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

I always thought it a bit odd it was called Kippax St. anyway. The actual street more came out at the North Stand than the Kippax.
 
Maintainin said:
Anyone remember the size of the East Terrace that Charlton once had at The Valley back in the day, ran down the side like old Kippax without roof, it was fuckin huge, held more than a lot of other grounds entire capacities !
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I went to the top of that terrace for a match in 1966. You needed binoculars to see much of the action from the top. Very few ventured up there by then and the high part of the terrace was largely unoccupied. It must have been awesome in the late 1940s when Jimmy Seed's team was fighting for trophies and it was the biggest club ground in London.
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
we do need a name for the other 3 stands. Even the south stand was the key 103 stand for a short time.
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It is kind of sad that none of the stands (as with most bowl types) actually stand out cosmetically in appearance or characteristically in their own right like stands of old.

Completion of the Nth stand revamp may change that, granted.

Entirety of East lower would look the business if made safe standing...
 
Stephen230 said:
I always thought it a bit odd it was called Kippax St. anyway. The actual street more came out at the North Stand than the Kippax.
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Before the ground was built though Kippax street would've continued forwards and ran all the way along where the stand was built. So partly that.
 
Maintainin said:
It is kind of sad that none of the stands (as with most bowl types) actually stand out cosmetically in appearance or characteristically in their own right like stands of old.

Completion of the Nth stand revamp may change that, granted.

Entirety of East lower would look the business if made safe standing...
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leave the top of the north stand construction as it is, and call it the gene kelly 2 stand :-D
 
JGL07 said:
I went to the top of that terrace for a match in 1966. You needed binoculars to see much of the action from the top. Very few ventured up there by then and the high part of the terrace was largely unoccupied. It must have been awesome in the late 1940s when Jimmy Seed's team was fighting for trophies and it was the biggest club ground in London.
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I first went on it late 70s, no segregation n nowhere near full but still an awesome looking terrace that can't be erased from memory.
 
I think the north stand does need a name and I wouldn’t name it after a player necessarily. It could be linked to our history or the area - the Ardwick for example.

If it was going to be a player I’d name it the trautman stand.
 
Maintainin said:
It is kind of sad that none of the stands (as with most bowl types) actually stand out cosmetically in appearance or characteristically in their own right like stands of old.

Completion of the Nth stand revamp may change that, granted.

Entirety of East lower would look the business if made safe standing...
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I agree. Thay would be a game changer.
 
Boris Yeltsin said:
Thanks mate. 7 pages in and you're the first one! Thought people might like the idea of it! Turns out I was wrong. For me there's a big story there thats positive. It could and should live on in my view.
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There are hundreds of blues that still call it The Kippax and /or Kippax corner. We even still chant it on occasion.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
It’s a fine line between remembering, marking and respecting your club’s past and living in it.

Calling any of the stands at the Etihad ‘the Kippax’ would be doing the latter.

And which Kippax would we be naming it after?
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The old standing terraces for me.
 
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