FROM MAINE ROAD to THE ETIHAD! Manchester City Football Club
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I finally got to make a video at the home of Manchester City, the Etihad Stadium.
I explored their old stadium location, Maine Road before making the short trip to the Etihad. They even kept the centre circle of Maine Road!
Man City played at Maine Road for 80 years but changed location in 2003. They then got a taken over by Sheikh Mansour and have been an unstoppable force in English football ever since. The likes of Aguero, Kompany & Silva come to mind but never forget Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee & Shaun Goater!
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Denis Law wasn't a City Legend he played for us but never a legend. I live 10 mins from Maine Road and filled City from 1968/69 with my 4 brothers. Bell Summerbee young book pardoe Doyle are my boyhood legends.
Next Villa park 🥳
@@moreno8383 I'm back up in Scotland for a few weeks but I will be doing the Midlands teams during the summer 😊✌
Great vid who won the giveaway
@@harveydimbleby9126 a lad from Greece won! Thanks for watching the video glad you enjoyed
I'm old enough to remember the City side of the late 60's, four major trophies in three seasons. Then there was the 1976 League Cup final and Dennis Tueart's spectacular winning goal
Nice, thanks for sharing! See there's more to City than their recent success
Nah Oil FC
@@KirkLee1983 the history speaks for itself, Man City isn't a Plastic Club.
Fantastic 😁💙
so you over 80? lies my boy
Classy manager and club, when they knocked Newport County out of the cup a few seasons ago, Pep invited the Newport players into the city dressing room at Rodney Parade to chat and swap shirts, really nice touch, without being patronising.
sounds pretty patronising, like they'd won some kind of competition.
@@kiriakoz. If the Newport players thought that, they would not have gone in, Padrig Almond now has a match worn Aguero shirt.
@@antonydove1810 that's not true. It may have been patronising, but maybe the players were big fans so they went anyway. Something can be patronising and yet still they would've gone there. Would city have done that for a bigger team?
A bigger team ? Why would they, You are totally missing the point, It's not everyday Newport County get to play a team full of internationals, once every 5 years they are lucky enough to make it to 3rd round of the fa Cup, and draw one of the big guns.
Plastic
Great video about Manchester City's history.
Thank you!
Man city have history 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Wickedpissah41 proper funny lad over here
@@3picevanz But he's right u got no history you bought cups with oil not sweat and toil.
@@ianjones2731 football was before the premier league 👍🏻
C'mon City 💙
Love from India 💙
hahaha fake fan
Bet u didn't support them before they struck oil 😁
@@teddytoostonedhart5881 why is he a fake fan according to you? Let me guess...nationality? Ridiculous
@@ianjones2731 what if he was born during 2000's? So ignorant and such a nonsensical take
@@tanay3627 Yes the world started when he was born lmao ...that's nonsensical
I’m a Chelsea fan and I don’t understand the hate on city and city are not even our enemies, and they don’t feel like our rivals as well so I like city.
Nice thanks for sharing and cheers for watching!
Same bro, Man City and Chelsea were never enemies. I have lots of friends who support Chelsea, so maybe that's kind of why I don't feel any hate for Chelsea, even like them. But now we're in the UCL Final, so probably we will be enemies at least for a one game)) Blue part of English football like City, Chelsea, Everton were never rivals as far as I know and it's great. Cheers mate and good luck for 29 May 💙
Chelsea have way less history than man city they're the real oil club
Ex pats from Manchester living in New Zealand and, yes City supporters. Great video of City’s history. Visited the stadium in 2015 on a trip back to the UK.
Thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane. We used to visit the Bell Waldron restaurant many times before emigrating. Saw loads of city players there too back in the day.
Yesss love!!👍💙
immigrants not expat
FROM ARABIA SUPPORTERS CITY 🔵
@@horrorman9685 shut up it’s called ex pats not immigrants get right
I love Manchester city now and always 💙🥶
City wouldn't be where they are if it weren't for the take over. But the take over really was successful, not just investing in players but in a new stadium, new academy, one of the best in the world, some of the best coaches, so as a united fan I'm jealous you have owners who care about the success of your club, our owners just want to take money out of the club.
They moved stadium way before the takeover
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 yeah, about 5 years before, I assume they could only move there because
1 - I think the councils original plan was to redevelop the stadium after its main purpose, so could've been cheaper? Could be wrong though
2 - even to this day, City don't own their stadium. They lease it. So would've made it easier back then. I still wish they played in a redeveloped Maine Road now though, has a lot more character
@@JDS07 I think most people preferred maine road but let's be honest the area around it was a tip, you had to pay little shits to "watch" your car and at the time it was a no brainer to take a new stadium for free especially with how skint city were in the early 2000s
If we wouldn’t have saved you you would not exist. Also city were already the 10th most successful English club. They started rising in the 2000s until they got investment. Other clubs also spend money but aren’t as good as us, for a reason. We spend our money wisely and that’s what makes us a great and successful football club. We have developed tactics and a playstyle and we buy players that fit in. And yes the other clubs got their money from their fans but they don’t have as much succes now, which counts a lot. There are no excuses. These clubs would not be where they are now if they hadn’t gotten any money. Man city are not the only club spending, they are one of few clubs spending money well and using football knowledge to develop the best team possible and win. Just like they did in the 60s. Y’all are jelous
@@Blinkers2007GameDev oh we absolutely are jealous, I even said it in the original comment. No non delusional fan would refute that. But your growth is still entirely inorganic and that's seen in spite of your rapid growth in success, fan attendance and global fans were lacking, and considering cities success, is still lacking. No one isn't saying city spends wisely. But city has also thrown knowledge at football knowledge. Instead of more organic growth and development, you bought the coach, bought coaches, bought scouts, etc, people only talk about player spending, city spends more than any other club on what goes on behind the scenes, and it's smart, don't get me wrong, but it's still inorganic, and unsustainable, as proven by all the ffp allegations.
It's amazing how unbiased your account of the history of the club is coming from one of our more recent rivals. I genuinely thought you where a City fan for large parts of the video.
To answer your question, although I was 5 when the takeover happened so I can hardly remember anything, was hearing my Grandad tell the story of the 99 play off final.
I'm only 13 but the best city moment was 93:20 it's on my birthday not just the players today that has made man city but the past players so a toast to the original players who made city
Manchester City`s first game at Maine Road was an 80,000 full house NOT 58,000 the official figures are a joke. Film footage exists and the caption reads 80,000 and you can clearly see the ground is packed the cameras are there because the Lord Mayor of Manchester kicks the game off. They had regular attendances of 70-80,000 so much so that by the 1930s the grounds 4 corners were extended to give an 85,000 capacity which is why they had an official gate of 84,569 against Stoke in 1934. They also had 70,000 crowds as a second division club but since the war the capacity was continually cut and had a capacity of only 35,000 by the time they left.
What is city's average attendance in this pl season? United fan here
@@adityapardeshi7225 They have only played 2 home games? average so far 52,000. The season before covid Manchester City sold 98.2% of tickets while utd sold 97%.
Didn’t know Stoke had 84,568 fans back then.
@@justinreddan8502 Hilarious, you should go on the stage with that act. The official figure was 84,569 when the police ordered the gates to be locked with thousands outside. Most left but with 20mins to go the gates were opened and the stagglers were let in so that by full time they were an estimated 86,000+ in the ground. From then on the gates were opened with 20mins to go to let the kids and the unemployed hanging about outside in. By the way Stoke were averaging 15,000 at the time.
Should have read stragglers.
@@adityapardeshi7225well. City fills their stadium more than United. Newcastle are the only team to fill it more than city. And city fans also never leave the game when it doesn’t go their way. United fans always leave. Can’t blame them, as you have spent the most in the WORLD the last decade and still suck.
Love City, life long Blue of 30+ years. I remember going to Maine Road as a kid, never realised how rough the area was until I grew up 😂 nice new house, not so nice people around there.
Yep, if you didn't bung the locals a couple of quid to 'mind your car', your car radio wouldn't be there when you got back.
I was at the 99 play off final. What a great moment winning the penalty shootout was, probably better than Agueroooo. Nice video Sam, very generous and balanced for a Liverpool fan ;-)
Interesting vid. Really great to see Maine Road. I saw Carlisle win there 3-1 in the 80’s. My friend’s Dad was from Stockport and was a ‘City’ fan.
If ever a fan base deserved success then it’s the Man City support.
Wembley 1999 vs Tony Pauli’s Gillingham Nicky weaver! What a hero.
Man City, stay cool!
Nice, sounds great! Thanks for watching again
I was at that Carlisle match at Maine Road too.....
I also went to Brunton Park a couple of times back then to watch City play Carlise, loved going up there.
What a journey and transformation this club has had!
It's quite something!!
Yeah, it's amazing what 2 billion of Arab petro-dollars can do. A plastic club that nobody gives a fuck about
@@gerardjames9971 Lol ikr he calls oil money a 'journey' 😁😁
@@gerardjames9971 The club no longer relies on owner investedent or "oil money" as you so elequently put it. These days it's self sustaining on the the bitter salty tears of rival fans.
@@mrblue193 Bet there's a lot of tears tonight, eh Mr douchebag?
My fav city moment was last Manchester derby at Maine road. Unbelievable atmosphere.
Mcfc Dublin Ireland since 1975 my father since 1955 👍👍💙💙💙
Great vid 👍
Absolutely love this club to bits and respect for you to be unbiased and show to the rest of the salty rival fans what this club is all about. Lovely video mate👍🏼💙
Won an FA Cup with a broken fricking neck!
Its true, its damn true!
City were known as Manchester City long before Newton heath became Manchester United .... and to my knowledge City remain the ONLY English club founded by a woman.
And city are the only English club to have a home attendance of 85 K. And the first Manchester club to win a major. And the last to do so as well
Also the first English club their Team channel hit 1M subscribers in RUclips 😏 .
I ended up living very close to Old Nattford! Supported CITY for 67 years. My Season Ticket for the Kippax cost £40. I'd love to see the 67/68 team play the current side ... what a match that would be!
No it's old shitford 😂😂😂😂😂😂
No, it's Old Trashford !
@@barryh.4220 Smallchester utd is Finished dead club
I could go on all day about City's history, but i'd be here all day lol. I went to Claremont Primary School across the road from Maine Road, so that's how I got into City! Great vid!
God I miss my second home..Had my season ticket since 1987 and hadn't missed a home game in that time until coved struck..
Maine road was a proper shady ground to visit as an away fan especially for a midweek night fixture with all the alley ways around the terraced houses which surrounded the whole stadium and the ground being located in the heavily gang cultured area of moss side..
It certainly wasn't for the faint hearted as a rival fan to come and feel safe sadly..
The etihad is much more welcoming albeit that area of east Manchester was also run down badly before city moved stadiums and it was only after the sheik purchased city that he spent millions on regenerating the area whilst also using local contractors to complete the reconstruction and help generate many public facilities and a university to provide to the local community which in doing so also created a vast family friendly welcoming area of Manchester...
As for football history city have helped united many times over the 2 clubs histories and when times were tough for most clubs before and immediately after ww2 it was city who helped united to complete fixtures due to uniteds financial issues and is why United are nickname the rags by city fans due to United being crippled with debt couldn't even afford new kits for their team thus city stepped in and provided united with a full second kit..
Along with the stadium ground share and several players being donated from city to united to fulfil fixtures after the Munich air disaster too was just 3 of the several more occasions that city bailed united out and without this help united may not even of existed today..
All this and city apparently have no history prior to 2008 lol..
City first won a trophy before any of the current so called top 6 in England and still hold the record for the highest home match day attendance in England outside of Wembley beating the second highest English club attendance which was for united ironically though was also achieved at Maine road not old Trafford..
My most memorable memory pre 2008 was In 1987 division 2 the championship as it's known now and was my first season as a ticket book holder without my dad and a league match against Huddersfield town which city won 10-1 with 3 city players all scoring a hatrick in front of just over 19k fans..
Football was at its lowest darkest days in that decade due to the English teams being banned from European football and the music rave scene starting up all over the uk was the catalyst for its decline and yet were some of my most memorable moments even eclipsing the heavy heights and total football that's often provided today..
Nice to be a fan of city that has suffered massively and then rose from the ashes and become the club it is today still gives me goosebumps but without the bad times I don't think I'd ever have the feeling I have now if I hadn't of known what it was like to lose every week and this ethos is what pretty much separates city fans from a lot of fans of the original top 4 clubs of Liverpool,united,arsenal and Everton who were the most dominant teams from when I started going to city games mid 70s till pretty much the last decade,,
The fact that what your not familiar with as a football fan in losing games and playing poor all of a sudden if you don't know any different is hard to take and is noticeable from when I always listen to talk sport call ins etc.. if a Liverpool or united fan calls after a loss it's criticism generally where as if city lose a game this era most city fans who call up just take it with a pinch of salt as many will always be taught what city was before the take over especially if they were born post 2000..
City currently have around 40k season ticket holders of which
Around 70% at city have renewed each season now for over 25 years or more..
This is the current record for the most fans of any English club that have held a season ticket and renewed consecutively now for over 2 decades..
These fans like me are all familiar with city's stagnant past and most take defeat gracefully,that's the big difference...
Not too shabby for a fan base that apparently doesn't attend the Etihad stadium for games they've all paid for lol..
All city fans that have supported the club before 2008 are all too familiar with city's mediocre football and the decline of the great successful city era of the late 60s to mid 70s and then starved of a trophy for over 30 years from 1976 till 2011..
Sorry for the long comment but you did ask for some extra info for the video so i hope it helps somewhat..
Thanks for vlogging at city, I watch all your videos and it always delivers good material,great channel 💙👍
How did u write this
Oh wait it’s cOpIeD aNd pAsTeD
@@falkirk_evan I wrote it cos of what I've witnessed and grew up learning my teams history from my dad and grandad before him..
It may also be due to the likely possibility that I've attended more matches in my lifetime than you've just watched on tv supporting your team..
This will also give you a little insight into the difference between being a supporter or a fan as they should never be compared..
Watch on tv your a supporter..
Attend games and your a fan,short for fanatic 👌
@@falkirk_evan Idk if you where being serious but large parts of it are his own anecdotal accounts. It would be a pretty niche copypasta/
Been a united fan all my life. First went. On old Trafford as a kid in 70s, and. For most of my life city fans just called us Munichs, calling us rags a name that we called ourselves in the. 30s, is a relatively new thing
And what players went from city to united after Munich Air disaster,?, it is true that United played at maine . Road when old Trafford was bombed but united paid them to use maine. Road
I'm watching from Cameroon band Foe is who brought me to City. Nice of you to mention him. On that alone I'm subscribing and binge sharing..
Great video aswell by the way, so glad you could do this without any bitterness. Brilliant. Well done sir
Fun fact, Robinho thought he was going to United, he didn't know there was a second team in Manchester 🤣🤣🤣
United were never mentioned .....
the joke was that he had heard that Chelsea were interested in him, and he assumed it was them who bid ..
Just to add to that, there is only 1 team in Manchester. United is in Stretford. A right shit hole it is too.
Top work ! You were so lucky with the Manchester weather bearing in mind what it was like there last Tuesday for the PSG game !! Amazing place ...
I must add, you are incredibly unbiased when visiting rival clubs as a Liverpool fan. Extremely respectful and knowledgeable
I'm a relatively young City fan (7/8 years). This is very informative to learn more about the clubs century long history. Can you also do another video for City chants, songs, and other things especi for the new fans to educate themselves. I only know a few
Thanks very much, appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. City certainly have an interesting history :)
Plastic fan
@@KirkLee1983 cry about it
We’re a big team
@@crimsoncityzen5282 lmao after the money came in and broke financial fair play
@@KirkLee1983 before then
We have a seriously good history, mega underrated
And we spent less than United
Being a lad from Bath, I'm a lifelong City fan because of my childhood hero Tony Book.
Great video .A club with History⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
Cheers Andy!
Brilliant video dude. I'm starting to get hooked on your channel
Excellent video about Manchester City.
My Granddad was a Blue - my Dad was a Blue so I was born to be a Blue - being an auld fart my first game was in the 66/67 season so I was introduced to a successful period. Thereafter it went kinda wotsits up - followed them home and away through the 80's - great times as at least the away days were mostly in West Yorkshire just over the hills. So what I am experiencing now is just part of the roller coaster ride. We are City we know there are no guarantee's just run with it whilst we have it and enjoy the memories when we have a dip - we are City so shouldn't bleat like the fans of other legacy clubs
What a great stadium !! Excellent vid as always.
Thanks Mike!!!
Anytime. i find your content interesting. like you, i find the history of the clubs all over the world interesting.
Forever city💙
The Polish team You've mentioned was Górnik Zabrze (pronounced 'goornick zapje' -ending like ' jelly') IT was 1971. Górnik is also iconic pl club. It's kind of Borussia Dortmund background, quite successful 50, 40 years ago. IT comes from minery region in southern Poland. They just don't have so much luck to investors;) I apreciate Your work, especially about Scottish football. My kinds are fans of ManCity so be grateful to win gadgets :) Keep well and healthy, we wait for next videos! Maybe Spurs now?
As a man City fan I have never seen main road but it must have been a great sight for city fans back then
Great video, good seeing the past and present of this great club
Thanks very much! ✌
You're very knowledgeable, goodluck from Hamilton, Ontario 🇨🇦
Quality video🙌👕
I am a Forest Green Rovers fan myself, but I like to see what happened to the old grounds of other teams and what became of the sites.
The Cityzens 💙💙💙
FUN FACT:
1996 - 97 - the League’s 110th - United finally overtook City in having been more seasons in it.
FUN FACT:
1982 - 83 - the League’s 94th - United finally overtook City in points won in the top league.
Hi there. I just watched your Man City stadium video and I am/was a Oasis fan and in August 1996, the band played at Maine Road before I went to see them in Cork, Ireland. The video was called ‘Oasis: Here And Now’.
Awesome tour thank you 👍 A ManCity 👕 fan from New York State
New York is Blue 🔵👊🏼
Nice one bro keep it up 👍👍
Cheers mate 👍
I’m glad the Aguerooo moment wasn’t mentioned too much. Great video 👍🏼
You missed it anyway 😉
Excellent video and balanced opinion 👏👏
Great vid. Keep up the good work bud 👍
Thanks Mark will do. More coming soon!
Love the information
You nave nice videos. Interesting, little bit different. Keep going young man! Also City, despite they are just local club from Manchester, are respected part of English football.
Love your vids I live in Manchester a red of course maine road the kippax was a intimidating stadium love going there in cup semi finals though, cheers for vids too becky
Thanks very much, appreciate that! Man Utd vid coming soon btw :)
Great video 👍
Really enjoyed your history lesson and as a city fan could not fault a thing. The only thing you missed was the "Tevez poster" which was the catalyst for being named the "Noisy neighbours" by Fergie
Great vid. Appreciate your unbiased perspective. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
Thank you, appreciate that!! 🙌
Alan Shields
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Scotland.
Górnik Zabrze is the
Polish club Manchester City played in The Cup Winners Cup Final
Basically Miners Zabrze so basically
The Polish version of Shalke 04 it's actually one of the easier Polish club names to pronounce foe English speaker I personally find.
Keep up The Good work Sam
Shared the vlog with my Girlfriend she is a massive Manchester City fan.
Vlog suggestion
Stockport County.
Top video you show your passion for football is obvious even if you are a liverpool fan
Thank you mate. Yeah rivalries aside I try and enjoy the stories of these historic clubs
So nice to see a non biased true football fans view on my club. One thing I did pick up on is you saying we have 20,000 less average attendance than the 58,000 at the opening of Maine Road, say what you want about our fan base but our averages are not 38,000 😂 such a great video though, thanks Sam!
Great video , do remember Man City in division 1
Thanks!!
Maine road made me fall in love with city
Great video well done
Thanks Graham 👍
What a video
Legend, cheers!!! :) More vids each week! Also would love to come back and do the City stadium tour when it reopens soon :)
The 1981 FA Cup Semi-final was special. Dennis Tueart's overhead goal in 76 was also special....
Great video
Thanks!
Great video mate. Went to Maine Road years ago watching Everton, we lost the game 5-0 and City got relegated, I think it was 2001/02 possibly, only ever been to a concert at the Etihad
Cheers for sharing mate. Glad you liked the vid too, more coming soon!
Love your videos pal.. you should come and down Northern Ireland clubs, then do Republic of Ireland ? Be a nice weeks trip for you
Thanks Noel. I've been itching to get over to Ireland for a while now! I'd love to cover clubs in Northern & ROI. There's a few legendary old clubs & stadiums I wanna check out. Cheers for watching!
please please more old football grounds thank you for the vlogs you have done
You might want to do a story on Manchester Central Football Club, their history is really interesting history and their downfall is especially sad.... I doubt there have been many non-league teams that signed a current full international. Their history is also tied quite closely to Manchester City's as they kind of moved into the gap left by City's move to Maine Road in the 1920s. One small correction I should make is that City are actually from West Gorton, not Ardwick
There's one story about them that if they were allowed membership into the league then it would have been the end for Manchester United who were struggling with bankruptcy and financial disarray. City appealed to the FA and they prevented Central from joining the football league which saved United. United wouldn't even exist without City yet their fans have the audacity to say that we've got no history
@@tanay3627man city won trophies before United. They have the highest home attendence of 85 K. They won more trophies before United did and they saved United. Now they are spending less and winning more. Manchester is CLEARLY blue
Great video ....
MCFC FOREVER ....
😂😂 I can see my nans street in the shot. Great video 👌
Very interesting video as a relatively new self proclaimed plastic Man City fan it was great to learn some more about this great club and show that we do have history
Thanks very much. Yeah I wanted to show the good parts of their earlier history as well as the newer success! Cheers for watching, really appreciate it
Nice video bro come on city💙💙
Thank you!!
10:43 Someday there will be a stand named after Sergio Aguero.
Definitely
I really hope so.
Come on city..city for the win 🏆
Must be awsome to be one of the old City fans used to supporting an average sized club. If your very old you remember the 70s or something when they was a force, to then the grim years of the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
Now they are the best club in the world. They will win their first CL this year. What a transformation!
And ... probably the nicest club colours in England.
I’m one of them, I live in North Wales and Maine Road was the first football ground I ever went to when I was 7 years old, so it’s safe to say I missed out on the 70s success 😂 I’m 34 now and grew up supporting City through the 90s I have so many fond memories but also so many sad memories. Most of my friends were United or Liverpool supporters, mainly because they were winning at the time, but I wanted to be different. All I can say is all the heartbreak growing up was worth it, because now City are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and long may it continue 🤙⚽️💙
@@RhysOwens86 Amazing. Enjoy the succees. Champions League comming your way
@@eriks.lundestad9365 Err city were never an averaged sized club, They have always been a massive club in english football history. Unfortunately the media gives this perception of little old city, They had the highest attendance of any team in the country outside wembley, is that an average club? lol anyway, back where we belong now :)
@@johnvalentine8941 I know, but that was back in the 70s and 80s. They dissapared under Uniteds shaddow in the 90s and 2000s. But agree. Super club City
Miss the old Maine Road😢😢😢
Would loved to have seen it!
Loved the post, mad to see the old centre spot, City fans alway loud and proud, lots of inflatables at matches, also remember they had a fanzine always for sale outside grounds home and away called King of the Kippax. Enjoyed it when they started beating Man Utd, but not really interested in them much now they've become a hollow money club.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this one :)
It feels so hollow winning the league..wish Phil Neale could return.
Shaun Goater got a shout!
What a cult hero!
Imagine living on blue moon way, how cool
Best club ever 💙💙💙💙. Man city
2:52 that groundsman would be horrified at the state of the grass in the old centre circle.
city fan from Denmark
Nice thank you for watching!! Much appreciated :)
Maine road was called Wembley of the north along time ago
Proving we have history
Any chance of doing the Dell in Southampton?? Believe the centre still remains there too...
The Dell was a great stadium .went there in 82 watching city .loved the terraces with no roof and the atmosphere was always loud and saints had full stadium .the away end was a bit cramped though...
Stay positive folks
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CMON CITY
As part of the original pitch in the 90s for the Olympic Games bid for 2000 (which went to Sydney), the plan was that City were going to move the new stadium that would be built for that (may well of been a different design from the current Etihad). However, that fell through due to Sydney, and the Kippax was built at Maine Road. When a new bid was done for the Commonwealth the deal was back on to move to the new stadium (now the Etihad). Had Manchester not got the games, the plan would've been to replace the other three sides of Maine Road to match the Kippax. Still miss that ol' patchwork quilt of a ground.
PS Best pre 2008 moment., Dickov 99. For me, best moment ever and better than "Agueroooo", simply due to the fact that if City didn't win that match, City would likely have been finished.
Win it all who does not love that club? Mcfc gives every club hope
Ann boleyn brought me here!! Lol
City 🦈🦈🦈
Most Man City fans would not know about Maine Road.
yeah people who know about maine road are real city fans
currently most of city fans are glory hunters
@@alan82777 that ought to be the city supporters test. If they know about Maine Road they are legit.
@@benkruzins9480 yeah true
Many don't know about it and they don't even know about long city legend Colin bell
Class. But why whisper outside
To me Maine Road is all about the Oasis concerts there in 1996!!
Still can't bring myself to go back to Maine Road. Think I'd rather remember it for how it was. A proper hodge podge of a ground, but my god it was noisy for big games.
are you going to do sunderland afc