Maine Road 100

[Gary James]

The 92nd daily post in my series of 100 free Maine Road articles counting down to the centenary of the old ground’s first game had just been posted. This one’s on the Kippax. Enjoy:

Maine Road 100 – Day 92

For Day 92 of the Maine Road 100 countdown I'm taking a look at the history of the Kippax Stand... Enjoy! 2024 will mark 30 years since we said goodbye to the terraced Kippax Stand and for those of us old enough to remember those days at Maine Road that stand, above all else, represented…

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The other 91 features have covered a variety of Maine Road angles from Demonstrations to Floodlights; the CITY FC Flag to the ‘Commit No Nuisance’ hidden sign etc. I’m sure there’s something there to interest everyone, regardless of whether you actually managed to attend a game there.

This link should take you to every article posted so far in the series:

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Thanks as always to those who have supported my work both on Maine Road and throughout my life. The support of fellow Bluemooners has been extremely important to me over the years. Ta!

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Gary, as usual a great read about the Kippax, The "official" attendance v Charlton was a absolute joke as you say :-)
I have vauge memories of my Nan & Grandad telling me that in the early days of Maine Road you could change ends at half time if you wanted, although I think there was talk of a small charge to get from one section to another?
Any idea if this was feasable when the only stand seated & covered was the Maine Stand? Cheers.

 

[its a Barm]

the kippax was a great place to grow up for young blues, what id give for one last stand on the kippax to watch city.

 

[Zapcity]

the kippax was a great place to grow up for young blues, what id give for one last stand on the kippax to watch city.

Watching our current players ofcourse!
To be fair the 1994 team (who were the last team we saw from the steps of the Kippax) were not as bad as the ones who followed in the folliwing few years!

 

[Gary James]

Today’s free Maine Rd 100 article is a piece about attendances at the old place. A few myths busted perhaps! Enjoy:

Maine Road 100 – Day 93

For Day 93 in my series of free articles counting down the 100 days to the centenary of Maine Road’s first game I want to do a bit of an attendance feature. Maybe this will put a few myths to…

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[ballbag]

Really enjoyed that. Cheers, Gary!

 

[Gary James]

Really enjoyed that. Cheers, Gary!

Great. Thanks. There are lots of free articles to enjoy on my website:

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There‘s extra stuff for subscribers too, including PDFs of my first book (From Maine Men To Banana Citizens), Manchester A Football History and I’m serialising Farewell To Maine Road too. In total there’s over 1000 articles/interviews/features etc on there now and much more to be posted over the coming months. There’s been at least 1 feature a day now for about a year.

 

[Gary James]

Today’s free Maine Rd article is about the man who played in more first team games than anyone else at the old stadium. Enjoy:

Maine Road 100 – Day 94

It’s Day 94 of my Maine Road 100 countdown (not long to go now!) to the centenary of Maine Road’s first game. Recently I’ve been asked if I know who played most games at City&#821…

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[Gary James]

Who scored more goals for MCFC’s first team at Maine Road than anybody else? The answer:

Maine Road 100 – Day 95 Answer

It’s Day 95 of my Maine Road 100 countdown (not long to go now!) to the centenary of Maine Road’s first game. Earlier I asked the question: Of all the brilliant players who graced Maine…

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[ColinBellsjockstrap]

One surprising fact about Maine Road was in our Championship winning season in 1967/8, our average attendance was only just over 36,000, some games in the high twenties. This when we had the most exciting team in the league.