Even though my first game at Maine Road was in 1980, I spent most of the eighties in the army so my first season ticket was 90-91, though it was in the Main Stand. I returned to the Kippax for the start of the 92-93 season.
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The Kippax
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jamesha
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My major regret as a blue is that I did not manage to get a chant going of "Are you Huddersfield in disguise?" when we were 5-1 up against the rags in 1989 - my weedy teenage voice was not loud enough. Maybe bacon face would have been sacked if the entire Kippax had taken up the chant and history could have been very different?I expect that there will be a few on here who can remember that swell of pride and achievement the first time they started a chant in the Kippax.
We won't mention the embarrassment we felt when we tried to start a chant and it died on it's arse...
eyalluvitt
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Same for me, the Wilmslow-Handforth chant never quite took off. I often fretted about it on the helicopter ride homeWhen they used to do that chant and counter chant of Manchester areas, like “Gorton - Longsight, Gorton - Longsight” no one ever joined in my counter of…
“Wilmslow” done in a high falsetto.
LongsightM13
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Some of the different mobs had their own songs altogether, Levenshulme, Burnage etcWhen they used to do that chant and counter chant of Manchester areas, like “Gorton - Longsight, Gorton - Longsight” no one ever joined in my counter of…
“Wilmslow” done in a high falsetto.
Fordyboy46
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Never forget my first derby, the Maine road massacre in 89. The sound of coins pinging off the terraces being chucked by both sets of fans still ring in my ears today, lol
salford blue 62
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You should have tried "Salford Blues,we are here" !When they used to do that chant and counter chant of Manchester areas, like “Gorton - Longsight, Gorton - Longsight” no one ever joined in my counter of…
“Wilmslow” done in a high falsetto.
GortonBlue62
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Me and my mates used to stand near the front of the Kippax at the Platt Lane end. Me and another lad went back to where the main chanters were to get 'Oh Willie Willie, Willie Willie Donachie' started. And we did it! Heroes on our return to the front.I expect that there will be a few on here who can remember that swell of pride and achievement the first time they started a chant in the Kippax.
We won't mention the embarrassment we felt when we tried to start a chant and it died on it's arse...
A high. A definite low was getting an egg on my head during a Derby. Could have been worse I suppose.
warpig
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Was doing some clearing out this weekend and found my first ever season ticket for the Kippax. Had always paid on the turnstile before. This cost £55 iirc with a discount for early payment. Wish I was that young again, tickets were that cheap and I could walk to the ground in 30 minutes like I could back then.
I forgot the season ticket had how long you had it. Year 1,2,3,4, then ‘regular’ if memory serves me right.
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I can remember “Stockport(or wherever) blues, we are here, oh oh, oh oh, shag your women and drink your beer oh oh oh oh oh oh” would be responded to with “Stockport blues you are queer oh oh oh oh”.Some of the different mobs had their own songs altogether, Levenshulme, Burnage etc
We weren’t exactly “woke” back in those days but nobody gave a fuck
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Same for me, the Wilmslow-Handforth chant never quite took off. I often fretted about it on the helicopter ride home
Funny, I never even thought of trying to get “Hazel… Hazel Grove ooh ooh” going, along the same lines as “Tony… Tony Coleman ooh ooh”. I just sensed there'd be no takers, especially on the Kippax.
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I did it as a piss take of my Wilmslow cousin.Funny, I never even thought of trying to get “Hazel… Hazel Grove ooh ooh” going, along the same lines as “Tony… Tony Coleman ooh ooh”. I just sensed there'd be no takers, especially on the Kippax.
I lived in Clinton Avenue, off Parkside Road.
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Yeah.I can remember “Stockport(or wherever) blues, we are here, oh oh, oh oh, shag your women and drink your beer oh oh oh oh oh oh” would be responded to with “Stockport blues you are queer oh oh oh oh”.
We weren’t exactly “woke” back in those days but nobody gave a fuck
The girls walking round the running track selling pies to
“We know what you’re after..”
Well I married one!
Didsbury Dave
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“Get your tits out for the lads!”Yeah.
The girls walking round the running track selling pies to
“We know what you’re after..”
Well I married one!
m7mcfc
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Brad Doyle sang that everywhere he went.You should have tried "Salford Blues,we are here" !
Brad is one mad fu*ker, not seen him for a few years so he might have calmed down nowBrad Doyle sang that everywhere he went.
Some of his brothers are just as crackers
Must have been balmy in there house after Derby day as a couple of them are rags
blue b4 the moon
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Especially to a blonde WPC at Chesterfield in the cup around '77.“Get your tits out for the lads!”
Carver
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I forgot the season ticket had how long you had it. Year 1,2,3,4, then ‘regular’ if memory serves me right.
Remember paying for a couple of years then getting a ST in about ‘75. My dad had got one the year before. Think him and my uncle were regulars straight away but I had a year 1 before full ST the next year. When we started taking a lad who lived round the corner I recall that he had Y1 & Y2 before becoming a regular.
Stood in the Gene Kelly corner in front of 1st barrier next to North Stand, my dad and uncle always had flat caps and sheepskin coats on so the rain and cold didn’t bother them.
BertTrautmann'sParachute
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I bet most of the young lads on the Kippax singing that back in the day could do it themselves now.“Get your tits out for the lads!”
A few years back during a televised match with Gaby Logan and Bobby Robson in the TV commentators box fans around started to sing "get yer tits out for the lads". Bobby Robson duly obliged.“Get your tits out for the lads!”
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Remember paying for a couple of years then getting a ST in about ‘75. My dad had got one the year before. Think him and my uncle were regulars straight away but I had a year 1 before full ST the next year. When we started taking a lad who lived round the corner I recall that he had Y1 & Y2 before becoming a regular.
Stood in the Gene Kelly corner in front of 1st barrier next to North Stand, my dad and uncle always had flat caps and sheepskin coats on so the rain and cold didn’t bother them.
Always used to park a succession of old bangers in Clinton Ave over the years.Dead handy. Nobody ever messed with them... totally dangerous rust buckets.I did it as a piss take of my Wilmslow cousin.
I lived in Clinton Avenue, off Parkside Road.