Does anyone wish we still played at Maine Road and why?

Gingers Dad said:
But you couldn't stand on the Kippax even if we hadn't left.
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Lots of standing around nowadays mate, the Kippax could easily have returned ..
They should resurrect it at the Etihad, strange they didn’t ..
I get I’m a dreamer mate but I can dream cant i ? I remember dreaming of winning the PL and CL somewhere back in time :-)
 
Blue Til Death said:
The match day experience at Maine Road was far better than the Etihad ever has been or will be for me..
I know im a FOC but having sampled both many times, there is no contest.
Standing in the Kippax watching the mighty Blues will never be matched ..
in those days, football was for the fans, alas those days are also long gone…!!

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I think there is an awful lot of nostalgia in your view that the match day atmosphere will never be as good as Maine Road. I can remember some unbelievable atmospheres, at the Etihad and moments, like the Aguero moment and the Gundo moment where the roof was lifted off the Stadium miles better than anything at the Maine Road.
 
eastmanc said:
I think there is an awful lot of nostalgia in your view that the match day atmosphere will never be as good as Maine Road. I can remember some unbelievable atmospheres, at the Etihad and moments, like the Aguero moment and the Gundo moment where the roof was lifted off the Stadium miles better than anything at the Maine Road.
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I agree mate, nostalgia does stuff to people of a certain age :-)
 
Blue Til Death said:
I agree mate, nostalgia does stuff to people of a certain age :-)
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It does to me as well but when you think of it you always remember the better things that happened, which were fewer and fewer as we got to end of Maine Road and there was a lot of negativity about the City of Manchester Stadium, as it was at the time, it actually turned out it was the best thing to have happened to the club with regards to success. We've had the best of times at this Stadium and long may it continue.
 
eastmanc said:
It does to me as well but when you think of it you always remember the better things that happened, which were fewer and fewer as we got to end of Maine Road and there was a lot of negativity about the City of Manchester Stadium, as it was at the time, it actually turned out it was the best thing to have happened to the club with regards to success. We've had the best of times at this Stadium and long may it continue.
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Very true mate, Ive loved every second of it..!
It is weird though not standing in piss and looking at the algae growing on the piss stone in the Kippax toilets ..
 
Had my first and last pint of greenhalls bitter standing in the kippax , absolutely fucking awful beer NOT surprised it's no longer brewed. No I wouldn't go back good memories but the past should stay in the past
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Likely been posted elsewhere but worth a read if you haven't already.

jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk

Kippax | Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild

Playing down at Maine Road It’s impossible to separate Maine Road from Moss Side, in history or in memory. The story of one is the story of the other. That was not always a positive thing…
jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk
 
pepguardiola'smoustache said:
Likely been posted elsewhere but worth a read if you haven't already.

jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk

Kippax | Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild

Playing down at Maine Road It’s impossible to separate Maine Road from Moss Side, in history or in memory. The story of one is the story of the other. That was not always a positive thing…
jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk jimmysirrelslovechild.co.uk
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Thanks for posting

So many memories come flooding back reading that
 
Stoned Rose said:
2 minutes walk from mine, atmosphere 100x better, cracking banter with the away fans top corner of the Kippax, much more of a “belongs to us” feeling than the Etihad, better boozers, better scran places, could get away with putting a spliff to bed. Loved it.

The football is miles better at the Etihad but the vibes aren’t in the same universe.
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I'm not sure the 100 × Atmosphere bit is correct tbh pal. Only on selective games. It was dreadful in huge time spans as other grounds were too. I do get the feeling a lot of our fans think back and almost want to create the thought that is was absolutely rockin and bouncing every game back then and it simply wasn't the case.
 
eastmanc said:
I think there is an awful lot of nostalgia in your view that the match day atmosphere will never be as good as Maine Road. I can remember some unbelievable atmospheres, at the Etihad and moments, like the Aguero moment and the Gundo moment where the roof was lifted off the Stadium miles better than anything at the Maine Road.
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Yes magical moments, but they were us winning the league, do you think that atmosphere would be like that when playing Swindon midweek?
 
The blue phantom said:
I'm not sure the 100 × Atmosphere bit is correct tbh pal. Only on selective games. It was dreadful in huge time spans as other grounds were too. I do get the feeling a lot of our fans think back and almost want to create the thought that is was absolutely rockin and bouncing every game back then and it simply wasn't the case.
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Season ticket holder at both grounds, granted it wasn't rocking every game at Maine Road, but tje togetherness and the laughs were a lot better, Everton at home the other week you could hear a pin drop, I had a bunch of Italians next to me, and the whole game they just kept saying go Gi Gi, they were there purely for donnarumma
 
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