Maine Road

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Second interviewee Canny from Blackley

The one who said we’ve always gone for big names? I’d hardly call John Benson, Jimmy Friz and Mel Machin big names!

 

[kippaxkid74]

I was brought up in the estate behind the Beehive pub. I used to ‘mind cars’ and then go and stand on Kippax. Fucking shameless really.

I didn’t go to Claremont Road Junior School opposite Maine Road as we’re a catholic family. Instead I went to Bishop Bilsborrow which was on Princess Road next to the bus depot.

After Maine Road was demolished, they built a primary school where the Platt Lane stand was. They then demolished my primary school Bishop Bilsborrow and the new school on the footprint of Platt Lane was called Bishop Bilsborrow. I presume all the teachers and pupils moved.

They’ve since renamed the new school to Divine Mercy Primary and it’s on Blue Moon Way. I don’t know if that is due to local demographics or if some past history has been uncovered about Bishop Bilsborrow.

The houses at the Thornton Road end of Maine Road are still there.

One of the new roads straight through Maine Road is Bllsborough Road. A prominent one that cuts right across where the North stand was.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I was brought up in the estate behind the Beehive pub. I used to ‘mind cars’ and then go and stand on Kippax. Fucking shameless really.

I didn’t go to Claremont Road Junior School opposite Maine Road as we’re a catholic family. Instead I went to Bishop Bilsborrow which was on Princess Road next to the bus depot.

After Maine Road was demolished, they built a primary school where the Platt Lane stand was. They then demolished my primary school Bishop Bilsborrow and the new school on the footprint of Platt Lane was called Bishop Bilsborrow. I presume all the teachers and pupils moved.

They’ve since renamed the new school to Divine Mercy Primary and it’s on Blue Moon Way. I don’t know if that is due to local demographics or if some past history has been uncovered about Bishop Bilsborrow.

The houses at the Thornton Road end of Maine Road are still there.

I went to Bilsborrow and in 1976 I scored the winner in a 1-0 over Claremont Road in a game at Platt Lane. The high point in my playing career. And don't feel guilty, lots of us pulled that minding cars to pay to see the game stunt.

 

[Kippax1973]

3 words I can think of on this thread............. "Take me back"

 

[The Mighty Marmoush]

City fans on next manager outside Maine Road 89/90

Ha ha number 4 guy saying give it to David pleat, young lad stood.right behind him is a mate of mine , wythenshawe lad

 

[Yelloways Army]

Hi all, I have recently read about seats from Maine Road being seen at some non-league grounds across the country. So far, I have been able to confirm that there are seats at Heywood Cricket Club, Bell Vue stadium in Rhyl, Waltham Abbey’s Capershotts ground, at Bath City FC and in Pontefract Collieries Beechnut Lane. On social media I have also read that Macclesfield FC bought some seats (yet I do not know if these are still there/were ever used) and Alfreton Town bought a turnstile and some seats, however I do not know any more about this either. A BBC article from 2003 claims that at the auction held at Maine Road, where the club sold of pieces from around the ground Norwich City, Preston North End and Stockport County were interested in larger lots, but if/what they bought is not clear. I have contacted all three but there has been no response currently.

If anybody knows anything more about any of these, or anything else relevant about pieces of Maine Road that can be seen in sporting venues today, any information would be really appreciated, as I am hoping to visit some of these places.

Thanks in advance

@Gary James can you help here?

 

[mscenterh750]

A mate of mine worked on the abstract thing in the pitch centre circle for the new housing. Take me back to Maine Road but replace the box style netting in the goals for the long sloping ones we used to have back when n the 80s.

 

[East Level 2]

Yeah there was and I’m pretty certain there were houses to the right of the main stand entrance.

The Platt Lane turnstiles were to the right of the main stand entrance, then the Platt Lane car park, then the last lot of terraced houses on Maine Road.

 

[Gary James]

Watched the chase have we? Lol

Never knew that myself.

I told the story in a few of my books and it's here too:

Maine Road 100 – Day 60

Day 60 of my posts counting down to the centenary of Maine Road’s opening game is a simple map, showing the Maine Road area before any of the terraced housing was built. The dark blue shape I…

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[Gary James]

To mark the 100th anniversary of Maine Road in 2023 I did a whole series of articles on the old stadium. I basically posted 1 a day for 100 days on the old stadium and they can still be read on my website. I included lots of old photos too. There's lots of other stuff on there about Maine Road and this is a link to everything tagged 'Maine Road' (enjoy the nostalgia trip!):

Maine Road – Gary James' Football Archive

Posts about Maine Road written by garyjamesfootballarchive

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