Manchester derby - late 1970's

[Blue Streak]

Just been watching some YouTube highlights of a Maine Road derby circa 1977 and it's interesting to note that the Kippax/Platt Lane Corner housing the Rags has additional wire fencing put up? Barry Davies makes a comment regarding this being put up specifically for this one game? Was this the norm when we played them back then or was it also implemented for other big games at the time?

 

[urmston]

Denis Law.

Backheeler.

Scoreboard end.

 

[pedigreeblue]

one vivid memory I have of a Maine Rd derby of around that time, was coming out onto the Kippax Car Park, lots of scuffles, gesticulating , and running around was the norm. This big United fan runs over to a younger smaller lad and says 'Are you a Red or a Blue', the lad replied 'I'm a Super Blue', and proceeded in landing a right hook on the Reds chin, putting him on his arse. Oh how I laughed !

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

one vivid memory I have of a Maine Rd derby of around that time, was coming out onto the Kippax Car Park, lots of scuffles, gesticulating , and running around was the norm. This big United fan runs over to a younger smaller lad and says 'Are you a Red or a Blue', the lad replied 'I'm a Super Blue', and proceeded in landing a right hook on the Reds chin, putting him on his arse. Oh how I laughed !

They were the first club to have fencing, and at that time I can't ever remember us having it at all. I remember us beating them 3-1 at home around that time, with Steve Coppell scoring a screamer for them. I think it was the same season when Barnes made his debut against Italy aged 17? Coppell was in the same team and I think made his debut the same night.....

Now people talk about players from a different era, Peter Barnes would easily fit into this current side imo!!

 

[chaddblue]

one vivid memory I have of a Maine Rd derby of around that time, was coming out onto the Kippax Car Park, lots of scuffles, gesticulating , and running around was the norm. This big United fan runs over to a younger smaller lad and says 'Are you a Red or a Blue', the lad replied 'I'm a Super Blue', and proceeded in landing a right hook on the Reds chin, putting him on his arse. Oh how I laughed !

I remember us beating them 3-1 at home around that time, with Steve Coppell scoring a screamer for them. I think it was the same season when Barnes made his debut against Italy aged 17? Coppell was in the same team and I think made his debut the same night.....

Now people talk about players from a different era, Peter Barnes would easily fit into this current side imo!!

I remember that game. Think England won 2-0 and keegan scored, but they still didn't qualify for the 78 world cup after losing in Rome.

There was an Italian defender, Franco Causio? Who was possibly the dirtiest player I have ever seen, who just spent the entire 90 mins trying to cripple Peter Barnes, but he was just too quick for him

 

[Balti]

the animals were put in their pen

just like any swine

 

[Anonymous]

Just been watching some YouTube highlights of a Maine Road derby circa 1977 and it's interesting to note that the Kippax/Platt Lane Corner housing the Rags has additional wire fencing put up? Barry Davies makes a comment regarding this being put up specifically for this one game? Was this the norm when we played them back then or was it also implemented for other big games at the time?

I've looked at the Maine Road derbies from both the 76-77 season , and the 77-78 season , and it looks to me like the wire fencing is in place on that corner at both games , so in my opinion it could have been in place for at least two seasons back then ...... can't see it just being erected for the derby games in particular.

I remember a few incidents to used to take place in that 'Platt Lane' corner of the kippax around that time ... some clubs , like Liverpool , United and Newcastle could bring big followings to Maine Road back then .......Spurs got chased onto the pitch in that corner by City fans , and , on another occasion , Leeds fans also got chased into that corner by City fans who had 'infiltrated' the visitors side of the kippax ... so that extra fencing could have been erected as a general safeguard.

West Ham got chased out of the kippax on the opposite corner , down near the North stand ....... and United yobs used to gather on that North Stand corner in derbies too , until the late eighties or so , when the tide began to turn and City fans decided not to stand for it .

But in those days most grounds had fencing on one kind or another .... they had to with all the fuckin' hooligans that were around !

 

[Balti]

are they talking about 'the cage'~?

if so that was put there to keep us out lol

and it was regularly traversed anyhow

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

The best Derby from the Seventies was the one after Malcolm had come back and we really weren't doing well at all; but we did them 2 -0 at Home, Michael Robinson and Tony Henry scored.

 

[Balti]

The best Derby from the Seventies was the one after Malcolm had come back and we really weren't doing well at all; but we did them 2 -0 at Home, Michael Robinson and Tony Henry scored.

Nah 4 -0 cup game

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commentator seems dead happy lol