News & Articles

  • Printed match tickets are increasingly rare given the widespread adoption of digital ticketing. It’s a shame as printed tickets provide wonderful souvenirs of games that have been seen and stadiums that have been visited. This ticket is one of the items within the collection preserved and maintained by Norwich City Football Club Historical Trust. It…

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  • The Historical Trust will be attending the next Collector’s Fair in the atrium of the Forum on Sunday 2 November 2025, 10am – 4pm. We will be providing information on the history of Norwich City as well as discussing and valuing any items brought into the event. We will also be running a lucky dip!…

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  • In the first of a new set of regular articles, we look more closely at one of the many items within the Norwich City Football Club Historical Trust’s collection. We start with this autographed colour photograph of Dave Watson wearing City’s classic admiral kit from the 1980/81 season. Dave joined the Canaries from Liverpool in…

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  • Norwich City’s first ever competitive match at Carrow Road was played on 31 August 1935. City beat West Ham United 4-3 in a 2nd division fixture and Doug Lochhead scored the first ever goal at the new stadium in front of 29,799 fans. Archant have published a new magazine that celebrates the 90 years that…

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  • Today, the Trustees of The Norwich City Football Club Historical Trust hosted a very special event at Carrow Road to unveil the red shirt worn by club captain Duncan Forbes at Watford on 29 April 1972. This match, watched by a crowd of 22,421, will forever be remembered as the day City won their first…

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  • An article from the Historical Trust was included in the Bristol City match programme. This looked at two former Canaries – Joe Dines and Hugh Seagrim – who sadly lost their lives serving their countries in the world wars.

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  • The programme for the Watford game featured a double page article sharing news of a very important new donation received by the Trust – the shirt worn by Duncan Forbes at Watford when the Canaries secured the Second Division title in 1972.

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  • The work of the Norwich City Historical Trust was featured in the programme for the recent Championship match against Sheffield United.

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