Norwich fan in peace

[kushiro]

10 hours ago, AndyNCH said:

Uploaded by me no less (with permission)!  My brother actually got to listen and hear the chap through Northern Canaries live.  It is fab.  

 

 That photo of The Nest is so evocative. Did Leicester ever play at that amazing little ground? 

 

That's what I've just been trying to find out with help from Of Fossils and Foxes.

 

With the last match at The Nest in 1935 I wasn't sure if the two clubs would have been in the same division before then. Actually it was so close - the day of the last League game at the ground, May 4th 1935, was the day we were relegated to join the Canaries in Division Two. The first League game between the clubs was the following September at their new ground - Carrow Road. 

 

So no Leicester games there? We'd never met in the Cup before then, either. But how about friendlies? Back to the ever helpful Of Fossils and Foxes. which, incrediby, lists every friendly match we've ever played. And there on the list we find 'Norwich away, April 1906'.

 

But then a quick wiki check tells me that in 1906 Norwich were still playing at the Newmarket Road ground and wouldn't move to The Nest until 1908!  Drat.

 

But wait - there was one more friendly in Norwich - in May 1927. There may not have been any Leicester fans at the game, but in the 'Norwich Hospital Cup', the score was Norwich 1 Leicester 4, with goals from Arthur Chandler (2), Ernie Hine and Hugh Adcock.

 

So we did play at The Nest. But what on earth is the 'Norwich Hospital Cup' ?? - well, if you google it you find that, while for us it was just a friendly match, for Tottenham it was recently named on the club's website as part of their official list of honours!  Something they got a lot of stick for:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6519705/Fans-ridicule-Spurs-including-long-list-minor-trophies-honours-club-website.html

 

[VLC86]

2 hours ago, jayfox26 said:

After seeing, this I noticed the post below yours had a YouTube video on and I was really hoping it was a video of cavemen shouting this at dinosaurs. It rather unsurprisingly yet disappointingly wasnt. 

Sometimes life just doesn’t make sense mate.

[Midlands yellow]

Away end sold out so should be a decent atmosphere.

 

 

[grobyfox1990]

I didn't think Norwich were thought of as a bland club, I've never actually been to Carrow Road (high up on my list for this year, Feb 29, hopefully gets re-arranged when we're in the kapow cup final) but they're away support is huge in number. They also seem to make good noise. Home games always look sold out, so good luck to them. I have a friend who supports Millwall and spends some time with the older 'chaps' - being his dads friends. They have all said the farmers who followed Norwich back in the 70s/80s were fearsome and always gave Millwall 'a good run.' I assume all this means they're known as a hardnut club.

[Guest Markyblue]

21 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

I didn't think Norwich were thought of as a bland club, I've never actually been to Carrow Road (high up on my list for this year, Feb 29, hopefully gets re-arranged when we're in the kapow cup final) but they're away support is huge in number. They also seem to make good noise. Home games always look sold out, so good luck to them. I have a friend who supports Millwall and spends some time with the older 'chaps' - being his dads friends. They have all said the farmers who followed Norwich back in the 70s/80s were fearsome and always gave Millwall 'a good run.' I assume all this means they're known as a hardnut club.

No mate, went carrow road several times in the late seventies and eighties and even in them days it was very much seen as a hassle free day out.

[Stoopid]

Got a weirdish memory of going to Carrow Rd for the last game of 80/81 and a Jimmy Melrose hat-trick giving us a rare away win (though we'd memorably won at Anfield in January). Think it might have dragged Norridge down with us...

Weird because the Leicester fans spent most of the game sitting on the terraces in the away bit (standing area in those days, obviously), singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' etc and waving scarves while sitting on our asses.

Don't know why, but it sticks in the memory.

[mozartfox]

If Norwich finish in the bottom 3 and Burnley do not, I sincerely VAR overturns the positions.

[ThingsCouldGetMessi]

I have respect for Norwich. Actually been in the home end there about 12 years ago. I remember when they dropped down to League One and they still sold out for home games. Not many clubs can say that, not even us. It makes me wonder how big their fan base is. They are certainly a club that could become big if they had ambitious owners. 

[Ashley]

13 hours ago, Midlands yellow said:

Away end sold out so should be a decent atmosphere.

 

 

With all due respect, so it should be. Surely we are your closest game? 

 

For me I'm very good mates with some Yarmouth Blues, so I've grew up and had to take the abuse from Norwich fans when you were half decent and we were shit. Not to mention they thought John ****ing Ruddy was better than Schmeichel... even then

 

It's like a rivalry game for me this. Suppose I've got a bit of a soft spot for Norwich because it's a good city and our games between each other are always good! 

[Midlands yellow]

Not playing well and very near Christmas . I’d say it’s a great effort to sell out.

[Wizerud]

Justin Fashanu's goal for Norwich against Liverpool is one of my oldest football memories. What a goal that was.

[Al-aLondon-Foxile]

23 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

I didn't think Norwich were thought of as a bland club, I've never actually been to Carrow Road (high up on my list for this year, Feb 29, hopefully gets re-arranged when we're in the kapow cup final) but they're away support is huge in number. They also seem to make good noise. Home games always look sold out, so good luck to them. I have a friend who supports Millwall and spends some time with the older 'chaps' - being his dads friends. They have all said the farmers who followed Norwich back in the 70s/80s were fearsome and always gave Millwall 'a good run.' I assume all this means they're known as a hardnut club.

Norwich is a lovely city, two of my kids went to UEA so I’ve spent many weekends there. It’s a great away day too, and a nice ground. Thoroughly recommend it. 

[Finnegan]

9 hours ago, Midlands yellow said:

Not playing well and very near Christmas . I’d say it’s a great effort to sell out.

 

You're a well supported club, you're newly promoted, you're nailed on for relegation which makes the Premier League even more of a novelty and we're geographically one of your closer fixtures. 

 

Would have been really disappointing if you'd not sold out. 

 

Given the first couple of points, you'll probably sell out away all year even when you're basically done. 

 

When we had what was looking like our one year in the Prem in 14/15 I'm pretty sure we kept selling out all year even when we were written off as down. 

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

You're a well supported club, you're newly promoted, you're nailed on for relegation which makes the Premier League even more of a novelty and we're geographically one of your closer fixtures. 

 

Would have been really disappointing if you'd not sold out. 

 

Given the first couple of points, you'll probably sell out away all year even when you're basically done. 

 

When we had what was looking like our one year in the Prem in 14/15 I'm pretty sure we kept selling out all year even when we were written off as down. 

Plus you've got to factor in the draw of potentially getting to watch Emi Buendia, the world's first billion pound footballer

[sly1]

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