Football ground with a train line running through it!

[dickie davies]

Isn't there a fucking wank twats wankers dirty smelling fucking fuckers club that was set up by a railway company in Newton Heath?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Isn't there a fucking wank twats wankers dirty smelling fucking fuckers club that was set up by a railway company in Newton Heath?

Yes..... you want the united thread ;)

 

[Nigel De Shlong]

And yet we whinge about the amount of smoke in the Bogs at Etihad.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Yes it did and at half time they used to bring trucks through with boilers on them from Galloways. Great story in one of my books about the time the boiler got stuck in front of the Boys Stand.

Found this map on google images having looked for pictures of Hyde Road for a thread in the history forum.
The railway line splitting the pitch from the stands can be clearly seen in the top right hand corner

 

[xgorton]

Found this map on google images having looked for pictures of Hyde Road for a thread in the history forum.
The railway line splitting the pitch from the stands can be clearly seen in the top right hand corner

I remember the flats in Bennett Street back in the 70s,have they all gone ?

 

[Barcon]

Isn't there a fucking wank twats wankers dirty smelling fucking fuckers club that was set up by a railway company in Newton Heath?

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If I remember correctly, it was just off Oldham rd. I used to go and piss on it when I walked down to my Grans.

 

[Gary James]

Found this map on google images having looked for pictures of Hyde Road for a thread in the history forum.
The railway line splitting the pitch from the stands can be clearly seen in the top right hand corner

That map is based on the 1915 map that appeared in my 1997 book Manchester The Greatest City. It's worth highlighting for everyone the different stands. Here goes... Top right on other side of the track is the Boys Stand - a place where lads were free of adult influence and a place that generated a particular sense of City identity (very important to City as time moved forward), top is the Main Stand, destroyed by fire in 1920 but replaced with a basic wooden stand immediately after; left - Stone Yard Stand/Hotel End, part seated part terracing.
; bottom - Popular Side - main terraced stand; right - Galloway End - terracing.

 

[mat]

I try and send my trains into the swamp on match day. So far zero successes...

 

[bluethrunthru]

whenever Tim does a footie vlog its always interesting

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Remember going to Hull City Away in Jan 1970 3rd round FA Cup - courtesy of Connolly’s coaches, Gorton. I’m sure Boothferry Park had its own Railway Station right into the ground.