Old Maine Road photos thread

kippaxkid74 said:
Thanks, to you and everyone who's said positive things. Have an appt tomorrow where they're going to tell me what the biospy showed. Hopefully nothing.. So distracting myself before bed - found this of mine buried on this PC, i'd plastered the copyright on it years ago, somewhere i have the orig..

anyway, this was a year to the day after the last Maine Road derby, taken 9 nov 2003. That first season at eastlands (as was) we went to Maine Road first for tradition, every match. Some workman let us in for 5 min, and this is the result.

I had 80 on my shirt with it being 80 years at Maine Road obvioulsy - though i remember the staff at the store printing it didn't have a clue.. Anyway, 100 years this August, times flies doesn't it.

Night night.
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Fingers crossed for you today

Great picture
 
kippaxkid74 said:
Thanks, to you and everyone who's said positive things. Have an appt tomorrow where they're going to tell me what the biospy showed. Hopefully nothing.. So distracting myself before bed - found this of mine buried on this PC, i'd plastered the copyright on it years ago, somewhere i have the orig..

anyway, this was a year to the day after the last Maine Road derby, taken 9 nov 2003. That first season at eastlands (as was) we went to Maine Road first for tradition, every match. Some workman let us in for 5 min, and this is the result.

I had 80 on my shirt with it being 80 years at Maine Road obvioulsy - though i remember the staff at the store printing it didn't have a clue.. Anyway, 100 years this August, times flies doesn't it.

Night night.
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Good luck today !!
 
Jacko1956 said:
But you could go in at those entrances and simply walk round to the Kippax Stand as it was one large terrace with open areas at the back just like the Kippax had !
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Could you walk round from the Kippax to the Platt Lane Stand which was originally a standing terrace. I was at the back of that stand for my first derby game when we beat the rags 3-0 in 1960.
 
I'm no cynic but... said:
Could you walk round from the Kippax to the Platt Lane Stand which was originally a standing terrace. I was at the back of that stand for my first derby game when we beat the rags 3-0 in 1960.
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before the fence was put in to separate us from the away fans probably (1970's old Kippax)

Otherwise it was a walk down dog shit alley and to the turnstiles. I never went in the Platt Lane back then.
 
I'm no cynic but... said:
Could you walk round from the Kippax to the Platt Lane Stand which was originally a standing terrace. I was at the back of that stand for my first derby game when we beat the rags 3-0 in 1960.
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Just remembered my grandad telling me you could originally walk round (change ends) at half time from the Scoreboard end to Platt Lane (or visa versa) but to be fair it was a long time ago as he was born in 1899 & went to hyde road first then went to Maine Road when we moved.
 
Found this on my comp - can't find the original photo so the screenshot from my old twitter will do!

As you can see - health and safety gone mad eh ;)

It was a Saturday so the demolition team weren't working, only the lone security man at the front gate. Who was quite happy to invite me and mum and another couple of people "in for a quick look round". He had a look of panic on his face when we all got back to the gate 20 minutes later as he realised he hadn't quite thought it through!!

I have another photo of me knelt where the centre spot was, with only the platt lane still standing behind me!
 

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IOWBlue said:
true. I imagine a lot of us have stood/sat in many places on the Kippax.
Ive sat on the front wall, the wall top to bottom next to Gene Kelly, Piccadilly Radio tunnel and tunnel opposite the Main Stand police box. Stood 6 foot up on the very back under the roof, and up the main support girders. Never did the floodlights though.
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I stood on the girder along the back wall as well with the spikes sticking through my shoes and just tall enough to grip the top girder , 6 foot above the ground and petrified to move !
 
JCB001 said:
It Is true I still see 3 of the guys .If I find it again I'll get it on here
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It is true, I was in the platt lane at my 1st Derby and remember them climbing up from the platt lane end of the Kippax roof up on to the gantry on the Kippax roof
 
I'm no cynic but... said:
Could you walk round from the Kippax to the Platt Lane Stand which was originally a standing terrace. I was at the back of that stand for my first derby game when we beat the rags 3-0 in 1960.
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There was a fence in line with the corner flag where the platt lane seats ended and the Kippax uncovered standing corner started

There was also a fence out the back of the stand separating the Kippax from the platt lane

I think there was also an extra entrance from the Kippax where you could transfer from the Kippax in to the seats for a small payment
 
Thornliebank said:
Great photo . Snow on the terraces. Would never be allowed nowadays. How on earth did we survive those times ?
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Yeah, in those days it was par for the course that the terraces would be icy during the winter months. An extra pair of socks was necessary from November to February. Wasn't a problem for us, but you try and tell the young people of today that and they won't believe you. :-)
 
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