Gone for a Burton
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....scouse me,
'The Osborne House Inn at Home'
Named after Queen Victoria's Home in Osborne Bay, Isle of Wight !!
North Stand Construction Discussion
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'The Osborne House Inn at Home'
Named after Queen Victoria's Home in Osborne Bay, Isle of Wight !!
Probably one of the worst stands ever built in football.
After seeing the fantastic Platt Lane torn down to make way for it, I was bitterly disappointed by it.
Cheap and nasty looking.
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I know I’m going off topic again, but whilst we’re in-between drone video and picture updates, it’s good to remember MR and the different stands.
Platt Lane.
From this
To this.
Oh Peter(RIP), why did you do it?
An interesting read. Bitter, jealous, or…..
The 4 MR stand descriptions are OK.
I came across it when I found the old Platt Lane picture. Note the fencing along the front of the Platt Lane.
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Platt Lane.
From this
To this.
Oh Peter(RIP), why did you do it?
An interesting read. Bitter, jealous, or…..
The 4 MR stand descriptions are OK.
I came across it when I found the old Platt Lane picture. Note the fencing along the front of the Platt Lane.
57 Hatters Years : MAINE ROAD - MANCHESTER CITY / SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Stockport County - 4 County trips to Maine Road with the one in Dec 1999 providing one of the 'highest highs'. A proper football ground not an architects wet dream!
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ChicagoBlue
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As my Maine Road baptism, it was absolutely fantastic to me.
From the plank seats, to the “can you move up a bit, Mister,” to the roof that seemed to not only keep off the rain but keep in the smoke of 5,000 Woodbines, to the proximity to the big lads in the Kippax, to the being able to move down to front as people started to leave, to calling Joe Corrigan “Muttonhead,” to feeling that it was a first step towards being a lifelong Blue…it was absolutely fantastic to me.
The atmosphere was fantastic and in the dark days of the 80s very fiesty.
Gordyola
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Swales was going to take the design around onto the Kippax he told me that to my face I replied in a similar vein to the above but in much less polite tones, he was shocked as he thought it was great. Mind you at an AGM when a question from the floor asked about the pillars in the main stand, he replied "what pillars"
Brewster's millions
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I always thought the “original” plans for the redevelopment from the early-80s looked quite good though, especially the idea for the executive boxes to be suspended from the new Main stand roof. Although I do question now whether that was ever technically possible, and it was just my young self being conned by another Swales lie (first of many sadly).
BufordUSABlue
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I was a ST holder in the 'new' Platt Lane and really liked the stand...