Hyde Road

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[lancs blue]

Was the ground just past the bus depot
Or bit further up nearer BOC car dealer

If you're on a train heading towards Stockport from Piccadilly look to your left as the Ardwick viaduct branches off, between the viaduct and the main line is an area stacked with containers, that's pretty much the site of the Hyde Road stadium.

 

[GortonBlue62]

Was the ground just past the bus depot
Or bit further up nearer BOC car dealer

It's before you get to the BOC car dealer.

Going out of town along Hyde Road, immediately after the Ardwick Bus depot on the left hand side, there is a long old brick wall with a new brick section about half way along. This was the site of the City Gates pub where (I believe) the team used to change for games. Just behind the wall is a railway line and the old Hyde Road ground was just behind that.

Just past the City Gates is a left turn for Bennett Street, which takes you under the railway bridge and immediately to your left would have been the 'popular side' the Bennett Street end. The area is a container park now, but there are 2 gates with cobbled surfaces. I think that one of gates was the actual entrance to the Bennett Street end.

If you stay on Hyde Road (i.e. don't turn left onto Bennett Street) you'll see a new Medical Centre on the left and I think that was the site of West Gorton St Marks. Further along Hyde Road on the left is Gorton Park, where one of the clubs that became City played.

Gary James' book is the definitive source for all this (I need to dig out my copy and reread it).

 

[Henkeman]

On Blue Moon in the year 2119, there'll be a thread like this about Maine Road.

The wheel turns.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...est-footage-England-playing-football-won.html

Says it was filmed at Hyde Rd. Cameraman missed all the goals, must've been where ITV got their staff from.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

It's before you get to the BOC car dealer.

Going out of town along Hyde Road, immediately after the Ardwick Bus depot on the left hand side, there is a long old brick wall with a new brick section about half way along. This was the site of the City Gates pub where (I believe) the team used to change for games. Just behind the wall is a railway line and the old Hyde Road ground was just behind that.

Just past the City Gates is a left turn for Bennett Street, which takes you under the railway bridge and immediately to your left would have been the 'popular side' the Bennett Street end. The area is a container park now, but there are 2 gates with cobbled surfaces. I think that one of gates was the actual entrance to the Bennett Street end.

If you stay on Hyde Road (i.e. don't turn left onto Bennett Street) you'll see a new Medical Centre on the left and I think that was the site of West Gorton St Marks. Further along Hyde Road on the left is Gorton Park, where one of the clubs that became City played.

Gary James' book is the definitive source for all this (I need to dig out my copy and reread it).

This one, possibly? https://www.google.com/maps/@53.468...4!1sZI4gVtTl6CN_vG_Uj_rgFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[GortonBlue62]

This one, possibly? https://www.google.com/maps/@53.468...4!1sZI4gVtTl6CN_vG_Uj_rgFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That's the one.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[frimpongs_buzzin]

That's the one.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

just brilliant that. I've never realised thats where it was. I'm guessing there's nothing anywhere to commemorate the area?

 

[Centurions]

https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/mcfc-hyde-rd-stadium.316854/

 

[GortonBlue62]

just brilliant that. I've never realised thats where it was. I'm guessing there's nothing anywhere to commemorate the area?

I'm pretty sure there isn't and there definitely should be.

I think now, the 125th anniversary, would be an appropriate time to do it.