Old Maine Road photos thread

[tregyblue61]

I was an "Agent" in the late 1970's and sold tickets at work.

I can't even remember what they gave you for doing it. Sometimes I'd end up buying the cards myself, although they weren't scratch cards, but had a perforated edging which you peeled away to see what you'd won.

Anyone else sell these? A lifetime ago yikes.

I was an "Agent" too! I can't remember if we got 5% or 10% of the sales. My Mum won £500 on the Bingo. The Scratchcards, you would get a free ticket for the Main Stand by selling so many cards.

 

[bladdered]

From Maine Road to the Etihad. New ground top left corner if you zoom in...

 

[Really_here]

From Maine Road to the Etihad. New ground top left corner if you zoom in...

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Great photo

 

[Longballutd]

Some amazing pictures in this thread, brings back great memories. My early days as a City fan I went to Maine Road with my Dad they were great times. Crazy how much Manchester has changed since the Maine Road days.

 

[calumdown]

I was an "Agent" in the late 1970's and sold tickets at work.

I can't even remember what they gave you for doing it. Sometimes I'd end up buying the cards myself, although they weren't scratch cards, but had a perforated edging which you peeled away to see what you'd won.

Anyone else sell these? A lifetime ago yikes.

my mate used to sell them
iirc the club gave him 20 on tick.

he got a small cut/percentage but bought loads off himself, haha

one of the things they gave you for doing it was access to prime tickets.
i'd been to every home game and plenty of aways in 1980-81.
all the f.a.cup matches,
but when it came to the semi i couldn't get a ticket
yet he did despite not having a season ticket.

i had to listen to it in b+w on the wireless

 

[southamptonblue]

Call that a queue? Gillingham was all the way round the ground, plus what is here. I imagine York started at the Princess.

.....Princess in Southampton I would imagine ;)

 

[southamptonblue]

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I think most grounds had the same....when I was a young lad, my old man had season tickets at Southampton, they only put up the 1st Division half time scores.....done my fucking head in when City were in Div 2.

 

[bluesteve1964]

On a similar ilk I remember a golden goal number in seconds in the programme.....never got anywhere near it.

I won that once. It was league Cup game v West Ham. I had 0000. Game finished 0-0 and I won £50. Cost me about that to get to the replay!!!

 

[TheGhost]

In a few months it will be the 20th anniversary of the last minute Robbie Fowler miss and City finishing the game with two goalkeepers on the pitch.

Not only does that me feel old, but I also wonder how many of us have now seen more home games at the ETIHAD than Maine Road?

Obviously the younger supporters, but I'm 60 and nowadays we seem to have 25+ home games every season, whereas at Maine Road we needed to get relegated to have anywhere near that.

 

[Fourinarow]

Dunno if this has been posted before but just came across it while looking at photos of old football grounds around the country.