SING UP THE RIVER END !: Club Info

Club Info

Nickname :
The Canaries

Founded :
17 June 1902

Ground :
Carrow Road
Capacity: 27,224

Chairman :
Alan Bowkett

Chief Executive :
David McNally

Directors :
Delia Smith
Michael Wynn-Jones
Michael Foulger
Stephan Phillips
Stephen Fry

Manager :
Chris Hughton

Captain :
Grant Holt

League :
Premier League

HONOURS

Division One Champions 2003-04

Division Two Champions
1971-72, 1985–86

Championship Runners Up
2010-11

League One Champions
2009-10

Division Three (South) Champions
1933–34

Div Three Runners Up
1959–60

League Cup Winners
1962, 1985

League Cup Runners Up
1973, 1975

Norfolk & Suffolk League Champions
1904-05

other promotions :
1974-75 (from Div Two)
1981-82 (from Div Two)

HISTORICAL TIMELINE

1902 - club formed following meeting at Criterion Cafe

1905 - first trophy secured by winning the Norfolk &amp; Suffolk League

1905 - turned professional and joined Southern League

1908 - moved ground from Newmarket Rd to The Nest

1908 - biggest defeat 10-2 v Swindon Town

1917 - club enters voluntary liquidation

1919 - club re-formed

1920 - join Football League Division Three

1930 - biggest win 10-2 v Coventry City

1931 - club had to apply for re-election

1934 - champions Third Division South

1935 - moved from The Nest to Carrow Rd

1947 - club had to apply for re-election

1948 - club had to apply for re-election

1957 - club had to apply for re-election

1957 - new Board including Geoffrey Watling and Arthur South save club from extinction

1959 - reached FA Cup semi final whilst a Third Division club

1962 - win League Cup 4-0 on aggregate against Rochdale

1963 - record home crowd 43,984 v Leicester City

1972 - win Division Two to reach top flight for first time

1973 - reach Wembley for first time losing 1-0 in League Cup Final to Spurs

1984 - Main Stand at Carrow Road gutted by fire

1985 - win League Cup 1-0 against Sunderland

1986 - win Division Two

1993 - highest ever League finish of third in Premier League

1993 - first match in Europe beating Vitesse Arnhem 3-0, and later Bayern Munich 3-2 on aggregate

2004 - win First Division and return to Premier League

2010 - win League One

2011 - complete back to back promotions by finishing second in the Championship
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Seen It Before ?

The total content of Sing Up The River End! has now reached such a high level that updating old items has become an issue. Therefore I am dedicating part of my time to putting this right. It does mean slightly less new material appearing as there are only so many hours in the day available for my hobby. But hopefully visitors will enjoy reading articles for a second time. Some items will never be re-published as they need to sit on the site in chronological order. But for all others that are worthy of re-publication, I intend to put them back on the front page every 12 to 15 months, with updated information added where necessary.

Mike Davage

The deeper I go with this project, the more I realise the importance and extent of the work carried out by Mike Davage. Much of what is known about NCFC in the past comes from his books Canary Citizens and Glorious Canaries. This includes things you read elsewhere on the internet and in other people's books, as well as here on Sing Up The River End! This fact is further acknowledged in the sources section at the top of this blog. The truth is, without his painstaking historical and statistical research, little would be recorded. I try to bring new things to the attention of Norwich City supporters, and often the information to do this is extracted from those resources Mike Davage brought to the world. I spend many hours analysing, listing and interpreting. Often this results in facts about our great club, Norwich City, being presented in a different and refreshing way, not seen anywhere else before now. As with Mike Davage, I cannot write history or make it happen. Hopefully though, I am, like him, succeeding in passing the baton on to the next generation, in my case via the power of the internet. I spend a lot of time on this site talking about NCFC legends. As far as writing about the club is concerned, Mike Davage is as legendary as they come.

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