Glenn Roeder was unveiled as the manager of Norwich City on October 30, succeeding former boss Peter Grant who had left the club three weeks earlier by mutual consent.

Roeder, 51, enjoyed playing spells with Leyton Orient, QPR, Newcastle United and Watford before becoming player/manager of Gillingham in 1992, helping to save them from relegation.

He then joined Watford as boss in 1993 and had three years with them, just missing out on the play-offs in his second season before leaving them less than a year later with the club at the bottom of the First Division.

After a brief spell as assistant manager at Burnley, Roeder spent the next five years as a coach with England and West Ham United. When Hammers' boss Harry Redknapp sensationally left the club in the 2000/2001 season, Roeder was appointed caretaker manager before getting the job on a full-time basis that summer. The next season proved extremely successful, with Roeder leading the club to seventh in the Premiership.

However, the following season he was hit by injuries to a number of key players, and the club found itself bottom at Christmas. In April that year, with the club still battling the drop, Roeder collapsed in his office with a brain tumour. Trevor Brooking took charge, but West Ham were relegated on 42 points - still the highest points total of any club to be relegated from the Premiership. Roeder recovered his health and took charge the following season. But despite beginning with two wins, a draw and a defeat, he was sacked.

He returned to the game in 2005 as Newcastle's youth development officer. But the following year he found himself named as caretaker manager after Graeme Souness paid the price for some disappointing results. Roeder helped turn the club around and steered them from relegation danger to a final placing of seventh. But in May 2007 he was sacked after a difficult run-in, with Sam Allardyce replacing him.

Despite a number of offers to return to football, Roeder bided his time and applied for the vacant Norwich City job. After being appointed, his first game in charge was a thrilling 2-2 draw at home to local rivals Ipswich Town, with the Canaries clawing back a two-goal deficit at the break to earn a point.