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The traditional club colours are yellow shirts and green shorts; the club badge contains a canary resting on a football, reflecting the heritage of the "Norwich Canary".

1 History

The club was formed in 1902 and first played at Newmarket Road. In 1908, the club moved to a new home, in a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road which became known as "The Nest".

By the 1930s, the ground capacity was proving insufficient for the growing crowds and in 1935 the club moved to its current home in Carrow Road.

One of the club's greatest achievements was its run to the semi-final of the 1958–59 F.A. Cup as a Third division side, defeating First Division sides Manchester United and Tottenham HotspurTottenham Hotspur F. is a North London Association football team, also known by the nickname Spurs . Their home ground is White Hart Lane in Tottenham. The club was formed in 1882 by boys from Hotspur cricket club and from the local grammar school. Origin on the way.

In 1972, under manager Ron Saunders, Norwich City reached the First Division, for the first time in its history. The club won the Milk CupThe Football League Cup commonly known as the League Cup is an English football competition. Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup, only the 92 members of The Football League (who organi at Wembley StadiumWembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which is currently being rebuilt. The Wembley Stadium is one of the world's most famous football stadia, being the English national football ground since 1923. Originally known as the Empi in 1985 - with Ken Brown as manager - defeating SunderlandSunderland A. are a football club from Sunderland, on Wearside in the North-East of England. For most of the late 1990s, under the management of Peter Reid, they were in the FA Premier League; however, after a dreadful run of results they finished bottom 1–0 after a semi-final triumph over its near neighbours and rivals, Ipswich TownIpswich Town FC are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and also as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys. Ipswich won the League in the 1961.

Norwich were relegated shortly after their Milk Cup triumph in March 1985, but bounced back to the top flight immediately by winning the second division championship in the 1985-86 season.

In 1992–93, the inaugural season of the English Premier League, Norwich City led the league for most of the season, before faltering in the final weeks to finish third behind the champions, Manchester United, and Aston Villa F.C.Aston Villa is football club that play in Birmingham, England. They currently play in the Premier League. Aston Villa is the oldest football club in the Premiership. History Aston Villa Football Club was formed in March 1874 by members of the Villa Cross. The following season Norwich played in the UEFA CupThe UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. It was founded in May 1955 as the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup. It is the second most important competition for European club teams, the first being the UEFA Champions League. Qualification for th, their first time in European competition, defeating Vitesse Arnhem of the Netherlands, and Bayern Munich of Germany, before going down to Inter Milan, 2–0, over two legs.

In 1995, Norwich City were relegated to Division 1 where they remained until 2004.

By the summer of 1996, Norwich City were suffering a financial crisis resulting in the sale of many players, the resignation of popular manager Martin O'Neill and a huge rift in the rapport between fans and the board of directors. The club was rescued by celebrity TV chef Delia Smith and her husband, Michael Wynn Jones, who are now the majority shareholders. A slow process of rebuilding the club's team and finances began, culminating, in 2002, with them narrowly missing promotion back to the Premier League. In the play-off final, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Birmingham City beat Norwich on penalties, after the teams drew 1–1 after extra time.

However, two years later the club secured automatic promotion to the Premier League by winning the Division 1 title by 8 points over second placed West Brom.