Newmarket Road was the home ground for
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
, before they moved to
The Nest.
Today, the club plays at
Carrow Road
Carrow Road is an association football stadium located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and is the home of EFL Championship side Norwich City. The stadium is located toward the east of the city, near Norwich railway station and the River Wensum.
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, which has been their home ground since 1935.
History
Norwich City F.C. played at Newmarket Road from the club's founding in 1902 to 1908, with a record attendance of 10,366 in a match against
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...
in a second round FA Cup match in 1908. Following a dispute over the conditions of renting the Newmarket Road ground, in 1908, the club moved to a new home, in a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road which became known as "
The Nest".
Today
The site was later purchased by the
Town Close House Preparatory & Pre-Preparatory School, which still owns it today. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
,
Norwich CEYMS played at the ground for a time until the school required it for its own use.
[Blakeman, M (2010) ''The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935–2010, Volume II'' ]
References
Norwich City F.C.
Sports venues in Norwich
Defunct football venues in England
Sports venues completed in 1902
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