Norwich City F. C. was formed on 17 June 1902 by a group of friends led by two former Norwich CEYMS players. The club played their first competitive match against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902. Originally, the club was nicknamed the Citizens, and played in light blue and white halved shirts. On 30 May 1905, they were elected to play in the Southern League, in place of Wellingborough. On 10 December 1917, with the club facing liquidation during the First World War, Norwich City went into voluntary liquidation and moved to a converted pit at Rosary Road. The Nest, which became known as the Nest, was dismantled and moving to Carrow Road in time for
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Norwich City F. C. was formed on 17 June 1902 by a group of friends led by two former Norwich CEYMS players. The club played their first competitive match against Harwich & Parkeston, at Newmarket Road on 6 September 1902. Originally, the club was nicknamed the Citizens, and played in light blue and white halved shirts. The popular pastime of canary rearing had given rise to the team’s nickname of “The Canaries” by April 1905, and by February 1907 this moniker had been adopted by the national press. Norwich played for just over two seasons as an amateur club under The Football Association. On 30 May 1905, they were elected to play in the Southern League, in place of Wellingborough. On 10 December 1917, with the club facing liquidation during the First World War, Norwich City went into voluntary liquidation and moved to a converted pit at Rosary Road. The Nest, which became known as the Nest, was dismantled and moving to Carrow Road in time for the start of the 1908–09 season. The following season, inspired by the nickname, City played for the first time in Canary livery; yellow shirts with green collars and cuffs. Norwich finally reached the pinnacle of the league structure in 1972, with their first promotion to the top tier. Since then, Norwich has acquired a reputation as a “yo-yo club”, with, to the end of the 2017–18 season, 25 seasons in the top league and 19 in the second tier.
It is during this period that the club has achieved most of its greatest distinctions, claiming its second major trophy, the League Cup in 1985, reaching two more FA Cup semi finals and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup. Norwich City has survived incidents that threatened its survival, including ousting from amateur football, the need to be re-elected to The Football League and financial crises. In the 1950s and 1990s, club Chairman Geoffrey Watling, who was to become club Chairman, was instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, both in the 1940s and 1950s. The decision was endorsed at a public meeting in March 1905, a meeting that, significantly, was attended by Nat Whitaker, secretary of the Southern league. Wilfrid Lawson Burgess became the first chairman of the professional club and it was resolved to find a place in the professional game. The club officials, including founding chairman Robert Webster, had to be removed from office and Norwich were to be ousted from amateur game at the beginning of the season. Norwich were forced to leave New market Road and move to a disused disused pit pit in Rosary Rd, which was known as “The Nest\ Works at The Nest” The club moved to Newmarket Rd in time of the 2008-09 season, when they won the FA Cup and were promoted to the Premier League. Norwich finished fifth, fourth and third in the league, finishing fifth, fifth and third.
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