Why is it called the canaries

And I could see there being one more 1. Larson E Whipsnade 0. Here the professor discusses the genetics and spread across Europe of the disease Falciparum malaria. I quote Norwich City football team wear yellow jerseys because the local population were once called " yellow-bellies " after the jaundice caused by chronic malaria ".

CharlieFarlie 0. Chunky Norwich 0. Yeah, the colours actually came after the nickname. I''m sure I''ve read before that football teams were often nicknamed after small birds - like robins or magpies - as it imbued characteristics of swiftness and being nimble around the field.

Pinks 0. Interesting to note that Ipswich got their badge from a comptetion in That''s a bit sad! What does a carthorse imbue? Slow and does sh! Nolly 0. Think i''ve got my facts right but i stand to be corrected if im out at all. Syteanric 0. What about Bolton''s trotters then? I''ve a mate whos a Bolton fan, there are a few stories about how it came about. One was that it was similar to Wanderers for travelling a lot, another that trotter is the local Bolton term for a prankster and thirdy that an old ground backed onto a pig farm!!

Interesting thread have to admit i never knew the exact reason for the name the canaries. On another note, i hear Brazil wear yellow to play more like Norwich ;-. I wonder how many of our younger posters know where the phrase Binners came from [:P][; ].

GenerationA47 Tut tut, You should get out more Binners comes from Lovejoy I believe? William Darby 0. Brazil legend Garrincha was nicknamed "the little bird" when he used to run around in the yellow shirt It was the fisherman mispronouncing Haddock, but he used to walk around the pitch at half time shouting "Addick" showing off the biggest fish in his shop that week that was the prize in the raffle Guess what?

We've released an actual hold in your hand printed fanzine for pre-orders today. Let us tell you why One City Strong. Norwich will forever be Canary yellow. AlongComeNorwich fanzine Enjoyed this? After he had bought the shares, he sold them onto Delia Smith, and husband Michael Wynn-Jones, who are still majority shareholders of the club to this day.

On 16th November , Geoffrey Watling died peacefully at the age of 91 — a day that cast a dark cloud over Carrow Road. These happened in the and seasons. As mentioned earlier, Norwich were the first ever English team to beat Bayern Munich away from home — a feat that has now been matched by Chelsea in the Champions League Final in Although that feat is remembered in the minds of old-school Canaries fans, that were lucky enough to watch the game, they will hold one thing closer than this: That is the fierce rivalry they hold with local neighbours, Ipswich Town.

It has enabled the club to cut back on the excessive spending on new players which was the sole reason they were in this financial state , stadium upgrades, and has led to the club funding community projects — and providing new and improved services to youth players, young Canaries, and others that are part of the community — which finally shows the progressive reuniting of the fans to how the relationship used to be between the two.