A wall of yellow and green is set to be constructed at Carrow Road to repel Ipswich Town – and push Norwich City a giant stride closer to the Premier League.
This Saturday sees a match that is critical to the future of a football club loved by so many – Norwich City.
If successful at Carrow Road in front of a passionate, sell-out crowd against arch rivals Ipswich Town, the Yellow Brick Road to Wembley becomes a reality.
And that road is paved with gold. For it opens a second pathway, which leads to the Premier League and its staggering riches.
Experts estimate that promotion to the top flight is worth as much as £150m – not to mention the unmeasurable morale boost.
It is so important to city, county and our part of East Anglia – even if you have no interest in football at all. So the EDP today sets up a week of total support for our football club. We will be running posters, stories, features and analysis across numerous pages of Canaries coverage during the build-up to derby day.
On the Ball, City.
Canaries supporters' groups are rallying fans to turn their home ground into a sea of colour for the second leg of the promotion play-off semi-final against Ipswich on Saturday lunchtime, with everybody wearing and waving as much as possible in the club's home colours.
The idea, which has been mooted by the Barclay End Projekt, is designed to combine with a wall of sound to greet the deadly rivals from the other end of the A140.
The supporters' group said on its website: 'On Saturday, our team will play one of the most defining games in our history, not only because of the nature of play-off matches, but because the opposition is our oldest rival.
'We have home advantage, and that means we as supporters can play a massive part in the outcome of this game. We cannot underestimate the role we can play and it's essential we do everything to help our team.
'We're urging all Norwich supporters to bring as much colour to the stadium as possible to turn Carrow Road into a wall of yellow and green.
'This can be in the form of shirts, T-shirts, scarves, flags – in essence, if it's yellow and green, wear it, bring it, and you'll be showing your support, doing your part.
'Bring your colours, bring your voices, turn Carrow Road into a wall of colour and noise, and let's cheer our boys on to Wembley.'
The idea has been backed by Canaries Trust chairman and EDP columnist Robin Sainty, who tweeted: 'Think this is a great idea. Let's all pull together.'
After Saturday's 1-1 draw at Portman Road, supporters are counting down to the winner-gets-to-Wembley second leg at Carrow Road, which kicks off at 12.15pm.
It is being billed as the most important derby in the two clubs' history, with the victor clinching a play-off final against Middlesbrough or Brentford, and the chance to unlock the riches and glory of promotion to the Premier League.
MPs, civic leaders and other dignitaries are giving their backing to Norwich City ahead of Saturday's must-win clash with Ipswich Town.
-Robin Sainty, chairman of The Canaries Trust: 'From Norwich's point of view to get back into the Premier League at the first time of asking would be tremendous and we all know how much money is involved.
'It would be massive for the city. It brings money in, it's good for business. It would give everybody a lift as well.
'When you are in the Premier League you tend to get more away supporters coming in, staying overnight, buying meals. It has quite a nice effect for businesses.'
-Norwich North MP Chloe Smith: 'The potential return to the Premiership is incredibly valuable to our city not just in terms of the best quality football which means so much to the fans, but also economically speaking, more money comes into the city and to the club, which means more jobs.'
-Norwich South MP Clive Lewis: 'I am really excited and if we can leapfrog up to the Premiership off the back of Ipswich that would be particularly sweet.
'Economically, being in the Premier League is fantastic for the city, for the local economy, with the people that come into the city and the money that they spend.'
-John Fuller, leader of South Norfolk Council: 'The stakes for Saturday's match are bigger than the Bayern Munich and Inter Milan games 20 years ago. With home advantage let's hope we can translate that advantage to a famous victory that puts Norwich and Norfolk back on the football map.'
-Diss mayor Keith Kiddie: 'It is absolutely huge not just for the football side, but also for the economic benefits of Norwich and the wider area. I am just hoping for a complete success for Norwich. Norwich have been up with the greats before and they can do it again.'
-Barry Woods, chairman of Harleston Town Council, said although he was not a supporter he would be cheering on Norwich City in spirit. 'The better Norwich do then more people will come to the city and the surrounding area. It will be great for the county.'
-Thetford mayor Sylvia Armes: 'It will good if Norwich get in the Premier League as we will have the big clubs coming to Norwich. Inevitably they (the fans) will go shopping in the city. And if they have to go past Thetford they may pop in to see what we have to offer.'
-Brian Hannah, chairman of Norfolk County Council: 'I think Norwich City in the Premiership would do the county an absolute power of good, there's no two ways about that. It puts us on the football map, and gives a lot of publicity to Norfolk and Norwich.'
-George Nobbs, leader of Norfolk County Council: 'Economically, it's almost incalculable. More important is what it does for the people of Norfolk in terms of their sense of pride and self-confidence. There's a huge difference on a Monday mornings when there's been a win.'
-Lucy Downing, brand manager for Visit North Norfolk: 'Saturday's match is so important for the economy of Norwich. It raises the profile of Norfolk.'
-Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman: 'It would be fantastic to see Norwich get back to the Premiership and it would reinforce our message that Norfolk deserves to be on the world stage
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