What things do you remember from Maine Road?

Paying about 70p to get in the kippax,the odd little old man stood on a milk crate,and when some dirty bastard farted and you couldn't lift your arms to hold your nose......and Phealan's goal.
 
The sweet aroma of "exotic" cigarettes.
Leaving the beehive at 2;45 & still getting a burger before going into the North Stand, chips & gravy from the bluemoon chippy after the game finished at the dòor of the beehive
 
Pink final
Portacabin shop
Social club next to shop
Badge shop in gable end house across road that even had Northern Ireland team football badges
The roof
Peter Doherty photo below main stand
Helen Helen ring your bell
Half and half ski hats
Getting bus outside adult cinema to ground think was outside Oxford Road station (could be wrong) and thinking when I'm 18 I'm going in there (never did)
Rangers/celtic chant which a few times broke into swap shop/tiswas
Paying on the gate
 
Getting to Maine road through all the back alleys then Walking up the steps to the kippax, down the other side and seeing the pitch and getting to our place by the 1152 sign.
 
Lovely to see how many people mention going to matches with dads and granddads. Just as it should be and hopefully always will.
 
The train to Belle Vue. A few beers in the Midland, sit in the big front window about 230 and watch the No.53 come down Hyde rd. The trip in reverse but with a kebab/burger from Sinbads on Dicky road.
 
Helen
Trumans for Steel
Not turning on the floodlights until minutes before kick off
Demos
Charlton
5-1
Radic Antic ☹️
Bottles of coke at Junior Blues meets
The Kippax
The TV at the back of the North stand
Mind yer car!
Promotions
The tiny club shop
Pink final
The noise
Open days
Sleeping over queuing for less than 300 Derby tickets
12 hours for Gillingham
Exploring the North stand as a kid
The smoke
The beer
 
My 1st ever game v carlisle, we lost 3-1 typical city! david phillips scored a screamer tho & i was on motd 4 wks jumping about platt lane!!, the 5-1 massacre, being 3-1 up following season with mins to go & nearly losing, & being one of the 30,000 (fuck you swales) rammed into the kippax that glorious day v charlton
 
The bomb scare in 1974 - cant remember who it was against, but I think it was during the power cuts. Also, I think it was a game on a weekday afternoon, and I was sciving off school. Hopefully someone can confirm. Cheers!
 
The start of 'blue moon' in the kippax
My first game. Everton in 81 FA Cup
The floodlights you could see for miles
Sneaking in beer in my rucksack
My first season ticket. 40 quid
The Scottish guy at the main entrance
Players' cars outside the ground
The souvenir 'store'
Junior blues
Dog shit in the alleyways
Black gangsters selling weed in the pubs
 
Ski hats with Rangers(the odd Celt)
Chucking stuff at coaches at the back of the Kippax
Chucking stuff at coaches outside the Parkside on a summers day(cheaper to go across the rd for a few cans :)
Kippax candle demo getting cancelled due to fire regs?
Yellow steward cardboard pass that would get you into the White house
That silver tray at the Parkside doors that would make Bob Geldoff think about his motives
Sneaking into the main entrance during the day for a laugh
Getting a cig put out in your face/head when we scored(Kippax)
Walking back trying to listen to radios for scores
The pink
Roads full of horse shit up Wilbraham rd
Winsford rd full of glass from car windows
Sat having a pint and pie on the Kippax stairs at the back - or 3 or 4 pints if your'e just carrying on from the night before
trying to sneak into concerts
Eddie Large sat near the dugout
 
The chippy, the hum of chatter in the club shop, massive police horses, the nervous but excited feeling going through the turnstiles, working my way through the darkness of the stands into the singing section, cigarette smoke, the noise from the away fans, getting hit by coins from the Leeds fans, joining in with classic chants like " And its Manchester City, Manchester City FC..." , the anxiety getting away from the stadium, the bus journey back to piccadilly station.


Happy days!!!
 
All those things but more, for me, the friends I went with catching the 41 from Sale Moor. The most beautiful girl, a friend of a friend, i loved from afar and now, sadly, gone.

Going to my granny's on Yew Tree Road for tea after the game and seeing my grandad and favourite Uncle. Like the ground all gone. Off to the rag thread to cheer myself up.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top