Kippax

[East Level 2]

The first truly 'electric' atmosphere I remember was agin Everton in April 1968.
Rags were top,City second.
We won 2-0
Rags lost 5-3
Kippax really drove us on that night & to the title !!

That was my first game at Maine Road. Didn't miss many from then until the end.

 

[whitefield al]

That was my first game at Maine Road. Didn't miss many from then until the end.

Are you speaking from the grave

 

[its a Barm]

Very strange thing about that picture there appears to be a lot of people wearing red !

 

[goatersnipple]

Very strange thing about that picture there appears to be a lot of people wearing red !

That's what the evening news used to do instead of a red circle they just coloured us in red

 

[CrownPointBlue]

Wasn't it WBA away who stuffed the scum?
I seem to remember the PA announce the final score. We only heard WBA 5 then it was bedlam!

Correctissimo.

0-0 @ half time for us & rags were 3-0 down at baggies.

Second half atmosphere was phenomenal,really drove the team on,'Skip' scored a rare goal iirc ?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Very strange thing about that picture there appears to be a lot of people wearing red !

It's the classic red and black away top. Wish we still had them

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

getting on the bus on the way back down princess road and it being so slow it was easier to walk to the next bus in the traffic jam

 

[casualdeyna]

Walking down Claremont Road or the back streets from Victory street seeing the stand getting bigger and bigger and louder and louder. Programme sellers shouting how much the programme cost (always thought "pound yer programme" had the best ring to it). Sitting on the wall/barrier half way down the stand and desperately trying to get back on it quickly when you got knocked off it before some other urchin nicked your place. Holding on to a shit til you got home cos you didn't dare use the toilets, the urinals were bad enough. The smell of fags, cigars, piss and beer. Negotiating "dog shit alley" on the way home.

Looking back there were loads of reasons why, especially as a kid, you shouldn't have liked the place, but I loved it. The atmosphere has never been recreated imo, but maybe I'm just looking back with slightly smelly and at times overly-cramped tinted specs on.

I'll always consider myself a Kippax kid.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Half Time Draw TICKETSSSSS

 

[cyberblue]

Football Pink outside the ground with all the results straight after the game