Lived in Aylsham from 1976-1980, when I was aged 6-10 and so I was there at the age I started getting into sport. I've lived in Bournemouth most of my life since then, but been a City fan for about 35 years now.
good pedigree there ! My son by my first marraige said he was fed up with watching the rubbish at Peterborough and made me take him to Norwich ....son teaching dad he was right!
These 'roots' posts are always interesting, canarian. I came to UEA in 1972 for a postgraduate course. Happened to be in town on a Saturday and saw all the yellow and blue shirts walking down to the ground. It was the Derby game against Ipswich in the days of Jimmy Bone and I bought a ticket and wandered in to the Barclay End. It ended 0-0, but I was hooked. Stayed on in a rented cottage in Hethersett for 7 years and went to as many games as I could with my neighbour, who was a farm manager who had grown up in north Norfolk. He liked the quieter River End, so that's where we stood, thus my name!
Only growing up in Norwich for a few months, I never got to know the ins-and-outs of City life. I too stood at the River End, late 80s after I got my first car to travel independently. Every game is an away game for me even though I have family in Norwich.
Born and brought up in Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, in what is essentially a border town. Luckily my mum was a City supporter. Not my dad. (He was a skipper, and fishermen tended not to be football fans because they were away a lot). Couldn't afford to go to games, but remember the excitement of the 58/59 cup run, so that's where I date my support from. Other powerful memory was the evening walk to the newsagent to wait for the Pinkun to be dropped off, and walking slowly home trying to read the report before I had to hand it over.
Well, when your born in Norfolk your either a Glory hunter or a Norwich fan. I chose the latter. Who'd be a ManU fan? Wheres the fun in that?
Born in Reading, moved to Norwich when I was 4, parents and grandparents on my dad's side all from Norfolk, never really had much choice (and I wouldn't have it any other way)
As with the OP my father was posted to RAF Coltishall (1973 - a year earlier - spooky) and I just happened to be at the age where I was getting in to the game. Went to Carrow Road with a friend from school and was hooked. I was born in Norfolk, just didn't live there much until later life. The rest, as they say, is history
Mum & Dad were season ticket holders - I remember being dropped off at my grandparents every other Saturday. Mostly sitting around watching wrestling and horseracing on Grandstand with my grandad. Eventually during the 80's Dad took me to see my first game v Everton. Was a draw but locked me in for the next decade and more. Don't get to many games these days obviously but absence doesn't shake the passion.
Dad has yellow and green blood flowing through his veins so I was never going to be allowed to support any other team My first game was a reserve one, can't remember the opposition as I was only 8, Dad took me to my first proper match in 1971. I saw City promoted at the end of that season as 1st Division (Championship) Champions. The next season Dad took me to Wembley on 'The Top Brass Special' train (anyone remember that?), to watch City at Wembley in The League Cup Final against Spurs. Bloody Ralph Coates, I was devestated when he scored that goal ! We then had a relegation, another promotion and another cup final as well as establishing ourselves as a top flight club. It was a no brainer, City was my team. P.S. Dad was also in the RAF and when stationed overseas, the club sent him a complete set of individual black and white photo's of the '59 team all personally signed ! I have them now and they are tucked away in a very safe place
Born and raised in Loughborough. First saw Norwich beat Man Utd in the F.A. Cup in about 1967 (1-2 at Old Trafford) that was that. Used to see about 10 home games a year travelling a round trip of 260 miles in the days when the A47 went through everywhere - starting with Billesdon, East Norton and Uppingham and then Peterborough and Wisbech, Swaffham and Dereham. Used to stop for a beer at Guyhirn on the way over and something to eat at Castor & Ailsowrth on the return home. Bloody long days and you often thought why? But it is in your blood. Away games were a darn sight easier and probably did as many of thise as home games with Leeds, Notm F, Derby, Leicester, Coventry all very acessible. Answering the original question, I don't honestly know where it came from and as Canarian started, it may have been the colours. It certainly wasn't glory hunting, that is for sure.
We lived in Brandon, Suffolk although the house we lived in was technically over the border the other side of the railway in Norfolk. We were closer in mileage terms to Binland but my dear old Dad (R.I.P) didn't drive so we couldn't get there but working on the railway got free passes on British Rail and as Brandon is on the line between Cambridge and Norwich we could get to Norwich. He took me to my first game on the train in Oct 1967 - City vs Rotherham - we won 1-0, Tommy Bryceland scored and I've been hooked ever since.
Born and raised in Norwich, although I live in London now. My Dad took me to see a fair few games in the early 90's (still got the programmes somewhere) and the odd game here or there until I moved to London 7 years ago.
Well if you believe canary dave I'm not actually a Norwich fan. However much like the OP my dad was in the RAF and was based at Coltishall in 1987 when I was born. He was a season ticket holder at Carrow road along with my mum so I was watching the Canaries whilst still tucked up comfortably inside the womb. Carried on since I guess...
I thought it was a trick question: Born in Norfolk therefore support the local team, when people from outside the county support NCFC I'm a bti suspicious; although my partner is now a member of the Irish canaries, pint of guiness with a canary perched on the rim of the glass is the emblem, When members of that group are asked why Norwich, typical reply is didn't want to support those shower of bastards (insert the obvious teams) and liked the colours. This would be a more interesting question to put to Man U fans, actually it wouldn't born anywhere but manchester and wanted to support the team that won things
I was having a bad day, it had started to quieten down until you made a funny post! It was mainly a reference to the fact that you appear on the Man Ure board more than on ours!
