Happy 99th birthday Maine Road

[toffee balls]

But nowadays
I’m lost between two shores
Etihad’s fine but it ain’t home
Main Roads home
But ain’t mine no more .

“Leaving me lonely still”

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Is that the same Hornby mentioned in the old poem "Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago" which used to be on a plaque at L.C.C.C?

Yes it will be. There’s more about it here …

‘At Lord’s’ | Cricket Web

 

[jimharri]

Been there once or twice since we left for pastures new. It's sad, seeing what the site has become now. God, the memories I have of that place. Boxing day 1977 is probably top of the list, more than any derby win.

 

[awest]

There should be a museum at the Etihad dedicated to main road.

 

[SamTheGuru]

My dad almost executed me for chucking away the programme for the last game of the Kippax Stand.

 

[petrusha]

On attendance ‘differences’ ... there are serious question marks over officials & figures they reported (staff at the time have chatted to me and I know people who were working there who have often talked of things they saw).

Roy Bailey recently alleged on Twitter that, in the mid to late seventies and early eighties, the City players were on an attendance bonus that kicked in for gates over 33K. He noted that there were a suspicious number of occasions when ostensibly much bigger crowds were declared at above 30K but below 33K.

Let's face it. Anyone who was attending home games at the time knows exactly what was going on.

 

[Gary James]

Roy Bailey recently alleged on Twitter that, in the mid to late seventies and early eighties, the City players were on an attendance bonus that kicked in for gates over 33K. He noted that there were a suspicious number of occasions when ostensibly much bigger crowds were declared at above 30K but below 33K.

Let's face it. Anyone who was attending home games at the time knows exactly what was going on.

Some of them absolutely were on the attendance bonus. I’ve seen Franny’s contracts where it specifically lists the bonus the players would get for every 1000 spectators over 30,000.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Roy Bailey recently alleged on Twitter that, in the mid to late seventies and early eighties, the City players were on an attendance bonus that kicked in for gates over 33K. He noted that there were a suspicious number of occasions when ostensibly much bigger crowds were declared at above 30K but below 33K.

Let's face it. Anyone who was attending home games at the time knows exactly what was going on.

Bournemouth is the absolute nailed on example.
The Kipoax, Main and North Stand packed to the rafters and a couple of hundred (if that) Bournemouth fans in Platt Lane.
Capacity = 48,000
Platt Lane capacity = 7 or 8,000.
So the attendance should have been around 40 - 41,000 instead of the 30,564 given.

At the launch of my book Teenage Kicks, Bernard Halford admitted there was 28,000 there and not the 18,000 that was officially given out for the FA Youth Cup Final in 1986

 

[bluealf]

Bournemouth is the absolute nailed on example.
The Kipoax, Main and North Stand packed to the rafters and a couple of hundred (if that) Bournemouth fans in Platt Lane.
Capacity = 48,000
Platt Lane capacity = 7 or 8,000.
So the attendance should have been around 40 - 41,000 instead of the 30,564 given.

At the launch of my book Teenage Kicks, Bernard Halford admitted there were 28,000 there and not the 18,000 that was officially given out.

Quite the opposite problem of what we are accused of now lol

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Said some time ago Platt Lane should have been left as it was and made pay on the day unreserved seating. With the advent of all seater stadiums the Kippax would have been developed and the Platt Lane would have been a phenomenal retro home end. Some of our top boys had started going in there and some visiting fans had received a spanking causing the club and the police to make away fans only. Could be filled by Chelsea or Leeds allowing them to give their team a huge boost or have a few dozen Bournemouth in making the ground feel dead. It was almost as if the club wanted to kill the atmosphere. It was best when the away support received half the North Stand and visiting teams found it an intimidating place to comebas it should be.