Carrow Road

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Norwich City played at Newmarket Road from 1902 to 1908, with a record attendance of 10,366 in 1908.{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Newmarket.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 1. Newmarket Road |access-date=28 March 2007 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505133045/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Newmarket.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}} Following a dispute over the conditions of renting Newmarket Road, the club moved to a new home in 1908, a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road, Norwich. The new ground became known as The Nest,{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Nest.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 2. The Nest |access-date=28 March 2007 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505092150/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Nest.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}} named for Norwich City's nickname, "The Canaries".{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/complaint_over_lazy_name_for_norwich_flats_1_726393 |title=Complaint over "lazy" name for Norwich flats |work=Norwich Evening News |date=16 November 2010 |first=Matthew |last=Sparkes |access-date=10 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610141348/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/complaint_over_lazy_name_for_norwich_flats_1_726393 |url-status=live}}

By the 1930s, the ground capacity was proving insufficient for the growing crowds: The Nest's largest crowd was 25,037 in the 1934–35 FA Cup.{{cite book |last=Inglis |first=Simon |title=The Football Grounds of Great Britain (2nd ed.) |publisher=Collins Willow |location=London |year=1987 |pages=130–132 |isbn=0-00-218249-1}} The physical limitations of the site of The Nest meant that expansion was not possible, and there were safety problems with the existing structures. The club began looking for alternative accommodation in 1926, their hand forced finally when one corner of the pitch subsided up to 30 feet after old chalk workings collapsed. An attempt to patch up the problem with railway sleepers and soil did not satisfy The Football Association (FA), who wrote to the club on 15 May 1935, saying The Nest "was no longer suitable for large crowds and measures must be taken".

The club's dilemma was acute: the FA no longer approved of large crowds at The Nest, but the new season was just weeks away. About half a mile south of The Nest, they found a new site, the Boulton Paul Sports Ground in Carrow Road,{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 3. Carrow Road |access-date=28 March 2007 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505125111/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}} which belonged to J. & J. Colman.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=63}}

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The new stadium took its name from the street which encloses the ground on three sides, the fourth boundary being the River Wensum. The name "Carrow" originally refers to the former Carrow Abbey that once stood on the riverside, its name in turn having possible Norse origins.{{cite web |last1=Rye |first1=Walter |title=History of Carrow Abbey, Chapter 1, page 19 |year=1889 |url=https://archive.org/stream/carrowabbeyother00ryew/carrowabbeyother00ryew_djvu.txt |publisher=Originally published in 1889, microfilmed, – Columbia University, 1993. |access-date=7 October 2014}} In 1800, John Ridges, owner of the Carrow Abbey Estate and the land opposite on the banks of the Wensum in Thorpe Hamlet, "granted permission for a proposed road access across his grounds to Carrow".{{cite web |title=Norwich City Records Account of tolls taken at Postwick Gate 1772–90. NCR Case 16e/78 1800 |url=http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=153-ncr&cid=-1#-1 |publisher=Norwich City Records – The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. |access-date=7 October 2013 |quote=Account of tolls taken at Postwick Gate 1772–90. NCR Case 16e/78 1800; Petition advocating the building of a bridge across the Wensum near Conisford Gates 1776. Notice of the names of members of the committee to consider the utility of erecting a bridge from Carrow Abbey to Thorpe Road, 1791 and a list of advantages to the public. Letter from John Ridges granting permission for a proposed road across his grounds to communicate with a ferry near Carrow. |archive-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010033041/http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=153-ncr&cid=-1#-1 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Record Office |first1=Norfolk |title=Norfolk: Thorpe St Andrew – 1810 – Estate of Sir Roger Kerrison Knt. |url=http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/t/thorpe_st_andrew/kerrisonsale_1810.shtml |website=Genuki |publisher=Norfolk Record Office; PD 228/153; Lot XXXV – sold to Mr Martineau |access-date=7 October 2013 |quote=Sale Particulars of an Estate of the late Sir Roger Kerrison, Deceased, lying in Thorpe and Carrow – Dwelling called Carrow Abbey etc. inc. Malt House Piece, Gravel pit Piece, Meadow adjoining Trowse Eye (some copyhold of the Manor of Trowse with Newton and some Leasehold from Dean and Chapter of Norwich) |archive-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010050735/http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/t/thorpe_st_andrew/kerrisonsale_1810.shtml |url-status=live}} By 1811, Philip M. Martineau, a surgeon, owned the building, lands and manor of Carrow, including the adjacent Thorpe land. Carrow Hill Road was created on his Carrow Abbey Estate, to provide work for the poor in the community. The road linked Martineau's Bracondale Estate to Carrow Toll Bridge, installed in 1810.{{cite web |title=Bracondale Conservation Area Appraisal, Number 2, Pages 7 and 8, March 2011, History – Norwich City Council |url=http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/423326/Norwich-Bracondale.pdf |publisher=Norwich City Council |access-date=5 October 2013 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006094905/http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/423326/Norwich-Bracondale.pdf |url-status=live}} Norwich Railway Co. had acquired the land in Thorpe around Carrow Road by the 1840s, and by 1860 the Thorpe site of the future stadium belonged to the firm of J. & J. Colman. The stadium's Thorpe Corner acknowledges this historical link.{{cite web |last1=Carter Drayton |first1=R.G. |title=Carter Builder – Building for the future (document – Norwich City Football Club) |url=http://www.rgcarter-construction.co.uk/case-studies/norwich-city-football-club/ |publisher=R G Carter |access-date=18 July 2015 |quote=One of these, officially named the Thorpe Corner, is affectionately known as "The Snakepit" |archive-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715204246/http://www.rgcarter-construction.co.uk/case-studies/norwich-city-football-club/ |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |last1=Rye |first1=Walter |title=Carrow Abbey, [microform] otherwise Carrow priory near Norwich in the county of Norfolk |year=1889 |url=https://archive.org/stream/carrowabbeyother00ryew/carrowabbeyother00ryew_djvu.txt |publisher=1889 – (Originally) printed by Agas H. Goose, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich |access-date=15 July 2015 |quote=In 1811, the Abbey and grounds were purchased by Surgeon Philip. M. Martineau Esq ... and the Abbey remained in the Martineau family until 1879, when the building, lands and manor of Carrow were purchased by J and J Colman}}
{{cite web |work=Norwich Evening News |title=City College students design Colman's bicentenary cake, May 12, 2014 |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/mobile/news/city_college_students_design_colman_s_bicentenary_cake_1_3596681 |publisher=Archant Community Media Ltd. |access-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103932/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/mobile/news/city_college_students_design_colman_s_bicentenary_cake_1_3596681 |archive-date=6 October 2014}}
{{cite book |title=A Guide to the Eastern Counties Railway |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fqJYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA77 |publisher=Stevenson and Matchett |date=May 1847 |access-date=5 October 2013 |quote=The ground in Carrow over which the railroad passes formally belonged to Carrow Abbey |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020043903/https://books.google.com/books?id=fqJYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA77 |url-status=live}} In 1935, Colman's offered the 20-year leasehold to Norwich City and construction of the new stadium began swiftly on the site: tenders were issued on the day the site was purchased and ten days later, on 11 June, work began.

Initial materials were sourced by demolishing the former "Chicken Run" section of The Nest, with the rubble dumped as a bank at the river end of the new ground. Thereafter, work proceeded quickly, with most of the stands and terraces built by 17 August. A practice match was held on 26 August with work "still in progress",{{Cite news |title=Norwich City F.C.'s first president |newspaper=Bury Free Press |date=24 August 1935 |page=11 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000762/19350824/197/0011 |via=British Newspaper Archive |access-date=8 June 2015 }}{{subscription required}} and, after just 82 days, on 31 August, the ground was opened for a Second Division fixture featuring West Ham United. The stadium had an initial capacity of 35,000, including 5,000 seats under cover. Norwich won the game 4–3; the attendance was 29,779, which set a new club record crowd for a home game. The first competitive goal at the ground was scored by Norwich's Duggie Lochhead.{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |title=Norwich City grounds – 3. Carrow Road |access-date=2 May 2007 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505125111/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Carrow.asp |archive-date=5 May 2007}}

The new stadium was described by club officials as "the largest construction job in the city since the building of Norwich Castle", "miraculously built in just 82 days" and "the eighth wonder of the world".{{cite web |url=http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Past.aspx |title=The highs and lows of City's rich past |work=Norwich Evening News |date=10 May 2004 |access-date=23 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015607/http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/features/Promotion2004/040510Past.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2007}} An aerial photograph from August 1935 shows three sides of open terracing, and a covered stand with a Colman's Mustard advertisement painted on its roof, visible only from the air.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=65}} The club's association with Colman's has continued into the modern era; in 1997 the club signed a shirt sponsorship deal with the company.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/canaries-to-get-designer-plumage-1262506.html |work=The Independent |access-date=16 July 2009 |date=20 May 1997 |title=Canaries to get designer plum |first=Clare |last=Garner |location=London |archive-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103172556/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/canaries-to-get-designer-plumage-1262506.html |url-status=live}} The mustard manufacturer's original factory was located adjacent to the stadium in Carrow Road, and the ground was opened by Russell Colman, the President of the club.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=66}} The author Simon Inglis describes the early Carrow Road as comprising "a Main Stand, a covered end terrace and two large open banks". The covered terrace was paid for by Captain Evelyn Barclay, the vice-president of Norwich City; it was constructed in time for the opening of the 1937–38 season, and while the original stand has since been replaced, the end retains the name of its benefactor.{{cite book |last=Eastwood |title=Canary Citizens |page=67}}

At this time, the ground's capacity was 38,000, with space for 10,000 of "the more vociferous of the home and away supporters", in the new Barclay end. The new ground received a royal seal of approval: on 29 October 1938, King George VI watched twenty minutes of the home game versus Millwall,{{Cite news |title=Crowd's "He's a jolly good fellow" |date=31 October 1938 |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |page=3 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19381031/009/0003 |via=British Newspaper Archive |access-date=8 June 2015 }}{{subscription required}} the first time a ruling monarch had watched a Second Division match.

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Floodlights were erected at the ground in 1956 and the £9,000 cost nearly sent the club into bankruptcy.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025325,00.html |title=Club history – 1941–1969 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221033903/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025325%2C00.html |archive-date=21 February 2011 |access-date=3 August 2015 |date=1 April 2010 |url-status=dead}} However, Norwich's success in the 1958–59 FA Cup (where as a Third Division club they reached the semi-final, losing to First Division Luton Town after a replay) secured the financial status of the club and provided sufficient funds for a cover to be built over the South Stand. In 1963, the record was set for attendance at Carrow Road: a crowd of 43,984 watched a sixth round FA Cup match against Leicester City, and the South Stand was covered shortly afterwards.

In the wake of the Ibrox stadium disaster in 1971, a government enquiry brought more stringent safety requirements, which, when applied to Carrow Road, resulted in the capacity being drastically reduced to around 20,000. With focus on the dangers of standing, seats began to replace terracing: by 1979, the stadium had a capacity of 28,392, with seats for 12,675. A fire in 1984 partially destroyed one of the stands, which eventually led to its complete demolition and replacement by 1987 with the new City Stand. When it opened, then chairman Robert Chase compared the experience of visiting the new stand to "going to the theatre – the only difference being that our stage is covered with grass".

After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent outcome of the Taylor Report in 1990, the stadium was converted to all-seater.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0,,10355,00.html |title=Carrow Road |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723202915/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/CarrowRoad/0%2C%2C10355%2C00.html |archive-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead}} In 2003 the South Stand was replaced by the new, 8,000-seat Jarrold Stand. In the summer of 2010, work was undertaken to increase the ground's capacity from 26,018 to 27,000. This was achieved by finding additional capacity for seats within the existing stands.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~2077805,00.html |title=Building work ongoing at Carrow Road |date=1 July 2010 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727173229/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0%2C%2C10355~2077805%2C00.html |archive-date=27 July 2010 |access-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}

In 2004, £700,000 was invested in improving the pitch.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-canaries-can-help-you-beat-the-winter-blues.html |title=The Canaries can help you beat the winter blues |publisher=Pitchcare.com |access-date=19 June 2015 |date=25 October 2010 |first=Gregg |last=Doggett |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020043853/https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/the-canaries-can-help-you-beat-the-winter-blues.html |url-status=live}} The former all-grass surface was replaced with a sand-based Desso GrassMaster one, the mix of artificial and real grass which, according to the then groundsman Gary Kemp "guarantee[d] that the pitch would be looking good enough for every match to be broadcast on TV". The under-soil heating system "can clear snow and ice within eight hours of being turned on".

In anticipation of the ground's 80th anniversary on 31 August 2015, a rematch of the original fixture versus West Ham was played on 28 July.{{Cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/west_ham_to_take_on_norwich_city_as_carrow_road_celebrates_80th_birthday_1_4102980 |title=West Ham to take on Norwich City as Carrow Road celebrates 80th birthday |date=8 June 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617125113/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/west_ham_to_take_on_norwich_city_as_carrow_road_celebrates_80th_birthday_1_4102980 |url-status=live}} As part of the celebrations, the club offered season ticket holders the opportunity to mark their seats with their name or a message.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-my-seat-my-club-2208801.aspx |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |publisher=Norwich City F.C |title=New for 2015: my seat, my club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709092935/http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-my-seat-my-club-2208801.aspx |archive-date=9 July 2015 |df=dmy-all}} Fans were also offered the chance to buy tickets for a celebratory dinner with the first-team squad, the menu provided by the club's joint majority shareholder, the celebrity cook Delia Smith.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-preseason-dinner-carrow-road-2488884.aspx |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |title=80th anniversary pre-season dinner at Carrow Road |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617081959/http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-preseason-dinner-carrow-road-2488884.aspx |url-status=live}}

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The current stadium consists of four stands; the Regency Security Stand, the Barclay, the Geoffrey Watling City Stand and the most recent addition, the rebuilt South Stand.

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This end of the ground, closest to the River Wensum, was originally known as the "River End", a name that still persists among fans.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/sport/top_flight_talk_2_7535/boosting_norwich_city_crowd_potential_would_turn_back_the_clock_1_781356 |work=Norwich Evening News |date=22 January 2011 |first=David |last=Cuffley |access-date=11 June 2015 |title=Boosting Norwich City crowd potential would turn back the clock |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610212230/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/sport/top_flight_talk_2_7535/boosting_norwich_city_crowd_potential_would_turn_back_the_clock_1_781356 |url-status=live}} The previous stand was demolished in April 1979 and its two-tiered replacement was completed in December 1979.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rgcarter-construction.co.uk/case-studies/norwich-city-football-club/ |title=Norwich City Football Club |publisher=R G Carter Construction |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-date=15 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615055923/http://www.rgcarter-construction.co.uk/case-studies/norwich-city-football-club/ |url-status=live}} The stand was officially named the Norwich & Peterborough Stand in the 1990s, after a sponsorship deal with the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/business/canaries_sign_new_five_year_partnership_with_norwich_and_peterborough_building_society_1_1508892 |work=Norwich Evening News |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=9 June 2015 |title=Canaries sign new five-year partnership with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society |first=Shaun |last=Lowthorpe |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709052516/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/business/canaries_sign_new_five_year_partnership_with_norwich_and_peterborough_building_society_1_1508892 |url-status=live}} An extra 160 seats were installed in the summer of 2010, bringing the capacity up to 6239 The stand was renamed the Regency Security Stand after a deal with Regency Security, the current security firm of the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10355~2058999,00.html |title=First phase of seating increase |date=27 May 2010 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006113126/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0%2C%2C10355~2058999%2C00.html |archive-date=6 October 2010 |access-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}

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The Barclay is named after Captain Evelyn Barclay, a former vice-president of the club, who donated the cost of roofing the original stand.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1023784,00.html |title=Club History – 1920 to 1940 |date=29 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208052006/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1023784%2C00.html |archive-date=8 December 2009 |access-date=3 August 2015 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |url-status=dead}} This was built in 1937, but demolished in 1992,{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025327,00.html |title=Club history – 1986 to 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122051003/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10355~1025327%2C00.html |archive-date=22 January 2011 |date=1 April 2010 |access-date=3 August 2015 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |url-status=dead}} when a new two-tier structure, modelled on the River End, was built in accordance with the recommendations of the Taylor Report, with the current capacity sitting at 6,267.

Local brewers Woodforde's Brewery were announced as the stand's sponsors in June 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2018/july/woodfordes-brewery-become-new-barclay-stand-sponsors/ |title=Woodforde's Brewery become new Barclay Stand sponsors |website=canaries.co.uk |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174131/https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2018/july/woodfordes-brewery-become-new-barclay-stand-sponsors/ |url-status=live}}

The single-tiered Geoffrey Watling City Stand was built following a severe fire in its ageing predecessor on 25 October 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.pinkun.com/search/story.aspx?brand=PINKUNOnline&category=Norwich&itemid=NOED02%20Sep%202004%2014:31:28:673&tBrand=PINKUNOnline&tCategory=search |date=2 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623154516/http://www.pinkun.com/search/story.aspx?brand=PINKUNOnline&category=Norwich&itemid=NOED02%20Sep%202004%2014%3A31%3A28%3A673&tBrand=PINKUNOnline&tCategory=search |title=Man claims he started Carrow Road blaze |access-date=19 June 2015 |work=The Pink 'Un |archive-date=23 June 2009 |url-status=dead}} The fire was apparently caused by an employee of the club leaving a three-bar electric fire switched on overnight.

The City Stand (as it was named at the time) cost £1.7 million to build and was used for the first time on 30 August 1986 when City hosted Southampton. It was formally opened by the Duchess of Kent on 14 February 1987. The stand was renamed in honour of Norwich City president Geoffrey Watling, who died in 2004, aged 91.{{Cite web |url=http://www.geoffreywatling.org.uk/docs/2013-04-10.pdf |work=Norwich Evening News |title=£100,000 boost for nature reserve bid |first=Chris |last=Hill |date=10 April 2013 |access-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704204438/http://www.geoffreywatling.org.uk/docs/2013-04-10.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2015 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/4020587.stm |title=Norwich legend Watling has died |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 November 2004 |access-date=3 July 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/4020587.stm |url-status=live}} The stand has the lowest capacity of the four; it also houses the directors' box, the press area and hospitality suites. Where The Barclay extends around to meet the Geoffrey Watling City Stand is the Thorpe corner infill, known to supporters as "The Snakepit". The current capacity is 4338.

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The South Stand is on the site of the former South Stand, which was named in honour of Sir Arthur South.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130714084310/http://www.heritagecity.org/research-centre/cultural-superlatives/norwich-city-football-club.htm A history of Norwich City Football Club]}}, Norwich HEART. Retrieved 14 July 2013. The new stand was partially opened for the game against Sheffield United on 31 January 2004, and fully opened for the next home match,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623132043/http://www.pinkun.com/search/story.aspx?brand=PINKUNOnline&category=Norwich&itemid=NOED27%20Jan%202004%2011%3A33%3A54%3A617&tBrand=PINKUNOnline&tCategory=search |url=http://www.pinkun.com/search/story.aspx?brand=PINKUNOnline&category=Norwich&itemid=NOED27%20Jan%202004%2011:33:54:617&tBrand=PINKUNOnline&tCategory=search |date=27 January 2004 |archive-date=23 June 2009 |title=Extra tickets for Blades game |access-date=19 June 2015 |work=The Pink 'Un |url-status=dead}} a game versus West Ham United. It was opened by Ken Brown, a former manager of both clubs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/jarrold_stand_at_carrow_road_to_be_renamed_1_4561088 |work=Eastern Daily Press |title=Jarrold Stand at Carrow Road to be renamed |date=3 June 2016 |access-date=3 June 2016 |first=Dominic |last=Gilbert |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605204301/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/jarrold_stand_at_carrow_road_to_be_renamed_1_4561088 |url-status=live}}

From 2004 until May 2016 the stand was sponsored by Jarrolds, a local department store.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jarrold.co.uk/about-jarrold/jarrold-group |title=Jarrold Group |publisher=Jarrold Group |access-date=20 June 2015 |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704170240/http://www.jarrold.co.uk/about-jarrold/jarrold-group |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/commercial/partners |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |title=Commercial partners |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617061429/http://www.canaries.co.uk/commercial/partners/ |archive-date=17 June 2015 |df=dmy-all}} It is a single-tiered stand of cantilever construction with a capacity of 8,434. From 2016, the infill where the hotel is situated a large rotating screen which allows fans in the South Stand and the Barclay Stand to see various video broadcasts relating to the club. It is currently the only rotating big screen in world football.{{Cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-reveal-first-rotating-big-screen-in-world-football-has-been-installed-at-carrow-road-1-4655453 |work=Eastern Daily Press |title=Norwich City reveal 'first rotating big screen in world football' has been installed at Carrow Road |date=12 August 2016 |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830153804/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-reveal-first-rotating-big-screen-in-world-football-has-been-installed-at-carrow-road-1-4655453 |url-status=live}} The corner infill between the Jarrold and Norwich & Peterborough stands is called the Joma Community Stand. It was built in 2005 and named after sponsors Aviva. It seats up to 1,708 fans,{{Cite web |last=Freezer |first=David |date=21 February 2014 |title=Photo gallery: Ten years of the Jarrold Stand at Carrow Road |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/photo_gallery_ten_years_of_the_jarrold_stand_at_carrow_road_1_3344176 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043647/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/photo_gallery_ten_years_of_the_jarrold_stand_at_carrow_road_1_3344176 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=3 August 2015 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich}} and also provides extensive facilities for disabled supporters.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/fans/disabled-supporters/ |title=Disabled supporters |access-date=3 August 2015 |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |archive-date=16 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816192012/http://www.canaries.co.uk/fans/disabled-supporters/ |url-status=live}}

On 15 June 2016, it was announced that following the termination of Jarrold as the stand's sponsor, the stand would revert to its historical name of the South Stand. Irish coffee company The Galway Roast were announced as the stand's new sponsors, which would be officially called The South Stand sponsored by The Galway Roast.{{cite web |last1=Long |first1=Jessica |title=Norwich City name Irish coffee company The Galway Roast as sponsor of Carrow Road South Stand |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/norwich_city_name_irish_coffee_company_the_galway_roast_as_sponsor_of_carrow_road_south_stand_1_4578482 |website=Pink Un – Norwich City Football Club News |date=15 June 2016 |access-date=15 June 2016 |archive-date=16 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616181001/http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/norwich_city_name_irish_coffee_company_the_galway_roast_as_sponsor_of_carrow_road_south_stand_1_4578482 |url-status=live}} On 2 November 2016, the club announced that the sponsorship deal with The Galway Roast had been terminated and the stand would once again simply be known as The South Stand.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/norwich-city-the-galway-roast-3396007.aspx |title=The Galway Roast South Stand sponsorship terminated |publisher=Norwich City FC |date=2 November 2016 |access-date=2 November 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104002313/http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/norwich-city-the-galway-roast-3396007.aspx |url-status=live}}

On 25 November 2016, the club announced a new sponsorship of The South Stand with NVCS with their Green Farm Coffee brand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenfarmcoffee.co.uk/new-partnership-norwich-city-football-club/ |title=Green Farm Coffee New Canaries Deal |date=25 November 2016 |access-date=12 February 2018 |archive-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212203142/http://www.greenfarmcoffee.co.uk/new-partnership-norwich-city-football-club/ |url-status=live}} Although the stand name remained the same with the new sponsor.

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Accommodation for visiting supporters is provided in the end of the South Stand closest to The Barclay. The Essential Football Fan describes the away end as follows:

"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 the stand then you can enjoy some fine views of the city."{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Duncan |title=Essential Football Fan: The Definitive Guide to Premier and Football League Grounds |year=2003 |pages=47–49 |isbn=1-904328-15-6 |publisher=Aesculus Press Limited}}

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The corner between The Barclay and the Jarrold Stand contains a Holiday Inn hotel, which opened in 2007.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/norwich/nwicr/hoteldetail# |publisher=Holiday Inn |access-date=11 August 2015 |title=Holiday Inn – Norwich City |archive-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401083345/http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/norwich/nwicr/hoteldetail |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/police_lay_down_the_law_over_carrow_road_hotel_1_637142 |work=The Pink 'Un |date=1 March 2007 |access-date=14 June 2015 |title=Police lay down the law over Carrow Road hotel |archive-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716202251/http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/police_lay_down_the_law_over_carrow_road_hotel_1_637142 |url-status=live}} The hotel, with six floors and 150 rooms, is held by Holiday Inn on a 150-year lease from the club, which received in return a 30% stake in the hotel and £1.1 million.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/first_look_at_carrow_road_hotel_1_637614 |work=The Pink 'Un |date=30 May 2007 |access-date=14 June 2015 |title=First look at Carrow Road hotel |archive-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716211446/http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/first_look_at_carrow_road_hotel_1_637614 |url-status=live}}

Catering at Carrow Road is provided by Delia's Canary Catering, which is part of Norwich City Football Club PLC.{{cite web |url=http://www.deliascanarycatering.com |title=Delia's Canary Catering at Norwich City Football Club |publisher=Delia's Canary Catering |access-date=2 August 2009 |archive-date=14 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514130259/http://www.deliascanarycatering.com/ |url-status=live}} Smith took control of the catering at the club in 1999.{{cite web |first=Rosalind |last=Mullen |url=https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/48307/delias-soccer-collection |title=Delia's soccer collection |publisher=Caterer Search |date=14 May 2003 |access-date=7 August 2010 |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601092039/https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/48307/delias-soccer-collection |url-status=live}}

Coffee is supplied to Carrow Road by Green Farm Coffee. Coffee is available in the kiosks to fans as instant coffee and fresh filter coffee is provided in the boxes and throughout restaurants including Delia's Restaurant and Bar and Yellows American Bar & Grill.

Catering facilities include: "Yellows American Bar & Grill", an American-style diner located in the Norwich & Peterborough Stand;{{cite web |url=http://www.deliascanarycatering.com/yellows |title=Yellows American Bar & Grill |access-date=3 August 2015 |publisher=Delia's Canary Catering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812121253/http://www.deliascanarycatering.com/yellows |archive-date=12 August 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} and "Delia's Restaurant and Bar", located in the Norwich & Peterborough Stand. "The Gunn Club" is a catering facility behind The Barclay, named after former player and manager Bryan Gunn. There are a number of other conference facilities around the ground, many named after former players and club officials such as Darren Huckerby and Sir Arthur South, as well as club sponsors Lotus Cars.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/cms_images/stadium-plan-1213132-230542.pdf |title=Carrow Road stadium plan |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412011533/http://www.canaries.co.uk/cms_images/stadium-plan-1213132-230542.pdf |url-status=live}}

Carrow Road is approximately ten minutes walking distance from Norwich railway station,{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/club/visit-us/ |title=Visit us |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=6 August 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627105349/http://www.canaries.co.uk/club/visit-us/ |url-status=live}} which is on the Great Eastern Main Line to Liverpool Street station. Although resident parking scheme is in force in the roads surrounding the stadium, a park-and-ride facility operates around the city centre enabling visitors to the ground to arrive by bus.

{{See also|Development of stadiums in English football}}

Norwich City have a capped season ticket allocation of 22,000, with a waiting list.{{Cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich_city_cap_season_ticket_sales_at_22_000_1_1441717 |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |title=Norwich City cap season ticket sales at 22,000 |date=12 July 2012 |first=David |last=Cuffley |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610181653/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich_city_cap_season_ticket_sales_at_22_000_1_1441717 |url-status=live}} The club regularly sells out its home allocation of tickets{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-19703856 |work=BBC News |title=Norwich City: Carrow Road stadium expansion plan on hold |date=24 September 2012 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331062007/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-19703856 |url-status=live}} and, in 2013–14, the ground had an occupancy rate of 99.95%, one of the highest in the Premier League.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-season-ticket-prices-information-2208584.aspx#dirO5UGQagzvaJL6.99 |title=Season tickets: renewal deadline nears |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610185818/http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-season-ticket-prices-information-2208584.aspx#dirO5UGQagzvaJL6.99 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |df=dmy-all}}

In this context, the club has often stated that it plans to increase the capacity of the stadium in the future,{{cite web |url=http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/premier-league/carrow-road-norwich-city.html |title=Internet Football Ground Guide – Carrow Road, Norwich City FC |access-date=4 August 2015 |publisher=Football Ground Guide |archive-date=15 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815161056/http://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/premier-league/carrow-road-norwich-city.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/9366650.stm |work=BBC News |title=Norwich weigh up promotion charge |date=19 January 2011 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610064704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/9366650.stm |url-status=live}} The Geoffrey Watling City Stand has foundations designed to support a second tier, and the roof could be removed and replaced after a second tier is added. In January 2011, chairman Alan Bowkett announced an interest in expanding the ground by about 8,000 seats, because Carrow Road was routinely close to capacity. Bowkett said:

The trade off is between capacity and price. I've had some conversations with people saying 'it's getting a bit expensive Alan' and I know it is. I think the obvious route is the Geoffrey Watling stand, whether you put another layer on it or take it down and re-build, I don't know. Probably the sensible thing to do is bite the bullet, take it down and build a new stand, but it means 18 to 24 months without revenue and the people in that stand tend to be the people who have been the supporters for many generations.

In 2012, the club commissioned the University of East Anglia to undertake a study of the costs of significantly increasing the ground's capacity. The study's report cited a cost of £20 million to expand the ground by 7,000 seats. In response, chief executive David McNally announced that the club would therefore only expand the stadium at such a time that Norwich City has become a fixture in the Premier League. At the club's 2015 AGM, it was reiterated that expansion of the ground was not a priority, although developing the training facilities at Colney, was.{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/sausage_rolls_and_survival_prove_key_issues_at_norwich_city_s_agm_1_4324320 |title=Sausage rolls and survival prove key issues at Norwich City's AGM |author=David Freezer |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=24 November 2015 |access-date=25 November 2015 |archive-date=30 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230125704/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/sausage_rolls_and_survival_prove_key_issues_at_norwich_city_s_agm_1_4324320 |url-status=live}}

Carrow Road has never hosted a match involving the England national team, but the England under-21 team has played at the stadium on five occasions.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/england/archived/mens-under-21s/news/2010/play-off-norwich |title=Norwich to host England play-off |publisher=The Football Association |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=15 June 2015 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020043853/https://www.thefa.com/england/archived/mens-under-21s/news/2010/play-off-norwich |url-status=live}} The first was in 1983 in a European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Denmark, which England won 4–1. The team played another qualifying match in the same tournament at the stadium in 1997, beating Greece 4–2. The Slovakia team featured in a friendly match at the ground in June 2007, England winning 5–0 in front of a crowd of 20,193 people.{{cite news |url=http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED05%20Jun%202007%2023%3A43%3A38%3A900 |title=Young guns hit spot in five star show |first=Chris |last=Lakey |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618002312/http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/sport/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED05%20Jun%202007%2023%3A43%3A38%3A900 |archive-date=18 June 2009}} In 2010, the ground played host to a play-off against Romania, a game the home side won 2–1 in front of a then record all-seated attendance for the stadium of 25,749.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19912929 |title=England U21 1–0 Serbia U21 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 October 2012 |first=Ben |last=Smith |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017025739/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19912929 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/227933/report |publisher=Sky Sports |title=Smalling gives England advantage |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619153930/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/227933/report |url-status=live}} Most recently, in October 2012, the England U21s defeated their Serbian counterparts 1–0 at Carrow Road.

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Games involving the England under-19 team and the full England women's team have also been played at the stadium.{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202007%2011%3A39%3A59%3A810 |title=City make it a night to remember |first=David |last=Cuffley |work=Norwich Evening News |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617212017/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202007%2011%3A39%3A59%3A810 |archive-date=17 June 2009}} The women's team have played there on four occasions; the first a 1–0 defeat to Nigeria in July 2002, in front of over 8,000 fans,{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/02/15/sport_england_women_carrow_road_feature.shtml |title=Carrow Road to host international football |publisher=BBC Norfolk |date=16 February 2006 |access-date=7 September 2015 |archive-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110031031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/02/15/sport_england_women_carrow_road_feature.shtml |url-status=live}} and the second a 1–0 victory over Iceland in March 2006, before a 9,616 crowd.{{cite book |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006–2007 |year=2006 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=0-7553-1526-X |page=988}} In February 2022 a crowd of 14,284 saw England draw 0-0 with Spain in the Arnold Clark Cup, with Norfolk-born player Lauren Hemp making a substitute appearance at her local stadium.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60447967|date=20 February 2022|accessdate=24 May 2023|title=England 0-0 Spain|first=Emma|last=Sanders|publisher=BBC Sport}} Hemp and the Lionesses returned to the stadium in July 2024, when a crowd of 23,003 saw them secure a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland in a UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 qualifier, with Alessia Russo and Georgia Stanway scoring England’s goals.{{cite news|url= https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040441/|title= England 2-1 Republic of Ireland|publisher=UEFA|date=12 July 2024}}

Prior to 2015, finals of the Women's FA Cup were held at various grounds across the country. By coincidence, the year that Carrow Road was chosen in 1986, Norwich reached the final and they beat Doncaster Belles 4-3.{{cite book |last1=Slegg Chris |first1=Gregory Patricia |title=A History of the Women's FA Cup |date=2021 |publisher=thehistorypress |isbn=9780750996594}}

The stadium has occasionally hosted music concerts. Status Quo played a concert there in 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/tourlog/rhino_fc.html |title=Two Football Clubs in One Week |publisher=StatusQuo.co.uk |year=1997 |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217104629/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/tourlog/rhino_fc.html |archive-date=17 February 2012}} Elton John, supported by Lulu, appeared at the venue in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/31/music_review_elton_john_carrow_road_20050531_feature.shtml |title=Elton John review |publisher=BBC Norfolk |year=2005 |access-date=11 August 2007 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813005803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/31/music_review_elton_john_carrow_road_20050531_feature.shtml |url-status=live}} George Michael gave a performance there on 12 June 2007, supported by Sophie Ellis-Bextor,{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED13%20Jun%202007%2008%3A57%3A27%3A837 |title=George George Michael: The review, the pictures |first=Simon |last=Parkin |work=Norwich Evening News |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211953/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED13%20Jun%202007%2008%3A57%3A27%3A837 |archive-date=17 June 2009}} and Rod Stewart performed a concert at the stadium in June 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12690955 |title=Rod Stewart on new fatherhood and Carrow Road gig |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=26 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926004748/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12690955 |url-status=live}}

The Elton John and George Michael concerts both attracted crowds of over 20,000 people.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/06/11/videonation_norfolk_georgefan_video_feature.shtml |title=George Michael: Why he's so Fan-tastic! |first=Ann |last=Panter |publisher=BBC Norfolk |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=11 August 2007 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108164822/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/06/11/videonation_norfolk_georgefan_video_feature.shtml |url-status=live}} Andrew Cullen, the director of sales and marketing for the Carrow Road ground, told BBC Radio Norfolk prior to the George Michael performance that he hoped such concerts would become an annual summer event for the venue, if big enough star names could be attracted.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/03/05/music_feature_george_michael_20070305_feature.shtml |title=George Michael to play at Carrow Road |publisher=BBC Norfolk |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=11 August 2007 |archive-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229210223/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/03/05/music_feature_george_michael_20070305_feature.shtml |url-status=live}} Westlife were due to be performing in the stadium on 19 June 2020 for their "Stadiums in the Summer Tour" before it was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Take That performed at the stadium in 2017, 2019 and 2024.{{cite web |title=Take That: Norwich City gig announced for 2019 tour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-45599395 |website=BBC News |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813145242/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-45599395 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Take That: Norwich gig prompts anger over disabled facilities |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-48473101 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=3 June 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813145243/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-48473101 |url-status=live }} Summer 2022 saw The Killers perform on 9 June and Elton John perform on 15 June.{{cite web |title=The Killers invite student to drum on stage at Norwich concert |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61760973 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=10 June 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813150747/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61760973 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Elton John kicks off UK leg of farewell tour in Norwich |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61822626 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 August 2022 |date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813145242/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61822626 |url-status=live }} Arctic Monkeys performed there on 7 June 2023.

• Highest attendance: 43,984, Norwich City 0–2 Leicester City, 1962–63 FA Cup sixth round, 30 March 1963.
• Highest attendance (all-seater): 27,137, Norwich City 3–2 Newcastle United, 2015–16 Premier League, 2 April 2016.
• Biggest margin of victory: 8, Norwich City 8–0 Walsall, Football League Third Division South, 29 December 1951, Norwich City 8–0 Sutton United, 1988–89 FA Cup fourth round, 28 January 1989.Smith, p. 251.
• Biggest margin of defeat: 6, Norwich City 1–7 Colchester United, Football League One, 8 August 2009.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8186227.stm |title=Norwich 1–7 Colchester |date=8 August 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=9 October 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8186227.stm |url-status=live}}
• Goals in a game: 9 (several occurrences).Smith, p. 13. Most recently; Norwich City 4–5 Liverpool, 2015–16 Premier League, 23 January 2016.
• Fastest goal from kick-off: Victor Johnson, 10 seconds.{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-top-100-appearances-leonard-dutton-98-1-5018936 |title=Norwich City top 100 appearances: Leonard Dutton (98) |website=edp24.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234639/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-top-100-appearances-leonard-dutton-98-1-5018936 |url-status=live}}

• Lists of stadiums
• List of football stadiums in England

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