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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 2012-2013
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 steadily redeveloped
since the late 1970'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 and
distinctive pairs of large floodlight pylons
protruding from their roofs. The
first of these to be built was the River End in 1979
(it was later renamed the Norwich & Peterborough
Stand), with the Barclay End opposite opening in
1992. On the remaining side is the Geoffrey Watling
City Stand. Named after a former club president and
opened in 1986, 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. 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? |
The
main pub for away fans is the 'Compleat Angler', which is
located opposite the railway station. It is situated
on a river bank and has a nice outside terrace outside
overlooking the river. The pub itself is a bit basic
but offers food and is away fan friendly. It is a
about a ten minute walk away from Carrow Road.
Otherwise Norwich has a number of pubs located in its
centre, in fact on one visit I found a number of good pubs
situated in-between the train station and the ground,
that were friendly. In fact I almost ended up being a
pub crawl before the match had begun!
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;
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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 towards
the city centre on the A1054. At the next roundabout
stay in the left hand lane and continue towards the
city centre along the A147. At the next set of traffic
lights, turn right into King Street. This street as it
bends around to the right and crosses the river
becomes Carrow Road, the ground is further down on the
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 £6
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'.
After the game has ended some roads are closed to
allow the crowd to disperse quickly and safely. For
details of precisely which roads are closed, visit
the Norwich
City Council website.
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 no
more than 10 minutes to walk to the ground. From the
station turn left and head for the Morrisons
supermarket and you should see the ground behind
that.
Remember if travelling by train then
you can normally save on the cost of fares by booking in
advance. Visit the thetrainline
website to see how much you can save.
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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+,
A, B
& C) whereby the more popular
matches cost more to watch. Category A prices are shown below, with
other category A, B & C prices shown in
brackets.
Away Fans:
Adults: £50 (A £45) (B £35) (C £30)
Over 65's: £40 (A £35) (B £25)
(C £20)
Under 16's: £30 (A £25) (B £20) (C £15)
Under 12's: £20 (A £15) (B £12) (C £10)
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The
Jarrold (South) Stand
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| Fixtures 2012-13 |
| Norwich
City FC fixture list (takes you to the BBC Sports Website).
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| Programme & Fanzine |
Official
Programme; £3.50
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:
26,842 v
Aston Villa
Premier League, May 4th, 2013.
Average Attendance:
2011-2012: 26,606 (Premier League)
2010-2011: 25.386 (Championship League)
2009-2010: 24,671 (League One)
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| Fans Reviews Of Carrow Road |
Andrew
Daffern (Leicester City) 18/2/12
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
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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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the map:
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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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