The Coach and Horses; 82, Thorpe Road.
Warning to the lads; No pool table, juke box or fruit machine, just bloody good beer, the best in Norwich.
The Chalk Hill Brewery Ales are strongly recommended and they serve a decent chilli and chips, but it can get crowded there with very friendly home fans.
Close to station and Carrow Road.
Website: www.thecoachthorperoad.co.uk
Compleat Angler; Prince of Wales Road.
Now the traditional 'away fan' pub but a short walk from the station and overlooking the river. The pub itself is on different levels and has a largely wooden interior. There's a range of beer witch always includes a few from Woodfordes.
Ketts Tavern; 29, Ketts Hill.
About 10 minutes walk from the Railway Station straight up (and then just off) Riverside Road, and just over the mile, (20 minutes), from Carrow Road back down again!
Food at lunchtime only but has a pool table in a conservatory and linited parking.
Beer wise it specialises in local beers, with six to eight real ales likely to be available. Brews from Blackfriars (Great Yarmouth), Norfolk Square (Great Yarmouth), Tipples (Acle) and Woodforde's (Woodbastwick) feature regularly.
King's Head; 42, Magdalen Street.
This outlet has nothing on keg at all, and all its real ales - up to sixteen - are entirely sourced from small East Anglian breweries, some on hand pump some on gravity. There's also a farmhouse cider and/or perry but if you want lager you'll have to stick to bottles. Can play bar billiards to pass the time.
Towards the north side of the city centre and 25 minutes walk from the ground.
Stadium; bottom left Carrow road, Station; 2nd row up middle, blue blob: The Coach & Horses; 2nd row up right, Thorpe Road. Compleat Angler; 3rd row up middle, Prince of Wales Road. Ketts Tavern, top row right, Ketts Hill. King's Head; Magdalen Street, top row left.
A longer walk
The Fat Cat; 49, West End Street.
About a mile west of the city centre and a couple of miles from the ground, so a good 40 minute walk.
Would be the No.1 choice if playing at the weekend, but if your driving in or getting in early, try and make time for a visit. Has won many awards, including the only outlet ever to secure CAMRA's National Pub of the Year on two different occasions.
Brews its own range of six beers (The Fat Cat Brewery), and generally has another eight or nine guest ales on hand pump and fifteen or more on gravity. There are four draught lagers and up to a dozen imported draught continental beers. If that's not enough there are usually three farmhouse style ciders and a perry on. Fifty different bottled beers from all round the World are stocked. Basically it is a 365-day-a-year beer festival!
The Fat Cat; middle square in west end street, to the west of station and stadium, a brisk 40 minutes away if walking.
(Photos supplied by www.beerintheevening.com and we recommend a look at Bob White's 'Pub Crawl around Norwich' site at www.pbase.com/robertwhite/pubs. As usual many thanks to those hardened drinkers at www.ciderspace.co.uk for their help with this article.)