Richie Norman joined Leicester in 1958. A fantastic servant still around at the age of 88, and for many followers of the game also known from his time at Derby, being part of the Dave Mackay set up and coaching staff at the time The Rams won the league in 1974/75.
After spending almost 10 years at Leicester, his time came to an end in 1968, playing his last game in November 1967, probably not one great memory as Leicester lost 6-0 vs. Man City, later to become league winners that season.
Richie Norman stayed at the club for the remaining months of that season, before leaving in the summer of 1968, joining Peterborough. He was signed from HCW, coming down from this area in the north, being spotted by David Halliday, the manager at Leicester at the time, Norman was 22 years of age on arrival. On the day he made his debut, Matt Gillies had taken over as manager.
His debut for Leicester was strangely enough against his home town club Newcastle, winning 2-0 and setting an early fire to a grand career in blue. This must have been a bit special as he probably would have fancied a chance to join his favourite club, but instead a blistering start for a career that would last for a very long time.
Over the years he played a great number of games against Newcastle, his last being the game before his final at Man City, a 2-2 draw at home on the 4th of November 1967.
He was in the teams reaching the 1961 and 1963 FA Cup final, as well as playing in both EFL Cup finals, 1964 and 1965, bringing home the trophy in 1964.
Richie Norman added up 365 league games, scoring 5 goals in his 10 years at Leicester, showing that non-league footballers can go all the way in the professional game, even if they move in late, as we have seen with a great lot of other players joining this football club.
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