate money at Cardiff and other initiatives we have taken. It is my intention to stay on the Commercial Committee of the Football League whilst the situation with Carlton and Granada is resolved. It is a matter I feel strongly about and I will do all I can do to protect the interests of Norwich City and all other Nationwide League Clubs
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"It is a new time for me with new challenges. I take great pride in my time at Norwich City and I believe under my Chairmanship that Norwich City FC has come through a difficult time and has now emerged as a happy and optimistic Club again. I recently received a letter that had this as its final line: 'Best wishes - and congratulations on putting the smile back on the faces of so many Canary fans.' If I have achieved that then that makes me a very happy man."

Bob first became a director at Carrow Road in June 1998. He was formerly a main Board Director of Sainsbury. He is a Director of New Crane Publishing, NCFC (Holdings) Ltd and EventGuard Limited.

Bob's replacement as Chairman is Director Roger Munby.
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