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| What's The Ground
Like? Jarrold And Norwich & Peterborough Stands (photo) What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? Looking Towards The Barclay End (photo) Where To Drink? How To Get There By Car & Where To Park By Train Geoffrey Watling City Stand (photo) Local Rivals Admission Prices For Away Supporters A Closer Look At The Jarrold (South) Stand (photo) Fixtures 2009-2010 Programme & Fanzine Layout Of Carrow Road Disabled Facilities Record & Average Attendance Fans Ground Reviews Old Carrow Road Hotel Accommodation Other Places Of Interest Feedback Return To The Main Menu |
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| What's The Ground Like? | |
| 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. | |
| Future Developments | |
| Oliver Napthine informs me; 'The new South Stand has been built in such a way that an additional tier can be added at a later stage if required. This development would increase the capacity to around 30,000'. Whilst Jon Springall adds; 'An additional tier could also at some stage (the foundations are already in place) be added to the Geoffrey Watling Stand, which would further raise the capacity to around 35,000'. | |
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| What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? | |
| 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.
Please note
that smoking is not allowed in the seated areas of the South
Stand. 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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| 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 outlet. But it is predominantly a area for home supporters and most of the bars there will not admit or serve fans in away colours.' Paul Palmer adds; 'The Wetherspoons outlet which is a Lloyds No.1, admits away supporters as long as colours are covered'. 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'. | |
| How To Get There By Car & Where To Park | |
| The 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'. | |
| By Train | |
| The 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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| Local Rivals | |
| Ipswich Town. | |
| Admission Prices For Away Supporters | |
| Like a number of clubs, Norwich City operate a
match category policy whereby the more popular matches cost more to
watch. However with five different categories
(A+, A,
B, Saver & Super
Saver) they must hold the current league
record! Category A+ prices are shown below, with other category
prices in brackets. Away Fans: Adults: £30 (A £26) (B £22) (Saver £19) (Super Saver £13) Over 60's/Under 21's: £22 (A £18) (B £13) (Saver £12) (Super Saver £7) Under 16's £23 (A £16) (B £13) (Saver £12) (Super Saver £1) Under 12's £9 (A £12) (B £9) (Saver £4) (Super Saver £1) | |
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| Fixtures 2009-2010 | |
| For the Norwich City fixture list click here (to take you to the BBC Sports Website). | |
| Programme & Fanzine | |
| Official
Programme; £3. Y'Army Fanzine £1. | |
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| Disabled Facilities | |
| For details of disabled facilities at the ground please visit the relevant page on the National Association Of Disabled Supporters (NADS) website. | |
| Record & Average Attendance | |
| Record
Attendance: 43,984 v Leicester City FA Cup 6th Round, March 30th, 1963. Modern All Seated Attendance Record: 25,552 v Manchester United Premier League, April 9th, 2005. Average Attendance: 2008-2009: 24,543 (Championship League) 2007-2008: 24,523 (Championship League) 2006-2007: 24,545 (Championship League) | |
| Fans Reviews Of Carrow Road | |
| Susan Bowen (Leicester
City) 1/04/06 Ken Wigmore (US Based Spurs Fan) 26/12/04 Debbie Smaje (Everton) 23/10/04 Stacey Collins (Arsenal) 28/08/04 | |
| Old Carrow Road | |
| To see a photo of the Barclay End Terrace shortly prior to its redevelopment in 1992, then click here to take you to the Old Grounds & Stands Section of the Guide. | |
| Hotel Accommodation | |
| If you require hotel accommodation in the area then first try a hotel booking service provided by Football Hotels who are powered by Activehotels, who specialise in locating accommodation near or within a short travelling distance of the football ground. They also have the added advantage over some other hotel booking services that you pay on departure. 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. To access their Norwich page click here. | |
| 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? | |
| Feedback | |
| If anything is
incorrect or you have something to add, please e-mail
me and I'll update the guide. | |
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