Was there ever a blue that attended matches at Hyde Rd, Maine Road and Etihad

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TueartsCossackSpray

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When I was young A lovely old friend of my dads used to tell me about when he went to Hyde road and it got me wondering if anyone had been to our 3 home grounds. They would have had to be very young to visit Hyde road and rather old to visit the Etihad but it could have been possible.
 
Well I went to my first City match in 1963 some 40 years after Hyde Road Stadium was abandoned. A further 60 years have passed since then.

From the move from Hyde Road to the opening of Eastfields was just over 80 years. It is likely that some supporters will have survived long enough to have visited all three grounds.
 
We had a thread on here once asking which historic trophies posters has seen and I’m sure we had a poster who remembered the 1937 league championship. I know that’s later than Hyde Road. There surely would have been people when we moved from Maine Road who were perhaps 85+ who went to all three. Can’t have been many though.
 
What we talking, about 80 years between games? So probably someone born in about 1917, who just started going before Hyde Road shut and would have been about 86 when the new ground opened.

Probably more likely than not there were one or two I suppose. I’d like a few tips on longevity if they’re still going now mind.
 
TueartsCossackSpray said:
When I was young A lovely old friend of my dads used to tell me about when he went to Hyde road and it got me wondering if anyone had been to our 3 home grounds. They would have had to be very young to visit Hyde road and rather old to visit the Etihad but it could have been possible.
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The other thing to ask is did they also go and see our home game played at Barnsley ;)
 
Oh Yea, me and Jackie Chan formed the original Guvnors at Hyde Rd
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TueartsCossackSpray said:
When I was young A lovely old friend of my dads used to tell me about when he went to Hyde road and it got me wondering if anyone had been to our 3 home grounds. They would have had to be very young to visit Hyde road and rather old to visit the Etihad but it could have been possible.
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I bet they were at York as well!
 
On the eve of us moving from Maine Road I remember an interview with a fella who had attended games at Hyde Road and Maine Road and was set for the new season at Eastlands. But as rightly pointed out that was twenty years ago.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I'm sure @Gary James has interviewed someone who went to all three and I think at the last game at Maine Road there was a feller on the pitch before hand who had been to Hyde Road and was about 90 at the tine (20 years ago)
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Yes, I met a few in 2002-03 while researching Farewell To Maine Road who had been to games at Hyde Rd & Maine Rd and some were invited to COM by MCFC when we moved.
 
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