Things from Maine Road we wont see at Eastlands

[gio's side step]

Trevor Morley's moustache

The beautifully crafted, aquired, authentic, shit on the cobbles down the side and back of the terrace streets

Managers moaning that training in front of the fans prior to kick off is too intimidating and thus getting the team wisked away to a local school 5 a side gymnasium in a transit van, driven by Barry Conlon at 2pm

 

[bluevengence]

Just the thread for posting this

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[bigblue58]

Late 70's ...Getting a dart in the back of my head in the segregated Kippax, against the scum.

 

[levets]

goalkeepers without gloves

the pieman wheeling his pies around the perimeter

the sight of hundreds of cigarettes/lighters at night matches

men forking the pitch at half-time

the ball being kicked out of the ground

The lads going round the pitch selling OXO...
playing with snow on the pitch..
seeing Stan the groundsman mowing the pitch
Jumping over the turnstyle to get in or climbing over the wall
Anyone ever see that big bath in the changing rooms ?? sooner wash in the sink it was a joke..
Putting metal plates with numbers on to show h/t scores...
ermm what else.... running on the pitch & finding a wallet with 30 quid in it...

another one....guys selling the Green... (who knows what that is?)

another one....guys selling the Green... (who knows what that is?)
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The competitor to the Pink... produced by the Chronicle

 

[Gary James]

another one....guys selling the Green... (who knows what that is?)
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The competitor to the Pink... produced by the Chronicle

The Pink was produced by the Chron and the Green was the MEN's sports paper. When the MEN took over the Chron they kept the Pink (and ditched the MEN Green) because the Chron's Pink was the more popular.

Throughout Manchester's footy history the Chron was regarded more as a Blue paper and the MEN was Red - the Chron's owner in the early 1900s was City's Chairman.

Things we saw at Maine Rd but not at COMs....

A packed ground with people sitting on steps and standing in all the aisles (normal capacity over 52,000) and an official attendance of about 47,285 (Charlton 85 - but the attendance was often reported at a figure much lower than we all expected!).

 

[m27]

another one....guys selling the Green... (who knows what that is?)
======================

The competitor to the Pink... produced by the Chronicle

The Pink was produced by the Chron and the Green was the MEN's sports paper. When the MEN took over the Chron they kept the Pink (and ditched the MEN Green) because the Chron's Pink was the more popular.

Throughout Manchester's footy history the Chron was regarded more as a Blue paper and the MEN was Red - the Chron's owner in the early 1900s was City's Chairman.

Things we saw at Maine Rd but not at COMs....

A packed ground with people sitting on steps and standing in all the aisles (normal capacity over 52,000) and an official attendance of about 47,285 (Charlton 85 - but the attendance was often reported at a figure much lower than we all expected!).

Although I was only a kid, the crowd for the 1985 Charlton game was incredible.

The Kippax was a sea of humanity and, like The Kop in the 70s/80s, when we scored you could tell it was rammed as people could only raise an arm at best and the surges were incredible.

I honestly wouldn't be shocked to learn that there was 60 000 in the ground that day.

 

[andy h]

Starting the afternoon in one spot on the terrace and ending up somewhere completely different.

 

[BackgroundBlue]

Dogshit alley!

and nipping back home to listen to GMR postmatch in 3 mins when in I lived at 27 Newlyn Street, just off Platt lane :)

 

[nwhn3]

Queuing for 14 hours around the stadium for wembley tickets...... then again!!!!

 

[dennis tuearts hatrick balls]

The smell of the gents.

Season ticket number above turnstiles.

A majority of games on a Saturday.

People getting squashed against barriers when we score.

Policeman getting snowballed.

Four completely different sides to the ground.

Reasonably priced food and drink.

Cash turnstiles.

Leaky roof.

Cameramen/commentators shitting themselves as they go to their place above Main Stand.

don,t forget some pisshead havin a slash during the match on the kippax and everyone making way for him in a panic !