Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[LongsightM13]

No building the Swales monstrosity of the Platt Lane stand did that Although the new Kippax Stand, built under Lee was a good capacity it was all seated so it had an effect but no where near the Platt Lane. Swales wanted to take the Platt Lane stand around into the Kippax, I know that for a fact because he told me in person. I told him the Platt Lane was horrendous to which he replied you're the first to tell me that , well I'm not one of your sodding sycophants

Nothing sums up the cheap, small time, tinpot shyster reign of Peter Swales more than the Platt Lane stand redevelopment. A depressing but utterly characteristic lack of basic competence, vision and ambition

 

[levets]

A tough ask.

Has anyone got any pictures of the back of the Kippax stand, behind the turnstiles and the brick walls?

The steps to Kippax entrances and exits were pretty steep. You could walk up the grass embankments either side of the steps. Directly at the top of the steps, and behind the back of the a Kippax, was concrete paving, which you could stand on or sit on. City fans and away fans were separated by metal railings, which allowed you to see, speak to, and abuse each other. The large metal gate at the end of the metal railings was forced open a few times and it kicked off. The crowd surge coming down the steps and getting out of the Kippax gates after the final whistle was insane. Looking back it was pretty dangerous. But that’s how it was then. And at the time it seemed nothing more than a right laugh.

Any pictures posted would be greatly apprecrated, just to bring back some great memories.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

There wasn’t room for a new Kippax sized corner at the Platt Lane end and at the north end the views in the upper tiers would have been obstructed by the North Stand roof.

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It always cost more per seat to do corners. Cheap grounds are always 4 stands with straight lines everywhere.

The new kippax was big but it was a classic cheap box of a stand. Platt lane was cheap, smaller and had one of the corners done. I guess you take your pick for the look of a stand that wraps round the corner or just go bigger and forget the corners.

 

[Gordyola]

It always cost more per seat to do corners. Cheap grounds are always 4 stands with straight lines everywhere.

The new kippax was big but it was a classic cheap box of a stand. Platt lane was cheap, smaller and had one of the corners done. I guess you take your pick for the look of a stand that wraps round the corner or just go bigger and forget the corners.

City got lots of complaints once the stand was complete as residents couldn't get Tv reception, there were also some about the light being blocked so there was no chance of the the Kippax / Platt Lane corner being completed

 

[Ban-jani]

City got lots of complaints once the stand was complete as residents couldn't get Tv reception, there were also some about the light being blocked so there was no chance of the the Kippax / Platt Lane corner being completed

The more you read stuff like this the more you realise it was inevitable we were going to leave.

 

[dadnlad]

lack of vision there shouldve been buying them houses up cheap board them up force residents out run area down than could build FC BIGstand before liverpool ever thought of it

 

[IOWBlue]

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Cheers Levets. This is the 80's with the paving. An attempt to keep people from the rubble ammunition underneath.

 

[LongsightM13]

Cheers Levets. This is the 80's with the paving. An attempt to keep people from the rubble ammunition underneath.

Seen a few people come a cropper hopping the fence and trying to walk down that paving, invariably ended up slipping on their arses

 

[levets]

City got lots of complaints once the stand was complete as residents couldn't get Tv reception, there were also some about the light being blocked so there was no chance of the the Kippax / Platt Lane corner being completed

The club spent a fortune on new TV aerials for the locals on Thornton Rd. This put paid to any further developments

 

[levets]

Cheers Levets. This is the 80's with the paving. An attempt to keep people from the rubble ammunition underneath.

Exactly right. They also closed the end stairway and reconfigured the middle one to control/slow the speed of exit.