Old Maine Road photos thread

denislawsbackheel said:
I stopped going after John Bond’s first season, I thought then, and still do now, the man was a spiv.
Bought his son claiming him to be the best in the league in his position.
Who was the local half back he couldn’t wait to get rid of?
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Kevin Bond was one of the worst CB I ever witnessed and that's saying something. 2 left feet what we called him
 
Matt Diablo said:
Kevin Bond was one of the worst CB I ever witnessed and that's saying something. 2 left feet what we called him
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He was Bobby Moore and Franco Baresi rolled into one compared to absolute fucking bilge we had in the late ‘90s:
David Morley
Alan Kernaghan
David Brightwell
The Fentons
To name just a few
 
Abattoir Blue said:
I will never watch any footage of Maine Road being demolished and have never driven past anywhere close to where it used to be. Therefore it still exists, in my memory. Very hard to unsee something.
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After that last day Southampton game I was walking to the car and said to my (then young) son to turn around whilst we both took a last long look at Maine Road. We walked around a corner and it was gone. A few years later we were checking out halls of residence for his upcoming stint at Manchester Uni. I found myself driving through Rusholme but I couldn't bring myself to go to the site of MR. Like you, it was still in my memory and exactly where I wanted it to stay. I've never been back, and I never will.
 
Abattoir Blue said:
I will never watch any footage of Maine Road being demolished and have never driven past anywhere close to where it used to be. Therefore it still exists, in my memory. Very hard to unsee something.
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Exactly the same for me

I've umpired 2-3 cricket matches in Whalley Range/Alexandra Park and on each occasion I've found myself getting all tense and nervous as I've driven down Wilbraham Road and started remembering all manner of games and incidents,.many of them including friends and family no longer with us.

I can't even look at where the floodlights used to act as beacons for so much youthful anticipation
 
Stiff Little Wingers said:
That first season under Bond gave us some magical times and gave us Blues something to smile about after Allison.
Your post is a bit like saying I’ll never have a Christmas dinner again because I got breast instead of a leg.
Nicky Reid was one of my favourite players and I wasn’t too keen on Bond junior coming in.
But that’s no reason not to go
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I met John Bond at a supporters club night in Higher Openshaw and had a good chat with him about the Reid situation. I was a big fan of Nicky and told him so however Bond bought me a pint and explained the tactical reasons behind buying his son. He also claimed there was more to it than wanting to replace Reid and in fact he rated him as a footballer. Sometimes there's a lot more goes on behind the scenes than the press would have you believe. As you say, it's still no reason not to go !
 
BillCarlisle said:
After that last day Southampton game I was walking to the car and said to my (then young) son to turn around whilst we both took a last long look at Maine Road. We walked around a corner and it was gone. A few years later we were checking out halls of residence for his upcoming stint at Manchester Uni. I found myself driving through Rusholme but I couldn't bring myself to go to the site of MR. Like you, it was still in my memory and exactly where I wanted it to stay. I've never been back, and I never will.
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I went back once, just to 'have a look', and immediately wished I hadn't. It was a horrible experience and I drove away with tears in my eyes.

Never again.
 
Abattoir Blue said:
I will never watch any footage of Maine Road being demolished and have never driven past anywhere close to where it used to be. Therefore it still exists, in my memory. Very hard to unsee something.
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I was the opposite, I couldn't let it go, so when demolition proper began on 5 Feb 2004 I went 2 or 3 times a week til the summer with my brilliantly supportive mum, armed with my camera to see it go with my own eyes. we didn't drive either, we would go on public transport, so a big effort! I know, sounds daft, sounds crazy infact, but I felt that the place I loved deserved someone who actually cared about it to be there as bit by bit it vanished. I loved photography too... So took hundreds. But seeing it go, I felt it deeply.. I hated the last match with a passion, hated all that end of an era stuff, didn't want that to be how I said goodbye. Got to be known by the demolition teams gateman, he gave us plenty of stuff (carted home on the bus!) A Saturday security man when no work was going on let us in once, got to wander round a health and safety nightmare and had a photo in the middle of the "pitch", photo on the mound of metal and soil that was BB block Kippax, May 2004 that was. I hate seeing the housing estate nowadays, tho i still do go back once a year, mainly to try and explain to my son what this place is.. But I'm still glad I saw it go, but by bit. The old place had someone who cared there til the last piece disappeared...
 
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