40 years ago today

[unclebatman]

Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned already



With a nod to the 56 lost at Bradford that day. RIP.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Great day on a hot packed Kippax and as someone will say it, what an attendance.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

An amazing day until the news about Bradford broke, rip the 56

 

[carlosthejackal]

Not a bad attendance for a club with no fans . Couldn’t move on the kippax .

 

[elbearos]

Not a bad attendance for a club with no fans . Couldn’t move on the kippax .

It was bloody dangerous

 

[manclad]

Not a bad attendance for a club with no fans . Couldn’t move on the kippax .

I went into The North Stand expecting to be able to find an empty seat somewhere.
It was that rammed that I had no chance of finding one, so I ended up sat on the terracing,in front of a concrete wall.

 

[Alfie Budd]

The finest hour for dodgy official published attendances during the Swales pay at the gate era.
Official attendance was 47,285 when most of us who were there estimated there were closer to 55,000 inside Maine Road.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

My younger brother was nearly crushed against the white wall at front of the kippax

We got moved into the section for the away fans as Charlton fans hadn’t arrived due to a crash on the motorway

The look on Charltons faces when they saw hundreds of kids and teenagers in their section

 

[tregyblue61]

Barry Davies:

"For Manchester City, another chapter in their extraordinary history of brushes with fate"

How true.

RIP also to Bradford City and Lincoln City.

 

[blue44]

RIP Bantams.
Along with Hillsborough
I'll never forget that day
Bitter sweet day when we got back to the pub and the terrible terrible news started coming through.

 

[pride in battle]

I went into The North Stand expecting to be able to find an empty seat somewhere.
It was that rammed that I had no chance of finding one, so I ended up sat on the terracing,in front of a concrete wall.

Same as me, had a ticket for the maine stand and hundreds sat/stood on the steps, dangerous as fuck when you look back.

 

[Mike N]

What a day, on the pitch after the game. The noise in The Kippax, when the first goal went in, was almost up there with the Aguero goal.

 

[i kne albert davy]

40 years bloody hell, still going with several of the lads I was there with that day. Sadly a few are no longer with us.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

It was bloody dangerous

Never ever saw the kippax as rammed as that day, like you say it was dangerous, 47,000 on that day is laughable beyond belief to everybody who was on maine road that day

 

[bladdered]

 

[bladdered]

 

[cyan]

Can’t remember it without remembering Bradford. Dreadful day.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Main stand benches with dad. People rammed in and sat in the aisles

47,000 …. Hahahaha

 

[youngbob]

Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned already



With a nod to the 56 lost at Bradford that day. RIP.

That's the best City kit of all time if you ask me.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Thanks for showing the video, brought back some great memories of a time when you really didn't know what would happen at Maine Road.
Remember getting in the Charlton Athletic pen (as a Welshman, my accent helped) at the top left hand area of the Kippax - as the queues were massive for the rest of the Kippax.
A couple of queries I can't remember the answers of :-

* Why did City sell Paul Simpson - he was a youth player who was brilliant for City.
* Why was the open area between the Kippax and the Platt Lane so empty at kick off, as it was rammed later ?
* Did anyone else get in the Charlton pen - as that filled up as well.

A great occasion, but sadly scarred by the Bradford fire disaster, which is often overlooked and forgotten...