North Stand Construction Discussion

[Centurions]

The "Moaners End" full every week.

Up until the last 10 minutes?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

The great northern is the name of the pub. Near burton Albion ground,is that where gone for a burton is from?

Not unless it’s a neighbourhood of Denton, the felt hat capital of the world and former home of City reserves.

 

[berryblue]

It's a WWII RAF slang term. "Gone for a Burton Ale Beer" meaning: missing, not coming back.

I was always told "gone for a burton" refered to anyone who died would normally be buried in their best suit which the working classes usually purchased from Burton the Tailors. But perhaps that was the northern version.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Anyone care to hazard a guess what the first song is that City fans usually sing after scoring an important goal?

City City City!

 

[MadchesterCity]

Stand name: Blue Wall

 

[MadchesterCity]

They haven't said much of anything yet, however @Gone for a Burton (?) says that they like 'The Great Northern' as an option.

Sound a like a train line

 

[Dribble]

Prefer 85000 to break our attendance record.

Even better. I worked it out (Caveat: I'm a bit shit at maths), but if we were to get to 80/85000 capacity, we could sell top tier seats from £20 & still make a decent profit.

Imagine our attendances up from 55000 to 85000 with 25000 of those being affordable £20 seats? This expansion wouldn't affect our FFP position, but it'd massively increase our match day revenue which would assist with FFP.

We had the go-ahead for expansion back in 2013/14, so if it was up to me, I'd go all out for an 85000 stadium with safe standing & a retractable roof.

If Real Madrid can do this using loans & technical expertise from ADUG, then I don't see why we're not doing it ourselves. We've nothing to lose, & everything to gain, PLUS it'd shut the fuckin Rags up about who's got the bigger stadium!

 

[richards30]

Why can’t we just have The Kippax? Keeps something historic alive from Maine Road but in a new and fancier stadium?

 

[M14Exile]

Shout out to my old school on Pottery lane, the Openshaw Tech End. Horrible school.

 

[tregyblue61]

I was always told "gone for a burton" refered to anyone who died would normally be buried in their best suit which the working classes usually purchased from Burton the Tailors. But perhaps that was the northern version.

I think a few versions cropped up after the war.

(Montague) Burton was the place to go for your demob suit. It's reckoned that's where the phrase " The Full Monty" came from.