With the team in fifth place in the Championship and 12 points off the spots for automatic promotion, Norwich City fired Dean Smith. According to sporting director Stuart Webber, the decision was one the club had to make. Norwich want to name their new manager before their FA Cup match against Blackburn on Sunday. Following their 2-1 defeat against 10-man Luton Town on Boxing Day, which left them in fifth place in the Championship and 12 points outside the automatic promotion positions, Smith was fired.