pride in battle
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First one miles better than the second...I would have liked this though:
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But would have liked this even more:
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First one miles better than the second...I would have liked this though:
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But would have liked this even more:
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Same, as a young teen in the mid 80’s the whole day out was a buzz but climbing those stairs at the back of the Kippax then walking out and seeing the pitch was something else.As a teenager it was the most amazing place ever.
I felt absolutely massive.
Football hasn't been the same since that day
I started going with my dad in the mid 60s and used to feel almost as if my life would be complete if the spotlights on top of the Kippax ever came on but I never saw it !When the ground had the 4 floodlights, there was a floodlight thing on the Kippax roof on the halfway. I started going in 1975 and never saw this used and it was replaced in circa 1990 when a new set of lights were installed in the roof for the length of the pitch.
When was this halfway floodlight put on the roof and why did it stop being used?
Dofs hatStood on the Kippax from 62 till 94 32 years,smallest League crowd 8,000 we we're very poor early 60s.I've also been in a few 63,000 full houses at Maine road.
We had new floodlights installed about 65 so no need for the old kippax ones to be used.I started going with my dad in the mid 60s and used to feel almost as if my life would be complete if the spotlights on top of the Kippax ever came on but I never saw it !
I felt seriously unsafe on the charlton game, I was only 15, never seen the kippax so rammed, only time in my life I’d felt scared amongst our own fans, it was dangerous that dayI can remember things getting a bit squeezed occasionally but never felt seriously unsafe on the Kippax. I remember going to Maine Road after Hillsborough and thinking that it would not have happened there as there were no barriers creating pens.
You are probably right that it would not get a safety certificate as it did take a while to empty.
I had that as a poster (was the centrefold from a programme) on my wall for years as a teenager. Dreaming of City hitting it big with a belting stadium.First one miles better than the second...
Who went on the pitch?!
Of all the goals/games this goal and the scenes following will always stay with me. I was stood at the back on railings and the kippax just exploded . Also Quinnys penalty save against Derby !!. Would sell a kidney to have 10 minutes back in that shed. I love the Etihad but nothing gets near those standing days.Niall Quinn’s debut was a night match, I think it was against Chelsea, he equalised quite close to the end with a header, I think from a David White cross, I remember the noise of the Kippax that moment to this day, unbelievable!