Old Maine Road photos thread

[napoleon dynamite]

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Len fairclough with the tab in his mouth at the bottom of the picture

 

[JGL07]

Nice art work, he under sold the size of our floodlights though.

The earlier floodlights from around 1963-64 looked that size.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

A few more

My first game. How thin we all were.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Not photos but paintings.Manchester artist James Downie.

Enjoy !

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I think it's fair to say that Lowry was his inspiration.

 

[Indaparkside]

My first game. How thin we all were.

Only one wimpy in town no kebab/pizza shops on every corner Mc’donalds Ubers etc we used to walk fair distances back then

 

[lancs blue]

My first game.

That was some game to get as your first, even after 50-odd years it's still one of the most exciting matches I've watched.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

That was some game to get as your first, even after 50-odd years it's still one of the most exciting matches I've watched.

I got knocked off the cross-bar by a rag when they scored their first (as we were all in together). Our kid bought me a hotdog. I got to see Lee, Bell and Summerbee score and a last-ditch goal to rescue a point. Not to mention all the singing and swearing. Loved it.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Nice art work, he under sold the size of our floodlights though.

And forgot to turn them on.

 

[paulchapo]

My first game. How thin we all were.

Yes thinking back to those times we were.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Only one wimpy in town no kebab/pizza shops on every corner Mc’donalds Ubers etc we used to walk fair distances back then

We only knew 2 McDonald then

Bobby and the other had a farm