Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[City1974]

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GDM,you cant go back in time..........wipes tear away as types

Its funny but the kippax looks small in that picture, but from the front, and back, it always looked huge, all down to the roof I guess.

[I'm guessing that was a derby, judging from the away section looking packed ?]

With those fences it would have to be after Heysel (pitch invasion v Charlton was a week or so before) and before Hillsborough (I'm pretty sure the fences were down in time for the 5-1 in '89 but in any event that was a glorious day) which means it could only be one of two Derbies (assuming it is a Derby).

85/86 & 86/87.

Definitely not the 5-1 that was a much sunnier day (in every way) as suggested.

 

[HelloCity]

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Wonder if the original cable net will create a slightly obstructed view in the higher seats.

It sits above and still supports the roof structure providing they have got the angles right there should be no sight line obstructions

You can see how the cable net is in relation to the new tier

 

[coleridge]

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Cheers jrb.

One thing your pictures give some impression of now, is how much bigger (in surface area) the south stand roof will be once completed, compared with the current one, and with it angled down, it should benefit atmosphere greatly. I hope the club get the seating plan right, I think quite a few of the noisier ones will relocate into the third tier, right under the roof.

Completely agree with this cleavers.

Let's not forget the last stand we had with an angled-down roof:

That kept the sound in pretty well at times.

I wondered who hacked my computer and stole my photos!!!.....26th October 1986

Was that the 1-1 when McCarthy scored with a header? If so, I watched it on a little black and white telly at Uni as it was on ITV IIRC.

The fencing was definitely there for Charlton as we had to climb over it from the Kippax to get on the pitch.

I think the next Derby was the 5-1 and when I was back on the Kippax. Definitely no fences then as the fighting in the North Stand split over on to the pitch. Nasty Raggies with a row of seats near the bottom kicking off with women and children. Nothing changes. The only funny moment was Tony Coton tapping the ref of the shoulder in the Centre Circle about 4 mins in and pointing to the fighting in the goal. They has to go off for ten mins whilst it was sorted by the GMP. That seemed to stir us on whilst blowing the Rags' confidence. Hence, 5-1 ensued. It was great fun!

 

[Sheikh Rattle n Roll]

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Taken the same day.....the lack of fencing on the Main Stand shows how the rest of us animals were shabbily treated back in the day!

 

[Sheikh Rattle n Roll]

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Completely agree with this cleavers.

Let's not forget the last stand we had with an angled-down roof:

That kept the sound in pretty well at times.

I wondered who hacked my computer and stole my photos!!!.....26th October 1986

Was that the 1-1 when McCarthy scored with a header? If so, I watched it on a little black and white telly at Uni as it was on ITV IIRC.

The fencing was definitely there for Charlton as we had to climb over it from the Kippax to get on the pitch.

I think the next Derby was the 5-1 and when I was back on the Kippax. Definitely no fences then as the fighting in the North Stand split over on to the pitch. Nasty Raggies with a row of seats near the bottom kicking off with women and children. Nothing changes. The only funny moment was Paul Cooper tapping the ref of the shoulder in the Centre Circle about 4 mins in and pointing to the fighting in the goal. They has to go off for ten mins whilst it was sorted by the GMP. That seemed to stir us on whilst blowing the Rags' confidence. Hence, 5-1 ensued. It was great fun!

Edited for accuracy !-)

 

[worsleyweb]

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Seeing those photos has just made me think how much football has changed. I would say for at least 5 years of the 1990s I used to jump the turnstiles in the kippax - watch the first half from a policeman's tower at the back of the kippax. Then I would walk round to the Maine Stand via the Platt Lane.

If a Steward ever pulled me I just used to just say - can I go and say hello to my Grandad (I have never had a living Grandad!) and then frequently choose one of the best empty seats in the Maine Stand. I once climbed over a mini wall in the directors box and actually went in for half time sandwiches with the Directors.

It was vs Sheff United and we lost 3-2. Someone asked me who I was and I coolly said "Peter Swales Grandson"!

Can you imagine that happening now!!

 

[coleridge]

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Edited for accuracy !-)

Thanks. It was a very long time ago...

 

[Blue Maverick]

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Drove past the stadium yesterday the SS looks huge, this stadium is going to look awesome when complete, fit for champion league winners.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

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This thread is the best one on here, all positive and flys in the face if FFP and Platini who should hold his head in shame.

The old pics of the Kippax are brilliant I've spent years on that terracing sometimes ducking missiles, sometimes moving 25 yards in a goal celebration, sometimes crying etc.

The pics of the top tier of the South Stand look fantastic standing in level one below it I've not appreciated just how big it would be.

A big fhank you to our owner just think what the next 5 years will bring.

 

[Petrovs left peg]

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Completely agree with this cleavers.

Let's not forget the last stand we had with an angled-down roof:

That kept the sound in pretty well at times.

I wondered who hacked my computer and stole my photos!!!.....26th October 1986

Was that the 1-1 when McCarthy scored with a header? If so, I watched it on a little black and white telly at Uni as it was on ITV IIRC.

The fencing was definitely there for Charlton as we had to climb over it from the Kippax to get on the pitch.

I think the next Derby was the 5-1 and when I was back on the Kippax. Definitely no fences then as the fighting in the North Stand split over on to the pitch. Nasty Raggies with a row of seats near the bottom kicking off with women and children. Nothing changes. The only funny moment was Tony Coton tapping the ref of the shoulder in the Centre Circle about 4 mins in and pointing to the fighting in the goal. They has to go off for ten mins whilst it was sorted by the GMP. That seemed to stir us on whilst blowing the Rags' confidence. Hence, 5-1 ensued. It was great fun!

Fences were definitely there in that game, They spilt through a gate at the front