Midfielder Andrew Surman joined Noriwch on 22nd June 2010 from Wolves on a three year deal for an undisclosed fee

Born in Johannesburg to English parents, Andrew moved to Southampton in 1995 where he was spotted by scouts from Southampton F.C. and invited to join their academy.

He was loaned to Walsall during the 2004/05 season where he made his debut, scoring twice in 14 appearances. He was loaned to Bournemouth from August 2005 to January 2006, during which he made 24 appearances scoring six goals.

He made his full team debut for Southampton on 25th January 2006 under new manager George Burley at home to Crystal Palace, and in the next league game scored his first Southampton goal in a 2–1 defeat against Plymouth Argyle. On 17th February 2007, he scored a hat-trick (two strikes from outside the penalty box and a penalty) in the 5–2 victory over Barnsley.

He became a vital part of the Southampton first team over the 2006–07 Season, and was a part of their unsuccessful play-off bid, losing to Derby.

Whilst at Southampton, he was capped by England at Under-21 level.

On 1st July 2009, he joined Premiership side Wolves on a three year deal for a sum of £1.2million. He made his debut on 18th August 2009 against Wigan Athletic, coming on for Greg Halford. Surman made his first Premier League start on 21st November 2009 against Chelsea, but struggled to hold down a first team place, making just nine appearances in total for the club.

Surman made his City debut in the 3-2 home defeat to Watford on 6th August 2010.

Norwich won promotion to the Premiership, on 2nd May 2011 with a 1-0 win at Portsmouth with Surman playing a key role (22 appearances, 3 goals) in the Canaries' promotion challenge.