30th April 1994 - The Kippax's Last Stand

Don't think it's the stadiums just people fans that have changed. Remember that viral video of Liverpool fan complaining about anfield being soulless five six years ago
 
denislawsbackheel said:
You could never replace the sound of coins thrown by the opposition rebounding off the rafters just before hitting you on the head or the warm spray of bottled piss thrown and shattering in the rafters.
It was my home from the day I started watching City until the day it was pulled down.
The greatest standing area ever in my opinion.
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Correct.It felt like home to me ,every two weeks.i caught the last 6 years of Maine Road with the Kippax terrace.as an out of town Blue I just felt very much at home.sounds wierd,but was perfectly natural to me.i was made welcome. That short time of 1987/88 season ,to the final day..I have to say were the best experiencesof my life.id followed City from afar as a kid.standing on that terrace meant so much to me.i absolutely loved it.and the passion the noise,the crack when it wasn't a big game or not on it was brilliant.....when it was a big game ,you knew about it.When the half decent Liverpool team turned up in the late 80s one Tuesday night,you could feel it in the air we were having em.The atmosphere was incredible,electric,David White was up for it.The whole team was up for it.The kippax was ready,the whole ground was Bouncing...We beat them 2-1. Thought the roof was gonna come off after the 2nd goal.Can still feel the buzz on that one all these years later.
I cried when the stand was knocked down.i was one of the very last to leave the terrace on the last game.i could mot believe they were gonna knock it down.WTF? Why?!! Goverment and Football.not a good mix.
Never been the same watching Football since.Ripped the heart out of the home support.i can only imagine what it was like
In a there when we had decent side late 70s,and of course lthe great ate 60s ....
I still don't know why it had to be knocked down.it was everything to me.i miss it to this day.
 
I'll never forget the feeling walking into the Kippax.
Started going in 84/85.
Charlton game was about my 5th or 6th game.
I remember just watching the Kippax and nagging me old man to take me in there.
Start off near est to the north stand on that wall near the front.
Gradually got closer and closer till we ended up behind the tunnel next to away fans.
What an experience.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
I still don't know why it had to be knocked down.it was everything to me.i miss it to this day.
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thatcher.
Football fans joined together (possibly for the first time) and defeated her ridiculous ID Card for football fans scheme.
The Taylor Report then gave her the opportunity she was looking for to get revenge for her humiliating ID card defeat.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
thatcher.
Football fans joined together (possibly for the first time) and defeated her ridiculous ID Card for football fans scheme.
The Taylor Report then gave her the opportunity she was looking for to get revenge for her humiliating ID card defeat.
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Yeah I knew Thatcher was behind it and my question really was one of despair..ie why did something so great have to come to an end.why ? More a feeling of despair really.

I remember looking at the rubble which was the kippax terrace in later weeks and feeling completely lost/ angry.something great and special had been taken away from me.it felt like home,and the 7 years I stood on it amount to some of the greatest years in my life..Hard to explain to others who never experienced it,or who just look at our current success and wonder what all the fuss is about.
 
MCFC Wirral said:
43. Nobody to take me as a kid. Blackpool Home in 1998 was my first match. Some start, hey?
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Typical balmy summer's day, typical 1st home match of the season August. Optimism is high.30k loyal fans ..
.for some reason I was in the Main Stand that day.3nil I think.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Typical balmy summer's day, typical 1st home match of the season August. Optimism is high.30k loyal fans ..
.for some reason I was in the Main Stand that day.3nil I think.
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It was indeed
Maine road was rocking and the good old nah nah nan a nah nah city, was belting out for the last 15 mins almost non stop
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Typical balmy summer's day, typical 1st home match of the season August. Optimism is high.30k loyal fans ..
.for some reason I was in the Main Stand that day.3nil I think.
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As was I. On the train up from Hereford, some lads got on at maybe Crewe in the new away shirt that we won the play offs in. I’d never seen it before and was, um, fascinated by the design.

I was more in to music and reading. Just went with a City mad mate for a laugh.
 
30th Anniversary:

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Lee: The noise on the Kippax was massive!

Former chairman discusses the demolition and rebuild of famous stand
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Gallery: Remembering the Kippax

It's been 25 years since we played our final game with the all-standing Kippax Stand...
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The Kippax last stand: 25 years ago

It’s staggering to think that the Kippax terrace – City’s last substantial standing area before Maine Road became an all-seater stadium – was last used 25 years ago.
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I hated the Kippax. The sightlines were poor unless you were over six feet tall. The toilet facilities were pre-historic. It always seemed claustrophobic due to the low roof.

I rarely stood there preferring the Scoreboard End and later the North Stand.

Sometimes, there was no real option such as when the North Stand was under construction and for Reserve and Youth Team matches.

My favourite was a Youth Cup match in the 1960s when Mal Allison was in the middle of a one month stadium ban. He was there standing alone on the Kippax. Most spotted him but everyone kept quiet about it, After his ban was completed, he was interviewed and stated that the one that hurt him the most was missing the Youth Cup match in question!
 
kippaxkid74 said:
I was there... i cried. And if you'dve told me that only 9 years later we'd say bye to all of Maine Road i'd never have believed you.

Cracking picture of me and my mum and sister stood on the kippax corner as leaving - my sister with a scowl, me with a resigned half smile, and mum with Brian May perm.

We always stood first barrier - where new Kippax BBL and East stand 102 is now.
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re reading this thread now we're in 30 years not 29, and there I am posting a year ago today!
Oh for it to be a year ago never mind 30 years. Remember that day like clockwork, and still got the last stand t shirts.

Never post my face here, but you know what if I find the picture I'm talking about I'll post it later today. To raise a glass to the past, to memories, and the people we stood with that made the kippax our home.
 
kippaxkid74 said:
re reading this thread now we're in 30 years not 29, and there I am posting a year ago today!
Oh for it to be a year ago never mind 30 years. Remember that day like clockwork, and still got the last stand t shirts.

Never post my face here, but you know what if I find the picture I'm talking about I'll post it later today. To raise a glass to the past, to memories, and the people we stood with that made the kippax our home.
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The old girl was never the same after that day. That fucking tiny shite thing they put in its place was a total waste of money,just like that egg box called the umbro stand. Small time mentality from what was still was a big club(I'd say massive but I won't :)
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
The old girl was never the same after that day. That fucking tiny shite thing they put in its place was a total waste of money,just like that egg box called the umbro stand. Small time mentality from what was still was a big club(I'd say massive but I won't :)
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Tiny Shite thing? Really not what I recall
 
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