I helped increase the capacity at Maine Road when I emailed the club. It was entitled 'Bloody Big Doors'. I asked why the doors were so large but never used and surely we could put temporary seating there.28,356
I helped increase the capacity at Maine Road when I emailed the club. It was entitled 'Bloody Big Doors'. I asked why the doors were so large but never used and surely we could put temporary seating there.
The rest they say is history.
Not that I ever got an acknowledgement.
Make it five ,you missed the bit about Pep having to gee up the crowd which is true.Seeing as you asked, I did; in terms of the atmosphere he said:
i. it is invariably a soulless experience at the Etihad [emphasis added]
ii. the atmosphere for the recent Derby was stilted and subdued
iii. some (implying a minority) diehards remain [emphasis added]
iv. The Kippax was (invariably) raucous and heaving
Is it all four?
I didn’t miss it. I omitted it because, unlike the other four, it’s factually correct.Make it five ,you missed the bit about Pep having to gee up the crowd which is true.
Nice ............................workNo we didn’t. Our average home attendance that season was around 27,000 and the capacity of Maine Road was around (iirc) 34,000 at the time, which is about 80% capacity. Another Maine Road myth, just like the false claim in that article that it was a cauldron every week.
Thanks xNice ............................work
I went down to the Dale a few seasons back, got to the ground five or ten mins before kick off. Twelve quid in the home ends but they'd only one fuckin' turnstile on and he was having difficulty taking the money, and then I heard 'em kick off, so I thought fuck this, and nipped round the corner to get in the away end, which at Dale is one long side. Cost another three quid but at HT there were no real queues for the pies. And the usual meat'n potato and Bovril was £4-50, compared to, then, £6-50 at The Etihad so I reckoned I was only a quid down which was probably saved on the programme. No tickets just cash at the turnstile!When I started going games, anything over 20k was a big game, northern teams you got around 30k. Rags was bursting well over 40k along with fa cup & Boxing Day.
Other grounds Rags seemed to be biggest with Ave 40k but would get games of 20k. N/W teams had best support, N/E & South were shit.
Lots of clubs could only dream of getting 15k & many less than 10k.
You could go any game on the spur of the moment & get in.
This is all off the top of my head so my memory might be clouded
I did a season in the main stand as I was ill for a while and had to sit down. It was unbelievable! Moan. Groan. Whinge and criticism from the first whistle to the last every single game bar none. That where I must have picked it up from! :-)The main stand was to be avoided at all costs when I was a kid. My mates dad used to get complimentary tickets off someone at the ground in there and I had the mispleasure a couple of times in the 80’s, it really was like the place people went to die to a young teenager.
Lol.I did a season in the main stand as I was ill for a while and had to sit down. It was unbelievable! Moan. Groan. Whinge and criticism from the first whistle to the last every single game bar none. That where I must have picked it up from! :-)
Happy times:-)I did a season in the main stand as I was ill for a while and had to sit down. It was unbelievable! Moan. Groan. Whinge and criticism from the first whistle to the last every single game bar none. That where I must have picked it up from! :-)
No we didn’t. Our average home attendance that season was around 27,000 and the capacity of Maine Road was around (iirc) 34,000 at the time, which is about 80% capacity. Another Maine Road myth, just like the false claim in that article that it was a cauldron every week.
It was actually 12,345.28,356
I think it’s a bit above the Premier League’s pay grade to investigate international sanctions busting allegations involving one of the UK’s key allies'Premier League is asked if it has investigated Manchester City owner over Russia allegations'
From the Guardian - I had expected one of the usual suspects with a 'PL Investigation' or 'fake sponsor', but this sort f garbage isn't far short of outrageous. After a week of Haaland release clause nonsense too. Usual supposition but easy retweet fodder.
We can only keep winning games - hopefully on Sunday too.
Bet they also frequent the match day forum:)I did a season in the main stand as I was ill for a while and had to sit down. It was unbelievable! Moan. Groan. Whinge and criticism from the first whistle to the last every single game bar none. That where I must have picked it up from! :-)
You're spot on that we didn't fill it every home game in 1998/99 but I think Maine Road's capacity was quite a bit less than 34,000 back then. IIRC our biggest home crowd was around 32,500 against York City (without checking 32,471 sticks in my head!) in the last league game which was more than the first game against Blackpool and even the Wigan play-off home leg (probably due to segregation reasons). We got up to 34,000-ish capacity over the next couple of seasons when they started to add in seats in weird places and built a second Gene Kelly between the Kippax and Umbro/Platt LaneThanks x
Coincidentally, the away fixture against York City had a crowd of 32,500,000.You're spot on that we didn't fill it every home game in 1998/99 but I think Maine Road's capacity was quite a bit less than 34,000 back then. IIRC our biggest home crowd was around 32,500 against York City (without checking 32,471 sticks in my head!) in the last league game which was more than the first game against Blackpool and even the Wigan play-off home leg (probably due to segregation reasons). We got up to 34,000-ish capacity over the next couple of seasons when they started to add in seats in weird places and built a second Gene Kelly between the Kippax and Umbro/Platt Lane
The York away fixture is so overdone!Coincidentally, the away fixture against York City had a crowd of 32,500,000.
Have we got a big game this weekend or something?'Premier League is asked if it has investigated Manchester City owner over Russia allegations'
From the Guardian - I had expected one of the usual suspects with a 'PL Investigation' or 'fake sponsor', but this sort f garbage isn't far short of outrageous. After a week of Haaland release clause nonsense too. Usual supposition but easy retweet fodder.
We can only keep winning games - hopefully on Sunday too.
I've dug out the last program of that season against Wigan P/O semi final second leg as a matter of interest.You're spot on that we didn't fill it every home game in 1998/99 but I think Maine Road's capacity was quite a bit less than 34,000 back then. IIRC our biggest home crowd was around 32,500 against York City (without checking 32,471 sticks in my head!) in the last league game which was more than the first game against Blackpool and even the Wigan play-off home leg (probably due to segregation reasons). We got up to 34,000-ish capacity over the next couple of seasons when they started to add in seats in weird places and built a second Gene Kelly between the Kippax and Umbro/Platt Lane
NoHave we got a big game this weekend or something?