I too was at this game, with my parents as an 18yo visiting Norwich (my home town). I still remember the crowd chanting, "Peters for England" when he scored our second goal.
Great day. I was in the River End . Good to see terraces and no shirt sponsorship.. Gerry Harrison was a decent commentator, though we all suspected an Ipswich Town fan . I still don't know . One of life's mysteries . Lol
Thanks for posting this - brings back wonderful memories - I was there as a teenager in the river end. I remember being impressed by Martin Peters and Jimmy Neighbour in this era (both bought from Spurs). We were an established top flight team from 72/73 to 94/95, with 20 of those 23 seasons in the top flight. OTBC!
I was at this game (in the small standing area at front of the 'south stand')...I think the previous season Liverpool won 1-0 at Carrow rd - with Fairclough scoring , after coming on as substitute (which he did quite often).
@mattshaw6674 - though relegated in '74 , '81, '85... but enjoyed those years & had some good league cup runs , when teams actually wanted to win domestic cups - instead of treating them like 'an unwanted distraction'....
very lucky to have seen alot of these games from river end or Barclay end the atmosphere for these games was always so electric people forget Norwich were a very attractive side to watch lovely passing football. Stadium today doesn't have the same buzz that raw emotion like many modern stadiums with the all seater it's a more sanitised experience.
NORWICH 2-1 LIVERPOOL? THIS CAN'T BE THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE 0-6 DEFEAT AT A FIELD! FROM 0-6 TO 2-1? WHAT A TURNAROUND! CRYSTAL PALACE WENT FROM 0-9 TO 4-3!AND THAT WAS JUST A MONUMENTAL FOOTBALL MATCH!
77/78 League campaign was painful for LFC...runners-up by *SEVEN* points to Forest who were promoted in 3rd place from Div 2 the season before... Hughes, Smith, Callaghan nearing the end while Fairclough needed 3 chances per goal :-(
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I too was at this game, with my parents as an 18yo visiting Norwich (my home town). I still remember the crowd chanting, "Peters for England" when he scored our second goal.
Great day. I was in the River End . Good to see terraces and no shirt sponsorship.. Gerry Harrison was a decent commentator, though we all suspected an Ipswich Town fan . I still don't know . One of life's mysteries . Lol
Thanks for posting this - brings back wonderful memories - I was there as a teenager in the river end.
I remember being impressed by Martin Peters and Jimmy Neighbour in this era (both bought from Spurs).
We were an established top flight team from 72/73 to 94/95, with 20 of those 23 seasons in the top flight. OTBC!
Absolutely. It's a shame a section of the Norwich fans are happy to be a Championship team and do not harbour the ambitions that I grew up with.
I was at this game (in the small standing area at front of the 'south stand')...I think the previous season Liverpool won 1-0 at Carrow rd - with Fairclough scoring , after coming on as substitute (which he did quite often).
@mattshaw6674 - though relegated in '74 , '81, '85... but enjoyed those years & had some good league cup runs , when teams actually wanted to win domestic cups - instead of treating them like 'an unwanted distraction'....
Brilliant memories
very lucky to have seen alot of these games from river end or Barclay end the atmosphere for these games was always so electric people forget Norwich were a very attractive side to watch lovely passing football. Stadium today doesn't have the same buzz that raw emotion like many modern stadiums with the all seater it's a more sanitised experience.
Great match, I was there in the ld City Stand somewhere. Love the old disabled car allowed to park by the pitch 😅
Forgot to mention. Thank You David for all of these. Blessings for all the memories. Please Takecare
On the ball City
Happy days I was there I believe it was the same week we beat Manchester Utd as well of course sadly it could never happen in 2023
Norwich were 7th in the top tier after this match.
Finished the season 13th.
1 Nottingham Forest 19 13 3 3 34 12 22 29
2 Everton 19 11 6 2 42 18 24 28
3 Liverpool 19 9 5 5 25 15 10 23
4 WBA 19 8 7 4 30 22 8 23
5 Arsenal 19 9 5 5 23 15 8 23
6 Coventry City 19 9 5 5 32 29 3 23
7 Norwich City 19 8 7 4 21 22 -1 23
8 Manchester City 19 9 4 6 36 22 14 22
9 Leeds United 19 7 8 4 30 25 5 22
10 Aston Villa 18 8 4 6 23 19 4 20
11 Ipswich Town 19 6 7 6 20 22 -2 19
12 Derby County 19 6 6 7 25 28 -3 18
13 Manchester United 18 7 3 8 25 26 -1 17
14 Bristol City 18 5 6 7 23 23 0 16
15 Wolves 19 5 6 8 23 27 -4 16
16 Chelsea 19 5 6 8 14 21 -7 16
17 Middlesbrough 19 5 6 8 18 28 -10 16
18 Birmingham City 19 6 3 10 21 31 -10 15
19 Queens Park Rangers 19 3 7 9 21 32 -11 13
20 West Ham United 19 3 6 10 21 32 -11 12
21 Newcastle United 18 4 2 12 21 34 -13 10
22 Leicester City 19 2 6 11 8 33 -25 10
NORWICH 2-1 LIVERPOOL? THIS CAN'T BE THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE 0-6 DEFEAT AT A FIELD! FROM 0-6 TO 2-1? WHAT A TURNAROUND! CRYSTAL PALACE WENT FROM 0-9 TO 4-3!AND THAT WAS JUST A MONUMENTAL FOOTBALL MATCH!
77/78 League campaign was painful for LFC...runners-up by *SEVEN* points to Forest who were promoted in 3rd place from Div 2 the season before...
Hughes, Smith, Callaghan nearing the end while Fairclough needed 3 chances per goal :-(
But Nottingham Forest were a great team 2-3 years ...