![]() ![]() Įvents off the field were to overshadow the team's performances as the club faced financial difficulties severe enough to render them non-viable. The club narrowly missed out on promotion under the guidance of manager Norman Low in the early 1950s, but following the return of Tom Parker as manager, Norwich finished bottom of the football league in the 1956–57 season. ![]() City finished this and the following season in 21st place, the poor results forcing the club to apply for re-election to the league. The league was suspended the following season due to the Second World War, and did not resume until the 1946–47 season. However the club was relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season. The biggest highlight of the following four seasons was the visit of King George VI to Carrow Road on 29 October 1938. The inaugural match, on 31 August 1935 against West Ham United, ended in a 4–3 victory for the home team and set a new record attendance of 29,779. ![]() With crowds continuing to rise, and with the Football Association raising concerns over the suitability of The Nest, the club considered renovation of the ground, but ultimately decided on a move to Carrow Road. Move to Carrow Road and an FA Cup semi-final (1934–1959) Norwich were promoted as champions to the Second Division in the 1933–34 season under the management of Tom Parker. The following decade proved more successful for the club with a club-record victory, 10–2, over Coventry City. The club went on to endure a mediocre decade, finishing no higher than eighth but no lower than 18th. Their first league fixture, against Plymouth Argyle, on 28 August 1920, ended in a 1–1 draw. ![]() When the Football League formed a third Division in May 1920, Norwich joined the Third Division for the following season. The club was officially reformed on 15 February 1919 – a key figure in the event was Charles Frederick Watling, future lord mayor of Norwich and the father of future club chairman, Geoffrey Watling. During the First World War, with football suspended and facing spiralling debts, City went into voluntary liquidation on 10 December 1917. The club's original nickname was the Citizens, but this was superseded by 1907 by the Canaries after the club's chairman (who was a keen breeder of canaries) dubbed his boys "The Canaries" and changed their strip to yellow and green. With increasing crowds, they were forced to leave Newmarket Road in 1908 and moved to The Nest, a disused chalk pit. Later that year Norwich were elected to play in the Southern League. They joined the Norfolk & Suffolk League for the 1902–03 season, but following a FA commission, the club was ousted from the amateur game in 1905, as it was deemed a professional organisation. was formed after a meeting at the Criterion Café in Norwich on 17 June 1902 and played their first competitive match, against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902. Early years (1902–1934) View from Carrow Road towards the city, with Norwich Cathedral in the background Main article: History of Norwich City F.C. The fans' song " On The Ball, City" is the oldest football chant in the world, written in the 1890s and still sung today. The club is nicknamed The Canaries after the history of breeding the birds in the area, which is represented in the team's yellow-and-green kits. Norwich have featured in the UEFA Cup once, in the 1993–94 season, where they were defeated in the third round, but en route became the first English club to defeat German side Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Munich. The club's highest ever league finish came in the 1992–93 season when they finished third in the Premier League. Norwich have won the League Cup twice, in 19. Since 1935, Norwich have played their home games at Carrow Road and have a long-standing rivalry with East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town, with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby since 1902. Norwich compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. ![]()
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