Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[r.soleofsalford]

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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!

the profile of the clubs advertiser has changed (stretford building supplies)

 

[Sky Blue]

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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!

Paul Cooper was in goal......

 

[coleridge]

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Paul Cooper was in goal......

Please refer to the previous page of this thread!

 

[Sky Blue]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Paul Cooper was in goal......

Please refer to the previous page of this thread!

Ah, ok. I was in the North Stand with my young lad (his first derby) .....definitely a fence up as the rags had to climb over it to escape and were then escorted to the Platt Lane....

 

[kev20971]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

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!

Paul Cooper was in goal......

Not the City v Charlton game from 85, only the small pitch edge fence on the Kippax, <a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgeg9yhknE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgeg9yhknE</a>
Also not the the derby for 86 as the North Stand fence as the for this game was the later bigger one <a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Vra0gGVDI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Vra0gGVDI</a>

 

[kev20971]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

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!

Paul Cooper was in goal......

Not the City v Charlton game from 85, only the small pitch edge fence on the Kippax, <a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgeg9yhknE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgeg9yhknE</a>
Also not the the derby for 86 as the North Stand fence as the for this game was the later bigger one <a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Vra0gGVDI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Vra0gGVDI</a>

Just had another look on youtube and the picture must be from the the derby in 85, My first derby and I don't remember a thing about it (even watching the clip on youtube didn't remind me of the game) !

 

[coleridge]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Paul Cooper was in goal......

Please refer to the previous page of this thread!

Ah, ok. I was in the North Stand with my young lad (his first derby) .....definitely a fence up as the rags had to climb over it to escape and were then escorted to the Platt Lane....

I was on the Kippax. It was an early kick off as I remember and so I may even have been sober! You must be right but I definitely remember that there was fighting in the goal mouth once the game had started which is why Cooper legged it up to half way. I was scrapping in town with Raggies for the next couple of weeks. LOL. They really hated that day.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

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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!!

Top post!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

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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.

It might looked packed in that picture, but it was empty that day.

Lowest derby crowd in 70-odd years if I recall. Crowd was 33,000 because of TV and some other restrictions.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

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No probs. :-)

I've got to say, it really is massive. :-? Most of you will see what I mean at the next home match.

It looks like a proper end, whereas before both ends where somewhat underwhelming. Walk to both ends of the Etihad and you will see the comparison and what I mean.

The height of the expanded South Stand will only increase with the addition of the air vents/grills and the roof itself. Compare the current height of the East Stand with the expanded South Stand, which still hasn't got the vents/grills and roof.

Photoshop isn't my strongest point.

Vent/grills and roof on the East Stand highlighted.

[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/HZkkHlT.jpg[/bigimg]

I'm in the East Stand and can see both ends from my seat and I've always thought the two ends have looked unfinished. When you think they only hold 5800 in a 48000 stadium, that's pretty tiny. There are stadiums with half that capacity with larger ends than that.

Finally we're going to start to look like we have a proper stadium that looks finished at all stands (obviously, by the time both ends are finished).