If you're a country bumpkin, then you may sometimes Carry a Marrow, or Carry a Wheelbarrow, or if…read moreyou like rehabilitating animals, you may even Carry an injured Sparrow. These three different but similar practices can be combined into the concept, "to Carrow". If you're going to Carrow something down the road, then it'll probably be Carrow Road that you Carrow it down.
First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - One of my favourite stadiums in the country. I first visited this stadium with a guy that was in the IRA, who was dating my mother. I'm not even kidding. I know that sounds crazy. My life was a bit crazy. I was about 11 years old at the time and was very impressed and excited by it, and how bright yellow it was.
Then I came to see a game here as a teen - my hometown club played here and got beaten. I've been back a few times as an adult, including during my 2011 tour, and it's been improved, the noise is contained very well, the fans are probably the most rabid I've seen for any provincial team anywhere in the UK, it's bright, it's colourful, it's a match experience that I would recommend to absolutely anyone. 5 star stadium all the way on every level.
I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia!
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It's a bright yellow stadium in a bright yellow city that makes mustard, what's not to love? It's provincial and is always packed full of bright yellow fans. I once saw a game here, and the fans, like Coldplay said... they were all yellow.
It was built in 1935 and holds 27k peeps. Not the yellow marshmallows but you get the idea. It's right by the River Wensom, which is a bit of a problem if you hate rivers, but I don't, so. Yeah. Awesome.
Status Quo, George Michael, Elton John, and Rod Stewart have all performed here. Now that the corners are all finally filled in I will give the stadium full marks. Beautiful colours too.