The Kippax

[cheekybids]

My parents & grand parents were blues so it was inevitable but something magic happened the first time I went on the kippax. I can’t explain but it was a belonging, wide eyed but I found something, nothing had as much an impact in my whole life to shape my identity.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

I always knew it as the Kippax Side and I started going in '71

That seems to be a mixture of the two. Doesn't matter we all got to the right place at the right time;)

 

[andyhinch]

Ten RED bastards

Thought I’d made that up in my head for a second, wouldn’t be the first time :-))

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

What was the name of the small Wilsons pub that was to the left of the school behind the Kippax, heading towards Wilmslow road? It was on the corner of a back street. Been bugging me a while now. Was always ok to get a late pint in as it didn't seem to get too busy.

 

[krswanny]

So many memories of standing on the Kippax, good and bad but for noise and sheer emotion nothing beats the return of The King on Boxing day against Newcastle.

 

[Blue Mist]

Ten RED bastards

Bearing in mind his user name you would think he knew the words !!!!
What do you reckon, only started going in 2008 ?

 

[Berts Neck]

Kippax..what a great name..I know it was named after the street, but any idea why the street was called Kippax Street ??? After leaving Manchester for Leeds as a teen,, there was a place called Kippax in Leeds.Maybe some link with the cotton trade ??

"The name Kippax is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is first attested as Chipesch in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Kippeys" in charters from the 1090s to the 1270s, and Kypask and Kypax from the 13th century onwards."

Would love to see a new standing area called the Kippax at The Etihad. I appreciate that people wish stands to be named after recent greats, but for me resurrecting the Kippax name would mean so much.
Boxing Day, always The King day for me..was lucky to be there..didn't know he would appear, but boy, the noise,the love, was immense.

 

[Alan Oakes Shinpads]

What was the name of the small Wilsons pub that was to the left of the school behind the Kippax, heading towards Wilmslow road? It was on the corner of a back street. Been bugging me a while now. Was always ok to get a late pint in as it didn't seem to get too busy.

The Sherwood?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The Sherwood?

No mate. Maybe the Gardners I'm thinking of ?

 

[eastmanc]

That seems to be a mixture of the two. Doesn't matter we all got to the right place at the right time;)

Also known as the popular side.