Norwich
City signed 24year old left-sided midfielder Simon Lappin from
St Mirren on 31st January 2007 for a fee of approxinmately £75,000.
He made his City debut in the 2-1 home win over Leeds United on
3rd February 2007. Lappin had made 158 appearances for St Mirren
before his transfer and had been with Motherwell as a yougnster.
Manager Peter Grant said: Simon
is a boy who has been doing very well with St Mirren. He's a natural
left-sided boy, he can cover the full area of the left-hand side
of the pitch and he can also play in midfield. He's a natural
left-footer, and an under-21 international. I felt for the value
we were getting for him it was too good an opportunity to miss.
I was asking in Scotland about the left-siders and his name kept
appearing - his was one name that kept coming up. Everybody spoke
very highly of him.
Lappin scored his first goal for the Canaries when he struck
a 90th minute free-kick to make the score 3-2 to Norwich in their
27th February 2007 clash against Luton at Kenilworth Road.
Althoug Lappin had made 33 appearances for Norwich by January
2008, he had fallen out of favour with new manager Glenn
Roeder and was loaned out to Motherwell until the end of the
2007/8 season
Lappin returned to the Norwich first team under new manager Bryan
Gunn in the early part of 2009 and was rewarded with a new two
year contract on 29th June 2009. He made 50 appearances in 2009/10
as the Canaries won the League One title.
Lappin signed a new contract with City on 10th January 2011 extending
his stay in Norwich until June 2013. He played a key role, making
30 appearances, as Norwich won promotion in 2011/12 to the Premiership