'THE KIPPAX' - Why are no Etihad stands called this?

[East Level 2]

Why not call the north stand "THE GASWORKS END"

Cos the gasworks hasn't been there for ages. - Could call it the Railway End I suppose.

 

[East Level 2]

When liverpool were planning a new stadium under hicks and gillet they had a stand called the kop in it. The kop as it is now, isn't on Kop Road. It's on Walton Breck Road.

Stands can have a couple of names as well you know. One official and one for marketing purposes for the fans. Its not unheard of. And you pointed one out at our stadium - The Colin Bell Stand.

There are Kop Stands at Elland Road and Hillsborough, among others and I doubt if any are on Kop Road/Street/Avenue.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Because the Etihad is nowhere near Kippax Street. Of its time - went hand-in-hand with Maine Road - wouldn't feel right at the Etihad. Also, with Maine Road being a patchwork of mismatched stands, the Kippax was instantly recognisable. With the clean lines and uniformity of the Etihad, no stand really stands out.

 

[urban genie]

When liverpool were planning a new stadium under hicks and gillet they had a stand called the kop in it. The kop as it is now, isn't on Kop Road. It's on Walton Breck Road.

Stands can have a couple of names as well you know. One official and one for marketing purposes for the fans. Its not unheard of. And you pointed one out at our stadium - The Colin Bell Stand.

The kop like all kops the one in dortmund, hillsborough, Notts County, spurs etc are named after a hill in sputh africa

any high sloping 1 teir stand is a Kop end

 

[mexico1970]

There are Kop Stands at Elland Road and Hillsborough, among others and I doubt if any are on Kop Road/Street/Avenue.

We could call one stand "The Best Team In All The Land And All The World" surely :)

 

[youngbob]

What is the meaning of the forge?

Where Alan Turing Way is now, there used to be a proper road called Forge Lane. Would have been behind the east side of the stadium.

Now it's just that little stretch of road behind the Co-op Live Arena, as you drive through to Sportcity Way.

Here's a photograph from the early 1900s. This bridge, the Forge Lane Bridge as it was once called, is now the entrance to Phillips Park.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Because the Etihad is nowhere near Kippax Street. Of its time - went hand-in-hand with Maine Road - wouldn't feel right at the Etihad. Also, with Maine Road being a patchwork of mismatched stands, the Kippax was instantly recognisable. With the clean lines and uniformity of the Etihad, no stand really stands out.

Why was the Platt Lane stand named as such when it was nowhere near Platt Lane?

 

[mexico1970]

Where Alan Turing Way is now, there used to be a proper road called Forge Lane. Would have been behind the east side of the stadium.

Now it's just that little stretch of road behind the Co-op Live Arena, as you drive through to Sportcity Way.

Here's a photograph from the early 1900s. This bridge, the Forge Lane Bridge as it was once called, is now the entrance to Phillips Park.



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FFS!!!

 

[TheGhost]

Let's do a proper job and get the old haphazard mis match style roofs going on

We’re already doing that with the South and North expansions.

 

[Kippax BB Lower]

As a finishing touch, we might aswell get an automated tannoy announcement every so often requesting Mr Banks to go to the front of Kippax

 

[RodneyRodney]

Misery wants company.

They can't have him ; he's happy at Bayern

 

[Citycity76]

We should name a stand called "were not really here end"

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Why was the Platt Lane stand named as such when it was nowhere near Platt Lane?

Gail?

 

[Donmcfc]

We should name one of the stands behind the goal The Scoreboard End like it was at Maine Road before they fitted a fancy roof on it and called it The North Stand.

 

[bluesmith]

There's only one Kippax stand, and it's not at the Etihad, remember the great times and memories, don't try and recreate that again, it was unique, the Etihad has created enough of its own memories.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

There's only one Kippax stand, and it's not at the Etihad, remember the great times and memories, don't try and recreate that again, it was unique, the Etihad has created enough of its own memories.

The definitive answer.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Six pages in and no one has said that maybe it's because the owners are focused on the world-wide appeal of their (our?) club and think that "Kippax" doesn't capture the imagination of modern fans around the globe.
I think there was a similar debate about why beloved old Bert only got a statue, of sorts, and not a stand.

 

[bluesmith]

Six pages in and no one has said that maybe it's because the owners are focused on the world-wide appeal of their (our?) club and think that "Kippax" doesn't capture the imagination of modern fans around the globe.
I think there was a similar debate about why beloved old Bert only got a statue, of sorts, and not a stand.

I'm not one for renaming it the Kippax, but I'm not sure the East stand 'captures the imagination of modern fans around the globe'? Either.

I'd happily have it renamed the Pep Guardiola stand though.

 

[urban genie]

Why was the Platt Lane stand named as such when it was nowhere near Platt Lane?

As the ground was Maine road, you would not noally name a stand after a road too I expect, so though thorton rd ws right behind it the next nearest non road is platt lane.


is my guess

 

[mancharlie]

109-111 is referred to as 'Kippax Corner' by some City fans ...