100 years ago today: the 1st Maine Rd Derby

[Gary James]

100 years ago today (12 September) the first Maine Rd derby was staged. The stadium opened 2 years earlier but Utd were, of course, a Second Division team then.

Photo on my site is of Sam Cowan scoring:

The 1920s: First Maine Road Derby

100 years ago today (12 September) Manchester City and Manchester United met in the first Manchester Derby to be played at Maine Road (United had been in the second tier for the first couple of seasons of Maine Road's existence). Here's the background, report and stats from that game (this is...

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[Oyster28catcher]

Always love reading your stuff.

 

[Vienna_70]

100 years ago today (12 September) the first Maine Rd derby was staged. The stadium opened 2 years earlier but Utd were, of course, a Second Division team then.

Photo on my site is of Sam Cowan scoring:

The 1920s: First Maine Road Derby

100 years ago today (12 September) Manchester City and Manchester United met in the first Manchester Derby to be played at Maine Road (United had been in the second tier for the first couple of seasons of Maine Road's existence). Here's the background, report and stats from that game (this is...

gjfootballarchive.com

So that’s what Jack Warner was doing, before he became Dixon of Dock Green?

;-)