gypsy curse on maine road

[bluemoonno1]

During construction, the stadium was reputedly cursed by a gypsy when Manchester City officials evicted a gypsy camp from the area. This curse was allegedly removed on 28 December 1998.[9] However, the gypsy curse is likely to be an urban myth, as such stories are endemic to a number of football league grounds.

if this is true it explains a lot,,,,

 

[mancunial]

the curse was never lifted, a guy called romark turned up to lift the curse, but swales said he cost too much much to allisons dismay? so the curse remains,the actual curse was that nothing shall ever come to the team that plays at this ground,

 

[Sheikh Rattle n Roll]

How do you account for the success of the late 60's and early 70's?

 

[mancunial]

apparently he was the guy who put a curse on palace when ron noades told him to move his caravan so he could park his jag, gets about a bit our romark, anyway about the 60s 70s, i ask you this do you beleive? be carefull he comes on this site? so if he ever gets banned were all doomed?<br /><br />-- Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:47 am --<br /><br />doomed i tell ye?

 

[Gary James]

the curse was never lifted, a guy called romark turned up to lift the curse, but swales said he cost too much much to allisons dismay? so the curse remains,the actual curse was that nothing shall ever come to the team that plays at this ground,

The alleged curse was allegedly lifted in December 1998. Descendents of the family who were alleged to have placed a curse on the ground came to Maine Road and performed various actions, involving blue-painted horse shoes. Those horse shoes had to be left at the ground on match day.

The full story is on page 44-45 of "Farewell To Maine Road" (ISBN 1899538194), including photos of the horseshoes and the story of the original curse.

The alleged curse was rarely mentioned when City were doing well, but it was once explained to me that the curse still applied - had City not been cursed (allegedly!) then the late 60s would have brought more success and not been cut short when it was.

Personally, I am always sceptical about these things, but get hold of a copy of Farewell To Maine Road from the library and have a read. It's an interesting story, especially the part about it being lifted.

 

[mancitygaz]

the curse was never lifted, a guy called romark turned up to lift the curse, but swales said he cost too much much to allisons dismay? so the curse remains,the actual curse was that nothing shall ever come to the team that plays at this ground,

The alleged curse was allegedly lifted in December 1998. Descendents of the family who were alleged to have placed a curse on the ground came to Maine Road and performed various actions, involving blue-painted horse shoes. Those horse shoes had to be left at the ground on match day.

The full story is on page 44-45 of "Farewell To Maine Road" (ISBN 1899538194), including photos of the horseshoes and the story of the original curse.

The alleged curse was rarely mentioned when City were doing well, but it was once explained to me that the curse still applied - had City not been cursed (allegedly!) then the late 60s would have brought more success and not been cut short when it was.

Personally, I am always sceptical about these things, but get hold of a copy of Farewell To Maine Road from the library and have a read. It's an interesting story, especially the part about it being lifted.

Had a look for this on Amazon, £74.99 !!
Do you know anywhere else that sells it rather than renting a copy from the library?
Cheers

 

[Gary James]

The alleged curse was allegedly lifted in December 1998. Descendents of the family who were alleged to have placed a curse on the ground came to Maine Road and performed various actions, involving blue-painted horse shoes. Those horse shoes had to be left at the ground on match day.

The full story is on page 44-45 of "Farewell To Maine Road" (ISBN 1899538194), including photos of the horseshoes and the story of the original curse.

The alleged curse was rarely mentioned when City were doing well, but it was once explained to me that the curse still applied - had City not been cursed (allegedly!) then the late 60s would have brought more success and not been cut short when it was.

Personally, I am always sceptical about these things, but get hold of a copy of Farewell To Maine Road from the library and have a read. It's an interesting story, especially the part about it being lifted.

Had a look for this on Amazon, £74.99 !!
Do you know anywhere else that sells it rather than renting a copy from the library?
Cheers

Sadly, they only appear rarely. It's a real collector's book. Occasionally they turn up on ebay for much less, but the 3,000 copies produced sold out within a year. The library is your best bet (but it's free to borrow from most libraries).

 

[scall11]

Theres a burger van by the printworks, round the back by urbis. The guy who owns it is from the family who were on Maine Rd before it was cleared to build the ground. Not sure if it was his family who placed the curse though. His burger van used to be behind the Alan Ball stand (small and squeeky) between platt lane and the kippax.

 

[u2fme2]

you don't belive in all that shit do you??

 

[bluetonium]

Frank Clarke must have, I think it was him who was told to pee in each corner to remove the curse, and he did it. Didn't seem to help much though...

 

[Gary James]

Frank Clarke must have, I think it was him who was told to pee in each corner to remove the curse, and he did it. Didn't seem to help much though...

That was Birmingham City and Barry Fry.

 

[levets]

Frank Clarke must have, I think it was him who was told to pee in each corner to remove the curse, and he did it. Didn't seem to help much though...

It was Barry Fry... and he did it!

 

[baldybouncer]

A curse ? FFS!!

Have you considered the fact that we've employed quite a few shit managers coaching quite a few shit players during our tenure at Maine Road.

 

[Balti]

It has felt like it sometimes tbf!!

 

[Gray]

The curse appeared to have been lifted in the late 60's and early 70's when we had a great manager in Mercer a world class coach in Alison and a team in every sense of the word that also contained players that would have walked into any team in the country in Bell, Lee and Summerbee.

However the curse returned with a vengeance when boardroom squabbles led to appointment of Peter Swales as chairman.

 

[mancunial]

classic ha

Frank Clarke must have, I think it was him who was told to pee in each corner to remove the curse, and he did it. Didn't seem to help much though...

 

[bluevengence]

I think the fookers been lifted now......SHAKRAN SHEIKH MANSOUR

 

[Blue Streak]

Never belived in this curse shite and never will.

When we had good players we did well. When we had shit we were crap. It really isn't Rocket Science.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

A curse ? FFS!!

Have you considered the fact that we've employed quite a few shit managers coaching quite a few shit players during our tenure at Maine Road.

This is it - we've been cursed over the years with crap employees!

 

[bikerblue]

reminds me of the story awhile back which was purported to be true.Whilst gary chuckle was having a swimming pool built at his present house one of the workers was a blue and supposedly put a city scarf in the foundations.It seems he dug the whole lot up to have it removed.I wonder if its true?