20 years ago today - last game at Maine Road

[Alfie Budd]

BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Saints spoil Maine Road party

Was going to put this in the Maine Road photos thread but thought that such a significant anniversary deserved its own. Mods - feel free to merge if you disagree.

 

[Postman Pep]

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

Loved Maine Road. Imagine city v real next Wednesday at Maine rd walking out to a full standing Kippax. Now that would be the 12th man. White hot atmosphere.shivers

 

[Besteamintheland]

Bombed it back from Spain for this game .... I only really remember getting a free mars bar on my seat in the kippax !

Cannot believe how far we have come since .... and how far we are going !...

 

[Sid C]

Sad day.

But the last derby at Maine Road wasn’t. :)

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Typical City not even scoring let alone winning.

Went & watched us v Leeds u18's a few days later ..was an upsetting experience.

 

[threespires]

In some ways that game was a fitting ending for the old girl in light of our recent history at that point, but given the many glorious days/nights the place had had in the past it would have been good to go out with more of a bang.

Even though we had the various post match celebrations, walking away that day I don't think it had properly sunk in that was the last time we would play there. It was only on the day when I went to collect my auction lots that in sunk in it was no longer our home and we wouldn't be coming back and I got quite upset. My then girlfriend but soon to be wife didn't take the piss and helped me carry some signage to the car and lash it on, that's when I thought she's probably a keeper!

 

[Ric]

I loved Maine Road, and miss it in many ways, but the final game was a bit of a strange day. It was obviously pretty emotional, but it pissed down and we played terribly. Seem to remember Doves and Badly Drawn Boy performing in the centre circle after the match.

 

[One Fan Clapping]

 

[One Fan Clapping]

 

[Ric]

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Ha, love that last notice. "If you have inadvertently brought a knife with you..."

 

[One Fan Clapping]

 

[geoff hammond]

The Maine Road of 20 years ago was not the same beast as the one I grew up knowing in the 1970s

 

[simmo]

From that last game I have never been back since. I left with the memories of the stadium as was.

I miss walking through Platt Fields and seeing the stadium in the distance.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

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Haha that first paragraph of the notice.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I was given that book, can't remember it's name now, possibly a Gary James one which was full of pictures of the old girl being demolished.

Only looked at about 4/5 pages and passed it on..... horrible experience.

 

[One Fan Clapping]

I was given that book, can't remember it's name now, possibly a Gary James one which was full of pictures of the old girl being demolished.

Only looked at about 4/5 pages and passed it on..... horrible experience.

'Full Time at Maine Road' think it was.

 

[Gary James]

I was given that book, can't remember it's name now, possibly a Gary James one which was full of pictures of the old girl being demolished.

Only looked at about 4/5 pages and passed it on..... horrible experience.

Not one of mine. I did Farewell to Maine Road: The Official History of Manchester City’s Grounds. Probably thinking of Full Time at Maine Road.

I’ll be posting some news on Farewell To Maine Road later today on my website:

20 Years Ago Today: Maine Road’s Last

On this day (11 May) in 2003 Maine Road staged its last first team game when Manchester City faced Southampton. Watch out later today for a special announcement about my research into Maine Road and something I'll be posting here over the coming weeks. In the meantime... the final day was a...

gjfootballarchive.com

 

[awest]

20 years since I last stood in horse shit and had my car minded.

 

[mike1923]

If you have, entirely accidentally of course, brought any weapons with you please discard them

Brilliant

Ha, love that last notice. "If you have inadvertently brought a knife with you..."