Maine Road today

[jimharri]

"Mind yer car mister"............... ahhhh those were the days. I only ever refused once, i always gave em a quid after that (once i had bought new windscreen wipers and ariel).

and who could forget the City Chippy?

I swear I've never had better!

Pudding, chips, peas and gravy and a coke............................




(diet of course)

I never realised you could get diet chips!






















"Jeeves; bring me my coat."

 

[Manchester1894]

I'm going to this play at The Lowry at the weekend set around Maine Road around the time of the last game. Can't say I'm a big theatre-goer but it sounds pretty good.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thelowry.com/event/maine-road1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thelowry.com/event/maine-road1</a>

Also - just been looking at the website of the company behind it and it looks like the Club have been doing some filming about it as well - with Nedum involved!!!

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk/monkey/530" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.monkeywoodtheatre.co.uk/monkey/530</a>

Anyone seen anything about it on the OS yet?

Cheers...

I saw it at the Manchester Arts Festival. IT'S AWFUL!!! Avoid!!!!

 

[quinny's disco pants]

just one thing to say....................................................
R.I.P. MAINE ROAD

 

[Revol]

Weren't they thinking of using Maine Road as a ground for Sale Sharks at one point?

 

[cleavers]

Make you wonder what the present owners might have done with the old ground??

If we'd stayed there, we wouldn't have had new owners.

Check the pictures on the Eastlands = Las Vegas thread then you'll work out why.

 

[mick hunt]

The biggest con man at Maine Road, was Peter Swales, he was a crafty sod he played to the crowd when we beat Huddersfield, 10-1 he swore he would keep the players together in the close season he sold Paul Stewart. Swales, would buy a player when the crowd were stirring this would then keep them quite thinking better things are round the corner and nearly always in the close season a star player would be sold.

When Swales never had this player trick up his sleeve I remember twice he rolled out what the future Maine Road, would look like enclosed on all four sides corporate boxes, hotel and shopping malls. Another con trick pulled over our blue eyes. I also remember Swales stating that playing in the First Division as oppose to the Second was costing City, money because they play 2 games less.

All in all he was not the best chairman for City, on reflection he held City, back we could have been a force to be reckoned with because when he took over at City, we were the top team in Manchester, and we had already won everything.
What was his famous saying if we haven’t won anything in two years then I will resign it took a revolution to get rid of him after 21 years.

I must agree with others on here Maine Road, was not same when the Kippax, was altered, pre alteration the atmosphere when you stood in there was electric, all that was lost with the so-called modernisation.

Please excuse me I don’t wish ill of the dead the dead are not here to defend themselves and I would wish P. Swales, to rest in peace.