Maine Road (Football Away Days)

[City & Blue Brazil]

Whenever I think of Maine road I think of the old Kippax and Platt lane stands. I hated the new Kippax and Umbro stand. Cheap and nasty, but that was Peter Swales all over!

Think the new Kippax was pretty good, certainly the concourses were miles better than the etihad.

 

[AJ71]

Franny Lee had the Kippax rebuilt, but you are right it was like a cheep patchwork quilt at the end.

Sure I read somewhere, that Swales initial plan to comply with all seater requirements was to just bolt seating onto the existing Kippax terrace.

 

[Mike N]

Think the new Kippax was pretty good, certainly the concourses were miles better than the etihad.

It was fantastic compared to the terrible Platt Lane.

 

[eastmanc]

Sure I read somewhere, that Swales initial plan to comply with all seater requirements was to just bolt seating onto the existing Kippax terrace.

Probably he was a right cheep bastard was our Peter.

 

[eastmanc]

It was fantastic compared to the terrible Platt Lane.

True. How tight was it when you went for a pint at half time, there was no room to move around.

 

[yeseye]

where did you live mate. i lived in brentwood street and the big western was my local

I was over the posh end mate, Denmark Rd , used to go in Our Lady’s though on a Sunday afternoon when the pubs used to close for a few hours and then over to the Ardri.
That Big Western was a lively place on its day haha!

 

[Bluesince1979]

Sure I read somewhere, that Swales initial plan to comply with all seater requirements was to just bolt seating onto the existing Kippax terrace.

Pretty sure there were plans to have a new roof on the kippax to match the main stand and have the platt lane and north stand matching too.

Ive either dreamt it or ive seen the plans!

This was deffo swales. Franny had ideas to have the whole stadium like tge new kippax

 

[Whether or not]

The Etihad is a nice modern stadium, but it is not Maine Road. Home games were a different experience, City were generally crap, but you had The Parkside, The Beehive, The Claremont, The Gardeners, The Sherwood, The Lord Lion, The Clarence, The Whitworth and so many others in the vicinity. A Saturday home game was a belting pub crawl.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Think the new Kippax was pretty good, certainly the concourses were miles better than the etihad.

The Kippax also had a lot of space between the entrance wall and the stand, useful for the odd nice match day. The new Kippax's inside bogs were certainly an upgrade on the original "facilities", not sure if time is clouding the memories but weren't the original bogs left in use?

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

My second home Maine road and stood on the Kippax with the choir