Old Maine Road photos thread

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

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Aah, Manchester winters! Fucking freezing, it was, at times.
Where did they go? Disappeared, with global warming…

 

[mimicmickmickdoyle]

Early 90s

Early 90s

Early 90s

Picture (Views 44 )The wall section next to the Main Entrance was the players changing rooms, can remember when we used to wait outside for autographs climbing up the drain pipes and looking through the vent , players bollock naked shouting at us . Right pervs we was .Those were the days.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

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Thats a great photograph

 

[tregyblue61]

Remember when Spurs came in late?

Was stood just below where they came in. Seem to remember quite a few in donkey jackets.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

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You know they'd have scraped the lines, given them an orange ball and played on this pitch in the 70s!
Absolutely magical image. If you went to a game in these conditions, you can sense the atmosphere just from this pic.

 

[JGL07]

I bought tickets for Platt Lane a couple of times back in mid sixties. 5/-.

Why? There were no numbered seats. Only the Main Stand had numbered seats at that stage.

I can’t see the point. Maine Road had a 63,000 capacity and the biggest attendance I can recall before promotion was for Huddersfield on New Years Day 1966 when 47,171 were there.

The first match I can ever recall buying a ticket for was the Everton Cup match in 1966. I remember them being sold in the turnstiles at Maine Road on a Sunday morning. After promotion, even the United matches were pay at the gate. I also bought tickets for the replay at Goodison Park and the second replay at Wolverhampton.

 

[KS55]

Why? There were no numbered seats. Only the Main Stand had numbered seats at that stage.

I can’t see the point. Maine Road had a 63,000 capacity and the biggest attendance I can recall before promotion was for Huddersfield on New Years Day 1966 when 47,171 were there.

The first match I can ever recall buying a ticket for was the Everton Cup match in 1966. I remember them being sold in the turnstiles at Maine Road on a Sunday morning. After promotion, even the United matches were pay at the gate. I also bought tickets for the replay at Goodison Park and the second replay at Wolverhampton.

I usually went on the Kippax but a couple of times I took an older guy who would not have been happy there. I can’t remember the number situation, but I bought tickets to ensure the older guy was ok. Platt lane was pretty full both times.
I was at that Huddersfield game. Mad on the Kippax. 3/- iirc.
I also bought tickets for Bert’s testimonial on Platt Lane, again to accommodate a guest.
Incidently, to buy the tickets you had to go in the main entrance, down the marbled (ok terrazzo) hall to a ticket office deep inside the stadium.

 

[xgorton]

Why? There were no numbered seats. Only the Main Stand had numbered seats at that stage.

I can’t see the point. Maine Road had a 63,000 capacity and the biggest attendance I can recall before promotion was for Huddersfield on New Years Day 1966 when 47,171 were there.

The first match I can ever recall buying a ticket for was the Everton Cup match in 1966. I remember them being sold in the turnstiles at Maine Road on a Sunday morning. After promotion, even the United matches were pay at the gate. I also bought tickets for the replay at Goodison Park and the second replay at Wolverhampton.

Yes I was also at the Everton game 63,000,that was before promotion by the way.

 

[Frankie lad]

There was a fan that had a Mazda RX7 with the number plate K10PAX and he parked it right by the souvenir shop every game I was dead jealous

 

[xgorton]

There was a fan that had a Mazda RX7 with the number plate K10PAX and he parked it right by the souvenir shop every game I was dead jealous

Could be wrong but was it Mark Britner ?