Norwood's current-season form is level with last season (Season 40→40), while his Rating held around 20. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 53).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Stockport County · 5th	8	1	1	7.39	20	40
2025/26	Stockport County · 3rd	44	8	11	7.56	20	40
2024/25	Stockport County · 3rd	46	4	4	7.34	20	39
2023/24	Sheffield Utd · 20th	27	1	0	6.73	29	22
2022/23	Sheffield Utd · 2nd	46	2	5	7.44	41	53

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons in the full career.

Northern Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Northern Ireland	53	0
Northern Ireland U21	10	4
Northern Ireland U19	3	3

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCreative Central midfielder

O. Norwood is a 35-year-old central midfielder at Stockport County, enjoying a standout season — 8 goals and 11 assists in 44 appearances, a Season grade of 64, top 13% of League One central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 20.3, ranking 126th of 148 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (89% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.33 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Norwood.

Judged on this season alone, Norwood graded 64 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 23 central midfielders in the League One, on 8 goals, 11 assists and 4.334 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 40 → 40). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 22nd of 23 of the 23 central midfielders in the League One. At 35 Norwood is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2023/24

Current potential22nd of 23 central midfielders · League One Current seasonTop 14% central midfielders · League One 3rd-best central midfielder in the League One 126th in the League One · potential 22nd-highest potential central midfielder in the League One

20.3

Ratingi

22nd of 23 central midfielders

63.6

Seasoni

a strong, regular top-tier starter

89%

Minutes

near ever-present

4.33

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Stockport County finished 3rd of 24 · an upper-table side

Apps

4.33

Def. / 90

112

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 12 clean sheets across 44 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 8 goals and 11 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 89% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.44 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Defensive volume. 4.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 20.3, Norwood carries the 22nd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 23. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %89%

Available fixtures49 of 49

Goals / 900.183

Assists / 900.252

Goal contribution / 900.436

Defensive actions / 904.334

Player flow

Goal involvements19

Cards / 900.298

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~8), then tapers with age. At 35, Norwood sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Norwood's projected Rating — 20.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals8

Passing

Assists11

Defending

Tackles112

Interceptions59

Blocks18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards13

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.5M total transfer fees · 9 moves

Stockport CountyAug 2024 – nowFree

Sheffield Utd(on loan)Aug 2018 – Aug 2024

Fulham(on loan)Jul 2017 – Aug 2018

BrightonAug 2016 – Jul 2017

ReadingAug 2014 – Aug 2016

HuddersfieldJul 2012 – Aug 2014€ 505K

Coventry(on loan)Jan 2012 – Jul 2012

SScunthorpe(on loan)Aug 2011 – Jan 2012

CCarlisle(on loan)Sept 2010 – Aug 2011

Manchester Uniteduntil Sept 2010

About O. Norwood

Oliver James Norwood is a 35-year-old central midfielder who plays for Stockport County, born on April 12, 1991 in Burnley, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Northern Ireland. Stockport County currently sit 5th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, O. Norwood has made 8 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 664 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

O. Norwood's next match is on October 10, 2026, when Stockport County face Barnsley at home in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates O. Norwood at 20.3 with a Season form score of 63.6, ranking 126th of 148 central midfielders in the League One. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, O. Norwood has totalled 582 club appearances with 40 goals and 47 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 46 appearances for Sheffield Utd.

O. Norwood's career has also included time at Sheffield Utd, Fulham, Brighton, Reading, Huddersfield, Coventry, SScunthorpe, CCarlisle and Manchester United.

On the international stage, O. Norwood has represented Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland U21, Northern Ireland U19 — 66 caps and 7 goals in our records.

Transfer news

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Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Stockport County finished 3rd of 24 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points