Midfielder Andrew Crofts signed for Norwich from Brighton, where he had been club captain and player of the year, on 21st May 2010

Crofts was born in Chatham, Kent. Between the ages of 10 and 15 he attended weekly training sessions organised by Premier League club Chelsea. He also tried out on two occasions for the English Schools Football Association's national schoolboy team, but was unsuccessful

He signed for Gillingham as a trainee and went on to make 174 appearances for them, scoring 17 goals before falling out of favour with manager Mk Stimson and was loaned out to Peterborough in November 2008 and Wrexham in January 2009.

He signed for Brighton on 29th June 2009 and was made captain by Gus Poyet.

As one of his grandparents was born in Wales he was eligible to play for the Welsh national team, and after representing the country at under-19 and under-21 level he won his first senior cap in 2005 against Azerbaijan.

Andrew made his debut in the 3-2 defeat at home to Watford on 6th August 2010, but scored Norwich's first goal. He played a key role (44 games, 8 goals) as Norwich won promotion to the Premiership, on 2nd May 2011 with a 1-0 win at Portsmouth