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What's Carrow Road
Like?
Future
Ground Developments
Looking Towards The
River End (photo)
What Is It Like For
Visiting Supporters?
Looking Towards The
Barclay End (photo)
Where To Drink?
Geoffrey Watling City
Stand (photo)
How To Get There By Car
& Where To Park
By Train
A Closer Look At The
Barclay End (photo)
Local Rivals
Admission Prices
For Away Supporters
The Jarrold (South)
Stand
(photo)
Fixtures 2011-2012
Programme & Fanzine
Layout Of
Carrow Road
Disabled
Facilities
Record & Average Attendance
Fans Ground
Reviews
Old Carrow Road
Hotel Accommodation
Other
Places Of Interest
Carrow
Road Location Map
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| What's Carrow Road
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Carrow Road has been virtually re-built since
the early 1980's, with all four sides of the ground
having new stands. The newest of these is the
Jarrold South Stand at one side of the pitch which
was opened in 2004. It is an impressive looking
cantilever, single tier, all seated stand, that can
house up to 8,000 supporters. It is unusual in
having not one, but three separate television
gantries suspended beneath its largely perspex roof.
This stand was further extended in 2005 and now
surrounds the corner of the ground where it joins
the Norwich & Peterborough Stand, 'filling in'
that area. The rest of the ground is also all seated
and all stands are covered. Both ends look
particularly smart, being large two tiered affairs,
complete with a row of executive boxes. They also
have a pair of large floodlight pylons protruding
from their roof. On the remaining side is the
Geoffrey Watling City Stand. This single tiered
stand is smaller than both ends and houses amongst
other things the Directors Box and Press Area. This
stand extends around to meet the ends at both
corners, giving the ground an enclosed look on that
side. In one corner in-between the Barclay End and
Jarrold South Stand, the stadium is overlooked by a
sizeable Holiday Inn Hotel. David Westgate adds;
'The corner in-fill between the Barclay Stand and
the Geoffrey Watling City Stand is affectionately
known to Norwich fans as the "Snake Pit!"
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| Future Ground
Developments |
Craig Johnson informs me; 'The Club have announced that
if they were to stay in the Premier League for the
next two consecutive seasons, then they would look
at possibly replacing the Geoffrey Watling City
Stand, with a new 12,000 seat stand, raising the
overall capacity of Carrow Road to 35,000. There
is also still the option to add an additional tier
to the Jarrold (South) Stand (the foundations are
already in place) which would further raise the
capacity of the ground to around 39,000'.
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Looking
Towards The River End
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| What Is It
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Away fans are housed on one side of the new
South Stand, on one side of the ground. As you would
expect from a new stand the facilities and view of
the playing action are good. The normal allocation
in this area is 2,500 fans although this can be
increased further for cup games. If you are located
at the very back of this stand then you can enjoy
some fine views across the city, including Norwich
Cathedral. The Club I found to be particularly
friendly and relaxed. I certainly would rate it as
one of the better away days, even though it seems an
eternity to get there. As Delia Smith is on the
board of Norwich City, the food available within the
ground has been spruced up a fair bit and is very
good. The Club even bake their own pies which not
only include the usual array such as steak &
kidney, chicken & mushroom, but also a number of
'matchday specials' (which change from game to game)
such as beef in red wine gravy & cheese,
mushroom and garlic.
Tom Jameson a visiting Sheffield United fan
informs me; 'I recently visited Carrow Road and
found it to be a pleasant, relaxing atmosphere which
made for a very enjoyable day out. We were the first
away supporters to sit in the new South Stand,
towards the right hand side of the stand, towards
the Barclay End. The stand is very modern, and
offers a decent view of the action with plenty of
leg room. One problem I did encounter was the
tendency of the stewards to order away supporters to
keep seated throughout the game. This led to our
fans singing 'Sit down, if you hate Wednesday'
instead of the usual 'Stand up, if you hate
Wednesday' and 'Sit down, stand up, which did not go
down too well with the stewards who in my mind very
harshly ejected one supporter from the stadium. So
it is advisable to comply with the steward requests,
although I did find it all rather annoying'.
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Looking
Towards The Barclay End
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| Where To Drink? |
I
found that the number of good pubs situated in-between
the train station and the ground, were plentiful and
friendly. In fact it almost ended up being a pub crawl
before the match had begun! The
traditional haunt of away fans for many years was
the Clarence Harbour, but this alas is now making
way for a housing development. Most fans now seem to
be heading instead for the 'Compleat
Angler', which is by the river opposite the railway
station (around 5-10 minutes
walk from the ground)'. This pub
seems to have now taken over the mantle of the 'away
fans pub'.
Rob Emery informs me; 'Not far away from the ground
and towards the City Centre a new leisure complex
called the Riverside has opened. This has a number of drinking and eating
establishments, including a Wetherspoons Lloyds
No.1 outlet. Whilst Nicholas Mead suggests;
'the
Coach and Horses on Thorpe Road brews
its own beer and is around a 10
minute walk away from the ground'.
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Geoffrey
Watling City Stand
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| How To Get
There By Car & Where To Park |
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ground is well signposted from the A11 and A47.
From the southern bypass (A47) take the A146 into the
city. At the traffic lights turn right and follow
the outer ring road: Left at the roundabout. Right at
the next lights. Follow the inner ring road
round to the right, over the river and the ground is
on your right. If in doubt follow signs for the the
railway station until you get to the river (where the
rail station is off to the left and ground on your
right).
David Clarke informs me
that 'The best car park
for away fans is Norfolk County Hall, which is well
sign posted on the left of the A146, as you follow
signs towards the ground from the Southern Bypass.
It is currently £3
and can hold about 2000 cars, and does usually fill
up by 2pm for games where the away team bring loads
of fans'. Martyn Swan adds; 'It's advisable to get
to the car park before 1pm if you want a decent
spot, otherwise you may get stuck in spaces at the
back, and it can then take
ages at the end of the game to exit'.
Map showing the location
of the Carrow Road football ground (at
the bottom of this page).
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| By
Train |
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ground is walkable from Norwich train station. If you
ignore all those wonderful pubs it should take you
around 5-10mins to walk to the ground. From the
station turn left and head for the Morrisons
supermarket and you should see the ground behind
that.
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A Closer Look At The
Barclay End
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| Local Rivals |
| Ipswich
Town.
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| Admission Prices For Away Supporters |
Like a number of clubs, Norwich City
operate a match category policy (A, B & C) whereby the more popular matches cost more to
watch. Category
A prices are shown below, with other category B
& C prices shown in brackets.
Away Fans:
Adults: £45 (B £35) (C
£30)
Over 65's: £35 (B £25) (C
£20)
Under 16's £25 (B £20) (C £15)
Under 12's £15 (B £12) (C
£10)
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The
Jarrold (South) Stand
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| Fixtures 2011-12 |
| Norwich
City FC fixture list (takes you to the BBC Sports Website).
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| Programme & Fanzine |
Official
Programme; £3.
Y'Army Fanzine £1.
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Layout Of
Carrow Road
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| Disabled
Facilities |
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details of disabled facilities and club contact at the
ground please visit the relevant page on the Level
Playing Field website.
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| Record
& Average Attendance |
Record
Attendance:
43,984 v Leicester City
FA Cup 6th Round, March 30th, 1963.
Modern All Seated Attendance
Record:
26,819 v Liverpool
Premier League, April 28th, 2012.
Average Attendance:
2010-2011: 25.386 (Championship League)
2009-2010: 24,671 (League One)
2008-2009: 24,543
(Championship League)
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| Fans Reviews Of Carrow Road |
Harry
Williamson (Chelsea) 21/1/12
Leigh Evans
(Tottenham Hotspur) 27/12/11
Will Harris (Ipswich
Town) 28/11/10
Craig Stevens (Leeds
United) 20/11/10
Lee Jones (Swansea
City) 21/08/10
Susan Bowen
(Leicester City) 1/04/06
Ken Wigmore (US Based
Spurs Fan) 26/12/04
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| Old Carrow Road |
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photo of the Barclay End Terrace shortly prior to
its redevelopment in 1992, then visit the Old
Grounds and Stands Section of the Guide.
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| Hotel
Accommodation |
If you require hotel
accommodation in the area then first try a hotel
booking service provided by Late Rooms. They have a
huge choice of places to stay and their booking
facility is straightforward to use. Yes this site will
earn a small commission if you book through them, but
it will go to help with the running costs of keeping
the Guide going. Hotels are listed giving details of
their distance from the ground.
Access
their Norwich
Hotels and Guest Houses page.
Remember that you can use the above link or panel
below to book any other hotels that you may need
for business or leisure, either in the UK or
abroad.
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| Other Places Of
Interest |
| Norwich
itself is a beautiful city, with plenty of history to
be seen and a nice river flowing through it. So if you
have a chance get there early and go for a pleasant
wander around the centre stopping at the occasional
watering hole along the way. Great Yarmouth is not far
away on the coast so why not make a weekend of it?
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| Map showing
the location of Carrow Road, railway station
and listed pubs |
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Instructions for using
the map:
- Use the bar on the left of the map to zoom in /
out using the + / - keys.
- Click and drag an area of the map to move around
or use the up/down, left/right arrows
- Click the Satellite button to see aerial view
photograph.
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| Feedback |
If
anything is incorrect or you have something to add,
please e-mail me at duncan@footballgrounds.net
and I'll update the guide.
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