Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Neville Kneville]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

I love the developments that are happening at the club now, it's absolutely fantastic.

But seeing those old pictures of Maine Rd.

Just from a personal point of view, if I could put this team, in that stadium, as it was when the scoreboard end was still a standing area, or when the North Stand was first built before they put seats in (I think it was 67k capacity briefly then was it not ?).

67k with two stands all terracing, watching Aguero, Silva & Co.

That's my idea of a matchday experience. I would swap that, piss flowing bogs, Waggonwheels, pies that took the skin off your mouth, horseshit in the tunnels, for this stadium, in a heartbeat.

In fact I'd like to live there, in a tent. Just come out & watch City fucking demolish everybody, because this team would in that ground.

Barca would be shitting their pants already.

 

[Sky Blue]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

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.

I remember seeing a rag sat down around the back of the North Stand with a Utd pin badge on acting all cocky....Saw him again at half time with badge off and looking white as as a sheet, I just laughed at him....

Really was an iconic day....Best get back on topic now ;)

 

[Gingers Dad]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

I love the developments that are happening at the club now, it's absolutely fantastic.

But seeing those old pictures of Maine Rd.

Just from a personal point of view, if I could put this team, in that stadium, as it was when the scoreboard end was still a standing area, or when the North Stand was first built before they put seats in (I think it was 67k capacity briefly then was it not ?).

67k with two stands all terracing, watching Aguero, Silva & Co.

That's my idea of a matchday experience. I would swap that, piss flowing bogs, Waggonwheels, pies that took the skin off your mouth, horseshit in the tunnels, for this stadium, in a heartbeat.

In fact I'd like to live there, in a tent. Just come out & watch City fucking demolish everybody, because this team would in that ground.

Barca would be shitting their pants already.

Loved Maine Road when we there (especially in the '70s before Swales and Lee got to work on it). Don't miss it all now. As far as I'm concerned we're winners at the Etihad and we were losers at Maine Road.

 

[gouldybob]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

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.

I remember seeing a rag sat down around the back of the North Stand with a Utd pin badge on acting all cocky....Saw him again at half time with badge off and looking white as as a sheet, I just laughed at him....

Really was an iconic day....Best get back on topic now ;)

Great day, "Machins Marvel v fergies Wallet" - how times have changed. Police pushed us in the North Stand when we were in the bit between the main stand and the North Stand. Kicked off at the front just as they started escorting us across so watched Oldfield and Morley score while sat on the edge of the pitch agaist an advertising hordeing. Hinchcliffes header still one of our best breakaway goals

 

[coleridge]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

For Charlton, I remember it was like an iron garden fence, about four feet high, so you could vault to get your foot on top and then swing the other leg on top to jump over. IIRC, I to do this twice as we were chased off by the charging police horses the first time.

 

[fbloke]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Via true Blue @cjhaz69 on Twitter

The form is now clearly defined and its big! Almost MASSIVE

 

[xgorton]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

I love the developments that are happening at the club now, it's absolutely fantastic.

But seeing those old pictures of Maine Rd.

Just from a personal point of view, if I could put this team, in that stadium, as it was when the scoreboard end was still a standing area, or when the North Stand was first built before they put seats in (I think it was 67k capacity briefly then was it not ?).

67k with two stands all terracing, watching Aguero, Silva & Co.

That's my idea of a matchday experience. I would swap that, piss flowing bogs, Waggonwheels, pies that took the skin off your mouth, horseshit in the tunnels, for this stadium, in a heartbeat.

In fact I'd like to live there, in a tent. Just come out & watch City fucking demolish everybody, because this team would in that ground.

Barca would be shitting their pants already.

Just over 63,000 not 67 also 54 or 55 when the seats went in the North Stand.

 

[Dextersmate]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

I love the developments that are happening at the club now, it's absolutely fantastic.

But seeing those old pictures of Maine Rd.

Just from a personal point of view, if I could put this team, in that stadium, as it was when the scoreboard end was still a standing area, or when the North Stand was first built before they put seats in (I think it was 67k capacity briefly then was it not ?).

67k with two stands all terracing, watching Aguero, Silva & Co.

That's my idea of a matchday experience. I would swap that, piss flowing bogs, Waggonwheels, pies that took the skin off your mouth, horseshit in the tunnels, for this stadium, in a heartbeat.

In fact I'd like to live there, in a tent. Just come out & watch City fucking demolish everybody, because this team would in that ground.

Barca would be shitting their pants already.

Great memories,scolding hot Bovril, Hotdog seller with a no.11 on his top lip,great toilets,dogshit alleys.
The good old days.

 

[cjhaz69]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Via true Blue @cjhaz69 on Twitter

The form is now clearly defined and its big! Almost MASSIVE

unfortunately the photo doesn't do it justice

 

[BlueAnorak]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

The RAGS calling City MASSIVE was a self fulfilling prophecy...