Maine Road,

[felixbg]

best memory has to be that play-off night in 99 against wigan, the place was absolutly buzzing, add a pitch invasion and an entertaining game and you've got it all really, evening games were always special at that place, Ipswich back in 2001 was another great game, and of course Birmingham when we won 1-0 to near e nough confirm our promotion that same season , i'll never forget parking down on princess road (i think it was called) then walking/running (i was only lil lad so my dads steps = 2 of mine) down the cobbled back alleys to the ground avoiding horse mess and soggy newspapers on the way ;-)... good times ... good good times

the atmosphere were amazin that night i remember i took a sicky that night from work, weren't missin that one, did anyone go Maine Road for the Live screening of the first leg against Wigan at Springfield park 1-1 Browny wiv the away goal? everyone were singin like we were there hahaha good times!

It was dickov ... and no i didn't go, i listened to the game on the radio :-p

 

[RickPower83]

my first city game at maine road was against norwich i think, i was about 6...

i was in the north stand and i thought david white had scored the opener at the opposite end.. he hit the side netting. i was the only person in the entire stadium who jumped up cheering with my arms in the air... was quite embarrasing :)

 

[Zaba-daba-doo]

It was dickov ... and no i didn't go, i listened to the game on the radio :-p[/quote]

i apolagise my mistake Browny set Dickov up, well remembered pal

 

[Rosler81]

I don't think i'll ever be able to call COMS home, i'd move back to Maine Road in a fuckin heartbeat! Parkside and Sherwood were both good matchday boozers. 6 or 7 pints in the Parkside then off to the kippax to watch the match! Block P of north stand was a quality atmosphere when it got going aswell, great great memories.

 

[Whitterz]

I miss maine road a lot.... I remember my first game sat in the main stand, then after that being stood in the kippax, 2 nil up against United thinking I love this. Only for them to win 2-3. North stand days 98/99/2000 were my most enjoyable. Made some really good friends, and times Ill never forget.

 

[Whitterz]

PS - Just watched that Last days of Maine road Video. Brought a tear to my eye :(

 

[Zaba-daba-doo]

I miss maine road a lot.... I remember my first game sat in the main stand, then after that being stood in the kippax, 2 nil up against United thinking I love this. Only for them to win 2-3. North stand days 98/99/2000 were my most enjoyable. Made some really good friends, and times Ill never forget.

the North Stand from 98 til the end were unbelievable if only the rest of the stadium cudda matched that atmosphere it would have been one hell of a noisy ground quality

 

[isgeorge]

So many memories from maine road, my uncle john was lanlord in the late 60s early 70s of the osbourne, also remember walking down dog shit alley for night matches and we played dodge the turd, my dad and uncle used to stand at the first white tunnel in the kippax, he'd send us down to the fence and we had to be back for the last 5 mins, so me and me cousin were free to roam the kippax, so many characters in there, the old bloke who wore head to toe city gear with loads of badges, loved half times too, sliding down the grass behind the kippax into all the pints on the wall and kicking them off, we were little bastards come to think of it. Ran on the pitch against wigan and nicked weavers gloves, went to fridays didsbury on the way home with the gloves on, we had to give them back after weaver pleaded for his lucky gloves back and we'd been flaunting them around our six form, happy days....fucking loved that place to bits.

 

[maineroad68]

PS - Just watched that Last days of Maine road Video. Brought a tear to my eye :(

i took a camcorder to last game at maine road- which i felt like a bit of a knob doing- but i'm so glad i did- got the last walk up Claremont road with my dad- build up to game and some of the game- like, a tiny bit (lets face it- the game didn't match the occassion!) then got me and my mate walking round main stand bars/stairwells ( i was kippax but coz i wanted to take my dad could only get in main) captured it in all it's shabby glory- then legged it over to kippax where my mum and sister were in an exec box- so blagged it in there and got loads of footage there. it's brilliant to have it and have personal memories recorded- and yes, i'd go back there in a flash.

 

[maineroad68]

Sitting in the North Stand when we beat Charlton 5-1, and in the same stand watching our first ever Sky TV game (was it THE first ever?) against QPR I think.

It was the 1st ever Monday Night live Sky game if memory serves,i was stood on the Kippax 1-1 i think the score was

it was. i was sat in main stand and they had all this razzmatazz nonesense going on- cheerleaders and sky divers. they must have kicked a load of balls into the crowd and i caught one and was well chuffed until someone- must've been a steward went looking for it and some snivelling little shit pointed me out and grassed on me and i had to give it back.

such a great thing to have so many memories from there though. CoMS will never feel like home. you never hear 'south stand south stand or kippax kippax give us a song' anymore coz it has no sense of identity.
really all the stands blend into one- and yes, i know it's aesthetically pleasing and that towards the end MR stands were a real mish mash and pretty crap- but they were individual stands giving the people that sat in them a sense of belonging - hence the 'rivalry' between stands.

moving ground rips the heart out of the club- and i know we moved from hyde road and moved before that- but we weren't at any of the previous grounds as long as 80 years.

to me we will always be City from Maine Road.

 

[wrenie72]

I remember going to my first match in 76, I was four. Funny I do not recall who we played or what the final score was. My uncle took me it was a wednesday night. I remember getting to the top of the steps in the Old Kippax and looking down on the pitch.
The flood lights were shining onto the pitch and it just looked amazing to a four year old. I used to love it when we scored and you would bounce down the old stone kippax hitting the metal support bars and see the same people week in week out. When the New Kippax was built we moved to The North Stand. Now that was the stand of Legends!!!

It is not daft to get sentimental about something that gave us so much joy. Remember we were not doing well but still used to fill the ground and that ATMOSPHERE was unreal!!!!!

WE ARE THE NORTH STAND..........Must go the tears are welling up!!

 

[Smoothy B.]

Having just watched the video clip, i too have a tear in my eye. I remember first visiting Maine Road when city brought the League cup "home" in 76 after beating Newcastle at Wembley. I didnt go inside the ground that day but gathered with thousands of blues outside to watch City begin an open top bus tour to the town hall. I couldnt work-out how the front of the Main stand opened up into a football ground. I was only about 8 at the time. My first match was the following season against Arsenal. Brian Kidd was playing for Arsenal that day...We won 3-1. Wouldnt mind a repeat this Saturday.
I also remember dog-shit alley well ha ha....oh happy days indeed. Id go back tommorrow!

 

[st.helens-mcfc]

I haven't been back to Maine Road since the last game, and cannot bring myself to go!

Best memory is as a kid in the old 'standing only' kippax, I used to climb the roof supports for a better view when the wall at the front was full - just a problem cheering and forgeting how high you was whenever we scored - landed on some poor sod below quite a few times...lol

 

[Rosler81]

I haven't been back to Maine Road since the last game, and cannot bring myself to go!

Best memory is as a kid in the old 'standing only' kippax, I used to climb the roof supports for a better view when the wall at the front was full - just a problem cheering and forgeting how high you was whenever we scored - landed on some poor sod below quite a few times...lol

I haven't been back since i put my City shirt down for MVF with all the others. Gotta be over 5 years ago now, i think i spent the best and worst times of my life at maine road.

 

[pride in battle]

I went a couple of times while it was being demolished,very surreal,the last time i asked the security guy if i could sneak in and pinch a brick!! i found one painted in blue from the North stand!! anyone else 'claim' items?

 

[Blue Streak]

Don't get me wrong I loved Maine Road and always will (I was an emotional wreck when we finally left) as I had invested so much emotion in the place, but people are for whatever reason looking at it through very rose tinted specs. I remember many an afternoon in the late 80's/early 90's especially when the place was flat and you could here a pin drop.

Only in its later years did the volume pick up again.

For what it's worth I'm glad the club made the move, although it's taken me a while to come round to that way of thinking.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It wasn't me first match, but I remember standing on the halfway line in the Kippax, when we were playing Wolves - 3-1 up with about 10 mins to go - the fog descends, you could see bugger all of either goal - what we did see was City kicking off three times in the last ten mins. We lost 4-3! So when we lose 3-2 to the likes of Fulham and Liverpool or anyone for that matter, we have got previous so it doesn't faze us old timers! Sad? Not a bit of it. It's part of life's sky blue tapestry.

 

[M35 Blue]

I went a couple of times while it was being demolished,very surreal,the last time i asked the security guy if i could sneak in and pinch a brick!! i found one painted in blue from the North stand!! anyone else 'claim' items?

Yeah sneaked through the gate they had put up when they were demolishing it and walked into the North Stand, stood at the top of the stairs looking down to see all the seats had been taken out, pitch dug up etc....it was a horrible thing to see and really wish I hadn't have done it now as that is the last memory I will always have now of Maine Road.
On way out got caught by the guy in charge.Told him i wanted a seat said he would sell me each seat for £20 the robbin prick, I agreed....soon as he came back with one I grabbed it off him and legged it to my car and drove off with this div chasing after me!

Its one of the black seats from the lettering as well which is a bit unique...and shit really as I wanted a blue one lol!!

 

[Rosler81]

 

[Blue Streak]

I went a couple of times while it was being demolished,very surreal,the last time i asked the security guy if i could sneak in and pinch a brick!! i found one painted in blue from the North stand!! anyone else 'claim' items?

Yeah sneaked through the gate they had put up when they were demolishing it and walked into the North Stand, stood at the top of the stairs looking down to see all the seats had been taken out, pitch dug up etc....it was a horrible thing to see and really wish I hadn't have done it now as that is the last memory I will always have now of Maine Road.
On way out got caught by the guy in charge.Told him i wanted a seat said he would sell me each seat for £20 the robbin prick, I agreed....soon as he came back with one I grabbed it off him and legged it to my car and drove off with this div chasing after me!

Its one of the black seats from the lettering as well which is a bit unique...and shit really as I wanted a blue one lol!!

Without going into too much detail I fitted those fuckers in. Is it actually from the North Stand or from the Kippax?