KNOWN as 'The Count', Terry Allcock played in all 11 games of City's incredible 1958-59 FA Cup run.
Now 50 years later Terry is still a familiar face at Carrow Road, where he helps to entertain the Club's guests as a matchday host.
With 389 appearances and 127 goals for the Canaries to his name he has many happy memories of his playing days with the Club to look back on of course - but those wonderful four months or so from November 1958 to March 1959 will always hold a special place.
The run started in unspectacular fashion, with a 3-1 home victory over non-leaguers Ilford followed by a struggle to edge past fellow division three side Swindon via a 1-0 replay win following a 1-1 draw in the first game.
But by the time that replay took place at Carrow Road the Canaries already knew that victory would earn them a plum home tie in the third round against the mighty Manchester United, who were flying high at the top of the first division.
Allcock recalled: "We started with Ilford who were a non-league club and then we played Swindon, which was actually one of the hardest games of the run as we didn't play anywhere near the standard we reached later on.
"What not a lot of people know is that we were invited to the Lord Mayor's Parlour before every round to here the cup draw being broadcast. You can imagine the excitement when Manchester United came out of the hat for the third round."
Despite the earlier victories, this January clash was to be the match that suddenly catapaulted Norwich into the national spotlight. Two goals from Bly and another from Crossan sent Sir Matt Busby's 'Babes' crashing out of the cup - and sent a 38,000 capacity crowd at a snowy Carrow Road into raptures.
"The emotion before and of course after the game were incredible. It was tense but we got on top early and stayed on top. At the end the fans came running on to the pitch and carried us off on their shoulders, it was tremendous for everyone involved with the Club," said Allcock.
"The Manchester United players and Sir Matt Busby were perfect gentlemen and superb sportsmen. They congratulated us not just on winning but on playing good football. They knew we hadn't just kicked them off the park or anything like that."
JUST WIDE: Terry Allcock narrowly misses the target
against the Busby Babes of Manchester
The run continued with victories over Cardiff City, Spurs (after a replay) and Sheffield United (after a replay) before eventually falling agonisingly short of a fairytale appearance at Wembley with defeat after yet another replay in the semi-final against Luton Town.
It was an epic journey for Allcock and his team-mates: "It's hard to put into words sometimes, I think you had to be part of it, to go through it as a player, official or supporter at the time to understand what those four months were like.
"We had some of the top young reporters from national newspapers, some of whom went on to become famous later in their career, come and live in Norwich for a whole month at the Royal Hotel. They followed us everywhere and wrote stories about us every day, it was great. The interest in us nationally was like nothing we'd ever experienced before."
Modestly glossing over the fact that he netted for City in the 1-1 draw at Tottenham, Allcock remembers a welcome committee for them when they returned to Norfolk: "We came back from the game at Spurs on a steam train and there were about seven thousand supporters waiting for us at Thorpe Station, it was wonderful.
"Those same supporters then went to the ground to queue for tickets to the replay and that queue stretched right back over Carrow Bridge and back towards the City Centre.
"Some of those games were incredible. The packed houses at Carrow Road and to play a record of 11 games, which I think might still be a record, in one cup run is something special.
"The emotion with 38,000 people inside Carrow Road for the later games is something I remember. Against Cardiff City for instance, when we came out to such a welcome it made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Then they were singing 'On The Ball City' and I don't think they ever stopped singing it until the end of the run!"
The significance of the run for the Club itself is also not lost on Allcock: "The whole city just basically took off. About 18 months or so before the Club had been in desperate financial trouble, but our run really stabilised the Club. But more than that it really put Norwich City and the city of Norwich on the map you know - on to the national stage for a bit."
We have received memories from fans and you can read a selection of them on our dedicated 58-59 Cup Run section of canaries.co.uk.
