Old Maine Road photos thread

Don’t have any photos of my own to add as I got into football slightly too late to of gone to Maine Road, but love seeing all the photos in this thread from there and those late 90s/early 00s days.
 
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Alex Harley of Manchester City (9) celebrates after scoring past Manchester United goalkeeper David Gaskell (on the floor) during a Football League Division One match at Maine Road on May 15, 1963 in ManchesterIMG-20240124-WA0009.jpg
 
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Stephen230 said:
That’s interesting. I don’t recall the Platt Lane ever having reserved seats. I thought it was always sit where you like. Unless the numbers were purely for keeping track on how many they’d sold?
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The Platt Lane Stand was entirely bench seats and there were no numbers.

I suspect that they put the bench seats in because it was cheaper than putting in new crash barriers.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Can anyone name the whole lineup?
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It’s a bit of a challenge given the camera angles. I would assume that this was in the first half of the 1963-64 season. Many of the below are wild guesses.

Back row (from left to right):

George Hannah, Neil Young, Harry Dowd, and possibly David Wagstaffe. It looks like Derek Kevan hiding at the back. The one with the number 9 shirt could be Paul Aimson.

Front row:

Barry Betts, Alan Oakes, and Joe Hayes.
 
JGL07 said:
It’s a bit of a challenge given the camera angles. I would assume that this was in the first half of the 1963-64 season. Many of the below are wild guesses.

Back row (from left to right):

George Hannah, Neil Young, Harry Dowd, and possibly David Wagstaffe. It looks like Derek Kevan hiding at the back. The one with the number 9 shirt could be Paul Aimson.

Front row:

Barry Betts, Alan Oakes, and Joe Hayes.
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I'm thinking Cliff Sear (number 3)
 
JGL07 said:
The Platt Lane Stand was entirely bench seats and there were no numbers.

I suspect that they put the bench seats in because it was cheaper than putting in new crash barriers.
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The bench seats in the old Platt Lane stand did have numbers, I had a season ticket in there between 1976 and 1981.
 
Howard Croft said:
Still to work out the full lineup but I think the front row far left is Peter Dobing and Alex Harley before they were sold to Stoke and Birmingham, respectively, prior to the start of the 63-64 season.
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Make that far right,not left. Too much drink again. number 3 looks like Alf Wood with Mike Batty facing him. certainly Cliff Sear should be no. 3. Very interesting photo
 
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