6ft3 striker Chris Brown joined Norwich City from Sunderland on 11th January 2007 for a fee reported to be £325,000. A product of the youth set-up at the Stadium of Light and a former England youth international playing alongisde Lee Croft, Chris had has scored 11 goals in 35 starts for the Black Cats and also enjoyed successful loan spells with Hull and Doncaster, helping the latter to promotion in 2004. He is the son of former Sunderland player Alan Brown.

Brown, 22, signed a two-and-a-half-year deal after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with the Canaries

He was sent off on his full debut during the 1-1 FA Cup Fourth Round draw at Blackpool. Injury curtailed much of Chris' opportunities during 2006/7 limiting him to 7 appearances

Chris scored his first goal for Norwich in the 2-1 defeat at Burnley on 23rd October 2007

Speculation in the first week of January 2008 had it that Brown would join Preston for £200,000 although Doncastor Rovers were also linked to him. In the end, Brown signed for Preston for £400,000 on 10th January 2008. He made 24 appearances for Norwich, 17 during the 2007/8 season but had scored just one goal. He made his debut for Preston in the 1-0 win over Watford on 12th January 2008