[8][9][10] Chairman Alan Bowkett responded to the reports by stating that the club would be under no pressure to sell players during the transfer window.

They also named former player and Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle as football consultant who left the club before the season started.

[17] Norwich started their summer transfer window dealings by signing striker Lewis Grabban from AFC Bournemouth on 5 June.

[18] They continued their revamp of their attacking options by signing Kyle Lafferty from 2013–14 Serie B champions Palermo on 27 June with the deal being effective from 1 July.

[19] On 5 August Norwich announced the signing of former QPR midfielder Gary O'Neil following his release at the end of the previous season.

[21][22] On 27 August Norwich continued their summer transfer spending by signing 17-year-old Falkirk midfielder Conor McGrandles for a fee reported to be worth a total of £1,000,000 after add-ons.

[29] The first major departure following Norwich's relegation was the sale of Scotland international Robert Snodgrass to Hull for a fee reported to be in the region of £7,000,000 on 30 June 2014.

[26] Oxford United signed 2013 FA Youth Cup winner Carlton Morris on a half-season loan deal on 4 August 2014.

[42] Norwich started their pre-season on 12 July 2014 with a 1–0 away win at Isthmian League side Dereham Town with new signing Kyle Lafferty scoring the only goal of the game.

[60] They continued on 15 July 2014 with an emphatic 6–1 away win at Conference Premier side Braintree Town with goals from Andrew Surman, Kyle Lafferty, Nathan Redmond, Bradley Johnson and two from Ricky van Wolfswinkel.

[66] They finished their tour of Italy with a final game against SC Bastia on 25 July 2014 with Anthony Pilkington scoring late on to snatch a draw.

[67] Norwich returned to Norfolk to play their first home pre-season game at against OGC Nice on 28 July 2014 where goals from Nathan Redmond, Lewis Grabban, Bradley Johnson, Andrew Surman and Elliott Bennett saw them win 5–1.

[69][70][71] Norwich started their first season back in the Championship with a defeat at newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers by a single goal from David Edwards.

[72] Martin Olsson was sent off for two yellow cards during the game and accepted a charge of misconduct for an apparent push on referee Simon Hooper.

The away team had Joel Ekstrand sent off after three minutes and goals from Johnson, Grabban and Tettey saw Norwich finish the game with a convincing 3–0 win.

[89] Norwich saw their run of home games without a win stretch to four when they drew to newly promoted Rotherham at Carrow Road.

[100] Norwich started their third-round match against Shrewsbury Town having made eleven changes from the side that played against Birmingham City the previous Saturday.